Comparison

Noises vs Combustor

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

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.

Highlights
  • Time bending resonator effect
  • Creates distorted textures and physical resonance
  • Envelope follower for dynamic control
  • MIDI input for melodic control
  • Performative interface
  • AUv3 compatible
Features
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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.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Noises costs $19.99 and Combustor $4.99 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 4.7 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Noises versus Combustor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoisesCombustor
Price$19.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.8 (27 ratings) — better4.7 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.BeepStreet

Customer experience

Noises

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

Combustor

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Noises

No in-app purchases

None

Combustor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noises free?
Noises costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Combustor free?
Combustor costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noises or Combustor?
Noises is rated higher. Noises averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Combustor averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do Noises or Combustor have ads?
Neither Noises nor Combustor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noises or Combustor?
Noises ships an update every 11 months, and Combustor every 2 months. Most recently, Noises was updated on August 29, 2026 and Combustor on September 20, 2026.

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