Comparison

MasterTone vs Burnish

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

Head to head
About

MasterTone

This offline audio mastering app offers simple controls for refining sound sources. It analyzes input audio to achieve practical volume and balance without complex settings, focusing on a single intensity knob for adjustments. Supports WAV and AAC exports for music production and remastering.

Highlights
  • Offline 2-pass processing
  • Safe/Loud modes
  • Single Intensity control
  • Peak control with soft saturation
  • WAV/AAC export
  • Complete offline operation
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MasterTone は、 シンプルな操作で音源を仕上げるための オフライン・マスタリング/リマスタリングアプリです。 複雑な設定や視覚的な演出はありません。 必要なのは モード選択と Intensity ノブだけ。 2-pass オフライン処理により、 入力音源を解析し、過度な歪みを避けながら 実用的な音量とバランスに整えます。 主な特長 • 2-pass / offline processing 音源を解析後に書き出す、安定したオフライン処理 • Safe / Loud モード 配信向けのクリーンな仕上がり、または音圧を重視した仕上がり • Single Intensity control 音の方向性を一つのノブで調整 • Peak control with soft saturation クリッピングを抑え、耳障りなピークを穏やかに処理 • WAV / AAC 書き出し対応 • 完全オフライン動作 音源は端末内で処理され、外部に送信されません こんな用途に • 同人音楽・自主制作音源の最終仕上げ • 既存音源の軽いリマスタリング • 配信・提出用の音量調整 • iPad / iPhone 完結の制作環境 ※ 表示される Loudness / Peak 値は参考値(approx)です。 ※ 本アプリは専門的なマスタリング作業を置き換えるものではありません。

About

Burnish

This app enhances AI-generated music by repairing common sonic issues like limited high frequencies, muddy mids, and narrow stereo imaging. It then masters tracks to streaming loudness, offering detailed control and genre-specific profiles. Users can also match their audio to reference tracks and export high-quality files.

Highlights
  • AI audio repair
  • Mastering to streaming loudness
  • Reference track matching
  • Detailed EQ and dynamics control
  • Genre-specific profiles
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Before/after sharing
Features
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Burnish takes a song you made with an AI music tool and makes it sound finished. AI generators leave marks. The top end stops dead around 16 kHz. There is a haze in the mids and a lump of mud around 350 Hz. The stereo image is narrow. You can hear it on good headphones, and so can the people who decide what gets playlisted. Burnish finds those problems, fixes them, then masters the track to streaming loudness. All of it happens on your iPhone or iPad. No upload, no account, no waiting in a queue. WHAT YOU GET Repair first, then master. Burnish rebuilds the missing top end, clears the mud, and opens the stereo image before it touches loudness. Most mastering apps skip this part. Six dials. Intensity, tone, bass, width, dynamics, de-ess. Turn one and Burnish runs the full chain again in seconds. Free, as many times as you like. Reference match. Pick a song from Files. Burnish reads its tone and loudness and shapes your track to sit beside it. A fair A/B. Before and After play at the same loudness, so you judge the tone and not the volume. It shows its work. Every EQ move, every dB of compression, the limiter's numbers. You can read exactly what changed and why. No black box. Loudness targets that mean something. Streaming, YouTube, Dynamic, or Club. True peak held at -1 dBTP so nothing clips after upload. 18 genre profiles. R&B, hip-hop, pop, rock, house, techno, drum and bass, reggaeton, country, metal, ambient, jazz, classical and more. Each one tuned by ear, not by a preset name. Share the before and after. A 15 second vertical video with the spectrum, the score, and the numbers. Made for Reels, Shorts and TikTok. Also a plugin. Burnish runs as an AUv3 effect inside GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad and other AUv3 hosts, so you can hear the master while you arrange. Export a 24-bit WAV, ready for any distributor. HOW IT IS PRICED Your first master is free, no card, no sign-up. After that, one purchase unlocks the app for good. No subscription. No monthly fee. No credits. PRIVACY Your music never leaves your device. Burnish does not upload audio, does not train on your songs, and does not need an account. Burnish is made by a musician who got tired of paying a subscription to master songs that still sounded like demos. It works on any track, AI-made or not.

Screenshots

MasterTone3 screens
Burnish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MasterTone at none against Burnish's 1. Burnish's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Burnish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MasterTone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MasterTone against 5.0 for Burnish. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
MasterTone versus Burnish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMasterToneBurnish
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTAKASHI NOSESilk Creative Labs LLC

Customer experience

MasterTone

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Burnish

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MasterTone

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Burnish

One-time1
  • Unlimited Mastering$24.99

Questions

Is MasterTone free?
MasterTone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Burnish free?
Burnish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MasterTone or Burnish?
MasterTone and Burnish are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do MasterTone or Burnish have ads?
Neither MasterTone nor Burnish shows ads.

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