Comparison

Sound Effects.! vs Let's Ride

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

Head to head
About

Sound Effects.!

Explore a vast library of realistic sound effects for entertainment and pranks. Easily navigate categories like animals, horror, and weapons. Use the integrated keyboard to enhance your digital content with fun sounds.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of realistic sound effects
  • Categorized sound library
  • Intuitive gesture navigation
  • Keyboard for conversations and videos
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Have fun with realistic sound effects! Sound Effects is an app which offer hundreds of cool sound effects. This application for iOS (iPhone & iPad) is perfect to spend some good time with your friends or your family. Have them try to guess a sound, or you can prank or scare them. The application includes various features: SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY: Surprise your friends by playing amazing and realistic sounds. Teach your kids a lot of daily life noises. EASY NAVIGATION: Quickly find what you are looking for by browsing through relevant categories (such as: animals, horror, disgusting, weapons, bird, baby, etc.). INTUITIVE INTERFACE: Use gestures to switch between categories and pick among the many available sounds. We have simplified the app in order to make it accessible to everybody, even the kids, with a clear interface and big buttons. USEFUL KEYBOARD: Use the keyboard to animate your conversations, stories, videos and podcasts. Quickly access your favorite sounds with the keyboard. TRANSLATIONS: The application is translated in various languages (such as english, spanish, french, etc.), so everyone around the world can use it. --------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have sound problems, please check the audio volume of your device. FIND US ON: https://www.facebook.com/pxlapps https://twitter.com/pxlapps https://plus.google.com/116143621852583462451 https://www.pinterest.com/pxlapps/ https://www.instagram.com/pxlapps/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTS1zbZaWzMQYD9_UNgy0NA --------------------------------------------------------- Thank you in advance for your comments.

About

Let's Ride

Experience a 360-degree virtual reality bike ride with a champion cyclist. Learn riding tips and safety advice from an Olympic gold medalist. Explore favorite cycling routes and a velodrome.

Highlights
  • 360-degree VR bike ride
  • Ride with champion Anna Meares
  • Explore favorite riding spots
  • Velodrome lap simulation
  • Riding tips and safety advice
Features
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Let's Ride VR Ever wanted to go for a ride with a champion cyclist? Now’s your chance! Get immersed in a 360-degree bike ride with 11 time World Champion and Dual Olympic Champion Anna Meares. Use a Google Cardboard or your device to cycle with Anna as she takes you for a journey around her favourite riding spots, including a lap around the velodrome. Along the way Anna will share her riding tips and point out ways to be safe and be seen - so you can make every ride you take a safer one. This app is brought to you by the Motor Accident Commission (MAC) and the Government of South Australia.

Screenshots

Sound Effects.!3 screens
Let's Ride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sound Effects.! at 87% against Let's Ride's 25%. Sound Effects.! also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 2). Let's Ride's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sound Effects.! holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sound Effects.! has 1.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Sound Effects.!'s written reviews are positive against 25% of Let's Ride's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sound Effects.! ships an update every 4 months, Let's Ride fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sound Effects.! versus Let's Ride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSound Effects.!Let's Ride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.9K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.18.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB626 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPXL APPSFusion

Customer experience

Sound Effects.!

All ratings1,859 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral10.4%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews989 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.8%
Negative4.2%

Let's Ride

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

Sound Effects.!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Tutorial icon doesn't work

Requested features

3 requests
  • More sound categories and variety
  • Ability to record and add custom sounds
  • Option to remove ads for a one-time fee

Let's Ride

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sound Effects.!

No in-app purchases

None

Let's Ride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sound Effects.! free?
Sound Effects.! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Let's Ride free?
Let's Ride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sound Effects.! or Let's Ride?
Sound Effects.! is rated higher. Sound Effects.! averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while Let's Ride averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sound Effects.! or Let's Ride have ads?
Sound Effects.! shows ads; Let's Ride does not.
Which is updated more often, Sound Effects.! or Let's Ride?
Sound Effects.! ships an update every 4 months, and Let's Ride fortnightly. Most recently, Sound Effects.! was updated on October 16, 2026 and Let's Ride on October 5, 2026.

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