Comparison

ToneMatcher vs Hoverophone

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

Head to head
About

ToneMatcher

This app assists guitarists in replicating desired tones using their existing equipment. It provides guidance on amp settings, pedal selection, and tonal direction for various musical styles and songs, streamlining the process from inspiration to sound.

Highlights
  • Recreate song-ready guitar tones
  • Match tones to your gear
  • Explore diverse sound styles
  • Organize gear locker
  • Find tone ideas for songs/artists
  • Streamline tone dialing
Features
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ToneMatcher helps guitar players recreate song-ready tones with the gear they already own. Add your guitar, amp, and pedals. Search for a song or tone. ToneMatcher gives you a focused starting point for amp settings, pedal choices, and tone direction so you can spend less time guessing and more time playing. Use ToneMatcher to: - Find guitar tone ideas for songs and artists - Match tones to your actual guitar, amp, and pedals - Explore clean, crunch, lead, metal, blues, fuzz, and distortion sounds - Keep your gear locker organized - Move faster from inspiration to playable sound Download ToneMatcher and start dialing in the tone in your head. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://tonematcher.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://tonematcher.com/privacy

About

Hoverophone

This app reimagines the theremin for your iPhone, allowing you to play music by waving your hands in the air without touching the screen. It offers a polyphonic synthesizer with various sound options and microtonal capabilities for unique musical exploration.

Highlights
  • Air-based theremin playing with front camera hand tracking
  • Polyphonic synthesizer with multiple voice options
  • Microtonal keyboard with 12-TET or 24-TET quarter tones
  • Stack up to twelve notes by pinning voices
  • Continuous pitch glide and volume control
  • Fully offline functionality
Features
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Play a theremin in the air with your hands—no screen taps, controller, or antenna required. Hoverophone uses the front camera to follow your hands. Raise or lower a hand to glide the pitch, change the distance between your thumb and any finger to control volume, and move from side to side to pan the sound. Raise a hand and you are already playing that unmistakable, otherworldly theremin voice. A POLYPHONIC SYNTH Choose a sine, triangle, saw, or square wave, then add drive and ring modulation. Movement across the camera controls the stereo field. Hoverophone tracks up to four hands at once, so you can play chords instead of a single melody. Bring two sounding hands together to pin a note in place. Pinned notes continue to ring while you play, giving you as many as twelve simultaneous voices: four live and eight sustained. MICROTONAL NOTES IN THE AIR Leave the note grid off for the classic continuous theremin glide. Turn it on to snap the pitch to 12-TET notes or 24-TET quarter tones on an isomorphic hexagonal grid. Move your hand into a cell and the note lands in tune without touching the screen. The 24-TET mode opens the door to microtonal and xenharmonic music while preserving the instrument's in-air control. FEATURES - Front-camera hand tracking with no screen contact - Continuous theremin pitch or an isomorphic note grid - 12-TET and 24-TET tuning with quarter tones - Up to four tracked hands and twelve simultaneous voices - Four waveforms, drive, ring modulation, and stereo panning - Sound through the speaker or headphones, even in silent mode - No account required; plays without a network connection HOW TO PLAY THE THEREMIN A theremin is an electronic musical instrument played without physical contact. In Hoverophone, simply raise a hand in front of the camera. Move up and down to change pitch, open and close the space between your fingers to shape volume, and move left or right to place the sound in the stereo field. If you are learning how to play the theremin, start in continuous mode and practice smooth pitch glides. Switch to 12-TET when you want help landing on familiar notes, or choose 24-TET to play quarter tones and explore microtonal music. Hoverophone is a touch-free theremin app and polyphonic synthesizer app for iPhone and iPad, built for musicians who want expressive camera control without extra hardware. Camera frames are processed entirely on your device and never leave it. Hoverophone does not use the microphone. Create a soft ambient pad, build a dense drone, or summon the eerie sweep of a science-fiction soundtrack. For the most reliable tracking, play in a well-lit room where the camera can see your hands clearly.

Screenshots

ToneMatcher4 screens
Hoverophone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hoverophone at 4.5 against ToneMatcher's 3.5. Hoverophone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). ToneMatcher's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. ToneMatcher sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Hoverophone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hoverophone holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of ToneMatcher's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hoverophone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ToneMatcher ships an update weekly, Hoverophone every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ToneMatcher versus Hoverophone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToneMatcherHoverophone
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (11 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer6ix USA IncMaxim Oransky

Customer experience

ToneMatcher

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral22.2%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative28.0%

Hoverophone

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ToneMatcher

Subscriptions2
  • ToneMatcher Pro$19.991 Month
  • ToneMatcher Pro$79.991 Year
None

Hoverophone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ToneMatcher free?
ToneMatcher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hoverophone free?
Hoverophone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ToneMatcher or Hoverophone?
Hoverophone is rated higher. ToneMatcher averages 3.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Hoverophone averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do ToneMatcher or Hoverophone have ads?
Neither ToneMatcher nor Hoverophone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ToneMatcher or Hoverophone?
ToneMatcher ships an update weekly, and Hoverophone every 10 days. Most recently, ToneMatcher was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hoverophone on November 10, 2026.

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