Comparison

VoxSyn vs Things

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

Head to head
About

VoxSyn

Transform your voice into a versatile vocal sound generator. This app captures your vocal modulations to create unique sounds beyond traditional vocoding, allowing you to trigger synthesizer sounds with your voice or a keyboard. Expand your sonic palette with a vast pool of presets and effects.

Highlights
  • Voice control of pitch and timbre
  • 22-channel vocoder
  • Integrated preset synthesizer engine
  • Hundreds of presets
  • Hi-end audio effects
  • Audiobus and Inter App Audio compatible
  • MIDI and background audio support
Features
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VoxSyn turns your voice into the most flexible vocal sound generator ever. Instantly following even subtle modulations of pitch and spectral changes of your voice VoxSyn creates signature vocal sounds far beyond traditional vocoding. Talk or sing into the microphone and you’ll trigger various synthesizer sounds following your voice pitch or the notes touched on the hexagonal keyboard / external MIDI Keyboard. The basic sounds are selected from a vast pool of predefined sounds from the famous TERA synthesis engine which can be further expanded by its unique random sound generator. The harmonic table note layout visualizes your voices pitch in realtime and also let you play notes for more traditional vocoder effects. VoxSyn is Audiobus compatible and can be used in the Input, Filter and Output slots in the Audiobus signal chain. The output can be recorded to an audio file which you can use with other Apps and programs for further processing. Features: - Voice control of pitch and timbre - 22-channel Vocoder - Integrated preset synthesizer engine - Hundreds of presets included - Hi-end Reverb and Chorus/Delay/Distortion/Phaser effects - Share/Export of audio recordings - CoreMIDI / Virtual MIDI and Background audio - Inter App Audio compatible - Audiobus 2 support (Input/Filter/Output) with state saving

About

Things

This app transforms sounds into ambient soundscapes or adds drone vibes to tracks using granular reverb, pitch shifting, and mid/side processing. It's inspired by sound design techniques from an award-winning indie game.

Highlights
  • Granular reverb
  • Pitch shifting
  • Mid/side mode
  • AUv3 plugin
  • Standalone app
  • Soundscape creation
Features
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Texture is an easy to use granular reverb with pitch shifting and mid/side mode available as AUv3 and Standalone. Texture can transform any sound into an ambient soundscape, or add that drone vibe to your tracks. This plugin was inspired by the techniques used in the soundtrack and sound design of the award-winning indie game The Swapper.

Screenshots

VoxSyn3 screens
Things1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Things at 100% against VoxSyn's 48%. Things also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1). VoxSyn's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 32 months) and price ($0.99 vs $6.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

VoxSyn costs $0.99 and Things $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Things holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of VoxSyn's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VoxSyn ships an update every 9 days, Things every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VoxSyn versus Things: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoxSynThings
Price$0.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.1 (18 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarry GohsAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

VoxSyn

All ratings18 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative38.9%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral14.8%
Negative37.0%

Things

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

VoxSyn

No in-app purchases

None

Things

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VoxSyn free?
VoxSyn costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Things free?
Things costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VoxSyn or Things?
Things is rated higher. VoxSyn averages 3.1 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Things averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do VoxSyn or Things have ads?
Neither VoxSyn nor Things shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VoxSyn or Things?
VoxSyn ships an update every 9 days, and Things every 32 months. Most recently, VoxSyn was updated on August 30, 2026 and Things on October 1, 2026.

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