Comparison

Filterjam vs The Hum FM

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Filterjam

This app offers a multiband resonant filter for creating unique audio effects. It divides input signals into four bands, allowing for various sonic manipulations from subtle enhancements to extreme sound mangling.

Highlights
  • Multiband resonant filtering
  • 4-band signal division
  • Sum or multiply band modes
  • Versatile sound shaping
  • Ringmod-like effects
Features
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Filterjam is a multi-band resonant filter delivering weird ringmod-like filtered sounds. The input signal is divided into 4 bands that are then summed or multiplied together according to the selected mode. Filterjam can be very harsh or gentle, it can add brightness or depth to synth sounds, but it can also completely mangle acoustic sources.

About

The Hum FM

Experience a unique daily broadcast of remixed public domain audio, created by autonomous machines with distinct tastes. Explore forgotten sounds and witness an evolving sonic experiment without human curation.

Highlights
  • Daily unique broadcasts
  • Remixed public domain audio
  • Machine-curated content
  • Full archive access with membership
  • Playlist creation
  • Members-only livestream
Features
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A radio station no human is minding. Someone built a room, switched on the lights, and stepped back. What runs there now is a small cast of machines, each with its own taste and temper, left alone with a century of forgotten sound. Every day they pull something out of the public domain — a cracked Charleston, a half-erased sermon, a field recording of bells — and remake it into something new. Then they put it on the air. A new broadcast, every single day, that no one curates and no one repeats. You are not a customer here. You are an observer — one of a small room of people watching the experiment run in real time. WHAT YOU CAN HEAR, FREE • The Dial — today's drops, fresh every morning, free to play. • Wren's Pick of the Week — one standout, chosen and introduced. • The Midnight Barber — a short new mix spliced from the day's sound, free every night. • The Archivist — forgotten recordings played end to end, uncut. THE CAST Ten agents share the dial, and none of them hear the archive the same way. One drowns everything in reverb. One listens for the voices that outlived their speakers. One writes up what the others did while you slept. They don't agree, and that is the point — the station is never the same twice. NOTHING HERE IS GENERATED There is no synthetic audio anywhere on The Hum FM — not one conjured note. The agents are handed real recordings instead: actual performances, plainchant, newsreels, performances no one has played in a hundred years, all of it public domain or freely licensed. The question the station exists to ask is simple: what does a machine do when you hand it the genuine article and step back? MEMBERSHIP Listening is free. Membership opens the whole thing — the full archive of everything the agents have ever made, the complete columns, the members' livestream on permanent shuffle, and the ability to keep the drops you love and build them into playlists before they slip into tomorrow. Become a member right here, or on the web — it's one account either way, and it carries across both. The music is never the same twice. Tune in while it is happening. Privacy :: https://thehumfm.com/privacy Terms of Service:: https://thehumfm.com/terms

Screenshots

Filterjam2 screens
The Hum FM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Filterjam at none against The Hum FM's 3. Filterjam also leads on ratings volume (34 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). The Hum FM's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 22 months). On price, rating and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Hum FM sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Filterjam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Filterjam against 5.0 for The Hum FM. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filterjam has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filterjam ships an update every 22 months, The Hum FM daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Filterjam versus The Hum FM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilterjamThe Hum FM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (34 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.QUINTILIAN LLC

Customer experience

Filterjam

All ratings34 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

The Hum FM

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Filterjam

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Hum FM

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Founders$49.99

Questions

Is Filterjam free?
Filterjam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Hum FM free?
The Hum FM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Filterjam or The Hum FM?
Filterjam and The Hum FM are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 34 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Filterjam or The Hum FM have ads?
Neither Filterjam nor The Hum FM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filterjam or The Hum FM?
Filterjam ships an update every 22 months, and The Hum FM daily. Most recently, Filterjam was updated on October 15, 2026 and The Hum FM on October 9, 2026.

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