MP3Gain vs ENVO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
MP3Gain
This app normalizes the volume of your audio files, ensuring consistent loudness across songs, podcasts, and uploads. It offers multiple analysis modes and presets for easy use, with batch processing for multiple files. Listen to comparisons before exporting to maintain audio quality and metadata.
- Volume normalization
- Multiple analysis modes (Peak, RMS, EBU R128)
- Built-in and custom presets
- Batch processing
- Listen before export
- Preserves metadata and album art
- Supports MP3, FLAC, M4A, WAV, AIFF, OGG
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Make all your audio the same volume β without touching the volume dial. Ever jump from one song to the next and grab for the volume button? Or finish a podcast that's twice as loud as the one before? MP3Gain fixes that. It measures the true loudness of your audio and applies exactly the right amount of gain, so everything you listen to, share, or upload sounds even and professional. Quick for everyday fixes. Precise for creators. Three measurement modes cover every job: β’ Peak β match tracks to a target peak level (in dB). β’ RMS β match the average energy of your tracks for consistent perceived volume. β’ EBU R128 (LUFS) β the international loudness standard used by streaming and broadcast platforms, with true-peak limiting. Built-in presets Start in one tap with presets tuned to real-world targets, and save your own for repeat jobs. β’ Music β RMS -20 dB β’ Podcast β EBU R128 -16 LUFS β’ Voice β EBU R128 -18 LUFS β’ Streaming Video β EBU R128 -14 LUFS β’ Default β EBU R128 -23 LUFS Batch processing Import a whole album, playlist, or batch of files and normalize them all at once. Adjust one file and apply the same settings to every file in your list. Progress is shown per file, and you can cancel anytime. Hear it before you export Play the original and the processed version side by side in the app, so you know it sounds right before you save or share it. Keep your music intact MP3Gain preserves embedded album art and metadata. Lossy formats keep their original bitrate; lossless files are processed without additional lossy compression. Import from anywhere β’ Select files from the Files app β’ Pull tracks straight from your Music Library β’ Open an audio file in MP3Gain from any app Note: DRM-protected tracks β for example, Apple Music subscription titles β can't be imported or processed. Supported formats MP3, FLAC, M4A, WAV, AIFF, and OGG. MP3Gain Pro The free plan processes up to 3 files per day β perfect for quick fixes. Upgrade to MP3Gain Pro for unlimited processing: β’ Yearly β $9.99/year β’ Lifetime β pay once at $19.99 and unlock forever Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled anytime in your Apple ID settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renewal at any time in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://getseasoft.com/legal/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://getseasoft.com/legal/terms-of-service
ENVO
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Your volume, minus the noise. You know the dance. On the train, a tunnel roars and you can't hear your podcast, so you turn it up. The train stops and now it's blasting, so you turn it down. CafΓ©, gym, plane, sidewalk: all day, your thumb does a job a machine should be doing. ENVO is that machine. It listens to the room and gently levels your volume to match, up when the world gets loud, back down when it quiets, so what you're hearing stays in the same comfortable place. You set the volume. ENVO keeps it right. HOW IT WORKS Ten times a second, ENVO measures your surroundings through the microphone β not just how loud the room is, but how much of it is actually burying what you're listening to. Then it eases your volume up or down by a small, safe amount. Your chosen level is always the baseline: the instant you touch the volume buttons, that becomes the new normal. You are never fighting the app. BUILT ON REAL PSYCHOACOUSTICS β’ Measures masking, not just loudness. A bus or a plane cabin is mostly deep rumble a sound meter barely registers β yet it's what makes speech impossible to follow. ENVO splits the room into frequency bands and weighs each by how much it's burying your audio. β’ Thinks in decibels, the way your ears perceive loudness β an adjustment feels the same whether you started quiet or loud. β’ Defends against the Lombard Effect β why a restaurant slowly gets deafening as people raise their voices. ENVO tells voices from machinery by their frequency and by the rhythm of speech, then refuses to chase people simply talking louder. β’ Rejects transients β a door slam is loud but brief, and ENVO shrugs it off. β’ Knows its own voice. On a speaker the mic hears your music too β ENVO measures how much of what it hears is its own doing and takes that back out, so it can't chase itself upward. ROOM CALIBRATION Every iPhone's volume slider is a curve, not a straight line. A 35-second calibration measures yours, so the range you choose is the range you get. Until then ENVO plays it safe and adjusts a little less than asked. SAFETY FIRST ENVO is engineered so it can't run away with your ears: β’ A hard ceiling it will never exceed. β’ A range cap (Β±3, Β±6, or Β±9 dB) you choose. β’ A hard limit on how far it can move the slider. β’ Gradual, rate-limited changes β ENVO must see several seconds of consistent change before it moves at all. β’ Your manual volume change always wins, instantly. HONEST WHEN IT CAN'T HELP ENVO says plainly when it can't do its job, instead of reporting numbers it can't stand behind: β’ Microphone covered β pocket, bag, or face-down. ENVO can tell a muffled mic from a room that just went quiet, and holds steady rather than act on a reading it doesn't trust. β’ Nothing playing β it hands the volume back, so your next track never starts at a level you didn't choose. β’ An output that keeps its own volume, like an AirPlay receiver. ENVO says so instead of pretending. WHERE IT WORKS Commutes, cafΓ©s, open-plan offices, flights, the gym, a bar filling up. ENVO runs in the background with any audio app (Music, Spotify, Podcasts, YouTube, audiobooks, calls...) keeps hi-fi stereo on your Bluetooth headphones, and leaves your lock screen to your music app. Start and stop with Siri, the Action Button or Shortcuts. Headphones are its best case: the mic hears the room, not your music. Speech works out loud too, because the gaps between sentences let it hear underneath. With continuous music out loud, ENVO turns up for a noisier room and returns you to your chosen level β but can't go below it, because your music is then all the mic can hear. A limit of every microphone, not a shortcut. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No audio is ever recorded, stored, or transmitted. Only instantaneous sound levels are measured in memory and discarded. Everything runs on your device. No account, no server, no analytics. Free and OpenSource. ENVO reads your environment so your ears don't have to. From TOTEMPHONIA STUDIO BERLIN
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ENVO at none against MP3Gain's 6. MP3Gain's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. MP3Gain sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ENVO asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MP3Gain | ENVO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 13.8% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Weekly | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | SEASOFT LTD. | Kilian Fix |
In-app purchases
MP3Gain
- MP3Gain Premium Monthly Plan$1.991 Month
- MP3Gain Pro(Yearly)$9.991 Year
- WMA Gain$6.99
- MP3, M4A Gain$6.99
- Gain all audio format$9.99
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- MP3Gain Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
ENVO
No in-app purchases









