DroneTone vs Arc & Decay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Sustained drone notes
- Full chromatic pitch range
- Customizable texture and overtones
- Gentle fade timer
- Background audio and AirPlay support
- Ideal for meditation and focus
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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
Arc & Decay
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
DroneTone ships an update every 6 weeks, Arc & Decay daily. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DroneTone | Arc & Decay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phuc Pham | Tash Baycroft |
In-app purchases
DroneTone
- Instrument Tuning Weekly$2.997 Days
- Meditation & Sleep Yearly$14.991 Year
- Intonation Practice, One-Time$29.99
Arc & Decay
No in-app purchases









