Comparison

Audio Visualize vs Cymatics Lab

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Dynamic music visualization
  • Customizable waveforms
  • Vibrant spectrum displays
  • Pulsating patterns
  • Transforms listening into sensory experience
Features
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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/

About

Cymatics Lab

Visualize sound by creating dynamic patterns from music or your own beats. Explore sand and liquid simulations, compose music, and share your creations. Experience sound in a unique visual dimension.

Highlights
  • Sound-to-pattern visualization
  • Sand and liquid simulation modes
  • Built-in music composer
  • Live performance tools
  • Frequency tuning
  • Pattern sharing and remixing
  • Audio and MIDI export
Features
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Cymatics Lab draws sound as moving patterns. Play a song, hum into the mic or make a beat, and the sound shapes sand on a vibrating plate or ripples of light in water. These are Chladni patterns, the figures a vibrating surface makes, drawn live from what you hear. SAND AND LIQUID Sand Lab has seven modes: Square, Circle, Sphere, Orbital, Cavity, Lissajous and Quasi. Liquid Lab has five: Round, Square, Bubble, Wave Tank and Drop. You can change the plate, the room, the lighting and the colors. MAKE MUSIC YOU CAN SEE The built-in Composer is for anyone, no experience needed, and the pattern moves with every note. • FEEL: tap a preset to start a groove, then turn Energy, Space, Tone and Drive. • BEATS: edit drums, bass, lead and pad on a step grid. • PERFORM: play drum pads or a keyboard and record what you play. • SOUNDS: shape each instrument. • SONG: chain sections into a full song. FIND YOUR FREQUENCY Dial in an exact tone, add a second frequency, or set a timed sweep, and watch the shape change with each hertz. WHAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO The microphone, your own music library, or the Cymatics Lab albums included in the app. Apple Music and Spotify work through the microphone while they play from your speaker. WAVES Release your patterns as Waves for others to find. Browse, save and remix theirs, follow creators, and like and comment. A shared wave link opens right in the app. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Open it like a book with the Composer on one half and the pattern on the other, or fold it halfway like a laptop. The outer screen can show your pattern to the people across from you. FULL SCREEN AND AIRPLAY Turn your phone for a full-screen pattern, or AirPlay the pattern and music to a compatible TV. SAVE AND EXPORT Capture photos and videos of a pattern. Export your music as audio, separate instrument tracks or MIDI. CYMATICS LAB PRO The app is free to download. Pro unlocks every mode and tool, as a monthly or yearly subscription. If you bought Pro before version 2.0, you keep it for life as a Founder. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged at confirmation of purchase and on renewal. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://cymaticslabs.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://cymaticslabs.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Audio Visualize4 screens
Cymatics Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Audio Visualize at 3.8 against Cymatics Lab's 3.0. Audio Visualize also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). Cymatics Lab's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Audio Visualize sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Cymatics Lab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Visualize holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Audio Visualize has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Audio Visualize's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cymatics Lab's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Visualize ships an update every 4 days, Cymatics Lab daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Audio Visualize versus Cymatics Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio VisualizeCymatics Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB542 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer博 彭Kiefer Studio LLC

Customer experience

Audio Visualize

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.7%

Cymatics Lab

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Audio Visualize

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro User$14.99
2 purchases

Cymatics Lab

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Audio Visualize free?
Audio Visualize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cymatics Lab free?
Cymatics Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Audio Visualize or Cymatics Lab?
Audio Visualize is rated higher. Audio Visualize averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Cymatics Lab averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Audio Visualize or Cymatics Lab have ads?
Audio Visualize shows ads; Cymatics Lab does not.
Which is updated more often, Audio Visualize or Cymatics Lab?
Audio Visualize ships an update every 4 days, and Cymatics Lab daily. Most recently, Audio Visualize was updated on November 7, 2026 and Cymatics Lab on November 9, 2026.

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