Trance 5D Music Visualizer vs Cymatica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 5D music visualization
- 30 trance radio channels
- TV support via Airplay
- Visualize own music files
- 22 visualization themes
- Personalize graphics
- Low battery usage
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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.
Cymatica
Explore the universe's hidden mathematics by transforming sound into mesmerizing geometric sand patterns. This interactive physics simulation brings scientific principles to life with real-time calculations and haptic feedback.
- Interactive sand pattern simulation
- Sound wave visualization
- Haptic feedback
- Real-time frequency calculations
- Adjustable pattern complexity
- Pattern saving
- Dark mode
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Transform sound into stunning visual art. Cymatica is an interactive physics simulation that brings Ernst Chladni's 18th-century discovery to life on your iPhone. Watch as invisible sound waves sculpt thousands of sand particles into mesmerizing geometric patterns, revealing the hidden mathematics that shapes our universe. CREATE & EXPLORE - Draw sand with one finger, erase with two - Adjust pattern complexity with the intuitive XY pad - Switch between square and circular plates - Control pattern modes from 1 to 16 - Up to 100,000 particles flowing in real-time - Shake your device to disturb the sand - Tap the plate to cycle display modes AUDIO MODES - Tone — singing bowl synthesis with frequency dial - Mic — patterns react to your voice or environment - Sounds — 9 procedural ambient instruments that never repeat - Music — play from Apple Music with live waveform visualization - Import — load your own audio or video files (advanced) TONE EFFECTS - Noise — adds grit and organic texture - Reverb — spacious, resonant depth - Decay — longer sustain and release - Detune — shimmering chorus effect GENERATIVE SOUNDSCAPES - Singing bowl, drone, pad, sub bass, piano, rain, shakuhachi, cello, flute - Evolving chord progressions that never repeat - Nordic ambient inspired soundscapes APPLE MUSIC - Search and browse your library - Play any song or playlist - Live waveform and particle visualization from speaker audio VIDEO RECORDING - Record and share videos of your patterns - Optimized for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube - Pro subscribers record without watermark FEEL THE SOUND - Synchronized haptic feedback matching visual patterns - Real-time frequency display - 6 color themes with glow effects ADVANCED MODE - Glow — soft bloom on particles - Streak — motion trails behind particles - Stereo 3D — cross-eye stereoscopic view - Open and closed plate boundaries Whether you're a physicist, musician, meditator, or simply someone who appreciates the elegant patterns underlying reality, Cymatica offers a journey into the profound connection between sound and form. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cymatica at 4.7 against Trance 5D Music Visualizer's 4.1. Cymatica also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 41%). Trance 5D Music Visualizer's advantage is ratings volume (493 vs 27). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Trance 5D Music Visualizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cymatica sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cymatica holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trance 5D Music Visualizer has 493 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Trance 5D Music Visualizer's written reviews are positive against 77% of Cymatica's.
Trance 5D Music Visualizer ships an update every 5 weeks, Cymatica every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Trance 5D Music Visualizer | Cymatica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (493 ratings) | 4.7 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 493 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobile Visuals | Shridhar Gupta |
Customer experience
Trance 5D Music Visualizer
Cymatica
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
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- 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
Cymatica
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trance 5D Music Visualizer
- Visualizer Premium Version$1.99
Cymatica
- Cymatica Pro$3.991 Month
- Cymatica Pro$19.991 Year
- Unlock Sounds$4.99
- Cymatica Pro Lifetime$24.99
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