Chantlings vs Dial Upstrum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chantlings
Explore the expressive potential of your voice through a unique musical experience. This app encourages users to discover the colors and shapes of their vocalizations in a creative playground. Recommended for those seeking an innovative way to interact with sound.
- Vocal exploration through color and shape
- Interactive singing experience
- Designed for iPhone and iPad
- Headphones recommended for immersive use
- Creative sound playground
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It was a summer night when a few curious beings met around the forest clearing. Through the language of chant they started forming their bonds. Now they are ready for you. Chantlings is a singing app for the iPhone and iPad. It was made for anyone brave enough to explore the colors and shapes of their voice. Headphones recommended!
Dial Upstrum
Transform classic modem sounds into a unique musical instrument. Explore phase and pitch variations to create distinctive audio and visuals, and integrate with AUv3 hosts for advanced music production.
- Play 56k modem handshake sounds as an instrument
- Adjust phase and pitch of sounds
- Modify visuals alongside audio
- AUv3 plugin support
- Inspired by ZX Plectrum
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Boot up that beige box, hear the sweet symphony of your 56k modem screeching into life, and prepare to surf the information superhighway like it's 1999! Play the 56k DialUp handshake sounds as a musical instrument on your iPhone or iPad! Change the modem sounds (and visuals) phase and pitch to make some weird, wonderful and familiar sounds! Plugin to your favourite AUv3 host and make unique music unlike anything else. Log on. Dial in. Based on the critically acclaimed ZX Plectrum! (but with more sounds and flexibility!) What people say about ZX Plectrum: "As seen on TV" on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit Used by multi-Platinum band Placebo in their live events. "ZX Plectrum lets you make music Spectrum style on your iPhone" pocket-lint.com "Utterly pointless but also utterly engaging" bamm.tv "For Nostlagia lovers of a very specific demographic this will sound like heaven" calmdowntom.com "The Greatest iPad App of ALL TIME" conoroneill.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chantlings at 86% against Dial Upstrum's 0%. Chantlings also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (36 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Chantlings costs $2.99 and Dial Upstrum $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chantlings holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chantlings has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Chantlings's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dial Upstrum's.
| Parameter | Chantlings | Dial Upstrum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (36 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IORAMA AB | Dave Sapien Ltd. |
Customer experience
Chantlings
Dial Upstrum
In-app purchases
Chantlings
No in-app purchases
Dial Upstrum
No in-app purchases
