Spectrojam vs Cymatics Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Cymatics Lab
Visualize sound by creating dynamic patterns from music or your own beats. Explore sand and liquid simulations, compose music, and share your creations. Experience sound in a unique visual dimension.
- Sound-to-pattern visualization
- Sand and liquid simulation modes
- Built-in music composer
- Live performance tools
- Frequency tuning
- Pattern sharing and remixing
- Audio and MIDI export
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Cymatics Lab draws sound as moving patterns. Play a song, hum into the mic or make a beat, and the sound shapes sand on a vibrating plate or ripples of light in water. These are Chladni patterns, the figures a vibrating surface makes, drawn live from what you hear. SAND AND LIQUID Sand Lab has seven modes: Square, Circle, Sphere, Orbital, Cavity, Lissajous and Quasi. Liquid Lab has five: Round, Square, Bubble, Wave Tank and Drop. You can change the plate, the room, the lighting and the colors. MAKE MUSIC YOU CAN SEE The built-in Composer is for anyone, no experience needed, and the pattern moves with every note. • FEEL: tap a preset to start a groove, then turn Energy, Space, Tone and Drive. • BEATS: edit drums, bass, lead and pad on a step grid. • PERFORM: play drum pads or a keyboard and record what you play. • SOUNDS: shape each instrument. • SONG: chain sections into a full song. FIND YOUR FREQUENCY Dial in an exact tone, add a second frequency, or set a timed sweep, and watch the shape change with each hertz. WHAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO The microphone, your own music library, or the Cymatics Lab albums included in the app. Apple Music and Spotify work through the microphone while they play from your speaker. WAVES Release your patterns as Waves for others to find. Browse, save and remix theirs, follow creators, and like and comment. A shared wave link opens right in the app. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Open it like a book with the Composer on one half and the pattern on the other, or fold it halfway like a laptop. The outer screen can show your pattern to the people across from you. FULL SCREEN AND AIRPLAY Turn your phone for a full-screen pattern, or AirPlay the pattern and music to a compatible TV. SAVE AND EXPORT Capture photos and videos of a pattern. Export your music as audio, separate instrument tracks or MIDI. CYMATICS LAB PRO The app is free to download. Pro unlocks every mode and tool, as a monthly or yearly subscription. If you bought Pro before version 2.0, you keep it for life as a Founder. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged at confirmation of purchase and on renewal. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://cymaticslabs.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://cymaticslabs.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spectrojam at 3.9 against Cymatics Lab's 3.0. Spectrojam also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Cymatics Lab's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and update cadence (daily 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
Both are free to download. Spectrojam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cymatics Lab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spectrojam holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spectrojam has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Spectrojam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cymatics Lab's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Spectrojam ships an update every 3 months, Cymatics Lab daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spectrojam | Cymatics Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (25 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 542 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nonsequential Time Labs | Kiefer Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Spectrojam
Cymatics Lab
In-app purchases
Spectrojam
- Premium$2.99
Cymatics Lab
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









