Comparison

SubZone vs Horizon. Media Tracker

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

Head to head
About

SubZone

Optimize your subwoofer's placement for superior sound quality. This app uses advanced acoustic simulations to find the ideal spot in your room, eliminating boomy or weak bass. Achieve clear, deep bass for music and movies scientifically and affordably.

Highlights
  • Rectangular room support
  • Acoustic simulation
  • Zone performance scoring
  • Optimum zone recommendation
  • Frequency response plotting
  • Multiple listening position optimization
Features
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Experience unparalleled sound quality with SubZone - the ultimate app for optimizing your subwoofer's position. Simply enter the details of your room and listening position, and our advanced acoustic simulation will find the sweet spot. The result is clear, well-defined, deep bass that brings the very best out of music and movies. When sound waves reflect off the walls, ceiling, and floor of a room they produce "room modes". These affect the sound by boosting or cutting certain frequencies, making some sound too boomy and others not present enough. To get the best performance out of your subwoofer, it is important to position it in a location that minimizes the effect of room modes. Previously, finding the best place to put a subwoofer has involved trial-and-error or expensive acoustic software. Some even suggest crawling around on your hands and knees to listen for the best spot. Now, SubZone allows you to calculate the optimal position in a scientific and affordable way from the comfort of your seat. Key features: - Supports any rectangular-shaped room - Simulates the acoustic effect of placing your subwoofer in each possible zone of your room - Calculates a score out of 10 for how well each zone performs - Recommends the optimum zones, marked with a star - Plots the frequency response for each zone, showing which frequencies are boosted/cut and by how much - Can optimize to a specified frequency range - Supports optimization for multiple listening positions - Uses information about the construction materials of the room to improve the accuracy of the simulation - Simple interface with step-by-step guide - No account or sign-in required - Respects your privacy by storing data locally - Detailed documentation with a comprehensive FAQ - Expert support on-hand to handle any questions or issues - Dark and light color schemes - Complies with GDPR legislation

About

Horizon. Media Tracker

This app consolidates your entertainment preferences, including movies, TV shows, music, and games, into a single profile. Track, discover, and share your tastes with friends, and receive personalized recommendations across all media. It offers a unified experience for all your entertainment tracking needs.

Highlights
  • Unified entertainment tracking
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Release calendar and notifications
  • Social features for friends
  • Customizable lists
  • Import from Letterboxd
Features
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Horizon is the one place for everything you watch, play, and listen to. Most trackers do one thing. Horizon brings movies, TV, music, and games together so your whole taste lives in a single profile - and so do your friends'. TRACK EVERYTHING - Rate and review movies, TV shows, music, and games on one clean 0-10 scale - Build your Horizon: a watchlist for everything you want to get to - A release calendar so you never miss something you're waiting for - Get a push the day something on your Horizon comes out DISCOVER WHAT'S NEXT - Personalized recommendations from your real taste, across every medium - See what's trending, what's coming up, and what's available now - Filter by the streaming services you actually have MAKE IT SOCIAL - Follow friends and see what they're into - A taste-match score on every profile to find the people who get you - Swipes: swipe through a deck of picks, solo or with up to four friends — anything you all say yes to is a match (Horizon Pro) - Clubs: group spaces to obsess over the things you love - Custom lists you can share and that others can follow SHARE YOUR TASTE - Turn any rating into a beautiful shareable card - A taste passport that captures your stats and genres at a glance BRING YOUR HISTORY - Import your library and ratings from Letterboxd in seconds Horizon is built for people whose taste doesn't fit in one app. Welcome home.

Screenshots

SubZone4 screens
Horizon. Media Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Horizon. Media Tracker at Free against SubZone's $4.99. Horizon. Media Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). SubZone's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, ads, 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

Horizon. Media Tracker is free to download; SubZone costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Horizon. Media Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of SubZone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Horizon. Media Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SubZone ships an update every 5 weeks, Horizon. Media Tracker every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SubZone versus Horizon. Media Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubZoneHorizon. Media Tracker
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (22 ratings)5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB81 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSonic Baume LTDTract Entertainment

Customer experience

SubZone

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Horizon. Media Tracker

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SubZone

No in-app purchases

None

Horizon. Media Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SubZone free?
SubZone costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Horizon. Media Tracker free?
Horizon. Media Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SubZone or Horizon. Media Tracker?
Horizon. Media Tracker is rated higher. SubZone averages 4.5 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Horizon. Media Tracker averages 5.0 from 18 ratings.
Do SubZone or Horizon. Media Tracker have ads?
Neither SubZone nor Horizon. Media Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SubZone or Horizon. Media Tracker?
SubZone ships an update every 5 weeks, and Horizon. Media Tracker every 2 days. Most recently, SubZone was updated on October 5, 2026 and Horizon. Media Tracker on October 5, 2026.

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