Comparison

Chromesthesia vs Virtual ANS 3

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

Head to head
About

Chromesthesia

Features
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Chromesthesia or sound-to-color synesthesia is a type of synesthesia in which heard sounds automatically and involuntarily evoke an experience of color. This application will allow all users to experience Chromesthesia! *Note* - This application works only with Philips Hue Lighting System With this application you will be able to create a light show for any mood or occasion. Just landed that new job and listening to upbeat music? Create a scene with bright and vibrant colors and watch as the music comes to life! Feeling in the mood for some sappy love songs and a bottle of wine? Create a scene with dark reds, purples, and pinks and slip away as you become part of the musical experience. Other Uses: Great for any musical practice. As you play the frequencies of your instrument will trigger corresponding colors. Put on a light show and impress your friends with your musical abilities. Vocal Training: Want to know if you are hitting that perfect pitch? Set up a scene to display a certain color when you sing. Your skills are sure to improve! Features: * Control all phillips lights from the application * Disable or Enable the lights that you want to participate * Configure the rate at which the lights change colors * Configure light transitions * Configure decibel threshold * Create/Edit and Delete Scenes - A scene is a collection of colors that will be mapped to certain frequencies. * Add/Delete and Edit colors that are mapped to a scene

About

Virtual ANS 3

This app simulates a unique photoelectronic musical instrument, allowing users to draw music as spectrograms. It functions as a graphics editor to convert sound to images and vice versa, enabling the creation of atmospheric sounds and microtonal music.

Highlights
  • Unlimited pure tone generators
  • Sonogram editor for drawing and playing spectra
  • Convert sound to image and vice versa
  • MIDI device support
  • Polyphonic synth mode with MIDI mapping
  • Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) and Audiobus support
Features
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Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS - photoelectronic musical instrument created by Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958. The ANS made it possible to draw music in the form of a spectrogram (sonogram), without live instruments and performers. It was used by Stanislav Kreichi, Alfred Schnittke, Edward Artemiev and other Soviet composers in their experimental works. You can also hear the sound of the ANS in Andrei Tarkovsky's movies Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker. The simulator extends the capabilities of the original instrument. Now it's a full-featured graphics editor where you can convert sound into an image, load and play pictures, draw microtonal/spectral music and create some unusual deep atmospheric sounds. This app is for everyone who loves experiments and is looking for something new. Key features: * unlimited number of pure tone generators; * powerful sonogram editor - you can draw the spectrum and play it at the same time; * any sound (from a WAV file or a Microphone/Line-in) can be converted to image (sonogram) and vice versa; * support for MIDI devices; * polyphonic synth mode with MIDI mapping; * supported file formats: WAV (only uncompressed PCM), PNG, JPEG, GIF; * Audio Unit Extension (AUv3), Audiobus; * many new features compared to version 2.3; see the full list: https://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/changelog.txt Homepage, user manual and versions for other systems: https://warmplace.ru/soft/ans

Screenshots

Chromesthesia4 screens
Virtual ANS 33 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chromesthesia at Free against Virtual ANS 3's $5.99. Chromesthesia also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On 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

Chromesthesia is free to download; Virtual ANS 3 costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chromesthesia versus Virtual ANS 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChromesthesiaVirtual ANS 3
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating—4.8 (59 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—59 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCory KellyAlexander Zolotov

In-app purchases

None

Chromesthesia

No in-app purchases

None

Virtual ANS 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chromesthesia free?
Chromesthesia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virtual ANS 3 free?
Virtual ANS 3 costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chromesthesia or Virtual ANS 3 have ads?
Neither Chromesthesia nor Virtual ANS 3 shows ads.

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