Background Noise vs SoundWalk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Background Noise
Instantly create detailed backstories for fantasy characters. Explore their upbringing, family, childhood events, personality, and more through a vast array of randomized options. Perfect for role-playing games and creative writing.
- Randomized character background generation
- Detailed family and upbringing details
- Childhood and adult life events
- Personality trait determination
- Millions of unique combinations
- Ideal for role-players and authors
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Instantly generate a background for a fantasy character. Breathe life into your role-playing or fantasy character. Background Noise allows you to randomly generate a background for any fantasy character. By walking through a series of tables, you will determine: * Where the character grew up * Who they lived with * What their parents did * How many siblings they had * Any family legacy * Events in the character's childhood * Events in the character's adult life * The most significant personality traits of the character * and much much more... With 40 tables and hundreds of options, there are millions of possible combinations, making sure that no two character's backgrounds are exactly alike. Great for role-players or authors. So add some Background Noise to your character, they'll thank you for it.
SoundWalk
Explore physical locations transformed into immersive audio environments. Experience abstract soundscapes or narrative stories that unfold entirely through sound, enhancing your exploration with headphones.
- Location-based audio environments
- Abstract sonic exploration
- Narrative audio stories
- Headphone immersive experience
- Movement-driven sound
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SoundWalk turns physical locations into sonic environments to explore. Every SoundWalk will be different. One may be an abstract audio environment that enhances a public space, while another might put you in the center of a narrative story; with dialogue and action that exists completely in the audible realm. Put your headphones on, and explore.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Background Noise at 50% against SoundWalk's 0%. SoundWalk's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.1 vs 2.9). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
SoundWalk is free to download; Background Noise costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SoundWalk holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Background Noise's written reviews are positive against 0% of SoundWalk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Background Noise ships an update every 39 months, SoundWalk fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Background Noise | SoundWalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erik A. Dewey | Kurt Roembke |
Customer experience
Background Noise
SoundWalk
In-app purchases
Background Noise
No in-app purchases
SoundWalk
No in-app purchases
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