Phazr vs Music Vibes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phazr
This app transforms your music into a multisensory experience with dynamic visualizers and real-time haptic feedback. It plays locally downloaded DRM-free music and can capture environmental sound via the microphone.
- Real-time music visualizers
- Haptic feedback synchronized with music
- Plays local DRM-free music
- Microphone audio capture
- Visualizers react to audio and device tilt
- Haptics for supported game controllers
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Turn your music into a multisensory experience. Phazr is a music player that enhances your music with visualizers and haptic effects. Streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify are not supported because they do not provide third party developers with raw audio access. Music - play locally downloaded DRM-free content from your music library or the Files app. - use the microphone to capture environmental sound Haptics - Phazr generates vibration effects in real time based on the music that is playing - haptics play on devices supporting Core Haptics - haptics will also play on any supported game controllers paired to your device - game controllers with configurable lighting will adjust their light colors to the music Visualizers - 9 unique visualizers are included - visualizers react to audio, Multi-Touch, and device tilt - visualizers take full advantage of ProMotion and HDR displays Photosensitivity Warning A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a screen may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, have an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to using this app. If you experience any of the following symptoms while using this app - dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions - immediately discontinue use and consult your physician before resuming.
Music Vibes
Experience music through vibrations using haptic technology. Play and record tunes, or feel preset melodies. Ideal for the deaf, hard of hearing, or anyone curious about feeling sound.
- Haptic vibration technology
- Play and record piano tunes
- Load preset melodies
- Switch audio on/off
- Enhance vibrations with hollow objects
- Christmas classics package (in-app purchase)
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With Music Vibes, don't just hear the music, feel the music in your bones - with vibrations! With Haptic vibration technology available since iPhone 8, play a melody in Music Vibes, and you can literally feel the frequencies of a melody by the changes in vibration. Hold the bottom of the phone on your jaw or the side of your head and feel the music! A fascinating and thrilling exercise for the deaf or hard of hearing (or just curious!) to feel music as vibrations. If you are able to hear but would like to experience the vibrations without audio, you can simply switch audio off. You could also place your device on a hollow box (such as an empty tissue box), and you will be able to hear the haptic vibrations bouncing around inside the box! • Play and record tunes on the piano • Load up preset tunes • Listen to the audio, or feel the vibrations! • For a small in app purchase, load up a huge package of Christmas classics! Q: How is it possible for the deaf to feel music through vibrations? A: Bone conduction! Did you know that Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most famous musical composers of all time, was almost completely deaf? Beethoven discovered a way to hear the sound of the piano through his jawbone by attaching a rod to his piano and clenching it in his teeth. He received perception of the sound when vibrations transfered from the piano to his jaw. This has proven that sound could reach our auditory system through another medium besides eardrums and the other medium is our bones. This is now known as Bone Conduction. Compatibility: Music Vibes is compatible only with iPhones since iPhone 8, and requires at least iOS 13.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Music Vibes at Free against Phazr's $3.99. Music Vibes also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Phazr's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (82% vs 50%). On rating 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
Music Vibes is free to download; Phazr costs $3.99 up front. Music Vibes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Phazr asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phazr holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phazr has 136 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Phazr's written reviews are positive against 50% of Music Vibes's.
Phazr ships an update every 2 months, Music Vibes every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phazr | Music Vibes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (136 ratings) — better | 4.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 136 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Resnick | Craig Grummitt |
Customer experience
Phazr
Music Vibes
Bugs and requests
Phazr
Reported bugs
4 issues- Files deleted after playing
- Songs end early
- Visualizers not working after first use
- Laggy menu loading
Requested features
20 requests- Add haptic feedback when screen is locked
- Add shuffle mode for tracks and visuals
- More visuals
- Support for background playback with vibrations
- Ability to disable AR and move camera with fingers
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- Control zoom and other visualizer settings
- Color schemes for visuals
- Add repeat function
- Add support for Spotify
- Add support for YouTube Music
- Add support for SoundCloud
- Add loop option
- Change background color or visual colors
- Optional mode to turn off visual imagery for pocket use
- Settings to reduce or alter motion and brightness
- Ability to adjust vibration strength
- Ability to favorite playlists
- Tailor haptic feedback by frequency
- Recording feature
- More music visualizing features
Music Vibes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phazr
No in-app purchases
Music Vibes
- Christmas Melody Pack$1.99









