Summoning Stone includes free spell sound effects for D&D, including Fireball, Lightning, Acid Splash, Necro Bolt, Misty Step, Magic Door, Heal and Shimmer. Add them to a soundboard and fire them when your players cast.
Free spell effects
Fireball: for the big explosion.
Lightning: for storm spells and thunderous strikes.
Acid Splash and Necro Bolt: for cantrips and dark magic.
Misty Step and Magic Door: for teleportation and portals.
Heal and Shimmer: for healing and gentle enchantments.
Freeze: for ice and cold effects.
Tips for spellcasting audio
Fire on cue. Use Siri or a Stream Deck so you’re not hunting through menus. See how.
Add reverb. A spell in a cavern sounds different from one in a field.
Pair with visuals. Show scene artwork on a TV with a magic effect overlay. See how.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free fireball sound effect for D&D? Yes. Fireball is a free sound effect in Summoning Stone.
What spell sound effects are free? Fireball, Lightning, Acid Splash, Necro Bolt, Misty Step, Magic Door, Heal and Shimmer.
Can I trigger spell sounds with my voice? Yes, with Siri Shortcuts using the Play SFX action.
Summoning Stone has free combat sound effects for D&D, including sword draws, bow shots, arrow hits, wood and metal hits, knife stabs and a loud monster roar.
It depends on how you play. Summoning Stone has access to millions of songs, the largest library of music for tabletop games, plus ambience, sound effects and a TV display in one app for Apple devices. Pocket Bard suits ready-made, adaptive scenes. Syrinscape has the deepest catalogue of purpose-built sound sets and effects. Tabletop Audio is a free option that runs in any browser. Audio Forge is a soundboard built around your own audio files.
We make Summoning Stone, so weigh our opinion accordingly. Every competitor fact below comes from that product’s own website or App Store page, as of October 2026.
Looking for a specific device? See the best D&D audio apps for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
The short comparison
Platforms
Music library
Your own audio
Best for
Summoning Stone
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Millions of songs, plus built-in stream-safe tracks
Apple Music playlists (no file import)
Millions of songs, your own scenes, TV display and hands-free control
Pocket Bard
iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows desktop apps, Apple Vision; Android on Google Play
Scene music that follows the action; 20+ scenes in the free library
–Not stated on its App Store page
Adaptive scene music, and Android
Syrinscape
Browser-based player, plus apps
7,087 original music tracks
✓Yes, upload your own tracks and samples
A deep catalogue of purpose-built sound sets
Tabletop Audio
Any modern browser
Ambient focus; exclusive Zones for Patreon supporters
–Not stated on their site
Ambient sound with nothing to install
Audio Forge
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Your own files; optional sound packs
✓Yes (MP3, WAV, OGG)
A personal soundboard of your own files
What to think about before you choose
Where do you play? Around a table, on a streamed video call, or in a virtual tabletop? Browser tools suit any device. Apple apps can use AirPlay, Siri and a connected TV.
Do you want a ready-made library or your own music? A built-in library saves prep. Importing your own audio gives total control.
How much do you want to customize? Summoning Stone lets you shape every scene, and start from community-made ones if you’d rather skip the setup.
Do you want to steer live or prepare in advance? Some apps are designed to be adjusted as the story moves. Others, like Summoning Stone, save everything per scene so each one starts with a single tap.
Do you stream or record? Music licensing matters. See the section below.
Do you want tech around the audio? Lights, a second screen for maps, or a Stream Deck change which app fits.
Summoning Stone
An app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that puts music, layered ambience and a sound-effects soundboard in one place.
Access to millions of songs, the largest library of music for tabletop games.
Built-in stream-safe tracks from independent artists, or import your favourite Apple Music playlists.
Layered ambient soundscapes, with reverb filters on effects.
Built for professionals. A pro-level app with tons of features. It’s built for live streaming (built-in audio cleared for commercial use, hands-free control with Siri and Stream Deck, scenes that play the same way every time) and for professional game masters running lots of different games, with custom campaigns that fit each group rather than starting from someone else’s ready-made scenes.
Priced below Pocket Bard and Syrinscape (as of October 2026), with a free tier: free sounds, music and effects, and up to five scenes. See what’s free.
It gets out of the way. Each scene remembers its music, ambience levels, effects and reverb, so switching scenes is one tap and nothing needs adjusting mid-game.
Room acoustics. Add reverb to a scene’s ambience and effects so a cavern, a hall or a church sounds like one.
