UPISketch vs Finger Gong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UPISketch
Create music by drawing sound gestures and melodic contours. This intuitive tool allows users to design pitches at specific time points without needing musical theory knowledge. It's a simple way to compose unique soundscapes.
- Sketch sound gestures
- Define melodic contours
- Draw pitches at specific times
- Intuitive interface
- No solfege knowledge required
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UPISketch is a sound composition tool, which is based on drawing: the user can sketch and design sound gestures by defining their melodic contour, as in the case of a conventional score. Pitches are, nevertheless, drawn directly at specific time points, without requiring any knowledge of solfege. UPISketch is intended to be simple and intuitive.
Finger Gong
This app simulates a living gong, responding to touch with synthesized sounds. Explore different gong shapes, alloys, pitches, and mallets, or enter Bliss Mode for curated sound environments for relaxation and meditation. Visualize sound with wave simulations and Chladni patterns.
- Real-time gong synthesis
- Touch-responsive sound shaping
- 2D wave simulation
- Chladni mode with nodal patterns
- Curated sound environments for meditation
- Multiple gong shapes, alloys, and pitches
- Various mallet types
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Finger Gong is a real-time gong synthesizer that responds to your touch. Every sound is built from scratch — fourteen oscillators per voice, detuned and coupled so harmonics bloom, beat, and slowly fade. Tap to strike. Hold and drag to rub with a friction mallet. The gong begins to sing, harmonics building and shifting as you move. Speed, direction, and pressure all shape the voice. SEE THE SOUND A 2D wave simulation ripples across the surface with every strike. Switch to Chladni mode and watch thousands of sand particles settle into real nodal patterns — the same physics Ernst Chladni revealed two centuries ago. BLISS MODE Curated sound environments for meditation, relaxation, and healing. Each preset tunes the gong to a specific shape, alloy, pitch, and sustain — voiced for calm. 5 gong shapes — Chau, Bao, Bell, Wind, and Bowl 5 alloys — Bronze, Brass, Nickel Silver, Blisserite, and Thankium 6 pitches — pentatonic scale for melodic exploration 4 sizes — from a 14-inch hand gong to a 50-inch concert gong 5 mallets — from bright wooden sticks to soft friction pads FRICTION MALLETS Hold and drag very slowly. The gong begins to sing as harmonics couple and build — lush, evolving textures that shift as you move. Each mallet has its own grip and character. IMMERSION MODE Long-press Zen to hide everything. Just you, the gong, and darkness. Record your sessions. Three skins. Waveform, spectrogram, and harmonic visualizers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Finger Gong at 5.0 against UPISketch's 4.5. UPISketch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Finger Gong sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. UPISketch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Finger Gong holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
UPISketch ships an update every 3 days, Finger Gong every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UPISketch | Finger Gong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rodolphe Bourotte | Federico Ferreres |
Customer experience
UPISketch
Finger Gong
In-app purchases
UPISketch
No in-app purchases
Finger Gong
- Finger Cymbal$2.99
- Singing Bowl$6.99
- Thankium Alloy$9.99
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