Fart Sounds

Review by eFreeware

Fart Sounds is a free Android app from MeiaTech, listed under Comics, and its purpose is exactly what the name suggests: it plays fart noises when you tap an icon. The developer's pitch is that everyone is a little immature and that a well-timed sound gets a laugh out of friends. That is the whole offer, and for the right person it is enough.

The main reason to consider it is the size of the sound library. The app offers 48 effects, which is more than the handful you tend to get from novelty apps that exist mainly to push ads. With over a million installs and a 4.4 average from more than ten thousand ratings, it has clearly found an audience since its release in May 2016.

This is not an app you open to browse for a while. It is a tool for a moment: a family dinner, a long car ride with siblings in the back seat, a group of friends who never outgrew this sense of humor. If that describes your circle, the appeal is immediate; if it does not, nothing here will change your mind.

Tapping an icon, and 48 chances to get a laugh

The core interaction is as basic as it gets. You tap the icon for a sound and it plays. There is no sequence to build, no timing to master, no settings to work through before the first noise comes out. The app is easy to use, simple and free, and the only instruction given is to click the icon.

What the library gives you is variety. Forty-eight effects means you can cycle through different tones and lengths rather than repeating the same honk until everyone in the room stops reacting. That variety is what keeps a novelty app usable past the first five minutes, and it is the strongest argument for choosing this one over a thinner alternative.

The visual side is described as attractive, which matters less than you might think for an app whose output is audio, but a clean screen makes the sounds easier to find. The February 2025 update included a reworked main layout, so the arrangement of those 48 buttons has been revisited since the app's early days.

Favorites, two languages and a quieter ad experience

The most useful addition in the recent update is the ability to save favorite sounds. Once you have found the two or three effects that land best with your particular audience, you can keep them close instead of hunting through the full set every time. For an app with this many options, that is the feature that turns it from a novelty into something you keep on your phone.

The app is available in Portuguese and English, which covers a much wider audience. A fart needs no translation.

Users complained about an ad for a fart bomb, so the developer took it down. That is a small but telling detail: the developer is reading feedback and acting on it. Ads are still part of the experience, and there are no in-app purchases.

What it asks of you, and what it does not

The cost of entry is nothing. Fart Sounds is free to download, and there is no in-app purchase system attached to it, so you will not be nudged toward spending. The trade is advertising.

The content rating is Teen, which is worth noting if you are thinking about handing a phone to a younger child. The humor is bodily and the sounds are what they are; the rating reflects that honestly rather than pretending otherwise.

The requirements are minimal. It is a soundboard, and that is all there is to it. That low barrier is part of why the app has accumulated the install numbers it has.

Getting the most out of a soundboard

The best way to use an app like this is to prepare before the moment arrives. Spend a few minutes going through the 48 effects on your own, pick the ones that fit your sense of humor, and save them as favorites. When the opportunity comes, you will not be scrolling while everyone waits.

Volume is your friend and your enemy. A sound played at full blast in a quiet room is funny once; played repeatedly, it wears out fast. Treat the app as a punchline rather than a running gag and it will last much longer in your group's rotation.

It also works as a harmless prank tool for people who enjoy that sort of thing. The sounds are clearly artificial, which keeps the joke on the right side of harmless. That is roughly the register the developer is aiming for, and it is where the app works best.

A small, well-made joke for the right crowd

Fart Sounds does one thing and does it without pretension. Forty-eight effects, a tap to play, favorites to keep the good ones handy, and menus in two languages. The recent update shows a developer still tending to the app nearly nine years after release, which is more than many novelty apps manage.

The audience is narrow and obvious: people who find this humor funny and have friends or family who feel the same. If you are looking for a soundboard to pull out at a party, on a road trip or during a slow afternoon with siblings, this is a reasonable choice at no cost beyond the ads.

If bodily humor is not your thing, no amount of polish will make this app appealing, and that is fine. For everyone else, it is a free download with a clear purpose and a large enough library to stay amusing longer than expected.

What's new in version 2.10.5

- Small bug fixes - Reworked the main layout - Now you can save your favorite sounds - Fart bomb ad removed (request in comments)