Comparison

Volume Booster vs AuraMix

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

Head to head
About

Volume Booster

Enhance the volume of your personal audio files without compromising sound quality. This app offers advanced audio processing tools to make quiet recordings, voice notes, and films genuinely louder and more listenable.

Highlights
  • Volume boost up to +15 dB
  • Ten-band equalizer with presets
  • Bass boost control
  • Seven reverb spaces
  • Background playback
  • Lock screen and Control Center controls
  • Sleep timer
Features
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HyperVolume makes quiet audio you already own genuinely louder - quiet recordings, mumbled voice notes, films mixed for a cinema - without turning them to mush. Cranking the gain on a quiet track makes it loud and ugly. HyperVolume rebuilds the signal properly: a compressor lifts the quiet passages, up to +15 dB of gain raises the whole track, and a limiter sits at the end of the chain catching the peaks before they clip. You get volume that stays listenable. READ THIS BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD HyperVolume is a player for audio files you own. You add your files, and it plays them louder. It cannot boost other apps, and it cannot boost streaming. iOS does not let any third-party app touch protected or streaming audio - so no app on the App Store can raise the volume of a streaming service. Not this one, not any of them. What it does play: - Files you add from Files or iCloud Drive - MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, AIFF and FLAC - Songs already in your device's music library that aren't DRM-protected, which means your own imports and purchases If your library is all streaming, this app has nothing to work with. HEAR IT BEFORE YOU DECIDE There's a demo built into the app. One clip, boost on, boost off, switch between them as it plays. You'll know in ten seconds whether it does anything for you - no subscription needed. THE SOUND CONTROLS Volume - Up to +15 dB on a fader with a real level meter beside it. It reads the actual output signal, so when it runs into amber and red you can see you're pushing it. Equalizer - Ten bands as vertical faders, the way an EQ is meant to look. Drag a curve by hand or start from one of 22 presets covering Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Classical, Vocal, Podcast and more. Bass - A low shelf for weight underneath the track, without the boom that swallows everything else. Reverb - Seven spaces, from Small Room through Hall and Plate to Cathedral, with an amount dial so you can add air rather than drown in it. A PROPER PLAYER, NOT JUST A SLIDER - Background playback, so it keeps going when you leave the app - Lock screen and Control Center controls, including skip - A queue with shuffle and repeat that survives backgrounding - Sleep timer that fades out instead of stopping dead - Album artwork, search and sort across your library - AirPods, Bluetooth, wired headphones and CarPlay audio NO ACCOUNT. NO SIGN-UP. There is no login, because there's nothing to log into. Your files stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and there's no analytics profile following you around. If you subscribe, the purchase lives on your Apple ID - tap Restore Purchases in Settings on a new device and it comes back. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT ISN'T Free, with no time limit: import your files, play them, and use the volume boost with its compressor and limiter. The core of the app works without paying. HyperVolume Premium unlocks the rest - a subscription is required for these: - The ten-band equalizer and all 22 presets - Bass boost - Reverb and all seven spaces - Everything added to Premium later Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription. The price and length are shown in the app before you confirm, and payment is charged to your Apple ID. It renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it any time in your device Settings under your Apple ID. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited if you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/1c667847-6d5f-4fc3-9cf3-eac2d5946a66 Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/1c667847-6d5f-4fc3-9cf3-eac2d5946a66 ONE HONEST NOTE ON LOUDNESS +15 dB is a lot. Loud music through headphones damages hearing, and that damage doesn't come back. The meter turns amber then red for a reason - treat the top of the range as a warning, not a target. A track that won't import? There's a contact option in Settings.

About

AuraMix

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AuraMix is a precise equalizer and music player for people who care how their music sounds — real control, and an honest promise. FREE • 10-band graphic EQ with a clean, tactile player • A library of tuned presets • Automatic headphone detection with matched presets • Import your own audio and build playlists AURAMIX PRO — one purchase, $9.99 • 31-band graphic EQ and a fully parametric EQ (up to 8 draggable nodes, any filter type) • Real-time spectrum analyser • The Enhance suite — harmonic bass, soundstage width, and acoustic spaces • Your Sound Profile — a quick hearing test builds a personal correction curve • The full Pro preset library ON THE MAC — SYSTEM-WIDE EQ Turn on System EQ and AuraMix shapes everything you hear — Music, Safari, streaming, games — because it works on your Mac's audio output, not the file. (Uses the free BlackHole driver; the app walks you through it.) IN THE CAR CarPlay support with a preset picker that shows each EQ curve at a glance, plus transport controls and your library. ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE Buy Pro once with your Apple ID and it unlocks on iPhone, iPad, Mac and CarPlay together. No subscription. No account. No sign-in. PRIVATE BY DESIGN AuraMix collects no data and tracks nothing. Nothing leaves your device beyond fetching the public preset catalogue. THE HONEST BIT On iPhone and iPad, AuraMix processes music you own — imported files and DRM-free purchases. Streaming services encrypt their audio, so no third-party app can run it through an EQ engine; anyone claiming otherwise is bending the truth. On the Mac, System EQ shapes everything you hear. We'd rather tell you straight than surprise you after you download.

Screenshots

Volume Booster4 screens
AuraMix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Volume Booster at none against AuraMix's 1. AuraMix's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. AuraMix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Volume Booster asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Volume Booster versus AuraMix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVolume BoosterAuraMix
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDayo AkinkuowoCALIBRE SQUAD PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

Volume Booster

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AuraMix

One-time1
  • AuraMix Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Volume Booster free?
Volume Booster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AuraMix free?
AuraMix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Volume Booster or AuraMix have ads?
Volume Booster shows ads; AuraMix does not.

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