Musizi vs Thereminator 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Musizi
Explore and create unique musical instruments by experimenting with sound, harmony, and texture. This app allows you to redefine musical systems, shape your own tones, and discover how structural changes transform harmony. Unlock the full version to save and share your creations.
- Customizable digital instrument
- Experiment with sound, harmony, and texture
- Shape unique tones
- Explore alternative note spacing
- Visualize harmonic ratios
- Overtone synthesis
- Save and share setups (full version)
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Musizi is a highly customizable digital instrument. Experiment with sound, harmony, and texture while discovering how musical systems actually work. Shape your own tones, explore unusual combinations, and create instruments that feel uniquely yours. Unlock the full version to save and share your setups. Have an idea? Leave a rating and send a feature request. Musizi grows with its users. --------------------------------------------------- Western music is built on historical decisions: A4 at 440 Hz. Twelve equal divisions of the octave. Five staff lines. Octaves starting on C. But none of these are natural laws. Musizi lets you rebuild music from the inside. Redefine how an octave is divided. Explore alternative note spacing. Visualize harmonic ratios. Shape sound through overtone synthesis. Discover how small structural changes transform harmony. Music didn’t have to be the way it is. With Musizi, you can find out why.
Thereminator 2
This app brings the iconic theremin sound to your mobile device and computer. It offers touch-controlled virtual instrument capabilities with extensive sound shaping options and MPE support for DAWs.
- Touch-controlled virtual theremin
- AUv3 instrument plugin
- MPE protocol support
- Over 50 factory presets
- Virtual-Analog resonant filter
- Modeled tape delay
- 51 musical scales
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“I’ll be Bach.” Stop the presses! Load up the inkwells! For it's the return of one of the first — if not the first — instruments made for iOS: the infamous “pocket theremin” is back. A lot has changed since those heady days of 2008, and so has Thereminator. Although it is not made of T-1000 grade liquid metal (well...not yet), the all-new Thereminator 2 has evolved into a bona fide touch controlled virtual theremin with ample helpings of tone, expression, versatility, and technology. And it’s now an AUv3 plugin, too! Using a special adaptation of the MPE protocol, Thereminator 2 can inject its eerie sounds directly into your DAW, whether on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Silicon powered computer. Whether you have your plan 9 ready, or just lurking in dark shadows, it is a thrill to bring back the app that started it all for us. Thank Y’all for the support, for it’s been an amazing journey! :: Specifications :: • Touch-controlled Virtual Theremin • AUv3 instrument plugin included • Compatible with DAWs that are MPE friendly, including GarageBand, Logic, and Cubasis • Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon powered computers • Over 50 factory presets Sound engine includes, • 8 waveforms, including the original, unique Thereminator waveform • 8 octave frequency range • Special drive stage for fattening up the sound • Virtual-Analog resonant filter • Dedicated vibrato and tremolo operators with adjustable rate & amount • Portamento • Custom chorus / expander effect for big stereophonic sounds • Modeled tape delay capable of self-oscillation — plenty of vintage mojo • Vertical touch control for volume, filter, vibrato and tremolo Built-in touch controller includes, • Horizontal pitch and vertical expression control • 51 musical scales • Selectable musical key • Note Snap feature that can dial in any amount of glide between adjacent notes • Lock feature to preserve above setting during preset changes • Scrollable control surface with adjustable key size MIDI / MPE and other features include, • MIDI Learn • MPE • Can be used with regular MIDI keyboards on MIDI channel 1 (channels 2-16 are optimized for MPE) • Save & share unlimited banks and presets • Standalone app includes virtual “Tapedeck” for recording & sharing your creations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Musizi at Free against Thereminator 2's $7.99. Thereminator 2's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Musizi is free to download; Thereminator 2 costs $7.99 up front. Musizi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Thereminator 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thereminator 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thereminator 2 has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Musizi's written reviews are positive against 88% of Thereminator 2's.
| Parameter | Musizi | Thereminator 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | appricot | Yonac Inc. |
Customer experience
Musizi
Thereminator 2
In-app purchases
Musizi
- Support Musizi Development$4.99
Thereminator 2
No in-app purchases









