Comparison

Horns and Sirens vs ARS

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

Head to head
About

Horns and Sirens

This app offers a collection of high-quality horn and siren sounds. Easily play various sounds like police sirens, air horns, and boat horns by tapping buttons. It's great for pranks or making noise, with options to save favorites and set sounds to repeat.

Highlights
  • High-quality horn and siren sounds
  • Tap to play sounds
  • Save favorite sounds
  • Set sounds to repeat
  • Offline playback
  • Variety of sound types
Features
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Horns and Sirens features actual high quality Horn and Siren sounds. Simply tap a button to play it's corresponding horn or siren sound. Scare your friends with these loud horns and siren sounds. Hook up to an external speaker for an even more loud experience. Police sounds and sirens, DJ sounds and sirens, funny sounds and scary horns. Sounds include: - Police Sirens - Air Horns - Boat Horns - Truck Horns - Fire Sirens - Car Alarms - Reggae Horn - DJ Horn - and much more Make some noise! Horns and Sirens is back with more sounds and new ways to play your favorites. Still simple. Just more fun. - Save your favorite sounds so you can find them quickly. - Pick a sound for one big, shiny red button, or choose Random and see what plays next. - Set sounds to repeat with a pause of your choice in seconds or minutes. - Watch the countdown and pause or resume the timer. It keeps going while you browse other sound pages with the app open. - Stop playback with a tap. - Hide the top toolbar for a simpler screen and bigger sound buttons. The sounds are built in, so you can play them offline. No extra sound packs to download. Horns and Sirens is a free, ad-supported app for iPhone and iPad. Tap a button and let it honk!

About

ARS

Features
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The absolute anti theft solution for your car and motorcycle. Protect your vehicle 24/7 Receive notifications for : * Car unauthorized movement * Low battery * Towing * Device disconnected Monitor teen driving * hard acceleration * hard cornering * hard braking Monitors your driving eco score and various vehicle and engine data

Screenshots

Horns and Sirens4 screens
ARS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ARS at none against Horns and Sirens's shown. ARS also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Horns and Sirens ships an update every 2 months, ARS monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Horns and Sirens versus ARS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHorns and SirensARS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB64 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMagi EntIQDATA

Bugs and requests

Horns and Sirens

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • No sound on certain devices
  • Buttons don't work
  • Can't stop/pause sounds
  • Glitchy on ads

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add car horn sounds
  • Add more sounds like thunderbolt tornado siren
  • Provide a pro version without ads
  • Allow using sounds as notification tones and ringtones

ARS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Horns and Sirens

No in-app purchases

None

ARS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Horns and Sirens free?
Horns and Sirens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ARS free?
ARS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Horns and Sirens or ARS have ads?
Horns and Sirens shows ads; ARS does not.
Which is updated more often, Horns and Sirens or ARS?
Horns and Sirens ships an update every 2 months, and ARS monthly. Most recently, Horns and Sirens was updated on November 13, 2026 and ARS on November 7, 2026.

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