Generator vs KA mini DiZi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Generator
Generate professional-grade audio signals like sine waves, square waves, and various noise types. Offers precise frequency control and remote operation via WiFi. Ideal for audio testing and production.
- Sine, square, white noise, and pink noise generation
- Precise frequency control (20Hz-20kHz)
- Octave, 1/3 octave, and fine frequency resolution
- Remote control over WiFi via AudioTools app
- Warble-tone signal generation
- Stereo or mono output options
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A high-quality audio Signal Generator for the iPhone. Now you can have a professional grade signal generator for your iPhone. Create sine waves, square waves, white noise, and pink noise. Don't let the well-worn look of this classic audio must-have fool you, Generator is accurate, reliable, precise, and clean. ** NEW! Now supports remote control over WiFi from our AudioTools app. Connect an iOS device running Generator to your audio system, link to AudioTools on another device, and control Generator from AudioTools as you are free to move around. Requires that both devices be on the same LAN. In sine and square wave mode, you can select between 20Hz and 20kHz using a controller that has three resolutions: octave, 1/3 octave, and fine. Frequency selection is controlled by smooth-gliding interlocking control wheels. Just spin to change frequency, by octaves, 1/3 octaves, or select fine mode to sweep through any value. *** NEW: Tap the frequency screen to pop up a keyboard so that you can enter any exact frequency. *** NEW: Tap the Wobble button to create a warble-tone signal for acoustics work. Doubles as an emergency siren! When you are generating pink noise and white noise, you can select full band (20Hz-20kHz), or octave band limited noise for acoustical testing. All waveforms are laboratory accurate, and use ANSI / IEC spec filters where appropriate. The frequency sweeps smoothly, with no glitches. The mute is soft, to prevent loud impulses when mute or turning on a lower-frequency signal. This signal can be sent to both channels (stereo), just the right or left channel, or the right channel output phase can be inverted for pseudo-balanced mode. This mode can be used with our iPhone Balanced Cable Adapter to get a balanced signal from your iPhone. See our web site for more information. On an iPhone 3G, we have measured distortion at .006% THD at 1000Hz at full volume (+6.5dBu balanced). See our web site for more level details. Note that digital square waves suffer from aliasing problems, and sound very strange above about 1500Hz. Future versions will have options to select different skins. Check out out other great professional-grade audio and acoustics apps: SPL, the iPhone professional-grade sound level meter, SPL Graph, for recording SPL over time, RTA, a 1/3 octave real time analyzer, FFT, for detailed audio analysis, ETC, the iPhone energy-time curve and decay app, RT60, for automated octave-band decay measurement, and Speaker Pop, the speaker polarity tester. Email us within any questions, problems, or suggestions, we answer all emails promptly.
KA mini DiZi
This app offers a virtual Chinese DiZi instrument with a minimalist design. It provides a high-quality sound experience for electric wind instrument and MIDI keyboard users through simple UI controls. It functions as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.
- Virtual Chinese DiZi instrument
- Minimalist UI design
- High-quality sound experience
- AUv3 plugin support
- Standalone app functionality
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Kong Audio mini DiZi is a minimally-designed virtual instrument of Chinese DiZi. It gives electric wind instrument and midi keyboard user a high-quality experience with very simple UI controls. KA mini DiZi can run as an app or AUv3 plugin.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KA mini DiZi at 100% against Generator's 56%. KA mini DiZi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and price ($1.99 vs $8.99). 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
Generator costs $8.99 and KA mini DiZi $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KA mini DiZi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Generator's written reviews are positive against 100% of KA mini DiZi's.
Generator ships an update every 5 months, KA mini DiZi every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Generator | KA mini DiZi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Smith | SHANTOU KONG AUDIO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. |
Customer experience
Generator
KA mini DiZi
In-app purchases
Generator
No in-app purchases
KA mini DiZi
No in-app purchases
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