Fully customizable scenes. Build scenes from your own mix of music, layered ambience and effects, and group them by campaign. A little prep up front, then run the game from there.
Skip the setup. Download community-made campaigns and scenes, including scenes for published adventures such as Death House from Curse of Strahd, and share your own.
Screen mirroring that sends artwork and maps to a TV, with weather effects: rain, snow, fog, smoke and magic.
Siri Shortcuts and a Stream Deck plugin to start scenes and trigger sound effects hands-free.
It does not run on Windows, Android or in a browser, and it does not let you import your own audio files.
Pocket Bard
Pocket Bard describes itself as a fully immersive audio experience for D&D and tabletop RPG sessions. Each scene is a layered soundscape you control live: music, ambience with individual intensity controls, and one-shot effects such as a door slam or thunderclap. Its music state controls let you move from exploration to combat in one tap and trigger a victory stinger, and an intensity slider reshapes the music as the scene escalates. The free library has 20+ scenes, with extra collections covering genres like sci-fi, horror and cyberpunk. A scene editor lets you customise the ambience and effects in each scene. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and Apple Vision, and has a Google Play listing for Android. See our Summoning Stone vs Pocket Bard comparison.
Syrinscape
A large library of sound sets for D&D, Pathfinder and many other systems, mixed directly in the browser. Its site cites 7,087 original music tracks, 52,425 dynamic sound effects and 81,079 individual samples across 1,800 SoundSets. It works with any virtual tabletop and supports uploading your own audio. See our Summoning Stone vs Syrinscape comparison.
Tabletop Audio
A free, ad-free site with more than 500 ten-minute ambiences, 30 SoundPads of individual sounds, and a tool for mixing up to 40 sounds into a custom pad. It runs in modern browsers on any device and is supported by listeners through Patreon and donations.
Audio Forge
An RPG soundboard for iPhone, iPad and Mac that plays your own MP3, WAV and OGG files. It layers one music track over several ambience beds, has a one-shot board for spells and stingers, works offline, and can pull effects from Freesound. It also lists MQTT and Home Assistant integration for syncing with room lighting and a fog machine.
If you stream or record your games
Licensing differs a lot between these tools:
Summoning Stone: its built-in music, ambience and effects are cleared for commercial use with attribution and a link to the app. This does not cover music you bring in through Apple Music.
Tabletop Audio: ambiences are licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Non-profit channels can use them with attribution. Monetized use is decided case by case, and a Patreon subscription can double as a commercial license.
Others: check each vendor’s terms before you go live.
Our recommendation
Playing on Apple devices and want fully customizable scenes, millions of songs, room acoustics, a TV display and hands-free control in one app: Summoning Stone.
Want a dedicated app on Android or Windows: Pocket Bard.
Want the deepest catalogue of sound sets and effects, on mixed devices: Syrinscape.
Want free ambience with nothing to install: Tabletop Audio.
Want a soundboard for your own recordings: Audio Forge.
Many game masters use two of these together. Try the free options of each before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best audio app for D&D? In our view, for game masters on Apple devices it’s Summoning Stone: fully customizable scenes, millions of songs, room acoustics, a TV display and hands-free control. Others suit specific needs: Syrinscape for the deepest catalogue of sound sets in a browser, Tabletop Audio for ambience with nothing to install, and Audio Forge for playing your own audio files.
Which app is best for streaming D&D on Twitch or YouTube? Choose one with clear commercial licensing. Summoning Stone’s built-in audio is cleared for commercial use with attribution. Check Tabletop Audio’s terms if your channel is monetized.
Can I use my own music? Syrinscape and Audio Forge let you import your own files. Summoning Stone imports Apple Music playlists.
Do any of these work on Android? Syrinscape and Tabletop Audio run in a browser, so they work on any device, and Pocket Bard has a Google Play listing. Summoning Stone is Apple-only for now.
Which is the least effort to run during a session? Summoning Stone: you prepare scenes in advance and each starts with one tap, playing as saved, so it stays out of your way. Pocket Bard is designed to be steered live, so in our view it asks for more attention while you’re also running the game.
Yes. Summoning Stone adds actions to Siri and the Shortcuts app, and has a Stream Deck plugin. You can start a scene, stop it and fire sound effects without touching the app.
Siri and Shortcuts
Summoning Stone provides three actions:
Start Scene: pick any of your scenes.
Stop Scene
Play SFX: pick any sound effect.
