Comparison

3D Tone Touch vs Saucillator

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

Head to head
About

3D Tone Touch

Explore musical tones and pitches with an interactive interface. This app uses touch sensitivity to alter pitch and create chords, making music creation accessible and fun for all ages. Enjoy visual feedback with a shower of sparks for each note played.

Highlights
  • 3D Force Touch integration
  • Pitch alteration via touch pressure
  • C major scale notes
  • Multi-touch chord creation
  • Visual spark feedback
  • Note display
Features
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Have fun making music! 3D Tone Touch is a fun way to learn about tones and pitches. It uses 3d Force Touch on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Press harder to raise the pitch and increase the number of sparks! Uses only the notes in the C major scale so it's easy for anyone to play. Use multi-touch to create triads and other chords. Force Touch is simulated on other devices, or you can turn it off and change pitch by touching up and down. Neato features: • 5 note polyphonic • Uses 3D Force Touch on compatible devices • Awesome shower of sparks for each note • Displays the played note right above your finger • C major scale Kids and adults alike can't stop playing with it!

About

Saucillator

Create and play custom synthesizers and instruments on your mobile device. Manipulate oscillators and effects with touch, record live loops, and design unique sounds with a variety of timbres and customizable effects. Supports AUv3 for use in other music production apps.

Highlights
  • Custom synthesizer creation
  • Touchscreen oscillator manipulation
  • Live looping and recording
  • AUv3 instrument support
  • Multi-track looper and beat generator
  • Parametric EQ and filters
  • MIDI controller support
Features
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Musical inspiration at the touch of your fingertips - from doodle to zen in seconds. Inspired by the Korg Kaossilator and Moog synthesizers, Saucillator transforms mobile devices into a platform for creating, playing, and sharing digital synthesizers. Users use the touchscreen to manipulate oscillators and effects, and can also do live-looping and recording. Our goal is to be beginner friendly while at the same time offering all the deep, complex features traditional synth users love. Saucillator also now supports AUv3 so you can use many of its features in AUv3-supported host applications (tested with AUM, Loopy Pro, Garageband. Note that some host applications only support some output). A multi track looper and beat generator are available to create synth loops and synchronize a beat/click track alongside it. Loops can be modified, toggled, and added as you're playing. Users are able to play custom modular synthesizers using the x-y axes of the touchscreen. The x-axis corresponds to amplitude (volume) and the y-axis corresponds to frequency (pitch). Playback can also be looped, recorded, and EQed using a Parametric EQ. On top of performing, users are able to create their own custom synthesizers, which consist of a custom timbre and user-defined effects. A variety of timbres are included: Sine, Square, Saw, Pulse, Noise, Theremin, "Singing Saw", "Electric Eel", and "Starslide" (among many more). These, as well as any user-created synths, can be mixed and matched at different harmonics, amplitudes, and phases to create custom sounds. Each synth has customizable fx parameters as well, including Envelope (ADSR - attack & release), Vibrato LFO (rate & depth), Tremolo, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Distortion, Parametric EQ, and Note Lag (Portamento). We also include a Filter (low-pass, highpass, bandpass) that can be modulated using an Envelope or LFO. Custom synths can also be shared with the Saucillator community via an easy built-in sharing tool. Download other users' synths or upload your own, all from in app! Other abilities: -Choose scale: Pentatonic, Major, Minor, Blues, or Chromatic (among others). -Choose the base note for the pad. -Control the grid size. -Record to disk. -Live visualization of waveforms. -Play synths with external midi controllers -AUv3 instrument support Special thanks to Garrett Langley (http://dribbble.com/glangley) for helping with design and general usability. Saucillator. I think it's the sauce, boss!

Screenshots

3D Tone Touch1 screens
Saucillator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Saucillator at 33 against 3D Tone Touch's 2. 3D Tone Touch's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 3D Tone Touch against 4.9 for Saucillator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saucillator has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of 3D Tone Touch's written reviews are positive against 92% of Saucillator's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
3D Tone Touch versus Saucillator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3D Tone TouchSaucillator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings233 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff MenterGreen Noise LLC

Customer experience

3D Tone Touch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Saucillator

All ratings33 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

3D Tone Touch

No in-app purchases

None

Saucillator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 3D Tone Touch free?
3D Tone Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saucillator free?
Saucillator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 3D Tone Touch or Saucillator?
3D Tone Touch is rated higher. 3D Tone Touch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Saucillator averages 4.9 from 33 ratings.
Do 3D Tone Touch or Saucillator have ads?
Neither 3D Tone Touch nor Saucillator shows ads.

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