RhythMic vs Chromophone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RhythMic
Transform your device into a real-time music visualizer that reacts to ambient sound. Choose from over 30 themes, sync with multiple devices, and even use your Apple Watch as part of the light show. Perfect for parties, content creation, or enhancing your listening experience.
- Real-time music visualization
- 30+ premium visual themes
- Multi-phone Wi-Fi sync
- Apple Watch sync
- Beat-synced flashlight strobe
- Live Activity on Lock Screen
- Screen recording mode
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MAKE THE ROOM MOVE WITH THE MUSIC RhythMic turns nearby sound into a full-screen light show. Pick a color, animated pattern, or occasion theme, then watch every beat reshape the screen in real time. NEW: HALLOWEEN NIGHT Glowing jack-o'-lanterns, bats, ghosts, and a full moon react to every beat — perfect for Halloween parties. Premium is a one-time lifetime purchase with Family Sharing. ADAPTIVE SOUND ENGINE RhythMic listens through your microphone and continuously adapts to the room. Recalibrate at any time, adjust sensitivity manually, or let Adaptive Mic Sensitivity keep the response balanced as the music changes. BASS, VOCALS, AND TREBLE Real-time frequency analysis separates low, mid, and high energy. Bass can drive powerful pulses, vocals can animate the center of the scene, and treble can add detail and sparkle. You can also tune Bass Response in Settings. 50 MUSIC-REACTIVE VISUALS Explore solid and dual colors, flowing gradients, glowing ripples, particles, waveforms, equalizer shapes, tri-band visuals, and celebration scenes for birthdays, weddings, graduation, New Year, Ramadan, Eid, and more. LIVE PERFORMANCE Build a scene timeline, choose manual or timed transitions, set each scene's intensity, reorder the running show, and control the result from one dedicated performance workspace. SYNC THE ROOM Host a secure multi-phone party over local Wi-Fi so nearby iPhones follow the same colors. Extend the show to Apple Watch, the flashlight strobe, Live Activities, and a connected external display when supported. CREATOR RECORDER Record the screen alone or combine it with the front camera, back camera, or both cameras at once on supported devices. Choose microphone audio, trim the result, frame it for 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9, and export a ready-to-share video. DESIGNED FOR THE MOMENT • Automatic mode keeps visuals moving without music • Double-tap the on-screen label to leave a show • Triple-tap to reveal the sensitivity control • Optional haptic beat feedback • Inverted visuals and safety controls • English, Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese PREMIUM, ONCE Unlock every premium visual and creator feature with one lifetime purchase. No subscription. RhythMic is made for parties, DJs, celebrations, content creators, and anyone who wants to turn sound into light.
Chromophone
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Chromophone turns whatever is playing in the room into a living psychedelic picture. Play, sing, or put a record on: the visuals follow the sound as it happens. Every frame is built from the sound arriving right now. Low frequencies swing the whole shape, mids and highs cut the detail, sharp hits snap the pattern into a new one, and the mood of the music slowly steers color and scale. When the room falls quiet, the picture fades to black. Nothing is prepared in advance and no video file is playing behind the screen. The picture is generated on the device from what it hears at that moment, so what you see belongs to that moment in the room. WHERE PEOPLE USE IT Watching sound become picture. Put the phone down while music plays and let the room draw itself. On stage. Mirror the screen to a projector or a TV and let the visuals run through the whole set; the screen stays awake while it plays. In a stream. Keep a live backdrop moving behind a set instead of a looping clip that ignores the music. While you play. Point it at an amp, a piano or your own voice and watch what you are playing take shape. TWO THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU START It makes no sound of its own. It listens, and the music comes from wherever you already play it: your playing, your voice, or a speaker across the room. It takes the system audio input, so a line from an external interface arrives exactly as a microphone does. In a silent room the screen goes dark, because nothing is ever faked. It draws for the moment, not for later. There is no export and no rendering: this is a live picture while the music is happening, not a clip to publish afterwards. NOTHING LEAVES THE DEVICE The app contains no networking code at all. Audio is analyzed on the device, frame by frame, and is never recorded, never stored and never sent anywhere. Switch on Airplane Mode and everything still works exactly the same. FOR PEOPLE WHO SEE SOUND If you have ever wanted music to look like the way synesthetes describe it, or watched sand jump into patterns on a Chladni plate, this is that idea driven live by the room around you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chromophone at none against RhythMic's 2. Chromophone also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). RhythMic's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price 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. RhythMic sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Chromophone asks for nothing beyond the download.
RhythMic ships an update every 2 months, Chromophone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RhythMic | Chromophone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohammad sulaiman | Maxim Oransky |
In-app purchases
RhythMic
- RhythMic Premium$3.99
- RhythMic Premium 2$7.99
Chromophone
No in-app purchases









