Big Button Sound Effects vs SoundEffect App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Button Sound Effects
Access a collection of popular internet sound effects with a simple tap. Customize alerts for calls, texts, emails, and reminders, or set them as ringtones. This app offers a clean interface for quick access to a variety of audio clips.
- Popular sound effects
- Easy-to-use interface
- Set as ringtone
- Set as text tone
- Customize alerts
- High-quality audio
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Big button sounds features some of the most downloaded sound effects from the internet grouped together in one easy to use application. Popular high quality sound effects at the push of a button. Perfect for all different kinds of occasions. You can use any sound as a ringtone, text tone, new mail alert, calendar alert or reminder alert or more. With this app you can customize your: Ringtone (default and for each contact) Text tone (default and for each contact) New voice mail alert New mail alert Calendar alert Reminder alert and more! - sound effects - Clean, easy to use interface
SoundEffect App
Record and organize a vast library of sound effects. Play sounds based on your gestures, creating a personalized audio experience. Access a diverse collection of over 350 sound effects.
- 350+ sound effects
- Create custom sound effect lists
- Play sound effects via gestures
- Organize sound effects
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Apps that recorded about 350 types of sound effects. ■ What you can do · Create your own sound effects list · Play sound effects according to gestures ■Credit SE Material『OtoLogic』(https://otologic.jp/)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Big Button Sound Effects at none against SoundEffect App's 4. Big Button Sound Effects also leads on ratings volume (267 vs 30) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). SoundEffect App's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 47%). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. SoundEffect App sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Big Button Sound Effects asks for nothing beyond the download.
SoundEffect App holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Button Sound Effects has 267 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Big Button Sound Effects's written reviews are positive against 75% of SoundEffect App's.
Big Button Sound Effects ships an update every 6 months, SoundEffect App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Button Sound Effects | SoundEffect App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (267 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 267 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magi Ent | Tomohiro Ohwada |
Customer experience
Big Button Sound Effects
SoundEffect App
In-app purchases
Big Button Sound Effects
No in-app purchases
SoundEffect App
- Banner ad removal.$1.99
- App development support$1.99
- Fullscreen ad removal.$1.99
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- All Ads removal And Support$4.99
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