Tone Gen Studio vs Disto Disco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tone Gen Studio
Generate precise audio frequencies, conduct sweep tests, and analyze sound with a built-in microphone tuner and RTA analyzer. This toolkit is designed for musicians and audio engineers needing accurate tone and measurement tools.
- Pure tone generator with custom frequency
- Preset tone pads
- Sweep generator
- Noise profiles (white, pink, brown)
- Binaural beats
- Mic tuner with real-time display
- RTA analyzer
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Test speakers, find frequencies, tune instruments, and keep time during practice with Tone Gen Studio. Generate tones, sweeps, and noise, explore your microphone input with the tuner and spectrum analyzer, or practice with the built-in metronome. Tone generation and speaker testing - Set a custom frequency or choose a preset tone pad. - Select sine, square, sawtooth, or triangle waveforms. - Run linear, exponential, or stepped frequency sweeps. - Generate white, pink, and brown noise. - Set burst on and off durations for pulsed tones. - Adjust binaural carrier and beat frequencies for headphone playback. Tuning and audio analysis - View the detected note, frequency, and cents with the microphone tuner. - Explore input levels with a real-time spectrum analyzer and 1/3-octave RTA bands. Metronome and practice - Set a tempo from 20 to 300 BPM or use tap tempo. - Choose time signatures, subdivisions, accents, and five click sounds. - Practice with swing, polyrhythms, gradual tempo ramps, and random mute. - Use a count-in and practice timer. Start at a low volume and adjust gradually. Binaural playback requires headphones. Speaker response and microphone measurements depend on your device and connected audio equipment. For musicians, audio engineers, educators, and anyone working with sound on iPhone and iPad.
Disto Disco
This app transforms sound with a wide range of distortion and sound-shaping effects. Explore unique sonic territories, from gentle warmth to brutal textures, with beat-synced modulation and randomizers for creative sonic exploration.
- 28 sound-shaping modes
- Beat-synced modulation
- Random and Spice controls
- AUv3 and standalone operation
- Granular and spectral effects
- Drive, Math, Time, and Spectral territories
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WHAT IT IS Disto Disco turns distortion into movement. It starts with gentle drive and classic distortion, then ventures into stranger territory: degrading echoes, vocoders, morphing vowels, spectral effects, ring modulation, granular clouds, and more. Every dial can move with the beat, while Random and Spice can send the whole patch somewhere new. Shape something smooth, tuned, and shimmering; push it toward harsh, brutal, and broken; or take it somewhere weird and otherworldly. WHAT IT DOES * 28 sound-shaping modes: explore five distinct sonic territories, each with its own controls and character. * Drive: move from gentle warmth through folding, fuzz, bit crushing, and high gain. * Spectral: filter, morph, vocode, swap, or silence different parts of the sound. * Math: combine versions of the input with simple mathematical operations for raw, harsh, and unusual textures. * Time: turn recent sound into echoes, loops, and resonances, then bend, shift, or scrub it into motion. * Granular: cut sound into tiny pieces and scatter, repeat, or layer them into sparse grains and dense clouds. * A modulator on every dial: draw a 16-step pattern, choose a shape, or generate one, all synced to the beat. * Random and Spice: generate a new direction for the whole patch, from subtle changes to complete chaos. Keep what works and refine the rest by hand. * Tone and dynamics: shape the effected signal with Low Cut, Tube, and High Cut, then use the envelope follower to make distortion react to the input. * AUv3 and standalone: use Disto Disco as an effect inside your favorite host, or process live input directly in the app. REQUIREMENTS * An AUv3 host such as AUM, Cubasis, Drambo, GarageBand, Loopy Pro, or Logic Pro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Disto Disco at every 2 days against Tone Gen Studio's every 6 weeks. Disto Disco also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Tone Gen Studio's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Tone Gen Studio costs $0.99 and Disto Disco $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tone Gen Studio against 5.0 for Disto Disco. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Tone Gen Studio ships an update every 6 weeks, Disto Disco every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Tone Gen Studio | Disto Disco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Manley | Snorkel Audio, Inh. Michael Kaisser |
Customer experience
Tone Gen Studio
Disto Disco
In-app purchases
Tone Gen Studio
No in-app purchases
Disto Disco
No in-app purchases
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