You can say things like “Play a Summoning Stone scene” or “Stop Summoning Stone scene”, or build Shortcuts that combine these actions with others. For example, one Shortcut can start a scene and set your smart lights. See how to change the lights.
Stream Deck
The Summoning Stone plugin for Elgato Stream Deck adds buttons for:
Starting a specific scene.
Stopping the current scene.
Playing a specific sound effect.
The plugin talks to the Summoning Stone app running on the same computer, so it’s meant for the Mac app. Put your most-used effects, such as a dragon roar or a door slam, on physical buttons.
Which should I use?
Siri / Shortcuts
Stream Deck
Best for
Hands-free commands, combining actions
Physical buttons for scenes and effects
Needs
An Apple device with Summoning Stone
A Stream Deck, with Summoning Stone on the same Mac
Frequently asked questions
Can I trigger sound effects with my voice? Yes, with Siri or a Shortcut using the Play SFX action.
Does the Stream Deck plugin work with iPhone or iPad? The plugin connects to the app on the same computer, so it’s designed for the Mac app.
Do I need a Stream Deck? No. Siri and Shortcuts work on their own.
Can I control lights at the same time? Yes, by combining Summoning Stone’s actions with your smart-light actions in a Shortcut.
It depends on where your music comes from and how you connect. With Summoning Stone’s built-in music, music and sound effects can play together however you connect. With Apple Music, they can’t play together over AirPlay, because Apple doesn’t allow it. Bluetooth and screen mirroring both work fine with Apple Music.
Your options
Music source
AirPlay
Bluetooth
Screen mirroring
Built-in music
✓Music and effects together
✓Works
✓Works, and shows artwork on a TV
Apple Music
✕Not music and effects together
✓Works
✓Works
Best approach
Use Bluetooth to a speaker for the simplest setup. It works with Apple Music and the built-in music.
Use the built-in music if you want AirPlay or screen mirroring with effects. See how to show maps on a TV.
Using Apple Music? Choose Bluetooth or screen mirroring. Only AirPlay is restricted, because Apple doesn’t allow Music and app audio to play together over it.
Frequently asked questions
Why can’t I hear sound effects with Apple Music over AirPlay? Apple doesn’t allow Apple Music and app audio to play together over AirPlay, so music and effects can’t play together that way. Bluetooth and screen mirroring aren’t affected.
Does the built-in music work over AirPlay? Yes. Built-in music and effects can play together through AirPlay.
What’s the most reliable way to play audio at the table? A standard Bluetooth speaker. It works with Apple Music and the built-in music.
Can I use Summoning Stone with a Bluetooth speaker? Yes.
Use Summoning Stone’s screen mirroring. Connect your iPhone or iPad to a TV, and the TV shows the current scene’s artwork or map, with optional weather effects. Your controls stay on your device. Screen mirroring is part of the app’s paid subscription.
How it works
Add artwork to your scenes. Give a scene an image, such as a map, a monster, or a tavern interior. GIF, PNG, JPEG and HEIC images are supported.
Connect your device to a TV. Use AirPlay to an Apple TV or AirPlay-compatible TV, or a cable adapter, following Apple’s instructions.
Run your game. When you start a scene, its artwork fills the TV.
Weather effects
Add an atmosphere over the artwork: rain, snow, fog, smoke or magic. The effect appears on the TV, so a swamp scene can have fog drifting across it while the ambience plays.
Good to know
Apple Music and mirroring. Screen mirroring works with Apple Music. The only restriction is on AirPlay audio, where Apple doesn’t allow Music and app audio to play together. See playing music and effects together.
Maps work as artwork. Any image can be a scene image, so battle maps and handouts work.
Subscription feature. Without a subscription, the TV shows a prompt to subscribe.
Frequently asked questions
Can I show a battle map on a TV with Summoning Stone? Yes. Add the map as a scene image and mirror your screen to the TV.
Does it work on Mac? Summoning Stone runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The steps above describe mirroring from an iPhone or iPad.
Can I add weather effects? Yes: rain, snow, fog, smoke and magic.
Is screen mirroring free? It’s part of the paid subscription.
Yes. All of Summoning Stone’s built-in music, ambience and sound effects are cleared for commercial use. You can use them in streams, videos and podcasts, as long as you credit the app and share a link. This does not cover music you bring in yourself through Apple Music.
What’s covered
Built-in music from independent artists.
Built-in ambient soundscapes.
Built-in sound effects.
What isn’t covered
Apple Music tracks. These are commercial recordings. Using them on a livestream can get videos muted or flagged, so keep them for private games.
