Comparison

SoundBoard Master vs Sound Deck

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

Head to head
About

SoundBoard Master

Create custom audio effect keyboards with a vast library of sounds. Design unique pads and grids with personalized buttons for pranks, DJ sessions, or content creation. Enjoy real-time playback and offline access to your soundboards.

Highlights
  • Customizable buttons with icons, text, and colors
  • Import own recordings and mixes
  • Edit sounds: loops, fade, pitch, speed
  • Flexible grid layout (1x1 to 8x8)
  • Over 300,000 sound effects in online database
  • Create multiple soundboard collections
  • Backup and restore soundboards
  • Trigger multiple sounds simultaneously
Features
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SoundBoard Master is the ultimate app for creating custom soundpads on your mobile devices. With its robust features and intuitive interface, you can design unique pads & grids with custom buttons to your specific needs. From pranks and jokes to DJ sessions, nerdy role-playing adventures, theatrical live performances, rap bases, musician, folies, youtuber, radio broadcaster announcer, games player, podcaster, storytelling, film making, shows to video streamers companion. Enriching and crafting unforgettable sound experiences for social media content and more. Now you have complete control over your audio experience. The app allows you to create multiple tables, each composed of a grid layout with customizable buttons. This flexible grid layout can range from a minimum size of 1x1 up to an 8x8 grid, providing you with the freedom to design soundboards of varying complexity and scale. The buttons within the tables can be personalized with icons, colors and custom text labels, allowing for intuitive and visually appealing navigation. One of the standout features is in its extensive sound FX library. Accessible through the app, this library offers a staggering collection of over 300,000 high-quality sound effects. From funny comedic meme noises to DJ loops, ambient and atmospheric sounds like rain, thunder and wind, all sort of animals like owl hooting, birds, whales, crickets, dogs and cats to more random ones like sword fights, clock ticking, train whistle, engines, airplanes, clapping, ringtones, laughing, boiling kettle, trains, babies cries, bells, clock alarms and everything in between, you'll find the perfect audio elements to enhance your soundboards and captivate your audience. The real-time playback ensures minimal latency, providing a seamless and responsive experience.Furthermore, the app offers offline support, allowing you to access your soundboards and downloaded sound effects even without an internet connection. This ensures uninterrupted functionality and convenience wherever you go. FEATURES - Customizable Buttons: Personalize each button with your preferred icons, custom text labels & colors, making your soundboard truly yours. - Import your own recordings & mixes, supporting various file formats like FLAC, WAV, AAC, CAF, AIF and MP3 - Edit sounds: create loops, add fade in or fade out, adjust pitch and speed, or link to cue sounds together seamlessly. - Grid Layout Customization: Flexibility to adjust the grid layout, ranging from a 1x1 to a maximum of 8x8. - Extensive Online Sound Database: Gain access to a vast online database with over 300,000 high-quality sound effects, ensuring a diverse selection for your soundboards. - Multiple: Create multiple unlimited soundboard collections, each one with your specific special needs. - Backup: Back up your soundboard and restore it on another devices, bringing you all your sound pads across all your devices. - Multi-fire system: Trigger various sounds at the same time. - Intuitive Interface: Navigate through your soundboards and trigger effects with ease, thanks to the user-friendly simple interface. - Offline Mode: Enjoy uninterrupted access to your soundboards and downloaded sound effects, even without an internet connection. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://iglugo.com/politica-de-privacidad/

About

Sound Deck

This app provides a preloaded sound panel with a variety of sound effects. Users can record and add their own sounds to a personal panel, transforming their device into a creative audio studio for fun or soundscape creation.

Highlights
  • Preloaded sound effects panel
  • Record custom sound effects
  • Add sounds to personal panel
  • Transform device into sound studio
  • Creative audio adventures
Features
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Sound Deck is your fast, customizable soundboard for streaming, live shows, podcasts, gaming, and content creation. Build a deck that fits your workflow. Choose your grid, add the sounds you need, and tap any pad to play it instantly. Organize your library by category, move sounds around your deck, and keep your best effects ready when the moment happens. Create original sound effects with AI, preview them, save them to My Sounds, and add them to your deck whenever you’re ready. You can also import your own audio files to make SoundDeck completely yours. FEATURES • Customizable soundboard grids• Instant sound playback• Add, remove, rearrange, and replace sound pads• Import your own audio files• AI sound-effect generation• Preview AI sounds before adding them• Categories and My Sounds library• Stop all sounds with one tap• Designed for creators, streams, podcasts, shows, and more Start free with 10 AI sound creations and 20 personal sound imports. SoundDeck Pro unlocks up to 200 AI sound creations per month and unlimited personal sound imports. Subscription terms: Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings.

Screenshots

SoundBoard Master4 screens
Sound Deck3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sound Deck at none against SoundBoard Master's shown. Sound Deck also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). SoundBoard Master's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. SoundBoard Master sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $22.99 per year and Sound Deck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sound Deck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundBoard Master ships an update every 2 months, Sound Deck every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SoundBoard Master versus Sound Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundBoard MasterSound Deck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB168 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIGLUGO SOCIEDAD LIMITADAHenrique Bersani

Customer experience

SoundBoard Master

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sound Deck

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SoundBoard Master

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Tokens$0.99
  • 50 Tokens$3.99
  • 100 Tokens$5.99
2 purchases

Sound Deck

Subscriptions2
  • SoundDeck$1.991 Month
  • SoundDeck Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is SoundBoard Master free?
SoundBoard Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sound Deck free?
Sound Deck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SoundBoard Master or Sound Deck?
Sound Deck is rated higher. SoundBoard Master averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Sound Deck averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SoundBoard Master or Sound Deck have ads?
SoundBoard Master shows ads; Sound Deck does not.
Which is updated more often, SoundBoard Master or Sound Deck?
SoundBoard Master ships an update every 2 months, and Sound Deck every 3 weeks. Most recently, SoundBoard Master was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sound Deck on October 24, 2026.

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