Instruments vs Industrial Sounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instruments
Explore a vibrant collection of 55 musical instruments with interactive sound and visuals. Learn instrument names and sounds in 78 languages, perfect for young children and language learners. This offline app offers a safe, ad-free, and engaging musical discovery experience.
- 55 interactive musical instruments
- Real sounds and spoken names
- Supports 78 languages
- Offline functionality
- Adjustable slideshow mode
- Parental gate for settings
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Instruments is the best interactive sound picture book featuring 55 musical instruments: tap the image to hear the instrument and see its name in your chosen language (78 languages). Large images, real sounds, spoken names. Who is it for? Ages 1–5 for the picture-book experience. Ages 3–15 for language learning and instrument vocabulary. How it works The interface lets a child, alone or with an adult, discover each instrument and its sound. Images can advance automatically like a slideshow (adjustable speed) or manually by swiping the screen. The display order is configurable (random or sequential). A long-press on the instrument name lets you choose another display/spoken language. Multilingual (78 languages) Spoken names and interface available in your language of choice, to build vocabulary and train the ear from an early age. Tip: in your device settings, download Apple’s premium voices (higher-quality voices provided by iOS). Why you’ll love Instruments? Clear, reassuring musical discovery for young children. Natural pronunciations and authentic sounds. Multilingual (78) to support early learning, vocabulary, and listening. Works anywhere Works offline and in airplane mode: all images and sounds are stored on device No connection required. Orientation Portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad. Parents and schools – Parental gate (settings protected by a random math question). – Schools reminder: 50% off via Apple School Manager. Privacy – No ads – No in-app purchases – No tracking – No data collection – No analytics – Privacy Nutrition Label: “No data collected” Contact us contact@iburgerapps.com Instruments accordion, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, balalaika, bandoneon, banjo, barrel organ, bass drum, bass guitar, bassoon, bugle, castanets, cello, clarinet, claves, congas, crash cymbal, didgeridoo, djembe, double bass, drum kit, duduk, electric guitar, flute, french horn, gong, grand piano, handbell, harmonica, harp, harpsichord, lute, mandolin, maracas, oboe, pan flute, piccolo, pipe organ, recorder, saxophone, sitar, snare drum, synthesizer, tambourine, tenor drum, timpani, triangle, trombone, trumpet, ukulele, upright piano, viola, violin, xylophone Supported languages (displayed and spoken) Afrikaans, Albanian, German, Amharic, English, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Belarusian, Burmese, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Uzbek, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Czech, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Zulu
Industrial Sounds
Explore realistic construction site sounds, from bulldozers to chainsaws. Learn about heavy machinery with brief descriptions, making it an engaging tool for children to discover the world of construction.
- Realistic construction sound effects
- Information on heavy machinery
- Educational tool for children
- High-quality audio
- User-friendly interface
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Industrial sounds app is the best sounds effect app which brings you all the realistic sounds you would love to hear at a construction site. If it is a bulldozer which is used in shallow digging or ditching or whether it’s a electric chain saw cutting through the giant trees to pave the path towards the modern revolution, you can find it all in this all in one construction sounds app within the reach of your fingertips. If you are a JCB lover who likes to hear the BIG BOYS roaring around in a construction site or an excavator moving the earth with its heavy metal claws, Industrial sounds app will make sure to give all these sounds with high quality. Not only that you can listen to these sounds but also you can make your child aware of all the heavy machines used in a construction site along with their sounds by going through the brief descriptions of each of the machines listed in this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Industrial Sounds at Free against Instruments's $1.99. Industrial Sounds also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Industrial Sounds is free to download; Instruments costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Instruments against 5.0 for Industrial Sounds. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Instruments ships an update every 6 months, Industrial Sounds every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instruments | Industrial Sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christophe Burdin | Nipuna Arachchi |
Customer experience
Instruments
Industrial Sounds
In-app purchases
Instruments
No in-app purchases
Industrial Sounds
No in-app purchases
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