Comparison

THE SOUNDMACHINE vs Augmented Christmas Tree

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

Head to head
About

THE SOUNDMACHINE

Access a collection of professional sound effects for various situations, from animal noises to crowd reactions. Enhance your home, office, or social gatherings with a variety of audio clips. Additional sound packages are available for purchase.

Highlights
  • Wide variety of sound effects
  • Professional audio quality
  • Sounds for different situations
  • Preview button for sound packages
  • Additional sound packages available
Features
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The eagle, gun, horn, applaus, fail, referee pipe … and much more is what you can expect in this app. You'll always have the perfect sounds for any situation. With the professional sounds of SOUNDMACHINE you'll have a blast. Have fun with the sounds at home, in the office or when you hang out with your friends. Download the app and enjoy over 9 awesome sounds within the first package. Furthermore you have access to many more sounds packages with the chargeable sound themes WESTERN, CARTOON and WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2014. All the themes have a preview button to test the additional sounds. Sounds great, doesn't it? Convince yourself and download the app now.

About

Augmented Christmas Tree

Features
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Place an Augmented Reality Christmas tree in your living room or on your desk. Click on the gifts and listen to fun Christmas sounds. Watch the elf dancing around the Christmas tree. Christmas is here - download a virtual Christmas tree and play with the magic of Augmented Reality. Once you have inserted the tree, you can scale it to fit a specific size - drag the slider at the bottom. You also have the option to rotate it by dragging over the Christmas tree with your finger. You can lock this function by pressing Rotate in the Navigation bar. Here you also have the option to show three sliders that can move the position of the Christmas tree: press Move. Press Take Photo to take a picture of the Christmas tree and the surroundings. Press Share to share your picture. You are now ready to dance around the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Hope you have a Merry Christmas :-)

Screenshots

THE SOUNDMACHINE4 screens
Augmented Christmas Tree4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Augmented Christmas Tree at Free against THE SOUNDMACHINE's $2.99. Augmented Christmas Tree also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 29 months). THE SOUNDMACHINE's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

Augmented Christmas Tree is free to download; THE SOUNDMACHINE costs $2.99 up front. THE SOUNDMACHINE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Augmented Christmas Tree asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

THE SOUNDMACHINE ships an update every 29 months, Augmented Christmas Tree every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
THE SOUNDMACHINE versus Augmented Christmas Tree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTHE SOUNDMACHINEAugmented Christmas Tree
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerelklab UGBo Kalvslund

In-app purchases

3 purchases

THE SOUNDMACHINE

One-time3
  • Cartoon Edition$0.99
  • Western Edition$0.99
  • Soccer Edition$0.99
None

Augmented Christmas Tree

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is THE SOUNDMACHINE free?
THE SOUNDMACHINE costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Augmented Christmas Tree free?
Augmented Christmas Tree is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do THE SOUNDMACHINE or Augmented Christmas Tree have ads?
Augmented Christmas Tree shows ads; THE SOUNDMACHINE does not.
Which is updated more often, THE SOUNDMACHINE or Augmented Christmas Tree?
THE SOUNDMACHINE ships an update every 29 months, and Augmented Christmas Tree every 3 days. Most recently, THE SOUNDMACHINE was updated on October 16, 2026 and Augmented Christmas Tree on October 18, 2026.

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