Sounds Grate vs Scary Sounds +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sounds Grate
This app offers a unique collection of high-quality sound effects for pranking friends. Customize sounds to add a personal touch to your jokes. Unlock more sounds or go ad-free with a premium version.
- Unique sound effects
- High-quality audio
- Customizable sounds
- In-app sound purchases
- Ad-free premium version
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Love to prank your friends? So do we! Hate soundboards packed with crappy fart sounds? So do we! That’s why we made Sounds Grate. From maddening mosquitoes to screeching violins, Sounds Grate’s soundboard is overflowing with unique, high quality sound effects. Sounds Grate’s sound effects are modifiable; for the prankster who wants to add a personal touch when they prank their friends. Want more? You can buy even more sounds in-app. But if you want to save cash, try Sounds Grate Gold. For less than the price of 3 sounds, you can enjoy a premium, ad-free version of Sounds Grate. Sounds Grate Gold’s soundboard is stuffed with enough sound effects to prank your friends for months. Prank away, prankster, prank away!
Scary Sounds +
This app provides a collection of free horror and terror sound effects. Users can prank friends and family with these sounds, which are perfect for fans of scary movies. The app also allows saving sounds as custom ringtones or alarms.
- Free scary sound effects
- Prank friends and family
- Save sounds as ringtones
- Halloween, scream, and suspense sounds
- Scary themed artwork
- Updated sound library
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Scary sounds features free sounds of terror and horror at the tap of a button. Prank your friends and family with these scary sound effects. These scary sounds are sure to please fans of scary and horror movies. Scary sounds includes - updated scary sounds - easy and safe to use - scary themed artwork - halloween sounds, scream sounds, suspense sounds and more - save any sound as a custom ringtone, notification, alarm and more Enjoy these free scary sound effects
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scary Sounds + at 4.6 against Sounds Grate's 3.5. Scary Sounds + also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Sounds Grate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 14 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Sounds Grate sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Scary Sounds + asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scary Sounds + holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scary Sounds + has 175 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Sounds Grate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scary Sounds +'s.
Sounds Grate ships an update every 4 months, Scary Sounds + every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sounds Grate | Scary Sounds + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (175 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 175 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Valup Technology, Inc. | E K S Boltz |
Customer experience
Sounds Grate
Scary Sounds +
Bugs and requests
Sounds Grate
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes before loading on some devices
- No sound output despite full volume
- Rapid battery drain
- Sound not working after reset
- iOS 5 and iOS 6 compatibility issues
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- Marker erasing mechanism needs improvement
Requested features
8 requests- More diverse annoying sounds
- Restore previously removed sounds (fork/plate, styrofoam, dentist, train)
- Improve sound realism and variety
- Add new sounds: baby crying, vomiting, potato chip bag, paper wading, squeaky balloon, dial-up internet, grinder on metal, chair squeaking
- Better knuckle cracking sound (not bubble wrap)
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- Shake-to-erase feature for marker
- More content in gold/pro version
- Faster and more frequent updates
Scary Sounds +
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sounds Grate
- 'plate & fork', 'styrofoam'$0.99
- 'dentist', 'marker pen'$0.99
- 'knuckle cracking', 'running nose'$0.99
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- "paper folding" & "fart"$0.99
Scary Sounds +
No in-app purchases
Questions
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