Comparison

Noises vs lo

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

lo

This app offers a versatile toolkit for manipulating audio with a variety of lo-fi effects. Explore historical audio degradation, modern digital artifacts, and analog warmth to transform your sound.

Highlights
  • Convolution reverb with unique impulse responses
  • Spectral processing for MP3 simulation and pitch shifting
  • Digital section with bitcrusher and CD stutter
  • Analog section with tape saturation and noise generation
  • Rearrangeable processing sections
  • Dozens of presets for sound warping
Features
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"LO‑FI‑AF is a very capable lo‑fi toolkit capable of surgically targeted destruction and it could easily find applications in just about any musical genre" -SoundOnSound Unfiltered Audio's lo-fi-af is now available on iOS as a Standalone app or AUv3 plugin! lo-fi-af takes your sound on a journey of artifacts and noise throughout recorded history, from tape warbles and vinyl noise to MP3 chirps and cell phone speaker chatter. lo-fi-af's many sections and versatile algorithms can place your sound in a different decade, or give it a thoroughly modern spin through compound processing. The first section is a convolution reverb preloaded with impulse responses from broken microphones, toy speakers, cell phones, and more. With this section alone, you can place your sound into an entirely different space. The Spectral section then splits your sound into thousands of frequencies before reconstructing it with a twist. Here you can reproduce the sound of a pirated MP3 or pitch shift your signal with clean perfection. Your signal then takes a trip through the digital section. All sorts of hazards are present here, from a skipping CD stutter effect to a multimode bitcrusher. Finally, the rich, colorful analog section adds that vibe that you crave. A maximizer, a tape saturator, a noise generator, an analog-style filter, a pitch warbler, and a radio demodulator all work together in harmony to toss your sound into the past. But wait! That's only one possible signal chain. The Convolution, Spectral, Digital, and Analog sections can be completely rearranged in any order. Dozens of presets will get your started on your sound warping adventure. As an AUv3 plugin, lo-fi-af has been tested to work perfectly with Garageband, Drambo, AUM, Cubasis, Beatmaker, Nanostudio, apeMatrix, Loopy Pro, and more! Additionally, with its clear layout and smart resizing, lo-fi-af can be used on tablets and phones with ease. (Note for Drambo users: Drambo does not yet have automatic Plugin Delay Compensation for managing plugins with latency. As a result, tracks with lo-fi-af will not line up properly with other tracks. An upcoming patch for Drambo will add this feature in.)

Screenshots

Noises1 screens
lo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: lo at $9.99 against Noises's $19.99. lo also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Noises's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 67%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Noises costs $19.99 and lo $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

lo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of Noises's written reviews are positive against 67% of lo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noises ships an update every 11 months, lo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Noises versus lo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoiseslo
Price$19.99$9.99 — better
Rating4.8 (27 ratings)5.0 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2729 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Unfiltered Audio

Customer experience

Noises

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

lo

All ratings29 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Noises

No in-app purchases

None

lo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noises free?
Noises costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is lo free?
lo costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noises or lo?
lo is rated higher. Noises averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while lo averages 5.0 from 29 ratings.
Do Noises or lo have ads?
Neither Noises nor lo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noises or lo?
Noises ships an update every 11 months, and lo fortnightly. Most recently, Noises was updated on October 15, 2026 and lo on October 6, 2026.

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