Comparison

SoundID Tools vs Fields

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

Head to head
About

SoundID Tools

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Create a personalized profile for Dolby Atmos headphone mixing and monitoring. Approved by Dolby. How It Works? 1. Download the SoundID Tools mobile app. 2. Scan your head and ears using your phone’s camera to create your Dolby Headphone Personalization profile. 3. Apply your profile to supported Dolby Atmos rendering tools (standalone and supported DAWs) — personalized to you. Your physical characteristics directly shape how you perceive immersive audio. A personalized profile helps ensure that what you hear on headphones accurately reflects your mix. Benefits of Dolby headphone personalization → Improved spatial accuracy, tonal clarity, and balance
 → Seamless integration with Dolby Atmos® creation tools
 → Reliable immersive mix checking on headphones
 → Greater confidence when mixing — and more consistent results across playback systems Perfect for Dolby Atmos creators working in the studio or on the go. Supports Dolby Atmos rendering workflows in compatible DAWs and the Dolby Atmos Renderer desktop app (see supported DAWs: link →). Create your free profile and take your immersive mixing further.

About

Fields

Capture, organize, and edit audio recordings on the go. This app allows for high-quality sound capture with external interfaces, imports existing files, and offers a suite of editing tools. It features automatic location tagging and flexible storage options.

Highlights
  • High-quality audio capture
  • Import audio files
  • Comprehensive editing tools
  • Automatic location tagging
  • iCloud and local storage options
  • Pre-roll buffer
Features
Currently charting
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Fields is a portable field recording app for capturing, organizing, and editing sounds in one place. Record sounds wherever you are, organize them with photos, notes, and locations, and edit your recordings directly in the app. Capture new material with the built in microphone or an external audio interface, import existing audio files, and keep everything organized in one place. Fields includes useful editing tools such as cut, copy, crop, reverse, fades, gain, normalize, filter, pitch, speed, trim silence, and noise reduction. A pre roll buffer helps you save sounds that happened just before you pressed Record, while automatic location tagging and the built in map make it easy to remember where each recording was captured. Your recordings belong to you. Fields requires no account, uses no tracking, and lets you choose between iCloud and Local Storage.

Screenshots

SoundID Tools4 screens
Fields4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SoundID Tools at Free against Fields's $7.99. SoundID Tools also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Fields's advantage is chart position (#176 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

SoundID Tools is free to download; Fields costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundID Tools ships an update weekly, Fields every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
SoundID Tools versus Fields: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundID ToolsFields
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating—4.7 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#176 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonarworks, SIAAudioThing Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

SoundID Tools

No in-app purchases

None

Fields

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SoundID Tools free?
SoundID Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fields free?
Fields costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SoundID Tools or Fields have ads?
Neither SoundID Tools nor Fields shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundID Tools or Fields?
SoundID Tools ships an update weekly, and Fields every 6 weeks. Most recently, SoundID Tools was updated on October 8, 2026 and Fields on October 15, 2026.

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