Micah Synth vs Octave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Micah Synth
Explore and create unique sounds with this polyphonic soft-synthesizer. Discover sonic ideas through built-in presets and then craft your own custom audio.
- Polyphonic soft-synthesizer
- Built-in presets
- Sound crafting
- Sonic idea exploration
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Micah Synth is a polyphonic soft-synth. Try the build in presets to hear and see sonic ideas and then craft sounds of your own!
Octave
Learn to read sheet music, compose, or improvise with this utility. It helps identify notes on ledger lines and provides chord lookups to improve your musical skills.
- Learn ledger lines
- Drag notes to identify
- Tap to hear notes
- Chord lookup
- Composition aid
- Improvisation tool
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Octave is a simple and quick utility to help with learning to read sheet music, composition, or improvisation. - Learn ledger lines by dragging the note to see what the Octave and Note is - Tap to hear notes to make sure you're playing the right key. - Look up a variety of chords to help you compose and get better at chord progressions / improvisation faster.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Octave at every 3 months against Micah Synth's every 45 months. Micah Synth's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Micah Synth against 5.0 for Octave. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Micah Synth has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Micah Synth ships an update every 45 months, Octave every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Micah Synth | Octave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 45 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Micah Arvey | Adam Bell |
Customer experience
Micah Synth
Octave
In-app purchases
Micah Synth
No in-app purchases
Octave
No in-app purchases
