Comparison

UPISketch vs Finger Gong

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Sketch sound gestures
  • Define melodic contours
  • Draw pitches at specific times
  • Intuitive interface
  • No solfege knowledge required
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

UPISketch1 screens
Finger Gong4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

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. Finger Gong sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. UPISketch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
UPISketch versus Finger Gong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUPISketchFinger Gong
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodolphe BourotteFederico Ferreres

Customer experience

UPISketch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Finger Gong

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

UPISketch

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Finger Gong

One-time4
  • Finger Cymbal$2.99
  • Singing Bowl$6.99
  • Thankium Alloy$9.99
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  • Temple Gong$14.99

Questions

Is UPISketch free?
UPISketch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Finger Gong free?
Finger Gong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UPISketch or Finger Gong?
Finger Gong is rated higher. UPISketch averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Finger Gong averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UPISketch or Finger Gong have ads?
Neither UPISketch nor Finger Gong shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UPISketch or Finger Gong?
UPISketch ships an update every 3 days, and Finger Gong every 4 days. Most recently, UPISketch was updated on September 21, 2026 and Finger Gong on October 19, 2026.

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