Cricket Sounds vs Insect Cage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cricket Sounds
Discover a diverse collection of high-quality cricket sounds from around the globe. This app offers a simple interface for pranking friends, educational use, or simply enjoying the unique chirps of these insects. Features include looping, random playback, and a timer for custom sound experiences.
- High-quality cricket sound collection
- Loop sound endlessly
- Random sound playback
- Timer for scheduled sound playback
- Easy-to-use interface
- Educational purposes
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Love crickets? Then you will also love Cricket Sounds! This app contains high-quality collection of cricket sounds from all over the world. The sound of crickets is used to represent awkward silence, meaning non-cricket aficionados can also have plenty of fun pranking others. You can use it for educational purposes too! A cricket is grasshopper-like insect. They are over 900 species in the world and most of them are flightless. They are famous for making chirping sounds at night, even though not all species chirp. About Our Apps: Our soundboard apps have been downloaded millions of times, and have been used for joking around with friends and family, to support favorite teams on game day, and even hunting. Our apps have been featured in many famous worldwide publications. Why download our apps? - Easy to use, nice clean interface - High-quality sounds (meticulously remastered to cut out any background noise) - Loop option to play sound endlessly - Random button to play sounds randomly - Timer feature (select a specific time when to play sound) - Help page / Contact us support We hope you enjoy our apps and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Insect Cage
Experience the sounds of nature with this app, featuring four distinct insect soundscapes. Simply place your device in a room and enjoy the ambient insect songs. Note that the app requires the screen to be on and does not support background playback.
- Four insect sound types
- Ambient nature sounds
- Simple interface
- Relaxing soundscapes
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Insect cage is an app that hear the sound of insects. It contains 4 kinds of insects. Put your iPhone on the corner of your room, and enjoy the song of insects. ※ This App can not work in background. If you turn off the display of your device, the sounds will be stop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Insect Cage at Free against Cricket Sounds's $0.99. Insect Cage also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (60% vs 29%). Cricket Sounds's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Insect Cage is free to download; Cricket Sounds costs $0.99 up front. Insect Cage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cricket Sounds asks for nothing beyond the download.
Insect Cage holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Insect Cage has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Cricket Sounds's written reviews are positive against 60% of Insect Cage's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cricket Sounds | Insect Cage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 3.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arsosa Network Inc. | Tahito Aoki |
Customer experience
Cricket Sounds
Insect Cage
In-app purchases
Cricket Sounds
No in-app purchases
Insect Cage
- Remove Ad$1.99
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