Comparison

Pemade vs Noises

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

Head to head
About

Pemade

Experience the authentic sounds of a Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar on your iPhone or iPad. This app replicates the playing experience of a 10-key metallophone, supporting melodies and interlocking parts with ultra-low latency audio.

Highlights
  • Authentic sampled sound bank
  • Realistic playing experience
  • Interlocking part support
  • Ultra-low latency audio
  • Zoomable instrument views
  • Customizable cipher notation
Features
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World's first iPhone/iPad implementation of the main instruments of a Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar! Pemade, similar to kantil, is a 10-key metallophone in the gangsa of the Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar. It supports the main melody and plays interlocking parts called kotekan. * Authentic sound bank sampled directly from real instruments * User interaction designed to replicate true playing experience * Playing sound can be stopped --- essential for Gamelan! * High-quality photos showcasing real instruments * Optimized for ultra-low latency audio playback * Zoomable views for detailed instrument exploration * Customizable display of cipher notations to suit your preferences * Completely ad-free for uninterrupted enjoyment

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.

Screenshots

Pemade4 screens
Noises1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Noises at 94% against Pemade's 33%. Noises also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 11 months vs every 26 months). Pemade's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $19.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Pemade costs $5.99 and Noises $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noises holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noises has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Pemade's written reviews are positive against 94% of Noises's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pemade ships an update every 26 months, Noises every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pemade versus Noises: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPemadeNoises
Price$5.99 — better$19.99
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.8 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings327 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 11 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeremacsian Company LimitedAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

Pemade

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Noises

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

In-app purchases

None

Pemade

No in-app purchases

None

Noises

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pemade free?
Pemade costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noises free?
Noises costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pemade or Noises?
Noises is rated higher. Pemade averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Noises averages 4.8 from 27 ratings.
Do Pemade or Noises have ads?
Neither Pemade nor Noises shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pemade or Noises?
Pemade ships an update every 26 months, and Noises every 11 months. Most recently, Pemade was updated on November 1, 2026 and Noises on November 3, 2026.

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