Comparison

Lambda vs Audio Function Generator

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

Head to head
About

Lambda

This app helps musicians and sound engineers convert between musical notes, frequencies, and wavelengths. It features a dynamic fader, built-in oscillator, and frequency tracker with waveform display. Customize tuning standards and speed of sound for precise audio analysis.

Highlights
  • Convert notes, frequencies, wavelengths
  • Dynamic fader for real-time adjustment
  • Built-in oscillator with waveform
  • Frequency tracker with waveform
  • Customizable tuning standards
  • Adjustable speed of sound
  • Share data via standard methods
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Musicians and Sound Engineers. Musical Notes and Frequencies and Wavelengths. Now there's an app from dgApps to convert between them all. The app features a sliding fader to dynamically change frequency, wavelength and musical note, with locks to step through standard third octave frequencies or whole musical notes. There's a built in oscillator so you can hear the frequency, and a frequency tracker so the app can tell you the frequency. Both the oscillator and the frequency tracker display the audio waveform. A settings section allows for different tuning standards, and variations in the speed of sound. Lambda can also receive calculated Speed of Sound in Air values from another dgApps app, Cair. Lambda is now a universal app, equally at home on an iPhone as on an iPad. In Split Mode on an iPad device, side by side with Cair, the calculated Speed of Sound in Air is passed in real time to the Lambda app. Lambda allows you to share frequency/wavelength/note data via all the usual sharing methods.

About

Audio Function Generator

Generate various audio test tones, including sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth waves. Explore frequency and volume sweeps, noise generation, and custom preset creation. Advanced features like extended frequency ranges and multi-tone playback are available with an upgrade.

Highlights
  • Generate sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth tones
  • Frequency and volume sweep generation
  • Noise generation (white, pink, violet, etc.)
  • Custom preset creation and saving
  • Extended frequency range (PRO feature)
  • Multi-tone playback (PRO feature)
Features
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This is the highly recommended and praised Function Generator App - an amazingly great and powerful tone generator. Enriched with a vast amount of features yet it is extremely intuitive and designed for simplicity. Get to know this great App now! It is very well maintained and has received considerable upgrades over the past years. So, … what can you do with this App? • PLAY TEST TONES Sine, Rectangular, Triangular and Sawtooth. • PLAY FREQUENCY SWEEP TEST TONES in both directions (minimum to maximum frequency and maximum to minimum frequency). • PLAY VOLUME SWEEPS (from minimum to maximum volume). • Try the SWEEP REPEAT / WOBBLE function. • Try the MUSIC TONES PLAYBACK. • Experiment with the huge FINE TUNE SELECTON, PRESETS SELECTION! • Or create your own CUSTOM PRESETS! • And SAVE an endless amount of CONFIGURATIONS (Frequency, Sweep, Noise) for later quick access and direct playback function. • Even play back different kinds of NOISE – White, Pink, Violet, Grey, Brown, Blue is also supported. The Function Generator is AMAZINGLY INTUITIVE and SIMPLE to use! AND THESE ARE THE ADVANCED SETTINGS/FEATURES (upgrade to PRO required): => Extending The Frequency Range (1Hz - 21kHz) => Extending The Sweep Times (0.1s - 600s) => Changing Min/Max Slider Frequency Ranges => Changing Max Sweep Time Slider Range => Changing Signal Amplitude => Enabling Of The Sweep Repeat / Wobble Function => Frequency Slider Setting to Linear or Logarithmic => Left/Right Channel Individual Selection => Permanently Saving Custom Presets => Saving Of Endless Number Of Audio Configurations => Phase Out Setting (custom phase shift of the generated signal) => BPM (Beats per Minute) Feature => Dual Function Generator => MultiTone Generator (playback of up to eight individual tones) => Background Theme Selection (Light/Dark) Check out the tutorial page: www.ee-toolkit.com/audio-function-generator

Screenshots

Lambda4 screens
Audio Function Generator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Audio Function Generator at Free against Lambda's $2.99. Audio Function Generator also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 54 months) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 1). Lambda's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Audio Function Generator is free to download; Lambda costs $2.99 up front. Audio Function Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lambda asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lambda holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Audio Function Generator has 2.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Lambda's written reviews are positive against 77% of Audio Function Generator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lambda ships an update every 54 months, Audio Function Generator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lambda versus Audio Function Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLambdaAudio Function Generator
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (2.2K ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better77.1% of reviews
Number of ratings12.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 54 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperdgAppsThomas Gruber

Customer experience

Lambda

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Audio Function Generator

All ratings2,191 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative16.6%

Bugs and requests

Lambda

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Audio Function Generator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Volume slider issues
  • Airplay not working
  • Sound distortion when display is active

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add download/save feature for custom sounds
  • Improve sweep function (continuous mode, better frequency control)
  • Add more multi-frequency rows
  • Implement 432Hz base frequency option
  • Add phase control for noise generators
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  • Improve accessibility (VoiceOver support)

In-app purchases

None

Lambda

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Audio Function Generator

One-time1
  • Upgrade to PRO$9.99

Questions

Is Lambda free?
Lambda costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audio Function Generator free?
Audio Function Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lambda or Audio Function Generator?
Lambda is rated higher. Lambda averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Audio Function Generator averages 4.7 from 2.2K ratings.
Do Lambda or Audio Function Generator have ads?
Neither Lambda nor Audio Function Generator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lambda or Audio Function Generator?
Lambda ships an update every 54 months, and Audio Function Generator every 6 weeks. Most recently, Lambda was updated on September 17, 2026 and Audio Function Generator on September 24, 2026.

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