Sirens and Horns + vs Text Message Sounds
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
Text Message Sounds
Discover a wide variety of sound effects and ringtones specifically designed for text message alerts. Easily preview and save your favorite sounds to personalize your notifications. Enjoy a collection of loud, funny, and popular alert tones.
- Popular sound effects for alerts
- Customizable text message ringtones
- Save favorite sounds
- Loud ringtones
- Funny sound effects
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Text message sounds includes popular sound effects perfect for a text message ringtone or any kind of alert tone. Simply tap a button to listen to the text message sound effects and ringtones. Easily save your favorite as a custom text message sound. Text message sounds includes: Loud text message ringtones easy and safe to use save your favorite text message sound funny sound effects and many more Enjoy these free text message sound effects!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sirens and Horns + at 4.4 against Text Message Sounds's 3.8. Sirens and Horns + also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 45%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sirens and Horns + holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 99 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Sirens and Horns +'s written reviews are positive against 45% of Text Message Sounds's.
Sirens and Horns + ships an update every 18 months, Text Message Sounds every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sirens and Horns + | Text Message Sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (76 ratings) — better | 3.8 (99 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 99 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jason Torres | Catherine Lopez |
Customer experience
Sirens and Horns +
Text Message Sounds
In-app purchases
Sirens and Horns +
No in-app purchases
Text Message Sounds
No in-app purchases
Questions
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