Sirens and Horns + vs Train Sounds Effects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sirens and Horns +
Access a collection of loud, fun sound effects like sirens and horns. Use these sounds for pranks, to annoy friends, or set them as custom ringtones, notifications, or alarms. The app offers high-quality audio and is easy to navigate.
- Loud sound effects
- Prank sounds
- Custom ringtones
- Notification sounds
- Alarm sounds
- High quality audio
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Sirens and Horns features free fun loud sound effects at the press of a button. Annoy your friends or play pranks with these loud siren sounds. Sirens and horns includes emergency sounds, police sirens, burglar alarms, ship horns, truck horns and more. Sounds can be saved as a ringtone, notification or alarm sound or to a person calling. - high quality loud sounds - easy to use - updated
Train Sounds Effects
Enhance your model railway experience with a variety of realistic train sound effects. Control playback with switches for continuous loops or buttons for single plays, and adjust individual volumes. Import your own sounds to further personalize your setup.
- Expand model railway with sound effects
- Use iPad or external speakers
- Control playback with switches (loop) or buttons (once)
- Individually adjust volume for each element
- Import custom sound effects
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With Train-Sounds you expand your model railway with additional sound effects. Thus the joy deepens around your model railway. Use your iPad speakers or external speakers to listen these effects. The combination of switches and buttons allow you to determine how these effects are to be played. With switches, the effects are playing in a continuous loop and with buttons only once. At each switching element, you can adjust the volume individually. Buy through the in-app you add value to your version of Train-Sounds, you can bring your own sound effects into the program.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sirens and Horns + at none against Train Sounds Effects's 1. Sirens and Horns + also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (76 vs 10). Train Sounds Effects's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months). On price, device support 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. Train Sounds Effects sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sirens and Horns + asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sirens and Horns + holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sirens and Horns + has 76 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Sirens and Horns +'s written reviews are positive against 73% of Train Sounds Effects's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sirens and Horns + ships an update every 18 months, Train Sounds Effects every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sirens and Horns + | Train Sounds Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (76 ratings) — better | 4.1 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Torres | Janko Enke |
Customer experience
Sirens and Horns +
Train Sounds Effects
In-app purchases
Sirens and Horns +
No in-app purchases
Train Sounds Effects
- Extra Package$0.99
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