TuneDeck Soundboard Studio vs Audio Object
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TuneDeck Soundboard Studio
This app transforms your iPhone into a dynamic live soundboard for creators and performers. Build custom sound decks with 12 colorful pads, trigger synth hits, beats, and effects, and even snap sounds to musical keys and scales. Record your live sessions directly within the app and save them as WAV files.
- 12 colorful sound pads
- Synth hits, beats, and effects
- Snap sounds to musical keys/scales
- Pitch-inspired controls
- Live performance recording
- Customizable pad labels and styles
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TuneDeck is a colorful soundboard studio that lets beat makers, performers, musicians, streamers, podcasters, and casual creators build and share live audio moments with audiences and collaborators. Create whenever inspiration hits, whether you are onstage, recording content, sketching a beat, or having fun with friends. Play 12 responsive pads across 14 sound banks, shape sounds with scale-aware synth controls, import MP3/WAV audio, and record complete performances as WAV files for easy sharing and continued production. TuneDeck works directly with Apple's Files and sharing tools, so you can bring in personal samples, save finished takes, and move audio into other apps or desktop workflows without a separate cloud service. GET STARTED - Start immediately with no account or subscription; use the included sound banks or choose audio files you own CREATE - Play 12 colorful pads across 14 distinctive sound banks - Explore pop, cinematic, trap, retro, orchestral, arcade, and experimental textures - Import MP3 and WAV files from Files and assign them to any pad - Randomize the selected pad for fast inspiration PERFORM - Tap one-shot sounds or hold supported pads with Sustain mode - Run beat-ready pad patterns at an adjustable BPM - Keep notes musical with Key, Scale, Snap, and Transpose controls - Follow animated waveforms and responsive pad feedback as you play SHAPE - Adjust Attack, Cutoff, Pump, Release, Retune, Humanize, Vibrato, and Mix - Edit each pad's sound, wave, note, length, level, and playback mode - Switch visual themes without changing the bank's sound - Save favorite banks for faster access RECORD & SHARE - Record the complete TuneDeck performance directly in the app - Capture pads, patterns, sustained notes, imported samples, and effects - Save finished takes as WAV files in Files - Share recordings through AirDrop, Messages, social apps, or other studio tools LEARN - Open the built-in TuneDeck Guide for clear explanations of every control and symbol - Recognize pad sources and playback behavior through clear visual symbols SUPPORT: https://rulemobile.com/tunedeck/support OPTIONAL ACCESS + Files: Choose MP3/WAV audio for custom pads and save finished WAV recordings. TuneDeck's included pads, synthesis, shaping, and performance controls still work if you do not select or save files.
Audio Object
This pocket-sized instrument turns your iPhone into a portable music creation studio. It features a four-track looper, a three-voice drum machine, and an eight-pad sampler with extensive editing capabilities. Seamlessly integrate with your Mac DAW via USB for professional workflows.
- Four-track looper with bar-quantized recording
- Three-voice drum machine click track
- Eight-pad sampler with EQ and varispeed
- Project save, load, and WAV stem export
- Stereo audio streaming to Mac DAWs via USB
- MIDI clock output over USB
- Records stereo from Core Audio interfaces
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Audio Object is a pocket-sized music instrument for iPhone. It looks and works like a small piece of hardware — a wooden body with an instrument panel on each face. Pull the wood edge and the body rotates to the next face. WHAT IT DOES - Four-track looper with bar-quantized recording and per-loop trim - Three-voice drum machine as the click track — kick, snare, hi-hat with a per-step accent grid - Eight-pad sampler with grid, auto, and tap chopping, two switchable banks, three-band EQ, varispeed tuning - Project save, load, and WAV stem export with tempo map - Streams audio to any Mac DAW over USB (Inter-Device Audio & MIDI) - Sends MIDI clock over USB — Ableton, Logic, and Bitwig lock transport to the phone - Records stereo from any Core Audio interface (iRig, Focusrite, MOTU, and others) HOW IT WORKS Six faces. Perform pads on one, sampler on another, click and time signature on a third, projects on the back, I/O on top, master on the bottom. No menus, no tabs. Every control lives on the body. The click track is not a metronome. It is a three-voice drum machine with per-step accents, subdivisions from quarter notes to swing, and time signatures from 3/4 to 12/8. Set up a kick-snare-hat pattern, press record, loop on the beat. The sampler holds eight pads across two banks. Record from the mic or load from Files. Chop by grid, by transient, or by tapping markers. Each pad carries a three-band EQ, varispeed pitch, and an amplitude envelope. All eight play polyphonically. Recording quantizes to the bar, the beat, or runs free. A dedicated loop-adjust face trims each loop to the sample — drag the region brackets, snap to the grid, hear the result while the brackets move. Plug the phone into a Mac over USB. Audio Object appears as an audio input and MIDI clock source. The DAW locks transport to the phone's tempo. No drivers, no setup. Plug a USB audio interface into the phone. Audio Object names the device on screen and records through its preamps at up to 48 kHz stereo. WHAT IS NEXT A synthesizer — bass, chord, and lead modes — is in development for the next major release.
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Verdict
TuneDeck Soundboard Studio and Audio Object are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 — 5.0 for TuneDeck Soundboard Studio against 5.0 for Audio Object. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | TuneDeck Soundboard Studio | Audio Object |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rule Mobile | Green Rose Systems, LLC |
Customer experience
TuneDeck Soundboard Studio
Audio Object
In-app purchases
TuneDeck Soundboard Studio
No in-app purchases
Audio Object
No in-app purchases
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