Audio Visualize vs Fretworks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Audio Visualize
Transform your music listening into a vibrant visual experience. This app creates dynamic displays of waveforms, spectrums, and patterns that pulse with your music's rhythm. Perfect for music lovers who want to see their favorite songs come to life.
- Dynamic music visualization
- Customizable waveforms
- Vibrant spectrum displays
- Pulsating patterns
- Transforms listening into sensory experience
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Turn music into light that breathes. Audio Visualize brings immersive listening, moving visuals and music video creation together. From rolling musical landscapes and flowing ink to particles and vinyl turntables, find a new setting for your favorite music. Bring lyrics and album art into the scene, enjoy the moment and make the look your own. HEAR MUSIC, SEE LIGHT Explore 3D scenes, colorful light and particle effects. Travel through star fields and tunnels, watch audio rings rise and fall, and find a scene for gentle melodies or driving beats. Enjoy expansive landscapes in horizontal view or immerse yourself in portrait. A NEW WAY TO ENJOY YOUR SONGS Switch to a vinyl player with a turntable, tonearm and lyrics. Turn album art into particles or add depth with 3D lyrics. Browse songs, albums, artists and playlists, and manage your queue to keep listening flowing. YOUR MUSIC, DIFFERENT SCENES Import local audio without digital copy protection, play built-in tracks, or browse Apple Music and listen to available previews. Eligible Apple Music subscribers can play full songs. Use the microphone to let music from speakers and sounds around you animate the visuals. MAKE THE LOOK YOUR OWN Choose colors and adjust sensitivity, speed, glow and particles. Change the viewpoint, rotate and zoom in supported effects. Settings are remembered separately for each effect, ready for your next listening session. RECORD THE LIGHT AS A VIDEO Record and preview your visualizations. Upgrade to Pro to save and share them, giving your music a visual work of its own. Capture a melody or experiment with scenes and colors, moving naturally from listening to creating. LISTEN AT YOUR OWN PACE Enjoy playback history, repeat, shuffle, a sleep timer and visual effects linked to playlists. From choosing a song to setting your phone down to listen, enjoy music your way. USE AND PURCHASE INFORMATION • Some effects and advanced features require Pro, available through a subscription or lifetime purchase. Saving and sharing videos require Pro. • Full Apple Music playback requires the appropriate subscription and authorization. Music and preview availability vary by region and track. • Full Apple Music songs are digitally protected and cannot be recorded directly into videos. Their visuals can use microphone input or pre-analyzed rhythms. To record sound, use local audio, available previews or microphone mode. Feedback: proxima.centauri0@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Fretworks
Easily identify chord names and their inversions on a fretboard. Explore different voicings, save favorite chords, and hear them played back. Customize tunings and string counts for various instruments.
- Tap fretboard for chord names and intervals
- Discover chord inversions
- Save and recall chords
- Hear chords played back
- Customizable tuning and string count
- Supports various instruments
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Introducing Fretworks for iOS - the easiest way to put names to chords and find their inversions. With Fretworks in hand, you can: * Find chord names with detailed interval information by tapping on the fretboard. * See other ways to play a given chord and it's inversions anywhere on the fretboard, with in line intervals so you can avoid putting sevenths on your bass string - unless that's your thing! * Save chords so you can refer back to them later - super handy for when you're in class! * Press a button to hear a chord played back - so you can quickly make informed choices while writing music without having to repeatedly pick up and put down the guitar. * Change the tuning and number of strings on your instrument - Fretworks will help you find chords and intervals whether you play a standard 6 string guitar, an ERG, ukulele, mandolin or bass guitar. Fretworks is free with subscriptions for convenience features like infinite automatic inversions. Use Fretworks to help you become a chord master! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.fretworks.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fretworks at 100% against Audio Visualize's 62%. Fretworks also leads on ads (none vs shown). Audio Visualize's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Audio Visualize sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Fretworks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Audio Visualize ships an update daily, Fretworks every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audio Visualize | Fretworks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 博 彭 | Sienna Saito |
Customer experience
Audio Visualize
Fretworks
In-app purchases
Audio Visualize
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Pro User$9.99
Fretworks
- Fretworks Monthly$3.991 Month
- Fretworks Yearly$39.991 Year
Questions
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