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Top 11 Audio Processing SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 20 Dec 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, 25.90% have integrated JSQSystemSoundPlayer. This accounts for 8.44% 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
4.62k
App Store
App Share
25.90%
App Store
Apps
4.58k
Games
40
Total Downloads
478.02m
App Store
Download Share
8.44%
App Store
App Downloads
413.93m
Game Downloads
64.09m

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 22.73% have integrated EZAudio. This accounts for 22.19% 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
4.05k
App Store
App Share
22.73%
App Store
Apps
4.04k
Games
19
Total Downloads
1.26b
App Store
Download Share
22.19%
App Store
App Downloads
1.25b
Game Downloads
4.90m

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 15.53% have integrated AudioStreamer. This accounts for 12.35% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
2.77k
App Store
App Share
15.53%
App Store
Apps
2.76k
Games
13
Total Downloads
699.36m
App Store
Download Share
12.35%
App Store
App Downloads
698.04m
Game Downloads
1.32m

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 12.03% have integrated ObjectAL. This accounts for 10.81% 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
2.15k
App Store
App Share
12.03%
App Store
Apps
499
Games
1.65k
Total Downloads
612.26m
App Store
Download Share
10.81%
App Store
App Downloads
88.11m
Game Downloads
524.15m

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 9.53% have integrated StreamingKit. This accounts for 17.95% 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
1.70k
App Store
App Share
9.53%
App Store
Apps
1.69k
Games
7
Total Downloads
1.02b
App Store
Download Share
17.95%
App Store
App Downloads
1.02b
Game Downloads
701.23k

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 7.60% have integrated Nuance. This accounts for 1.10% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Total Apps
1.36k
App Store
App Share
7.60%
App Store
Apps
1.07k
Games
282
Total Downloads
62.04m
App Store
Download Share
1.10%
App Store
App Downloads
32.48m
Game Downloads
29.56m

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 4.20% have integrated DOUAudioStreamer. This accounts for 22.49% 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
750
App Store
App Share
4.20%
App Store
Apps
748
Games
2
Total Downloads
1.27b
App Store
Download Share
22.49%
App Store
App Downloads
1.27b
Game Downloads
4.87m

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 2.07% have integrated SoundWave. This accounts for 1.95% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Total Apps
369
App Store
App Share
2.07%
App Store
Apps
367
Games
2
Total Downloads
110.16m
App Store
Download Share
1.95%
App Store
App Downloads
110.16m
Game Downloads
1.60k

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

Among all apps utilizing audio processing SDKs, 1.15% have integrated JUCE. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the audio processing SDK category.

Total Apps
206
App Store
App Share
1.15%
App Store
Apps
204
Games
2
Total Downloads
21.72m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
21.72m
Game Downloads
266

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
27
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
27
Games
0
Total Downloads
952.36k
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
952.36k
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 8.94% 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
506.08m
App Store
Download Share
8.94%
App Store
App Downloads
506.08m
Game Downloads
0

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

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