Anything you add from elsewhere. Check its own licence.
How to credit
Say that your audio comes from Summoning Stone, and link to summoningstone.app or the App Store listing. A line in your video description or stream panel is enough.
What about other sources?
Terms differ between tools, so read them before you go live. For example, Tabletop Audio licenses its ambiences under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: non-profit channels can use them with attribution, and monetized use is decided case by case. See our comparison of tabletop audio apps.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Summoning Stone’s music on a monetized channel? Yes. The built-in audio is cleared for commercial use with attribution and a link to the app.
Do I need permission each time? No. Credit the app and link to it.
Does this cover my Apple Music playlists? No. Commercial use of Apple Music tracks isn’t covered.
Can I use the sound effects in videos? Yes, the built-in sound effects are covered by the same clearance.
Yes, if your music is in Apple Music. Summoning Stone can play your Apple Music playlists inside a scene, alongside layered ambience and sound effects. It does not work with Spotify, and it can’t import your own audio files (MP3s and similar).
What works
Apple Music playlists. Choose a playlist for a scene and it plays with your ambience and effects. This gives you access to the huge catalogue of game and movie soundtracks.
Built-in music. If you’d rather not use Apple Music, Summoning Stone includes its own tracks from independent artists.
Apple devices. Summoning Stone runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
You’ll need to allow Summoning Stone to access Apple Music when asked, and an Apple Music subscription to play catalogue music.
What doesn’t work
Spotify and YouTube Music. Summoning Stone does not connect to them.
Your own audio files. You can’t import MP3 or WAV files at the moment.
Playing Apple Music and effects together over AirPlay. Apple Music doesn’t allow music and sound effects to play together through AirPlay. The built-in tracks do work this way. See how to play music and effects together.
A warning if you stream
Apple Music tracks are commercial recordings, and Summoning Stone’s commercial-use clearance does not cover them. If you stream or record your games, use the built-in music instead. See stream-safe music for D&D.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Spotify with Summoning Stone? No. Summoning Stone works with Apple Music and its own built-in tracks.
Do I need an Apple Music subscription? To play music from the Apple Music catalogue, yes. The built-in tracks don’t need one.
Can I upload my own MP3s? Not at the moment.
Can I use Apple Music tracks in a livestream? We’d advise against it. Summoning Stone’s commercial-use clearance applies only to its built-in audio.
Pocket Bard is built around scenes where the music follows the action; Summoning Stone is built for fully customizable scenes, grouped by campaign, plus community campaigns so you can skip the setup, and then to get out of your way while you run the game. It also adds extras like a TV display and hands-free control. Both are apps for running D&D and other tabletop RPG sessions. Pocket Bard is also available on Android and Windows; Summoning Stone is Apple-only.
We make Summoning Stone. Pocket Bard facts below come from its App Store listing as of October 2026.
At a glance
Summoning Stone
Pocket Bard
Platforms
iPhone, iPad, Mac
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Apple Vision; Google Play listing for Android
Approach
Build fully customizable scenes and group them by campaign, or download community campaigns
Ready-made scenes (20+ in the free library), plus collections like sci-fi, horror and cyberpunk
Music
Access to millions of songs, plus built-in stream-safe tracks
Music that changes with the story; one-tap move from exploration to combat, with a victory stinger; intensity slider
Ambience
Layered ambience you build, with reverb filters
Layered ambience (rain, wind, crowds, creatures), each with its own intensity control
Sound effects
Soundboard of one-shots with filters
One-shot effects such as a door slam, sword clash or thunderclap
Customising scenes
Fully customizable: build scenes from scratch and group them by campaign
A scene editor for ambience and one-shot effects per scene
Community campaigns
Download community-made campaigns and scenes, including adventures like Death House (Curse of Strahd)
–Not stated on its App Store page
Involvement
One tap starts a scene, and it plays exactly as you saved it: music, ambience levels, effects and reverb
Designed to be steered live: its page describes a layered soundscape you control at the table, with an intensity control for each ambience and music state controls
Room acoustics
Reverb on a scene’s ambience and effects, saved with the scene, so a cave can sound like a cave and a church like a church
Ambience variations for indoor and outdoor settings; reverb controls not stated on its App Store page
Your own audio
Apple Music playlists
–Not stated on its App Store page
Second screen
Send artwork and maps to a TV, with weather effects
–Not stated on its App Store page
Hands-free control
Siri Shortcuts and Stream Deck plugin
–Not stated on its App Store page
Cost
A paid subscription that costs less than Pocket Bard’s
A subscription (Open Worlds) unlocks more collections
Free tier
Free to download; free sounds, music and effects, and up to five scenes
Free to download, no ads; free library of 20+ complete scenes
Where Pocket Bard is stronger
Music that follows the action. Switching from exploration to combat in one tap, with a stinger when the party wins, is a standout idea for running fights.
