Comparison

Noises vs Fluss

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Experimental instrument
  • Playful and inspiring interface
  • Hundreds of unique sound recordings
  • AUv3 and Standalone support
  • Central sound search dial
  • Integrated sequencer
Features
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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.

About

Fluss

Explore granular synthesis with a tactile interface. Import, record, or live-process audio to create unique sound textures, drones, and echoes. Features kinetic sliders for dynamic modulation and a unique shimmer feedback effect.

Highlights
  • Granular synthesis engine
  • Import, record, or live process audio
  • Kinetic sliders for modulation
  • Shimmer feedback effect
  • MIDI playable
  • Oberheim Xpander inspired filter
  • Microtonal experiment support
Features
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Fluss is a sonic playground designed by Bram Bos and Berlin-based musician Hainbach to let you explore granular synthesis in a hands-on way. The playful touch UI invites anything from live performance, experimentation to learning and mastering the granular concept. Multiple plugins: Import, Record or Live Process You can import your own WAVs (standalone & AUv3 Instrument plugin), Record audio (Record effect plugin) or live-process sound (Process effect plugin) to create anything from drones and granular echoes to moving microtonal audio textures. Designed for touch: Kinetic Sliders All sliders and XY pads are linked to a physics model which lets you flick and throw them around. Minimise the friction for endless bouncing motion, as an innovative substitute for traditional LFOs and modulation. There was never a better reason for using a touchscreen for music. Shimmer Feedback effect Like a shimmer reverb, except it feeds the processed audio back into the grain engine. This lets you create an endless loop of pitch-shifting spaciousness, turning even the simplest of sounds into massive woolly mammoths. - 3 Voice grain engine, each with an independent playhead - Playable via MIDI (since version 1.1) - Filter inspired by the Oberheim Xpander, including its resonant Phase filter - Kinetic sliders and pads for playful interaction with the sound - Universal design (iPhone and iPad; iPad Air 2 or higher recommended) - Custom scales, unquantised mode and even Scala-import for microtonal experiments - Use WAVs (or other audio files), record audio or load the app as a live-processing audio effect - Real world tested as an instrument in numerous live performances by Hainbach - Offers light mode and dark mode UI

Screenshots

Noises1 screens
Fluss4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fluss at $13.99 against Noises's $19.99. Fluss also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (12 vs 14.0). Noises's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 78%). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Noises costs $19.99 and Fluss $13.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Noises against 4.8 for Fluss. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 71 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Noises's written reviews are positive against 78% of Fluss's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noises ships an update every 11 months, Fluss every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Noises versus Fluss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoisesFluss
Price$19.99$13.99 — better
Rating4.8 (27 ratings)4.8 (71 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better78.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2771 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB453 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Bram Bos

Customer experience

Noises

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Fluss

All ratings71 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative18.0%

Bugs and requests

Noises

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Fluss

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes with black screen
  • No audible output
  • App resets when put in background
  • Cyan play head difficult to see on waveform

Requested features

20 requests
  • Adjustable layer field per grain
  • Record from internal microphone
  • More control over grain direction
  • BPM settings
  • Transition from clean to new sounds
Show 15 more
  • AUv3 plugin version
  • Scan speed multiplier (x2, x4)
  • Draw lines on pitch XY pad
  • Lock oscillators on pitch XY pad
  • Assign play heads triggered by external controller
  • Snapshots for pitch section
  • More clock and tempo syncing options
  • Visualization of buffer, playback head speed, modulation
  • Quantizer visualization
  • User-changeable pitch XY pad layout
  • Global friction and separate sensitivity option
  • Modulation to specific play head
  • Proper sampling button (microphone access)
  • Preset browser arrows
  • More control over panning, filter, scan speed

In-app purchases

None

Noises

No in-app purchases

None

Fluss

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noises free?
Noises costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluss free?
Fluss costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noises or Fluss?
Fluss is rated higher. Noises averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Fluss averages 4.8 from 71 ratings.
Do Noises or Fluss have ads?
Neither Noises nor Fluss shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noises or Fluss?
Noises ships an update every 11 months, and Fluss every 3 months. Most recently, Noises was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fluss on October 25, 2026.

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