Comparison

PartyPulse vs Trance 5D Music Visualizer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PartyPulse

Transform your space into a dynamic light show that reacts to ambient music. Customize colors, shapes, and movements to set the perfect party mood. Extend the experience by mirroring to a larger screen.

Highlights
  • Music-reactive light show
  • Customizable colors, shapes, and movements
  • Camera integration for custom images
  • AirPlay and video cable support for larger displays
  • Ambient music detection
Features
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Get your party pulsing with this new app from Stratospherix. PartyPulse responds to the music that your iPad or iPhone hears and converts it into a multi-coloured light show. Select colours, shapes and movement styles to match the mood, turn the lights down and the music up. Use the camera to create new images for the show. The best bit is that you can AirPlay to AppleTV or connect your iPad to a TV via a video cable to make the effect go large, dimming the screen on the device to keep the party going longer. Have ideas for new shapes and options? Let us know via @stratospherix or support@stratospherix.com. Note that PartyPulse listens for ambient music for its light show - you’ll need something else to play music on!

About

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

Immerse yourself in music with a 5D visualizer designed for trance. Enhance your listening experience with specially optimized visuals that create a deep trance effect. Explore multidimensional mathematics through captivating patterns and light body development.

Highlights
  • 5D music visualization
  • 30 trance radio channels
  • TV support via Airplay
  • Visualize own music files
  • 22 visualization themes
  • Personalize graphics
  • Low battery usage
Features
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Experience trance music with immersive 3D audio-reactive visualizers. Trance 5D is a psychedelic music visualizer app designed especially for trance, psytrance, goa trance, progressive trance, ambient and related electronic music styles. Play music from your own library or stream trance and ambient radio stations while transforming the sound into colorful, hypnotic visuals in real time. The app includes 3 trance visualizers, each with its own style and atmosphere, optimized for a deep and immersive trance experience. Features - 3 trance-inspired 3D visualizers with real-time audio reactivity - Play music from your local library with the built-in player - Stream internet radio with Trance, Psybient, Ambient and Techno music - Adjust visualizer speed instantly with the + / − controls - iPad optimized with sidebar navigation - AirPlay support Full version features - Visualizer settings for textures, particles, camera movement and more - Video recording - NDI streaming support About Trance 5D The idea behind Trance 5D is to create a visual and musical experience that feels expansive, hypnotic and multidimensional — inspired by trance culture, psychedelic visuals and the feeling of entering a deeper state through music, rhythm and light.

Screenshots

PartyPulse3 screens
Trance 5D Music Visualizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Trance 5D Music Visualizer at 4.1 against PartyPulse's 3.6. Trance 5D Music Visualizer also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (493 vs 5). PartyPulse's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (56% vs 41%). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trance 5D Music Visualizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PartyPulse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trance 5D Music Visualizer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trance 5D Music Visualizer has 493 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of PartyPulse's written reviews are positive against 41% of Trance 5D Music Visualizer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PartyPulse ships an update every 35 months, Trance 5D Music Visualizer every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
PartyPulse versus Trance 5D Music Visualizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPartyPulseTrance 5D Music Visualizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)4.1 (493 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better40.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5493 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStratospherix LtdMobile Visuals

Customer experience

PartyPulse

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

All ratings493 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive40.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative51.9%

Bugs and requests

PartyPulse

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Microphone not working
  • Visualizer not responding to music
  • Advertised stations not playing
  • Music stopped working
  • Premium purchase issues (re-purchase required)
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  • Does not work with other music applications
  • Visualizer does not sync with music
  • Settings menu broken in landscape view
  • Accidental screen touches mid-session

Requested features

10 requests
  • Allow modification of visualizer settings and creation of own visualizers
  • Settings should revert from preview mode quickly
  • Option to choose own background image from photos
  • Allow mute button to disable screen
  • Allow SoundCloud to play through the app and sync
Show 5 more
  • Improve visualizer response to music frequency and volume
  • Add more visualizer types (lines, oscilloscope, clouds, fireworks)
  • Fix issues with purchasing premium
  • Make app work with other music players
  • Reduce ad frequency or remove ads for premium users

In-app purchases

None

PartyPulse

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

One-time1
  • Visualizer Premium Version$1.99

Questions

Is PartyPulse free?
PartyPulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trance 5D Music Visualizer free?
Trance 5D Music Visualizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PartyPulse or Trance 5D Music Visualizer?
Trance 5D Music Visualizer is rated higher. PartyPulse averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Trance 5D Music Visualizer averages 4.1 from 493 ratings.
Do PartyPulse or Trance 5D Music Visualizer have ads?
Neither PartyPulse nor Trance 5D Music Visualizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PartyPulse or Trance 5D Music Visualizer?
PartyPulse ships an update every 35 months, and Trance 5D Music Visualizer every 5 weeks. Most recently, PartyPulse was updated on October 24, 2026 and Trance 5D Music Visualizer on October 24, 2026.

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