AirPods 4 vs AirPods Pro 3

Both figures below were read from the retailer by us and written down. Where a row is blank we do not hold that fact for one of them, which is stated rather than filled in.

Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation

Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation

Price today: Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: $129.97 (the better of the two); Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: $199.00
Per printed unitNot ranked: these two count different things, so the figures are printed and left alone.: Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: not held; Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: not held
Pack: Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: not held; Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: not held
Record behind itDays with a recorded price in the last 90. We hold a verdict until 10 of them, or until one price has held for 14 days.: Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: 2/10 days (the better of the two); Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: 1/10 days
Lowest we recordedAnd the last day it was that price. A floor touched last week is a different argument from one touched in March.: Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: $129.97 · Sep 16; Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: $199.00 · Sep 8
Highest we recorded: Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: $148.99; Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: $199.00
Sold by: Apple AirPods 4 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: Amazon.com; Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation: Amazon.com

How the gap has moved

Across the 9 days we have held a price for both, the gap between them was widest at $69.03 on Sep 16 and narrowest at $50.01 on Sep 8. AirPods 4 has been the cheaper of the two on every one of those days. Today it is $69.03.

Measured from our own readings, carried forward day by day — a price stands until we record a different one. It starts on the first day we held a price for both, which is later than the day we began tracking one of them.

What they are

4 attributes the retailers describe differently, first. These are their words, not ours — we record prices, we do not test products.

Weight: 0.26 pounds; 0.16 pounds
Dimensions: 2.68 × 4.69 × 4.72 inches; 1.1 × 0.8 × 1.2 inches
Model: MXP93LL/A; MFHP4LL/A
Released: September 2024; September 2025
Color: White; White
Warranty: Apple One (1) Year Limited Warranty; Apple One (1) Year Limited Warranty

2 products compared on the record we keep. Nothing here is ranked by what pays us, and neither of these placements was bought. Other model-against-model comparisons.