Comparison

SoundBoy vs Sceneboard

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

Head to head
About

SoundBoy

Design a personalized soundboard with microphone input and real-time audio effects. Mix your creations with existing audio for dynamic party experiences. Enjoy a straightforward, no-nonsense application.

Highlights
  • Custom soundboard creation
  • Microphone throughput support
  • Real-time audio effects (delay, reverb, distortion)
  • Mix with existing audio
  • No tracking or third-party libraries
Features
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Create your own custom soundboard with support for microphone throughput - be the MC of your own party! It includes various effects like delay, reverb, and distortion, applied to both the microphone and the sample channels. The microphone channel is only enabled when connected to an external audio source, like a Bluetooth speaker. Once connected, you can use the built-in microphone to spit those rhymes. You can mix the output with any audio that's currently playing, so you can drop as many airhorns as you'd like on top of your pre-recorded DJ set. No tracking, third-party libraries, or other nonsense. It does exactly what it says on the tin, and nothing more.

About

Sceneboard

Features
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Sceneboard is a private, custom soundboard for your own sounds. Import an audio file, pull the audio out of a video, or record straight into the app — trim it, normalize its loudness, drop it on a big colourful pad, and fire it the instant you touch it. Built for tabletop game masters running ambience and effects at the table — and just as at home in a classroom, a podcast session, or anywhere you need your own sounds on cue. YOUR SOUNDS, NOT A CATALOGUE • Import audio files, extract the audio from videos, or record with the microphone • Trim on a waveform and normalize loudness — one tap makes a quiet clip as loud as the rest • Nothing is bundled and nothing is uploaded: every sound on your board is yours INSTANT, RELIABLE PLAYBACK • Pads fire the moment you touch them — no spinner, no confirmation, no delay • The live grid never scrolls and hides no gestures, so a tap in the dark always means play • Four per-pad modes: Restart, Interrupt, Overlap, and Loop (tap again to stop) • Smooth, click-free stops and seamless loops — even for clips that weren't made to loop • Loops keep playing with the screen off or the app in the background • Stop all in one tap; the Playing tray shows everything sounding — and stops any one sound, from any page MADE FOR THE TABLE • Big, legible pads with your labels, colours and icons — readable in a dim room at arm's length • Fixed pages with names and colours, switched from a permanent strip — never by a gesture that could misfire a pad • One app for iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape; pad positions are remembered per device and orientation • Your board shows your pads — not a screen padded out with empty cells; rotate the device and the same pads are simply rearranged • VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion supported throughout FAIR AND PRIVATE • Free forever: one board with 8 pads and the complete toolset — import, video extraction, recording, trim, normalize, every playback mode • A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited boards and pads, hardware keyboard shortcuts, and board export & sharing • Share a whole board — sounds included — by AirDrop or Messages; importing a shared board is free • No ads. No subscription. No account. No tracking. Your clips never leave your device. Your sounds. One tap. No ads.

Screenshots

SoundBoy4 screens
Sceneboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SoundBoy at none against Sceneboard's 1. Sceneboard's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sceneboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SoundBoy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundBoy ships an update every 6 months, Sceneboard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SoundBoy versus Sceneboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundBoySceneboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik TerwanMaksym Tsaplin

In-app purchases

None

SoundBoy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sceneboard

One-time1
  • Everything unlock$5.99

Questions

Is SoundBoy free?
SoundBoy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sceneboard free?
Sceneboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SoundBoy or Sceneboard have ads?
Neither SoundBoy nor Sceneboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundBoy or Sceneboard?
SoundBoy ships an update every 6 months, and Sceneboard daily. Most recently, SoundBoy was updated on October 17, 2026 and Sceneboard on October 18, 2026.

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