The Manetron vs Noises
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Manetron
Experience authentic vintage tape keyboard sounds with realistic tape running animations. This app offers a collection of sampled instruments from a classic 70s model, complete with motor noise and built-in effects for a unique musical creation tool.
- Authentic 70s tape sampling sounds
- Internal mechanism tape running animation
- Motor noise and mechanical sound effects
- 6 preset instrument sounds
- Core MIDI and Core Audio compatible
- Built-in Reverb & Delay effects
- Scrollable keyboard with adjustable width
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"The Manetron" is the vintage tape sampling keyboard App for iPhone/iPad/Apple Silicon Mac. Genuine sound sampled from the most famous white body tape sampling keyboard model number of M400S (serial number 419 & 728) manufactured in the 70's. You can see an internal mechanism (tape running animation) and can enjoy with eyes and an ear. Feel the live experience the motor noise mechanical sounds were recorded. Features: - 6 preset sound including Flute, 3violins (Strings), Cello, 8-voice Choir, Brass, Bungalow Bill ( Intro sound of The Beatles song "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill") - 35Kyes of sampled sounds from the M400S serial number 419 & 728 manufactured in the 70's. - Core MIDI compatible - Core Audio compatible - 8 sec PCM full sampling sounds each Key - Scrollable Keyboard with switchable key width - No loop sounds (real performance feeling) - 6 instrument sounds can be set as the favorite position of A,B,C position on setting screen - A+B, B+C mix sounds position - Built-in Reverb & Delay effects - The sound of motor mechanical noise - Tape running animation - Pitch control - Original sounds source are recorded by 96KHz/24 bits - Compiled under the supervision of Ken Miyajima (Kinzoku-Yebis, Damian Hamada's Creatures, Romanesco)
Noises
Explore a universe of unique sounds with this experimental instrument. It offers a playful interface for music and audio production, featuring hundreds of recordings from vintage equipment and field experiments. Quickly discover and create with its central dial and integrated sequencer.
- Experimental instrument
- Playful and inspiring interface
- Hundreds of unique sound recordings
- AUv3 and Standalone support
- Central sound search dial
- Integrated sequencer
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Noises is an experimental instrument with a playful and inspiring interface, designed to bring a vast world of noise into your music and audio production. Available as AUv3 and Standalone. Noises is the fourth plugin we developed together with German composer and “that guy with the sweaters” Hainbach. He crafted hundreds of recordings of rare vintage measurement and tape equipment, analog synths, strange field recordings, electro-acoustic and magnetic field experiments, and more in his lab to create this creative noise instrument with us. It is designed to be fast and inspiring to use, with a big dial at its center inviting you to search for sounds and a sequencer to make them music. This results in a minimum of clicks for a maximum of sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Manetron at $3.99 against Noises's $19.99. Noises's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 50%) and rating (4.8 vs 3.8). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
The Manetron costs $3.99 and Noises $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Noises holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noises has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of The Manetron's written reviews are positive against 94% of Noises's.
The Manetron ships an update every 7 months, Noises every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | The Manetron | Noises |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | insideout ltd. | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
The Manetron
Noises
In-app purchases
The Manetron
No in-app purchases
Noises
No in-app purchases









