Ech's Fractal vs The Sorting Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ech's Fractal
Explore intricate fractal patterns with customizable depth and color palettes. This application allows users to render the Mandelbrot set with high detail.
- Customizable depth up to 5000
- Customizable colors
- Mandelbrot set rendering
- High detail exploration
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Features - Customizable depth up to 5000 - Customizable colors
The Sorting Synth
This app offers a creative outlet for generating unique musical patterns and textures. Inspired by vintage synthesizers, it allows for endless sonic exploration with configurable settings and effects. It's perfect for both casual time-passing and serious music composition.
- Vintage synthesizer design
- Configurable settings
- Built-in effects
- Speed controls
- Vast pattern possibilities
- Offline functionality
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The simple joys in life are fun for the sake of fun, while sparking your creativity and letting the chaos sort itself out. The Sorting Synth embodies that philosophy. You can mindlessly pass the time or use it as an instrument to add colorful melodies and textures to your music. Features include: - Design inspired by 1970's synthesizers - Configurable settings - Effects - Speed Controls - 11,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 unique patterns possible (1.1 x 10^21) - No internet required after install Happy Sorting!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ech's Fractal at Free against The Sorting Synth's $2.99. Ech's Fractal also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%). The Sorting Synth's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.7). On ratings volume, 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
Ech's Fractal is free to download; The Sorting Synth costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Sorting Synth holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Ech's Fractal's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Sorting Synth's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ech's Fractal | The Sorting Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tuan Anh Nguyen | Kelly Mylett |
Customer experience
Ech's Fractal
The Sorting Synth
In-app purchases
Ech's Fractal
No in-app purchases
The Sorting Synth
No in-app purchases
