Sonivo vs Toneflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonivo
This audio player focuses on simplicity, offering core playback for common local audio files. Enjoy background and lock screen playback without any extra features or subscriptions.
- Local audio playback
- Supports MP3, FLAC, WAV, M4A
- Easy file import
- Background playback
- Lock screen controls
- Steady audio playing
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Super simple audio player with zero extra functions. No subscription. Core Features: Local audio playback: Support MP3, FLAC, WAV, M4A common audio formats. File import: Import local audio files easily for playback. Background & lock screen playback, steady audio playing.
Toneflow
Create immersive soundscapes for focus, work, or meditation. Explore nature, music, and ambient sounds, manage focus timers, and import your own audio. Personalize your auditory space for enhanced productivity and relaxation.
- Immersive soundscene creation
- Nature, music, and ambient sound categories
- Synchronized focus timer
- Focus session logging
- Import local audio files
- Built-in high-fidelity recording
- Personalized auditory space
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Toneflow creates an immersive, focused soundscene experience, with the first page displaying six major soundscene categories vertically, covering rich audio resources such as nature, music, animals, environment, instrumentals, electronics, and more. Click to access the detailed list, quickly preview audio without skipping, see the duration of focus, and operate efficiently and conveniently. The playback page synchronizes the music cover with the focus timer, triggers the timer countdown with a click, synchronizes the playback process with the timer process, and seamlessly integrates sound field and time management to help you focus efficiently. All completed focus recordings remain as bar logs on the home page, visually displaying the length of focus and time nodes, and fully duplicating each time spent. Sound sources support free expansion, allowing you to import both local audio files, or with built-in high-fidelity recording features, live record ambient sound effects, ASMR material, and ambient background noise, and archive to personal playlists with a click. Don‘t restrict yourself to built-in audio sources, creating your own personalized auditory space suitable for multiple focus scenarios such as learning, work, meditation, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Toneflow at none against Sonivo's shown. Toneflow also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Sonivo's advantage is ratings volume (308 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sonivo against 5.0 for Toneflow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonivo has 308 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sonivo ships an update every 8 days, Toneflow every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonivo | Toneflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (308 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 308 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 华兰 李 | VILA GRAD DOO |
In-app purchases
Sonivo
No in-app purchases
Toneflow
No in-app purchases







