Comparison

Beep Buddy vs ToneShaper

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

Head to head
About

Beep Buddy

This app provides musicians with quick access to essential tools. It offers a note frequency reference and a delay time calculator based on BPM. An experimental feature also generates pronounceable, fake words for creative inspiration.

Highlights
  • Note frequency lookup
  • Piano keyboard note list
  • Delay time calculator by BPM
  • Subdivision filters for delays
  • Pronounceable fake word generator
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Beep Buddy is designed to be a handy reference tool of musicians and sound manglers. As a developer and musician, I had a desire for simple tools that work quickly, intuitively, and are accessible to as many people as possible. Primary Features 1. Note Info - Get the frequency for a note, includes a full list of note information of a standard piano keyboard. Use the filters on the left to narrow the list down by note. 2. Delay Calculator - Get a list of delay times in useful subdivisions for a particular BPM. Use the filters on the left to narrow the list down by note, triplet, and dotted. 3. Inspiration - (This section is fairly limited currently and sort of strange) Create a fake word. It should be something you can pronounce. This is a feature on some devices I’ve used and find it useful when I just need a name for something. Rawr!

About

ToneShaper

Design unique audio tones by graphically plotting frequency over time. Add points to define shapes, adjust frequency ranges and duration, and export your creations as WAV files. Explore a library of sample tone shapes to begin experimenting.

Highlights
  • Graphical frequency plotting
  • Add and drag points to shape tones
  • Adjust frequency range
  • Set cycle duration
  • Export audio to WAV
  • Library of sample tone shapes
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Create cycles with tone shapes of smoothly varying frequency by plotting frequency at specific times. Tap the library button to pick from a selection of sample tone shapes to get started. Tap in the plot view to add points with coordinates (frequency, time). Drag to move points, but limited by the neighbors time. Alternatively, drag in the draw tab to add points, then apply them to set the points in the plot view. Adjust the frequency range slider to limit the bandwidth. Adjust the duration slider to specify the cycle period. Finally, in the export view you can save the audio to a WAV file with a chosen number of cycles. The duration of the audio is limited by the maximum duration, which therefore also limits the number of cycles in the audio file.

Screenshots

Beep Buddy4 screens
ToneShaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

Beep Buddy and ToneShaper are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beep Buddy against 5.0 for ToneShaper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beep Buddy ships an update weekly, ToneShaper every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Beep Buddy versus ToneShaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeep BuddyToneShaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric WroblewskiLimit Point Software

Customer experience

Beep Buddy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ToneShaper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beep Buddy

No in-app purchases

None

ToneShaper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beep Buddy free?
Beep Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ToneShaper free?
ToneShaper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beep Buddy or ToneShaper?
Beep Buddy and ToneShaper are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Beep Buddy or ToneShaper have ads?
Neither Beep Buddy nor ToneShaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beep Buddy or ToneShaper?
Beep Buddy ships an update weekly, and ToneShaper every 6 days. Most recently, Beep Buddy was updated on September 26, 2026 and ToneShaper on October 7, 2026.

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