Engine Sound vs RevLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Engine Sound
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Give any car — even an EV — the sound it deserves. Engine Sound synthesizes a lifelike engine in real time and plays it softly under your music, through your phone, Bluetooth or CarPlay. It follows your real speed and acceleration, so the engine swells as you pull away and settles when you cruise — without ever stopping your music or podcasts. 12 ENGINES • Inline-4, V8, Inline-6 — free • Rotary, F1-style V10, V12, flat-4 boxer • Supercar V10 and grand-tourer V12 • Superbike inline-4, V-twin and two-stroke single Every engine is synthesized live, firing pulse by firing pulse, and tuned against real recordings. Preview each one with a tap. MADE FOR REAL DRIVING • GPS combined with the motion sensors reacts faster than GPS alone • Virtual gearbox: hear the shifts as you accelerate • CarPlay screen with big tachometer, gear and engine switching • Great in electric and hybrid cars that are too quiet • Optional turbo whistle and blow-off, plus pops & bangs on lift-off PLAYS NICE WITH YOUR AUDIO • Mixes under music, podcasts and navigation — never takes them over • Set how loud it sits under your music and how much it swells • Subtle and Lead modes LEARN HOW ENGINES WORK • 3D cutaway of every engine: pistons, crank, valves and firing order in motion • Spin the engine with your finger and hear it respond • Plain-language explanations with famous cars and bikes that use each layout TRY IT PARKED Test Drive mode lets you rev every engine with an on-screen throttle. BUY ONCE, NO ADS Three engines are free. One purchase unlocks all the others forever — no subscription, no ads. Family Sharing supported. All sound is generated on your iPhone. Your location never leaves the device. Please drive safely and follow local laws. Keep the volume at a level that lets you hear traffic and emergency vehicles.
RevLab
Experience realistic engine simulations with physics-driven sound, haptics, and interactive gauges. Drive a variety of engines, from V8s to electric cars, and test their performance on a drag strip. Features detailed engine components and real-time feedback.
- Real-time physics-driven engine simulation
- Computed engine sounds based on components
- Interactive 3D engine models
- Drag strip performance testing
- Multiple engine types and configurations
- Manual and automatic transmission simulation
- Haptic feedback for engine and gear engagement
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RevLab runs the engine for real. It computes the crank, pistons, valves, combustion and exhaust gas flow in real time, and that one simulation drives the sound, the haptics, the gauges and the 3D engine. Nothing is animated just for the screen. ■ NEW: ROTARY, W16, RACE AND ELECTRIC Two- and four-rotor rotaries: no valves, the ports open as the apex seals pass. A quad-turbo W16 whose turbos take turns, with turbo whistle, blow-off and a boost gauge. Three race power units: a 3.0 V10 that revs to 19,000 rpm, a 1.6 V6 turbo hybrid and a 5.5 crossplane V8 hybrid, with an open-wheel body, an endurance prototype chassis and a race wheel display. And a four-motor electric research car: READY start, regen paddles, its own digital cluster, and motor whine that is computed, not recorded. ■ DRAG STRIP Quarter mile and 0–100 km/h on a timing strip over the engine stage: no road, no car. Stage on the Christmas tree, hold the revs with launch control, shift on the shift lights. Shift grades are only labels: the time comes from the physics alone. Race your personal-best ghost or the factory driver, study the time slip and post to Game Center leaderboards. Everything but the leaderboards works without Game Center. ■ SOUND THAT IS COMPUTED Cylinder count, firing order, crank geometry and exhaust manifold shape the sound: the uneven burble of a crossplane V8, the scream of a flatplane V8, the rumble of a flat-four on unequal-length headers. Cranking, idle, the limiter, lift-off pops and stalls all come out of the simulation. Listen from five positions, from the driver's seat to a measurement mic. ■ 21 ENGINES, 2 CYLINDERS TO JET AND ELECTRIC 45° V-twin; inline three, four, five and six; flat-four; crossplane and flatplane V8; V10; V12; V16; W16; two rotaries; three race power units; the electric research car; an airliner turbofan, an afterburning fighter turbofan and a nine-cylinder radial. Every spec in the Garage is computed from the engine data the simulator runs, and each car engine arrives in a car and gearbox that suit it. ■ DRIVE IT YOURSELF A 3D gated shifter and three pedals. Dump the clutch and the engine stalls; shift without it and the gears grind. One tap on START starts the engine, another switches it off. • 6- and 5-speed manual, 7-speed DCT with 3D paddles, 8-speed automatic, 6- to 8-speed sequentials • Auto clutch: OFF, LAUNCH, SHIFT or GUARD • COMFORT, ECO and SPORT drive modes on a 3D dash button ■ GAUGES AND FOCUS VIEWS Car clusters from stepper-motor analog to 12.3-inch TFT, a race wheel display and an electric cluster, with boost and exhaust-temperature gauges where the engine has them. The combustion view shows the cylinder cutaway and the pressure–crank-angle trace, the exhaust view the pressure waves in the header, and STROBE freezes the cycle like a timing light. ■ FEEL IT (iPhone) Core Haptics delivers engine vibration, clutch bite, gear engagement and grinds, the limiter and the electric car's contactor, the moment you hear them. ■ EASY ON THE BATTERY RevLab draws only what changes, lowers the refresh rate when you let go and caps it at 60 Hz in Low Power Mode; battery saver graphics keep the sound the same. ■ FREE AND REVLAB PRO Free: five engines (inline four, inline six, crossplane V8, airliner turbofan, radial), every gearbox, clutch mode and cluster, the drag strip, focus views, STROBE and haptics. Sound quality and controls are never locked. RevLab Pro (one-time purchase, not a subscription, Family Sharing) unlocks 16 more engines (V-twin, inline three and five, flat-four, flatplane V8, V10, V12, V16, W16, two rotaries, three race power units, the electric research car, fighter turbofan) and the front listening position. ■ ALSO English and Korean · iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape · left- or right-hand drive · metric or imperial · Driver, Engineer and Lab display levels · no account, works offline (leaderboards need a connection). Made for people who love engines. Turn the key.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Engine Sound at 5.0 against RevLab's 3.8. Engine Sound also leads on ads (none vs shown). RevLab's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Engine Sound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RevLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Engine Sound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Engine Sound ships an update every 6 days, RevLab weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Engine Sound | RevLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Suzuki Medical Engineering LLC | Jehyung Lee |
In-app purchases
Engine Sound
- All Engines$1.99
RevLab
- RevLab Pro$4.99








