Comparison

Matrix Music Visualizer VR vs KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker

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

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About

Matrix Music Visualizer VR

Experience music through immersive 3D synesthesia visualizations. This app offers interactive visuals driven by sound, compatible with local music files and ambient audio. Explore unique visual modes and create custom music videos.

Highlights
  • 3D interactive synesthesia music visualization
  • Sound-driven visuals
  • Compatible with local music files (m4a, mp3)
  • Microphone input for ambient sound visualization
  • VR and non-VR modes
  • Interactive touch controls
  • Record and share music videos
Features
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Finally a music visualizer that actually works! Experience your music like never before with immersive full 3D interactive synesthesia music visualization! + Completely unique using cutting edge technology - you won't have seen anything like this before. Powerful sound-driven visuals. + Compatible with headphones - or without! + Fully compatible with m4a (iTunes downloads) and mp3 music files on your iPhone and iPad, simply choose songs and go! + Or use microphone to visualise ambient music, sound or voice! + VR and non-VR modes included! + Interactive - touch and be entranced by the rotating sound matrix. + Record and share your own custom psychedelic music videos using QuickTime on your Mac! + Unlock the secrets of deep trance and meditation with synesthesia-inspired sound-color sense mixing and lava-lamp liquid 3D visuals. Your eyes will love you forever. + Explore different sound-color mappings, lattice structures and textures! Extremely satisfying interaction. + All new 360 degree mode (seriously trippy). + Excellent for psychonauts, music lovers, artists, musicians, VJs and creating music videos! If you love this app you will also love other apps available from Ben, so check them all out! Love to all of you. Sound visualisation is a passion of mine, so please also check out my other work. I always appreciate feedback, so please rate the app now! Please note this app is not compatible with Apple Music or other music subscription services.

About

KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker

This music creation tool allows users to record sounds by holding pads, then chop, sequence, and apply effects to build tracks. It offers extensive export options for popular DAWs and includes unique features to prevent programmed sounds.

Highlights
  • Hold-to-record sampling
  • Automatic sound chopping
  • 96 PPQN sequencer
  • 41 built-in effects
  • DAW export options
  • Performance effects
  • Resampling capability
Features
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It records for exactly as long as you hold the pad. Open a record screen, record, then decide which pad the sound belongs on — and by the time you have done all that, the sound you wanted has already happened. In KIZUNA you hold a pad, it records while you hold it, and when you let go the sound is already there, on that pad. One decision instead of three. From the thing you caught to the finished track, on an iPhone or an iPad. The sampler, the sequencer, the effects and the export all live in the same place. CAPTURE - Record from the microphone, a line input, or KIZUNA's own output (resample) - Threshold auto-start waits for the sound and begins on its own - A short pre-roll is kept, so the transient itself is never clipped - Import from the Files app, iCloud Drive, or any other cloud provider CHOP - EQUAL by division, ATTACK by detected onsets, or LIVE by tapping while it plays - Slices land straight across a bank, one per pad - A share of them can come out reversed, so the loop stops sounding like the record it came from SO IT DOESN'T SOUND PROGRAMMED - DRIFT moves the pitch and level a little on every hit - VEL > FILTER makes softer hits darker, not merely quieter - FEEL adds timing and velocity looseness, seeded from the pattern itself — the same groove plays back the same way every time, and a bounce matches what you heard - LO-FI KIT: dusty drums, a Rhodes, an upright bass, a vinyl bed, a tape stop BUILD - A 96 PPQN sequencer, 1 to 99 bars, 99 patterns per bank - Swing is stored separately for eighths, sixteenths and thirty-seconds, so dialling one in never disturbs another - Each bank can run its own pattern length — two bars of drums under four bars of chords - 99 scenes and a 99-position song chain - Knob movements are written into the pattern, so a filter sweep follows the part it was written for SHAPE IT — 41 EFFECTS - Per-pad inserts: 19 types across 2 slots (filters, drive, crush, phaser, flanger, ring mod and more) - Send effects: 6 types on 2 buses, so delay and reverb can run at once - Performance effects: 16 momentary types, held down, several at a time, with a downward drag for pressure - A four-slot master chain: VINYL, TAPE, SHELF EQ, LIMITER - Four time-stretch algorithms, chosen per pad: REPITCH, BEATS, TONAL, TEXTURE GRAB A BAR - Capture the last quarter-bar to four bars of the output and hold it, tempo-locked - Not a sample loop — whatever the machine just played - Length and position can both be moved while it runs EXPORT - Ableton Live Set (.als) - DAWproject for Bitwig Studio, Studio One and Cubase - Tempo-correct stems, MIDI for the parts, and written import steps for FL Studio, Logic Pro and GarageBand - WAV of a single pad, of the mix, or per-bank stems — all the same length, all starting at the same instant - Bounces run the same engine as playback, offline. There is no separate render path to drift away from what you heard CONNECT - Includes a KIZUNA AUv3 instrument. Installing the app registers it with Logic Pro, GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis and other hosts on the same device - Core MIDI in and out over USB, Bluetooth and network, plus KIZUNA's own virtual port - MIDI clock received and sent, with start and stop PRIVACY No account. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. The app contains no networking code at all, so your recordings and projects stay on your device — or in your own iCloud Drive, if you put them there. SPECIFICATION - 4 banks of 16 pads (switchable to a 3x4 grid), 24 voices, choke groups - 48 kHz, 32-bit float internally, 24-bit WAV on export - Recording capped at 40 seconds mono, 20 seconds stereo - Both starter kits are synthesised inside the app, so nothing you release from them carries a sample licence - iPhone and iPad, iOS 18.0 or later The interface is currently in English; other languages are planned.

Screenshots

Matrix Music Visualizer VR4 screens
KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker at 100% against Matrix Music Visualizer VR's 42%. KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Matrix Music Visualizer VR's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Matrix Music Visualizer VR costs $1.99 and KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matrix Music Visualizer VR has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Matrix Music Visualizer VR's written reviews are positive against 100% of KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matrix Music Visualizer VR ships an update every 6 months, KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Matrix Music Visualizer VR versus KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatrix Music Visualizer VRKIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating2.8 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#196 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin OutramCode and DESIGN inc.

Customer experience

Matrix Music Visualizer VR

All ratings14 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative47.4%

KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Matrix Music Visualizer VR

No in-app purchases

None

KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matrix Music Visualizer VR free?
Matrix Music Visualizer VR costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker free?
KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matrix Music Visualizer VR or KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker?
KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker is rated higher. Matrix Music Visualizer VR averages 2.8 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Matrix Music Visualizer VR or KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker have ads?
Neither Matrix Music Visualizer VR nor KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matrix Music Visualizer VR or KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker?
Matrix Music Visualizer VR ships an update every 6 months, and KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Matrix Music Visualizer VR was updated on November 2, 2026 and KIZUNA Sampler & Beat Maker on October 29, 2026.

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