Comparison

Sownds vs Friends O'Party

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

Head to head
About

Sownds

Enhance everyday moments with a vast library of sound effects. Express emotions, add humor, or simply enjoy ambient sounds. Record and share your own sounds easily.

Highlights
  • Vast sound effect library
  • Record and share custom sounds
  • iOS Widgets for quick access
  • Intuitive multitouch gestures
  • Gyroscope-enhanced interface
  • Over 400 sound recordings
Features
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„Sownds“ - All your Sounds. A swipe away. There are so many situations in which certain sounds can improve the way we live our life. It’s simple: We occasionally don’t find the right words to express particular emotions. This is where „Sownds“ comes in. „Sownds“ can give circumstances a positive or negative touch. You could instantly provide encouragement, energise the atmosphere or unexpectedly surprise someone. With a touch of your finger, small mishaps could be made way more embarrassing and after that you could play a funny melody that makes everyone laugh again. Perhaps though you simply want to enjoy the humongous selection of sounds during a long car trip or after a hard day at work. Every situation has it’s matching sound. That’s why „Sownds“ comes with more than 400 of them. Most of these recordings have been produced in our own studios and we’re adding more sounds every day. • Record emotions and share them using services like WhatsApp, Telegram or Threema: Recording and sharing your own sounds with „Sownds“ is a piece of cake. • New in iOS 8 - Widgets: Without any doubt the fastest way to access anything on your iOS device. Even when your device is locked, only one swipe is required to show all your previously added favorites. But that’s not all. You can also record sounds directly in the notification center and never miss a happy moment again. • Design: „Sownds“ will give you an unconventional and extraordinary user experience. Multitouch gestures and the devices gyroscope help you get to all functions with one action, preserving the clean and simple user interface everyone loves. Further information can be found under: www.dimitristaufer.com/apps

About

Friends O'Party

Gather your friends for a party with a collection of interactive games designed for groups. Explore classic party games with a twist, including truth or dare, never have I ever, and 'who is more likely to'. Enjoy a variety of phrases and rules to keep the fun going.

Highlights
  • Never Have I Ever game
  • Truth or Dare game
  • Group game with rules
  • Who is More Likely To game
  • Do You Think You Know Me game
  • Extensive phrase library
Features
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This application is designed to offer users a good experience between the different games in the most entertaining way possible. Down below you could see a brief explanation of each game. • NEVER HAVE I EVER: Is a game that involves getting to know other players. The game is very simple, a phrase will randomly appear and one of the players has to read it, the others will say whether they have done it or not. • TRUTH OR DARE: A player starts by asking another player, "Truth or Dare?" If the player chooses "Truth", he is asked a question that he must answer honestly. If he chooses "Dare", they receive a challenge they must make. • GROUP: This game is ideal if you want to vary within the typical games of "Truth or Dare" or "Never Have I Ever" and hot up. It is very simple, a name and a statement will appear at random where the named player should follow the instructions. During the game some rules can come out and will affect all players for a certain time. • WHO IS MORE LIKELY TO: In this game you should read the sentence that comes out and everybody points to the person that you think is more similar to the sentence. • DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME: It is a game to see if you really know your friends, with questions in which you must agree in your answers. Whenever you have a good idea you can send it from the app both from the main menu and from each game. What do we offer you? • Fun with your friends or partner. • A good experience. • Popular games and a new way to play in groups. • 500+ phrases for never have I ever. • 300+ phrases for truth or dare. • 200+ phrases of who is more likely. • 100+ phrases for group. • 250+ phrases of do you think you know me?. • All this without in-app purchases! The development team consists of: - David Barber (Developer & animations) - Sílvia Torrents (Content) - Rubén Barber (Designer)

Screenshots

Sownds4 screens
Friends O'Party4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sownds at 5.0 against Friends O'Party's 2.0. Sownds also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sownds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sownds ships an update monthly, Friends O'Party every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sownds versus Friends O'Party: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSowndsFriends O'Party
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB79 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperDimitri StauferDavid Barbero Carbonell

Customer experience

Sownds

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative18.2%

Friends O'Party

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sownds

No in-app purchases

None

Friends O'Party

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sownds free?
Sownds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Friends O'Party free?
Friends O'Party is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sownds or Friends O'Party?
Sownds is rated higher. Sownds averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Friends O'Party averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sownds or Friends O'Party have ads?
Friends O'Party shows ads; Sownds does not.
Which is updated more often, Sownds or Friends O'Party?
Sownds ships an update monthly, and Friends O'Party every 10 months. Most recently, Sownds was updated on November 1, 2026 and Friends O'Party on November 3, 2026.

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