Steering the soundtrack live. If you like conducting the audio as the story moves, with intensity and music-state controls, it’s built for that.
Android and Windows. If you run your games from an Android or Windows device, Pocket Bard has apps for both.
Where Summoning Stone is stronger
Built for professionals. A pro-level app with tons of features. It’s built for live streaming (built-in audio cleared for commercial use, hands-free control with Siri and Stream Deck, scenes that play the same way every time) and for professional game masters running lots of different games, with custom campaigns that fit each group rather than starting from someone else’s ready-made scenes.
Lower price, with a real free tier. As of October 2026, Summoning Stone’s subscription costs less than Pocket Bard’s. It’s free to download with free sounds, music and effects and up to five scenes. A subscription unlocks the premium library, unlimited scenes, screen mirroring and community campaigns. See what’s free.
It gets out of the way. Each scene remembers its music, ambience levels, effects and reverb, so switching scenes is one tap and nothing needs adjusting mid-game. Do a little prep up front, then just play. In our view, an app you steer live is one more thing to manage while you’re also running the game; Summoning Stone is built to stay out of your way.
Room acoustics. Add reverb to a scene’s ambience and effects, and save it with the scene. A tight cavern, a vast hall or a church can sound like one, every time you start the scene.
Fully customizable scenes, grouped by campaign. Build scenes from scratch with music, layered ambience and effects. A little prep up front, then run the game from there.
Skip the setup. Download community-made campaigns and scenes, including scenes for published adventures such as Death House from Curse of Strahd.
Millions of songs. Access to the largest library of music for tabletop games, plus built-in stream-safe tracks.
A TV display. Send artwork and maps to a connected TV, with rain, snow, fog, smoke or magic overlays.
Hands-free control. Start scenes and fire effects with Siri or a Stream Deck, and tie in your lights.
Cleared for commercial use. Built-in audio is cleared for commercial use with attribution. Apple Music tracks aren’t covered.
Who should choose which
Choose Pocket Bard if you run your games from an Android or Windows device.
Choose Summoning Stone if you’re on Apple devices and want fully customizable scenes, millions of songs, room acoustics, a TV display, hands-free control and an app that plays exactly as you’ve set it up and stays out of your way.
Is Pocket Bard better than Summoning Stone? In our view, no. It comes down to whether you want something you can get into right away with little setup, or full customization. Once Summoning Stone is set up, it’s the stronger app: fully customizable scenes, millions of songs, room acoustics, a TV display and hands-free control, all in an app that plays exactly as you’ve saved it and stays out of your way. Pocket Bard’s main advantage is that it’s also available on Android and Windows.
Does Pocket Bard work on Android? It has a Google Play listing. Summoning Stone currently runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac only.
Can I use my own music? Summoning Stone imports Apple Music playlists. Pocket Bard’s App Store page doesn’t say whether it imports your own audio.
Which takes less effort during the game? With Summoning Stone you prepare scenes up front, and each one starts with a single tap, playing as you saved it, so it stays out of your way while you run the game. Pocket Bard is designed to be steered live, with intensity and music-state controls you adjust as the story changes. In our view that means one more thing to manage alongside everything else a game master is doing.
Can I customise scenes in Pocket Bard? Its App Store page lists a scene editor for customising ambience and one-shot effects per scene. Summoning Stone lets you build scenes from scratch, group them by campaign, and start from community-made campaigns.
Is Summoning Stone cheaper than Pocket Bard? Yes. As of October 2026, Summoning Stone’s subscription costs less than Pocket Bard’s. Prices change and vary by region, so check both listings.
Which is better for streaming my game? Check licensing for your channel. Summoning Stone’s built-in audio is cleared for commercial use with attribution.
Summoning Stone has access to millions of songs, the largest library of music for tabletop games; Syrinscape has the deepest catalogue of purpose-built sound sets and effects. Pick Summoning Stone if you play on iPhone, iPad or Mac and want that music library with ambience, effects and a TV display in one app. Pick Syrinscape for its browser-based player and its catalogue of tabletop sound sets.
