Specties vs subflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Specties
Experience your music library in a new way as characters dance to the rhythm of your songs or microphone input. Simply select your local music files to bring your audio to life with dynamic visuals.
- Music visualizer
- Dancing characters
- Uses music library
- Uses microphone input
- Supports local music files
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This is Music Visualizer app. Characters dance to the music of your music library or microphone sounds. - Usage 1. Tap the music button. 2. Select your songs from music library. These songs should be on your device.
subflow
Create dynamic music visualizations for any setting. Control modes, speed, and beat patterns with intuitive screen gestures. Advanced users can leverage UDP and OS2L for complex control with DJ software.
- Gesture-based control for modes, speed, and beats
- Beat pattern customization
- UDP command sequencing
- OS2L integration with DJ software
- Color customization via long press
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Crisp visualizations for your music stage or living room. Tap left or right edge of screen to change modes. Vertical swipes change speed. Tap the upper half of the screen several times to set a beat pattern. Tap the lower half to cancel or to add single beats. Horizontal swipes fine-tune the beat alignment. Long press will change color. You can also send more complex command sequences over UDP, and you can control via OS2L using most DJ software. See http://subflow.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: subflow at 4.3 against Specties's 3.8. subflow also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). Specties's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Specties sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. subflow asks for nothing beyond the download.
subflow holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Specties's written reviews are positive against 67% of subflow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Specties ships an update monthly, subflow every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Specties | subflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) | 4.3 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Y. MOCHIDUKI | Ello Skelling Productions |
Customer experience
Specties
subflow
In-app purchases
Specties
- Remove Ads$0.99
subflow
No in-app purchases
