Comparison

What Plane? vs Tone Generator+ Freq

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

Head to head
About

What Plane?

Instantly identify aircraft overhead with this app. It offers a widget for quick glances and a live map for exploring nearby air traffic. View detailed information for planes within 30 nautical miles, with a unique compass ring for direction.

Highlights
  • Instant aircraft identification
  • Home Screen widget for quick access
  • Live map of nearby air traffic
  • Detailed aircraft information
  • Compass Ring bearing indicator
  • Customizable aircraft icons
Features
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What Plane? was built to answer one question—fast: what’s that aircraft overhead? Everything is designed for instant glanceability, so you can get the answer without “using an app”. Add the widget to your Home Screen and tap to refresh. Tap the custom aircraft icon to jump straight into the live map. Inside the app, controls stay just as simple. Want different units? Tap any stat (altitude, speed, distance) to cycle through options. The default view lets you explore nearby air traffic, and with a single tap on any aircraft—or the menu button—you can browse rich details for every plane within 30 nautical miles. To keep the interface minimal while adding real information density, What Plane? uses the Compass Ring: the panel border doubles as a bearing indicator, showing the aircraft’s direction relative to you at a glance. And when an aircraft is overhead, the widget brings it to life with airline-specific liveries and aircraft models—so your Home Screen matches what’s in the sky. WHATPLANE PRO (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Choose the aircraft you want to spot and get an alert when a match is nearby. Chat with Lookout to ask about aircraft recorded in your area while you were away, and prioritise your matches in Dynamic Island. Pro is a monthly auto-renewable subscription, purchased separately in the app, with a one-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. After the trial, the subscription renews at the displayed monthly price unless cancelled. The local price is shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://whatplane.org/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tone Generator+ Freq

Generate a wide range of audio tones and noise, from pure sine waves to complex mixes. Features include frequency control, various waveforms, presets for specific uses like sleep or tinnitus, and tools for instrument tuning and speaker testing. The app allows tones to play in the background and offers a sleep timer.

Highlights
  • Generate tones from 1 Hz to 22 kHz
  • Sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle waveforms
  • White, pink, and brown noise generation
  • Preset tones for sleep, tinnitus, and brainwaves
  • Mixer for layering up to four tones
  • Frequency sweep functionality
  • Instrument tuner and water eject tool
Features
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Tone Generator: Frequency Hz plays audio tones from 1 Hz to 22 kHz — pick a frequency or a preset, press the big Play button under the dial, and hear it. Sine, square, sawtooth and triangle waves, plus white, pink and brown noise. The tone keeps playing when you switch to another app or lock the screen, so a tone or noise can run while you read, work or rest. A sleep timer (15, 30 or 60 minutes) stops it for you. ▶ SET THE FREQUENCY • Step with the frequency arrows, jump by semitone or octave, or tap A4 • Watch the note name and cents readout as you go • Type exact Hz values for the right ear, the mixer and the sweep • The tone you hear matches the frequency shown on screen ▶ WAVEFORMS AND NOISE • Sine for a clean pure tone • Square, sawtooth and triangle for harmonics • White, pink and brown noise ▶ PRESETS — ONE TAP TO HEAR THEM • Tinnitus masking tone, sleep, A4 440 Hz, subwoofer 60 Hz, bass strings E A D G, dog whistle, cat repel • Brainwave beat pack (delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma) and solfeggio tones • Save your own presets, including mixer setups • Tapping a preset starts the sound; if a tone is already playing, it switches to the new preset ▶ CHANNELS, BEATS AND SWEEP • Mono, stereo with a separate right-ear frequency, binaural beats and isochronic tones • Dual tone: two frequencies at once • Mixer: layer up to four tones, each with its own waveform and level • Frequency sweep between any two frequencies, once or looping, with the dial following the sweep ▶ MORE TOOLS • Instrument tuner: play a note and see its pitch and cents (uses the microphone) • Water Eject: a 165 Hz tone at full volume to help push water out of the speaker • Speaker and subwoofer checks with steady tones and sweeps ▶ WHO IT IS FOR • Musicians checking tuning against an exact Hz • People testing speakers, headphones and subwoofers • Students exploring sound, frequency and waveforms • Anyone who wants a steady tone or noise in the background ▶ SAFETY Start at a low volume. Loud tones, especially high frequencies, can harm hearing and speakers. Brainwave and solfeggio presets are traditionally used in relaxation and focus routines; they are not a medical or therapeutic treatment. The tinnitus preset is a masking tone, not a treatment. Available in 30 languages.

Screenshots

What Plane?4 screens
Tone Generator+ Freq3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tone Generator+ Freq at Free against What Plane?'s $8.09. Tone Generator+ Freq also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). What Plane?'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and device support 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

Tone Generator+ Freq is free to download; What Plane? costs $8.09 up front. What Plane? sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Tone Generator+ Freq 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 What Plane? against 5.0 for Tone Generator+ Freq. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Plane? ships an update weekly, Tone Generator+ Freq every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
What Plane? versus Tone Generator+ Freq: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Plane?Tone Generator+ Freq
Price$8.09Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB61 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDavid WilkinsonKyu-Hee Jang

Customer experience

What Plane?

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tone Generator+ Freq

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

What Plane?

Subscriptions1
  • WhatPlane Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
None

Tone Generator+ Freq

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What Plane? free?
What Plane? costs $8.09, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Tone Generator+ Freq free?
Tone Generator+ Freq is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, What Plane? or Tone Generator+ Freq?
What Plane? and Tone Generator+ Freq are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do What Plane? or Tone Generator+ Freq have ads?
Tone Generator+ Freq shows ads; What Plane? does not.
Which is updated more often, What Plane? or Tone Generator+ Freq?
What Plane? ships an update weekly, and Tone Generator+ Freq every 5 days. Most recently, What Plane? was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tone Generator+ Freq on October 31, 2026.

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