Noises vs Combustor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Combustor
This audio effect extension transforms tracks with a unique time-bending resonator. Create vibrant textures, subtle resonances, and dynamic sweeps. It's designed for electronic musicians and producers seeking to add wild or organic qualities to their sounds.
- Time bending resonator effect
- Creates distorted textures and physical resonance
- Envelope follower for dynamic control
- MIDI input for melodic control
- Performative interface
- AUv3 compatible
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*** Note: Combustor is an Audio Unit effect extension and requires an AUv3 compatible host app, like Logic Pro, Drambo or GarageBand. It does not run as a standalone app *** Combustor is a unique, wild resonating body fashioned to spice up or extremely transform your tracks. At the heart of Combustor is a custom time bending resonator that doesn't sound like anything you have heard before. You can create anything from vibrant, distorted texture, perfectly suited for "hardcore" electronic musicians, to subtle physical resonance, which is often lacking in synthesized sounds. Combustor contains an envelope follower, to create dynamic-controlled pitch or filter sweeps. It also has MIDI input, that controls resonator's pitch, to make something melodic and organic out of non-melodic sounds, like drums. With just a few knob turns, a boring sound can be turned into screaming madness that sounds like it went out of control. A simple and straightforward interface makes Combustor a performative tool that allows you to directly interact with your sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Combustor at $4.99 against Noises's $19.99. Combustor also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). Noises's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 80%). 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
Noises costs $19.99 and Combustor $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Noises against 4.7 for Combustor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Noises's written reviews are positive against 80% of Combustor's.
Noises ships an update every 11 months, Combustor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noises | Combustor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better | 4.7 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| 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 | 124 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AudioThing Ltd. | BeepStreet |
Customer experience
Noises
Combustor
In-app purchases
Noises
No in-app purchases
Combustor
No in-app purchases









