Comparison

Speaker Box Lite vs Hide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Speaker Box Lite

Calculate subwoofer box volumes and design acoustic systems with detailed charts and parameter generation. Supports various enclosure types and includes a shared online speaker database. Offers cloud project saving and PRO features via subscription.

Highlights
  • Subwoofer box volume calculation
  • Support for multiple enclosure types
  • Amplitude, phase, and SPL charts
  • Parameter generation for vented boxes
  • Port and displacement volume calculation
  • Cloud project saving
  • Shared online speaker database
Features
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Design your perfect speaker box — skip the math and jump straight to building. Speaker Box Lite calculates subwoofer and speaker enclosures for you: sealed, ported (bass-reflex), 4th & 6th order bandpass, passive radiator, and transmission line. Get optimal volume and tuning recommendations, then see your box in full 3D with auto-generated blueprints and cut sheets. BUILT-IN SPEAKER DATABASE Search 5,000+ drivers from 300+ brands — Thiele-Small parameters load with one tap. Can't find yours? Add it manually in seconds. DESIGN IN 3D Place speakers and ports, add braces and dados, choose materials — and watch your enclosure come together. Design custom waveguides for tweeters and ports — conical, elliptical, hyperbolic and radial horn profiles included. SIMULATE BEFORE YOU BUILD Frequency response, phase, group delay, cone excursion and SPL plots. Compare enclosure variants side by side and pick the one that sounds right — before you cut a single board. COMPLETE SYSTEMS Multi-way boxes with subs, mids and tweeters. Full crossover designer: low-pass and high-pass filters (Butterworth, Linkwitz-Riley and more), series and parallel notch, Zobel, RC and RL contour networks, plus L-Pad attenuation. EXPORT & BUILD Export cut sheets and blueprints for every panel. 3D-print custom ports and waveguides via STL, or export the whole enclosure and its parts as STL. Send parts to CNC in STEP format for precision cutting. YOUR PROJECTS EVERYWHERE Free account keeps projects in the cloud — start on your phone, continue on the web at speakerboxlite.com. Upgrade to PRO for unlimited projects, offline database access and all advanced features. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://speakerboxlite.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://speakerboxlite.com/terms-of-use

About

Hide

Features
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Hide is a leatherworking calculator with cited math. Every SPI, every thread-length rule, every edge-finish recommendation names its source. Pay once at $6.99 for Hide Pro — no subscription, no ads, no scanner. The wedge Most leatherworking apps stop at thread length. Hide includes thread length in the free tier (matches the incumbent's full surface) and unlocks the rest with one $6.99 lifetime purchase: saddle-stitch SPI by leather weight × project, edge-finish recommendation by leather temper, glue selection by use case, dye + sealant by goal, brand-aware presets. Every method tells you whose method it is. Free tier • Thread-length calculator — Stohlman's precision rule and Armitage's generous heuristic, side-by-side, with the leather-thickness math shown • Leather weight oz → mm thickness conversion (1 oz ≈ 0.4 mm per Tandy convention) • 1 saved project slot • Brand picker showing the supplier names Hide Pro ($6.99 lifetime) • Saddle-stitch SPI by leather weight × project type, with awl-hole spacing in mm / inches • Edge-finish matrix — burnish with water + gum tragacanth, burnish + Tokonole wax, edge paint, or wax burnish — selected by leather temper (veg-tan smooth, veg-tan thick, chrome-tan, bridle, oil-tan) • Glue selection matrix — contact cement vs EVA white vs PVA vs hide glue — by use case + dry time + odor • Dye + sealant matrix — spirit / oil / water dye, Resolene / acrylic / wax sealant, with compatibility warnings • Brand-aware presets: Tandy Leather, Buckleguy, Maverick Leather, Wickett & Craig, Horween — typical SKU ranges + edge-finish recommendation per their leather chemistry • Unlimited project log • Citations & Sources screen with every author named Honest authority story Leatherworking has no USDA / AOCS / Knife Steel Nerds equivalent. Hide's authority is practitioner-tier, and we own that: Al Stohlman (The Art of Hand Sewing Leather, Tandy 1977), Nigel Armitage (Armitage Leather, UK), Stitchpunk (J.H. Sherman), Corter Leather & Cloth (Eric Heins), plus tannery technical sheets from Wickett & Craig, Horween, and Sedgwick & Co. Every number Hide displays tells you whose method it is so you can verify against the original. The Moon Dog promise • Pay once. No subscription. No ads. • No account. No login. No signup. No network. • Works fully offline. • No data collection. Disclaimer Hide is for hobby leatherworking guidance. Independent verification against your supplier's technical sheets and your own project requirements is your responsibility. © 2026 Roman Kopaliani

Screenshots

Speaker Box Lite4 screens
Hide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hide at none against Speaker Box Lite's shown. Speaker Box Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Speaker Box Lite sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per 7 days and Hide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speaker Box Lite ships an update every 11 days, Hide monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Speaker Box Lite versus Hide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaker Box LiteHide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (339 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings339 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexey AbdulinRoman Kopaliani

Bugs and requests

Speaker Box Lite

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes when adjusting VB/FB parameters
  • Crashes on certain parameter combinations requiring reinstall
  • Drawing/3D model generation hangs indefinitely
  • Subscription payment charged multiple times
  • Pro version access denied despite active payment
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  • Email registration validation errors
  • Parameters randomly change during design process
  • Incorrect TS parameter data from driver database
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
  • Overlapping port and speaker placement in designs
  • Error messages about missing parameters with no input field
  • App freezes when entering box specifications

Requested features

13 requests
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Portuguese language support (PT-BR)
  • Air velocity graphs
  • Complete 3D model generation with final drawings
  • Bandpass 4th order enclosure support
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  • Tweeter/midrange enclosure design
  • Internal partition calculations
  • Impedance information in database
  • Video tutorials and glossary for technical terms
  • Dipole/ripole calculations
  • Passive radiator enclosure support
  • Better port visualization in cut sheets
  • Multi-sub application improvements

Hide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Speaker Box Lite

Subscriptions3
  • Week PRO$4.497 Days
  • Month plan$7.991 Month
  • PRO Account$8.991 Month
1 purchases

Hide

One-time1
  • Hide Pro (lifetime)$6.99

Questions

Is Speaker Box Lite free?
Speaker Box Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hide free?
Hide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Speaker Box Lite or Hide have ads?
Speaker Box Lite shows ads; Hide does not.
Which is updated more often, Speaker Box Lite or Hide?
Speaker Box Lite ships an update every 11 days, and Hide monthly. Most recently, Speaker Box Lite was updated on October 21, 2026 and Hide on October 19, 2026.

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