Comparison

Trance 5D Music Visualizer vs Spectrojam

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

Head to head
About

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

Immerse yourself in music with a 5D visualizer designed for trance. Enhance your listening experience with specially optimized visuals that create a deep trance effect. Explore multidimensional mathematics through captivating patterns and light body development.

Highlights
  • 5D music visualization
  • 30 trance radio channels
  • TV support via Airplay
  • Visualize own music files
  • 22 visualization themes
  • Personalize graphics
  • Low battery usage
Features
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Experience trance music with immersive 3D audio-reactive visualizers. Trance 5D is a psychedelic music visualizer app designed especially for trance, psytrance, goa trance, progressive trance, ambient and related electronic music styles. Play music from your own library or stream trance and ambient radio stations while transforming the sound into colorful, hypnotic visuals in real time. The app includes 3 trance visualizers, each with its own style and atmosphere, optimized for a deep and immersive trance experience. Features - 3 trance-inspired 3D visualizers with real-time audio reactivity - Play music from your local library with the built-in player - Stream internet radio with Trance, Psybient, Ambient and Techno music - Adjust visualizer speed instantly with the + / − controls - iPad optimized with sidebar navigation - AirPlay support Full version features - Visualizer settings for textures, particles, camera movement and more - Video recording - NDI streaming support About Trance 5D The idea behind Trance 5D is to create a visual and musical experience that feels expansive, hypnotic and multidimensional — inspired by trance culture, psychedelic visuals and the feeling of entering a deeper state through music, rhythm and light.

About

Spectrojam

This app transforms sounds from your microphone into dynamic colors and shapes on your screen. It visualizes the frequency composition of everyday noises and musical tunes, allowing you to see sound signatures and even translate them into musical notes.

Highlights
  • Real-time sound to color/shape visualization
  • Musical note display for pitch accuracy
  • Chord and harmony analysis
  • Adjustable gain for volume control
  • High-resolution premium visualizer
  • Color modulation effects
Features
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Spectrojam® listens to your microphone and turns the sound it hears into colors and shapes on your screen. If you speak, for example, you will see the individual frequencies emitted by your voice. If you whistle, you will see shapes and colors move and change on the screen in perfect sync with your tune. You will be amazed to see the frequency composition of the sounds in your everyday life. Each noise has a unique signature, and now you can see it all! The Musical Note Display can translate the sounds you make into musical notes. This allows anyone to sing a perfect "A" without even hearing a reference note. Spectrojam® can display up to 3 musical notes at the same time, allowing you to pick apart chords and harmonies. It works great with the human voice and musical instruments. Unlock Premium mode to access a high-resolution sound visualizer which displays up to 12.3 million samples simultaneously (8,192 frequencies * 1500 time slices) for extremely high precision and maximum clarity. The Color Modulator smoothly cycles through your color selections, producing stunning visuals. If your environment is loud, simply use the Gain slider to reduce the overall input volume, or boost it if you want to detect whispers, breathing, and quiet background music. Explore your world in a whole new way. Download Spectrojam® today!

Screenshots

Trance 5D Music Visualizer4 screens
Spectrojam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spectrojam at 69% against Trance 5D Music Visualizer's 41%. Spectrojam also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Trance 5D Music Visualizer's advantage is ratings volume (493 vs 25) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Trance 5D Music Visualizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spectrojam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trance 5D Music Visualizer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trance 5D Music Visualizer has 493 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Trance 5D Music Visualizer's written reviews are positive against 69% of Spectrojam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trance 5D Music Visualizer ships an update every 5 weeks, Spectrojam every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Trance 5D Music Visualizer versus Spectrojam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrance 5D Music VisualizerSpectrojam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (493 ratings) — better3.9 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews40.7% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings493 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile VisualsNonsequential Time Labs

Customer experience

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

All ratings493 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive40.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative51.9%

Spectrojam

All ratings25 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative24.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%

Bugs and requests

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Microphone not working
  • Visualizer not responding to music
  • Advertised stations not playing
  • Music stopped working
  • Premium purchase issues (re-purchase required)
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  • Does not work with other music applications
  • Visualizer does not sync with music
  • Settings menu broken in landscape view
  • Accidental screen touches mid-session

Requested features

10 requests
  • Allow modification of visualizer settings and creation of own visualizers
  • Settings should revert from preview mode quickly
  • Option to choose own background image from photos
  • Allow mute button to disable screen
  • Allow SoundCloud to play through the app and sync
Show 5 more
  • Improve visualizer response to music frequency and volume
  • Add more visualizer types (lines, oscilloscope, clouds, fireworks)
  • Fix issues with purchasing premium
  • Make app work with other music players
  • Reduce ad frequency or remove ads for premium users

Spectrojam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trance 5D Music Visualizer

One-time1
  • Visualizer Premium Version$1.99
1 purchases

Spectrojam

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Trance 5D Music Visualizer free?
Trance 5D Music Visualizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spectrojam free?
Spectrojam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trance 5D Music Visualizer or Spectrojam?
Trance 5D Music Visualizer is rated higher. Trance 5D Music Visualizer averages 4.1 out of 5 from 493 ratings, while Spectrojam averages 3.9 from 25 ratings.
Do Trance 5D Music Visualizer or Spectrojam have ads?
Neither Trance 5D Music Visualizer nor Spectrojam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trance 5D Music Visualizer or Spectrojam?
Trance 5D Music Visualizer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Spectrojam every 3 months. Most recently, Trance 5D Music Visualizer was updated on October 29, 2026 and Spectrojam on October 20, 2026.

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