Comparison

Horns and Sirens vs AITSO

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 provides a collection of high-quality horn and siren sounds. Tap buttons to play various sounds like police sirens, air horns, and DJ horns. It's a fun way to prank friends or add sound effects to events.

Highlights
  • High-quality horn and siren sounds
  • Tap to play sounds
  • Scare friends
  • Connect to external speakers
  • Variety of sound types (police, DJ, boat, truck)
  • Includes car alarms and reggae horns
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 Horns and Sirens is a free ad supported app, so what are you waiting for, make some noise!

About

AITSO

Engage in intelligent conversations with an AI chatbot that remembers your past interactions. This app offers a unique retro experience, allowing you to ask anything and receive thoughtful responses. It also features voice modulation, music playback, and visual effects.

Highlights
  • Intelligent AI conversations
  • Remembers past interactions
  • Text-to-speech output
  • Adjustable voice pitch
  • Play random songs
  • Flashlight strobing
Features
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AITSO (Artificial Intelligence Text to Speech Operator) is a throwback to Dr. Sbaitso, which was a DOS-based artificial intelligence speech synthesis program from the 90s. Feel free to ask or tell anything to AITSO, and it will respond intelligently. It will remember your previous conversations and any information you provide it. AITSO can also repeat what you say, change voice pitch, tell a joke, change system background color, pick and play a random song from your music library, and strobe your device’s flashlight. Type ‘?’ for the list of special commands. Special commands include: SAY [TYPE ANYTHING] PITCH [0-3] TELL ME A JOKE COLOR [0-7] PICK A SONG STROBE [ON/OFF] REMOVE ADS PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Horns and Sirens4 screens
AITSO2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Horns and Sirens at 4.5 against AITSO's 3.2. Horns and Sirens also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months). AITSO's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. AITSO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Horns and Sirens asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Horns and Sirens holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Horns and Sirens has 4.2K ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Horns and Sirens's written reviews are positive against 52% of AITSO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Horns and Sirens ships an update every 2 months, AITSO every 22 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Horns and Sirens versus AITSO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHorns and SirensAITSO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4.2K ratings) — better3.2 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews52.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.2K — better49
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 22 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB9 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperMagi EntDrum Starz

Customer experience

Horns and Sirens

All ratings4,182 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative51.9%

AITSO

All ratings49 ratings
Positive51.0%
Neutral10.2%
Negative38.8%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive52.1%
Neutral16.7%
Negative31.3%

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

AITSO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Horns and Sirens

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AITSO

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99

Questions

Is Horns and Sirens free?
Horns and Sirens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AITSO free?
AITSO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Horns and Sirens or AITSO?
Horns and Sirens is rated higher. Horns and Sirens averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4.2K ratings, while AITSO averages 3.2 from 49 ratings.
Do Horns and Sirens or AITSO have ads?
Both Horns and Sirens and AITSO show ads.
Which is updated more often, Horns and Sirens or AITSO?
Horns and Sirens ships an update every 2 months, and AITSO every 22 months. Most recently, Horns and Sirens was updated on September 22, 2026 and AITSO on September 22, 2026.

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