Comparison

livetoolkit vs Audio Function Generator

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

Head to head
About

livetoolkit

This app provides essential calculations for live event technicians, including PA system setup, lighting fixture addressing, and electrical measurements. It helps speed up on-site setup by offering quick conversions and calculations directly on a mobile device.

Highlights
  • PA system delay time calculations
  • Subwoofer stacking distance calculations
  • Q-Factor to Bandwidth conversion
  • Limiter calculations for speaker capacity
  • Tap Tempo calculation
  • DMX fixture addressing
  • Unit conversions (feet/meter, lbs/kg)
Features
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Everybody working in the live concert business has experienced situations like this: You've just arrived at the venue. According to the local promoter everything should have been put up before you arrived, but it hasn't. Now it'll take an hour or more to set up the PA-System and Lighting-gear before you can start to do your actual work. All has to be done as fast as possible. You don't have time to get your laptop out of the car and working just to do some necessary calculations. Now you can just take your iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad® and start doing your calculations with LiveToolkit. LiveToolkit helps audio technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Delay times for your PA-system: Conversion between time and distance. • Stacking distance of your subs: Conversion between frequency and wavelength. • Getting your PA-Settings into the controller: Conversion from Q-Factor to Bandwidth and back. • Setting up your controller: Limiter calculations depending on speaker capacity and amp output. • Getting the musicians tempo: Tap Tempo calculation with different note weightings. LiveToolkit helps lighting technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Getting the start address for multiple fixtures based on quantity, channels, and first address used. • Setting the DMX-address right using a DIP-Switch, or identifying the address value of a DIP-Switch. LiveToolkit helps any technicians to make relevant calculations directly with his or her iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad®, like: • Universal useful conversion between feet and meter and lbs to kg. • Conversion between Watt, Ampere and Volt. • Calculate the voltage drop in your cable based on length and profile. • Trigonometric calculation on heights based on angle & distance. IMPORTANT NOTES: • Although good tested - this application remain a piece of Software: rockbaby engineering will not take any responsibility for any issues that may occur using LiveToolkit.

About

Audio Function Generator

Generate various audio test tones, including sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth waves. Explore frequency and volume sweeps, noise generation, and custom preset creation. Advanced features like extended frequency ranges and multi-tone playback are available with an upgrade.

Highlights
  • Generate sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth tones
  • Frequency and volume sweep generation
  • Noise generation (white, pink, violet, etc.)
  • Custom preset creation and saving
  • Extended frequency range (PRO feature)
  • Multi-tone playback (PRO feature)
Features
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This is the highly recommended and praised Function Generator App - an amazingly great and powerful tone generator. Enriched with a vast amount of features yet it is extremely intuitive and designed for simplicity. Get to know this great App now! It is very well maintained and has received considerable upgrades over the past years. So, … what can you do with this App? • PLAY TEST TONES Sine, Rectangular, Triangular and Sawtooth. • PLAY FREQUENCY SWEEP TEST TONES in both directions (minimum to maximum frequency and maximum to minimum frequency). • PLAY VOLUME SWEEPS (from minimum to maximum volume). • Try the SWEEP REPEAT / WOBBLE function. • Try the MUSIC TONES PLAYBACK. • Experiment with the huge FINE TUNE SELECTON, PRESETS SELECTION! • Or create your own CUSTOM PRESETS! • And SAVE an endless amount of CONFIGURATIONS (Frequency, Sweep, Noise) for later quick access and direct playback function. • Even play back different kinds of NOISE – White, Pink, Violet, Grey, Brown, Blue is also supported. The Function Generator is AMAZINGLY INTUITIVE and SIMPLE to use! AND THESE ARE THE ADVANCED SETTINGS/FEATURES (upgrade to PRO required): => Extending The Frequency Range (1Hz - 21kHz) => Extending The Sweep Times (0.1s - 600s) => Changing Min/Max Slider Frequency Ranges => Changing Max Sweep Time Slider Range => Changing Signal Amplitude => Enabling Of The Sweep Repeat / Wobble Function => Frequency Slider Setting to Linear or Logarithmic => Left/Right Channel Individual Selection => Permanently Saving Custom Presets => Saving Of Endless Number Of Audio Configurations => Phase Out Setting (custom phase shift of the generated signal) => BPM (Beats per Minute) Feature => Dual Function Generator => MultiTone Generator (playback of up to eight individual tones) => Background Theme Selection (Light/Dark) Check out the tutorial page: www.ee-toolkit.com/audio-function-generator

Screenshots

livetoolkit4 screens
Audio Function Generator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Audio Function Generator at Free against livetoolkit's $3.99. Audio Function Generator also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months). livetoolkit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.5). On review sentiment, ads and device support 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

Audio Function Generator is free to download; livetoolkit costs $3.99 up front. Audio Function Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. livetoolkit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Function Generator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Audio Function Generator has 2.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of livetoolkit's written reviews are positive against 77% of Audio Function Generator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, Audio Function Generator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
livetoolkit versus Audio Function Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlivetoolkitAudio Function Generator
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews77.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas ZehThomas Gruber

Customer experience

livetoolkit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Audio Function Generator

All ratings2,191 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative16.6%

Bugs and requests

livetoolkit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Audio Function Generator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Volume slider issues
  • Airplay not working
  • Sound distortion when display is active

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add download/save feature for custom sounds
  • Improve sweep function (continuous mode, better frequency control)
  • Add more multi-frequency rows
  • Implement 432Hz base frequency option
  • Add phase control for noise generators
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  • Improve accessibility (VoiceOver support)

In-app purchases

None

livetoolkit

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Audio Function Generator

One-time1
  • Upgrade to PRO$9.99

Questions

Is livetoolkit free?
livetoolkit costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audio Function Generator free?
Audio Function Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, livetoolkit or Audio Function Generator?
Audio Function Generator is rated higher. livetoolkit averages 2.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Audio Function Generator averages 4.7 from 2.2K ratings.
Do livetoolkit or Audio Function Generator have ads?
Neither livetoolkit nor Audio Function Generator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, livetoolkit or Audio Function Generator?
livetoolkit ships an update every 11 months, and Audio Function Generator every 6 weeks. Most recently, livetoolkit was updated on July 1, 2026 and Audio Function Generator on September 24, 2026.

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