Comparison

SoundBow vs lgOpre

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

Head to head
About

SoundBow

Create music by drawing curves and gestural movements on a clean interface. Record your own sounds, build melodies, and export compositions as audio files. This app offers a unique, interactive approach to music production.

Highlights
  • Drawing-based music creation
  • Gesture-based sound manipulation
  • Record and use own sounds
  • Export compositions as audio
  • Rescale instrument elements
Features
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SoundBow is a drawing based music instrument with a clean and simple visual interface. You can create music by drawing curves over the screen with lines and gestural movements. Apart from drawing, you can rescale your instrument by moving graphical elements around. Record your own sounds through the microphone and start creating melodies, soundscapes with your own voice. If you wish, you can also export your composition as an audio file. "Touch-based mobile devices allowed interactive, gesture-based music production to hit the masses. So far, this type of musical creation hasn't exactly taken the world by storm. But SoundBow, a drawing-based musical instrument app, should shake things up a little bit with its clean, minimal visual interface and mesmerizing potential for complex, loop-based music production." - The Creators Project "Binaura bring their beautiful SoundBow app to iOS at last. It is a gorgeous instrument with huge possibilities for expression and creativity. I think that in many ways these are the kinds of apps that iOS was made for." - Palm Sounds SoundBow is made with free and open source tools. The interface is built with OpenFrameworks. The sound engine is made with SodaLib, a free Data Sonification Library built on top of libPd (Pure Data).

About

lgOpre

Transform your screen into an interactive audiovisual canvas. Trigger sound blocks with rhythmic dots to create immersive compositions. Save your progress automatically and collaborate with friends.

Highlights
  • Interactive audiovisual canvas
  • Rhythmic sound block triggering
  • Automatic progress saving
  • Side-by-side collaboration
  • Mesmerizing visual effects
  • Harmonious sound creation
Features
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Create with sound and image using lgOpre. Transform your screen into an interactive canvas where sound blocks, triggered by rhythmic dots, create immersive audiovisual compositions. Craft mesmerizing visuals and harmonious sounds with simple taps and swipes. Save your progress Never lose your masterpiece! Your creation is automatically saved, allowing you to pick up exactly where you left off when you return. Collaborate and Create Grab a friend and double the fun! Collaborate side-by-side to spark creativity and craft one-of-a-kind compositions that blend your ideas into something truly unique. Pronounced: luh-GOP-ruh

Screenshots

SoundBow2 screens
lgOpre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: lgOpre at Free against SoundBow's $1.99. lgOpre also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). SoundBow's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

lgOpre is free to download; SoundBow costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

lgOpre holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of SoundBow's written reviews are positive against 100% of lgOpre's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundBow ships an update every 2 months, lgOpre every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SoundBow versus lgOpre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundBowlgOpre
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (13 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgoston NagyDavid Galbraith

Customer experience

SoundBow

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral13.8%
Negative20.7%

lgOpre

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SoundBow

No in-app purchases

None

lgOpre

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SoundBow free?
SoundBow costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is lgOpre free?
lgOpre is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SoundBow or lgOpre?
lgOpre is rated higher. SoundBow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while lgOpre averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do SoundBow or lgOpre have ads?
Neither SoundBow nor lgOpre shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundBow or lgOpre?
SoundBow ships an update every 2 months, and lgOpre every 4 months. Most recently, SoundBow was updated on September 27, 2026 and lgOpre on June 1, 2026.

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