Comparison

DroneTone vs Arc & Decay

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

Head to head
About

DroneTone

Generate sustained, hand-tuned drone notes for ambient resonance. Customize pitch, texture, and fade timers for meditation, focus, sleep, or musical practice. Enjoy background audio and AirPlay support.

Highlights
  • Sustained drone notes
  • Full chromatic pitch range
  • Customizable texture and overtones
  • Gentle fade timer
  • Background audio and AirPlay support
  • Ideal for meditation and focus
Features
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This app plays sustained, hand-tuned drone notes that fill the room with deep ambient resonance. Pick any pitch across the full chromatic range and hold it as long as you need — no loops, no seams, just a perfectly steady note with warm overtones. Blend waveforms, soften the attack, and dial in detuned layers to shape the texture. Set a gentle fade timer and let a single tone carry you into stillness. Background audio, AirPlay, and headphones — your drone keeps glowing wherever you go. Perfect for meditation, breathwork, deep focus, sleep, and musical practice or tuning. — SUBSCRIPTION — Premium unlocks all features. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy

About

Arc & Decay

Features
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Arc & Decay is a plasma arc distortion instrument for iOS, built on the physics of real xenon gas tube breakdown. Feed it any sound through the built-in microphone and it fires an electrical arc when your signal crosses the ionization threshold. The arc saturates and distorts with odd harmonics, crackles through marginal-zone sputter, and holds a long ionization tail that decays into electrical noise long after your sound stops. Six precision encoders control every dimension of the arc character: Voltage drives the current into the gap. Ignition sets the threshold. Instability introduces chaos and arc wander. Fizzle and Spark shape the crackle density and tail length. Mix blends dry signal with pure arc output. Reverb and delay extend the electrical space without losing the character. Record up to one minute of output and share directly from the app. Arc & Decay is not a guitar pedal. It is not a synthesizer. It is a plasma arc instrument that runs on whatever sound you give it. © 2026 Synthetic Pulse Industries.

Screenshots

DroneTone4 screens
Arc & Decay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arc & Decay at none against DroneTone's 3. Arc & Decay also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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

Both are free to download. DroneTone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Arc & Decay asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DroneTone ships an update every 6 weeks, Arc & Decay daily. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DroneTone versus Arc & Decay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDroneToneArc & Decay
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhuc PhamTash Baycroft

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DroneTone

Subscriptions2
  • Instrument Tuning Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Meditation & Sleep Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Intonation Practice, One-Time$29.99
None

Arc & Decay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DroneTone free?
DroneTone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arc & Decay free?
Arc & Decay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DroneTone or Arc & Decay have ads?
Neither DroneTone nor Arc & Decay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DroneTone or Arc & Decay?
DroneTone ships an update every 6 weeks, and Arc & Decay daily. Most recently, DroneTone was updated on November 11, 2026 and Arc & Decay on November 5, 2026.

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