We make Summoning Stone. Syrinscape facts below come from syrinscape.com as of October 2026.
At a glance
Summoning Stone
Syrinscape
Where it runs
iPhone, iPad, Mac
Mixed directly in the browser, with apps (see their site)
Library
Millions of songs, plus built-in stream-safe music, ambience and effects and community campaigns
7,087 music tracks, 52,425 sound effects, 81,079 samples across 1,800 SoundSets
Scenes and campaigns
Fully customizable scenes grouped by campaign, plus community-made campaigns
SoundSets you mix yourself in the browser
Involvement
One tap starts a scene, and it plays exactly as you saved it: music, ambience levels, effects and reverb
–Not stated on their homepage, which describes sounds as “mixed directly in the browser”
Room acoustics
Reverb on a scene’s ambience and effects, saved with the scene, so a cave can sound like a cave and a church like a church
–Not stated on their homepage
Your own audio
Apple Music playlists
Upload your own tracks and samples
Second screen
Send artwork and maps to a TV, with weather effects
–Not stated on their homepage
Hands-free control
Siri Shortcuts and Stream Deck plugin
–Not stated on their homepage
Virtual tabletops
Not designed for them
✓Works with any virtual tabletop
Cost
A paid subscription that costs less than Syrinscape’s
A SuperSyrin subscription unlocks the full library
Free tier
Free to download; free sounds, music and effects, and up to five scenes
18 free SoundSets, no sign-in
Where Syrinscape is stronger
Purpose-built sound sets. Over 1,800 SoundSets, with tens of thousands of sound effects, for many game systems.
Works on any device with a browser, and plays well with virtual tabletops.
Bring your own files. You can upload tracks and samples. Summoning Stone can’t import audio files.
Where Summoning Stone is stronger
The largest music library. Access to millions of songs, plus built-in stream-safe tracks.
Built for professionals. A pro-level app with tons of features. It’s built for live streaming (built-in audio cleared for commercial use, hands-free control with Siri and Stream Deck, scenes that play the same way every time) and for professional game masters running lots of different games, with custom campaigns that fit each group rather than starting from someone else’s ready-made scenes.
Lower price, with a real free tier. As of October 2026, Summoning Stone’s subscription costs less than Syrinscape’s. It’s free to download with free sounds, music and effects and up to five scenes. A subscription unlocks the premium library, unlimited scenes, screen mirroring and community campaigns. See what’s free.
One tap, played as saved. Each scene remembers its music, ambience levels, effects and reverb, so switching scenes is one tap and nothing needs adjusting mid-game. Do a little prep up front, then just play.
Room acoustics. Add reverb to a scene’s ambience and effects, and save it with the scene. A tight cavern, a vast hall or a church can sound like one, every time you start the scene.
Customizable scenes, grouped by campaign. Do a little prep up front, then run the game from your saved scenes.
Skip the setup. Community-made campaigns and scenes, including scenes for adventures like Death House in Curse of Strahd.
Everything in one place. Music, layered ambience and a soundboard with filters like reverb, designed around scenes you can switch quickly.
Table-friendly extras. Mirror artwork and maps to a TV with rain, snow, fog, smoke or magic overlays.
Hands-free control. Start scenes and fire effects with Siri or a Stream Deck. See how to tie in your lights.
Cleared for commercial use. The built-in audio is cleared for commercial use with attribution. Apple Music tracks aren’t covered.
Community campaigns you can download and share.
Who should choose which
Choose Syrinscape if you run your games from Windows or Android, or need to upload your own audio files.
Choose Summoning Stone if you run games on Apple devices and want fully customizable scenes, millions of songs, a TV display, hands-free control and an app that gets out of your way.
Is Summoning Stone better than Syrinscape? In our view, for game masters on Apple devices, yes. Syrinscape has a very large catalogue of sound sets and runs in a browser, but Summoning Stone offers fully customizable scenes, millions of songs, a TV display and hands-free control, and plays exactly as you’ve saved it. It takes some setup, which pays off once your scenes are built.
Is Summoning Stone cheaper than Syrinscape? Yes. As of October 2026, Summoning Stone’s subscription costs less than Syrinscape’s SuperSyrin. Prices change and vary by region, so check both.
Can I use Summoning Stone on Windows or Android? Not currently. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Can I use my own music in Summoning Stone? You can import Apple Music playlists. Importing audio files is not supported.
Which is better for streaming my game? Check licensing for your channel. Summoning Stone’s built-in audio is cleared for commercial use with attribution.
