Zedge review
A phone personalization app with millions of ringtones, notification sounds and wallpapers, plus Audio AI on Android that generates custom ringtones and alerts from a text prompt.
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Best for: Finding or generating an unusual ringtone or notification sound and setting it on an Android phone in a few taps.
Pricing: Free with ads; Zedge+ is $4.99/month or $19.99/year on iOS (or $1.99/week), and credit packs start at $0.99 for 500.
- Zedge reports 721 million app installs and 19.6 million active users.
- Zedge's Android app has a 4.7 rating from 17.5M Google Play reviews and 500M+ downloads; the iOS app is rated 4.6 from 200K ratings.
- Zedge+ costs $4.99/month or $19.99/year in the iOS app and removes ads and AI generation limits.
- Zedge added Audio AI to its Android app on August 18, 2025 to generate ringtones and notification sounds from text prompts.
- Zedge credit packs start at $0.99 for 500 credits on iOS.
Limitations: The free tier is ad-supported, and premium items cost ads or credits.; Audio AI is available only in the Android app.; AI sounds are generated from a prompt, genre and mood with no editing tools afterward.
Top alternatives: Notify Sound, Audiko, ElevenLabs, SFX Engine, GarageBand — full list
What is Zedge?
Zedge is a mobile personalization app from Zedge, Inc., the company that also runs Emojipedia, GuruShots and Tapedeck. It is best known as a ringtone and wallpaper catalog: users search millions of free ringtones, notification sounds, alerts and alarm tones, assign ringtones to individual contacts, and set wallpapers, live wallpapers and, on iPhone, Apple Watch faces. Content comes from the community and from Zedge Artists, whose premium items are unlocked with Zedge credits or by watching an ad. Zedge also bundles generative tools under the pAInt name: an AI wallpaper maker, AI photo filters and, on Android only, Audio AI, which creates a ringtone or notification sound from a short description and a genre and mood such as Hip-Hop, Jazz, Indie or Electronic. Each AI creation is free after a short ad, and a Zedge+ subscription removes ads and generation limits. A single login syncs saved ringtones and wallpapers across devices.
Zedge is a free, ad-supported app for Android and iPhone, with a web catalog at zedge.net, that offers millions of ringtones, notification and alarm sounds, wallpapers and live wallpapers, much of it uploaded by artists and the community. Since August 2025 its Android app has included Audio AI, which turns a typed prompt plus a chosen genre and mood into a one-of-a-kind ringtone or notification sound that can be set from inside the app. Zedge reports 721 million installs and 19.6 million active users; the Android app holds a 4.7 rating from 17.5M Google Play reviews and the iOS app 4.6 from 200K ratings. Premium items and AI creations are unlocked by watching ads or spending credits, while Zedge+ removes ads and generation limits for $4.99/month or $19.99/year on iOS.
Standout feature: Millions of ringtones, notification sounds and wallpapers in one app, plus Audio AI on Android, which turns a typed prompt, genre and mood into a custom ringtone or notification sound.
Biggest weakness: The free app leans heavily on ads: premium items and every AI creation are unlocked by watching ads or spending credits, highly upvoted Google Play reviews complain about ad volume and app freezes, and Audio AI is missing from the iOS app.
Zedge: pros and cons
Pros
- Millions of free ringtones, notification sounds, alarms and wallpapers, with 500M+ Google Play downloads and a 4.7 rating from 17.5M reviews.
- Audio AI on Android creates a ringtone or notification sound from a prompt plus a genre and mood, and sets it from inside the app.
- Zedge+ is inexpensive at $4.99/month or $19.99/year on iOS and removes ads and AI generation limits.
- One login syncs saved ringtones and wallpapers across devices.
Cons
- Heavy advertising in the free app; unlocking premium items or AI creations means watching ads or buying credits.
- Audio AI is Android-only; the iOS app lists AI wallpaper and photo tools but no audio generation.
- Audio AI's controls stop at prompt, format, genre and mood, with no editor for adjusting a generated sound.
- Highly upvoted 2025 Google Play reviews describe connection errors that block search and ad screens that freeze the phone.
Zedge pricing
Free tier · paid from $0.99 one-time · verified from the vendor's pricing page
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Ad-supported catalog of ringtones, notification sounds and wallpapers; premium items and each AI creation unlocked by watching an ad or spending credits. |
| Credits pack | $0.99 once | 500 Zedge credits for premium artist content on iOS; 1,000 credits cost $1.99 and 2,750 cost $4.99. |
| Zedge+ monthly | $4.99/mo | No ads and unlimited AI generations, including Audio AI; also sold weekly at $1.99 in the iOS app. |
| Zedge+ lifetime | $13.99 once | Listed at $13.99 and at $19.99 in the iOS in-app purchase list. |
| Zedge+ yearly | $19.99/yr | Same Zedge+ benefits billed once a year, about $1.67/month. |
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