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Top 11 Audio Processing SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 20 Nov 2024 CET
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Top 11 Audio Processing SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store

We at 42matters have identified the 11 most popular Audio Processing SDKs leveraged by iOS apps available on the iOS app market.

Audio Processing SDKs enable apps to perform a variety of audio processing tasks, such as audio playback, recording, editing, mixing, signal processing, and audio synthesis. These SDKs typically facilitate audio enhancement, noise reduction, echo cancellation, voice recognition, and other advanced audio processing techniques.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Apple App Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Audio Processing SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 27.41% have integrated JSQSystemSoundPlayer. This accounts for 12.33% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

The JSQSystemSoundPlayer SDK is a light-weight component to play sound effects in your app. It is a fancy Obj-C wrapper for Cocoa System Sound Services, for iOS and OS X.

Total Apps
5.71k
App Store
App Share
27.41%
App Store
Apps
5.66k
Games
49
Total Downloads
734.57m
App Store
Download Share
12.33%
App Store
App Downloads
670.79m
Game Downloads
63.78m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use JSQSystemSoundPlayer.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 21.56% have integrated EZAudio. This accounts for 21.65% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

EZAudio offers six audio components and two interface components to allow you to immediately record, play, and visualize audio data. This SDK has been deprecated.

Total Apps
4.49k
App Store
App Share
21.56%
App Store
Apps
4.47k
Games
26
Total Downloads
1.29b
App Store
Download Share
21.65%
App Store
App Downloads
1.29b
Game Downloads
4.81m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use EZAudio.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 15.70% have integrated AudioStreamer. This accounts for 12.09% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

AudioStreamer is a streaming audio player SDK for Mac OSX and iPhone.

Total Apps
3.27k
App Store
App Share
15.70%
App Store
Apps
3.26k
Games
13
Total Downloads
720.39m
App Store
Download Share
12.09%
App Store
App Downloads
719.15m
Game Downloads
1.24m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use AudioStreamer.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 11.50% have integrated ObjectAL. This accounts for 10.15% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

The ObjectAL SDK for iPhone and Mac is designed to be a simpler, more intuitive interface to OpenAL and AVAudioPlayer.

Total Apps
2.40k
App Store
App Share
11.50%
App Store
Apps
526
Games
1.87k
Total Downloads
605.12m
App Store
Download Share
10.15%
App Store
App Downloads
87.66m
Game Downloads
517.46m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ObjectAL.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 9.75% have integrated StreamingKit. This accounts for 17.91% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

StreamingKit (formally Audjustable) is an audio playback and streaming library SDK for iOS and Mac OSX. StreamingKit uses CoreAudio to decompress and playback audio (using hardware or software codecs) whilst providing a clean and simple object-oriented API.

Total Apps
2.03k
App Store
App Share
9.75%
App Store
Apps
2.02k
Games
7
Total Downloads
1.07b
App Store
Download Share
17.91%
App Store
App Downloads
1.07b
Game Downloads
687.86k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use StreamingKit.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 7.69% have integrated Nuance. This accounts for 1.02% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Total Apps
1.60k
App Store
App Share
7.69%
App Store
Apps
1.31k
Games
294
Total Downloads
61.02m
App Store
Download Share
1.02%
App Store
App Downloads
31.55m
Game Downloads
29.46m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Nuance.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 4.12% have integrated DOUAudioStreamer. This accounts for 20.92% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

DOUAudioStreamer is a Core Audio-based audio streaming player SDK for iOS and Mac.

Total Apps
859
App Store
App Share
4.12%
App Store
Apps
857
Games
2
Total Downloads
1.25b
App Store
Download Share
20.92%
App Store
App Downloads
1.24b
Game Downloads
3.18m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use DOUAudioStreamer.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 2.06% have integrated SoundWave. This accounts for 1.84% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Total Apps
429
App Store
App Share
2.06%
App Store
Apps
427
Games
2
Total Downloads
109.42m
App Store
Download Share
1.84%
App Store
App Downloads
109.42m
Game Downloads
1.60k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SoundWave.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 1.06% have integrated JUCE. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Total Apps
220
App Store
App Share
1.06%
App Store
Apps
218
Games
2
Total Downloads
21.71m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
21.71m
Game Downloads
284

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use JUCE.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, <1% have integrated Yandex SpeechKit. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Yandex SpeechKit is an SDK that allows application developers to use Yandex speech technologies: speech recognition (Speech-to-Text) and speech synthesis (Text-to-Speech).

Total Apps
30
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
30
Games
0
Total Downloads
894.96k
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
894.96k
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Yandex SpeechKit.

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, <1% have integrated Houndify. This accounts for 8.48% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Total Apps
5
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
5
Games
0
Total Downloads
505.14m
App Store
Download Share
8.48%
App Store
App Downloads
505.14m
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Houndify.

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