Gangsa vs Solo Harmony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gangsa
Experience the authentic sounds of a Balinese Gamelan instrument on your device. Tap and slide to create beautiful melodies and explore advanced playing techniques with realistic sound samples. Enjoy visual feedback and the ability to play along with your own music.
- Authentic Gamelan instrument sounds
- Tap and slide playing techniques
- Muting and advanced play options
- Stereo sound with headphones
- Visual feedback with images and animation
- Play along with iPod music
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"Gangsa" is a musical insturment which is used in Balinese Gamelan, an Indonesian traditional performing art. This application has very beautiful sounds which were sampled from a real instrument. Just by tapping the screen, you can easily enjoy a musical performance and the atmosphere of Gamelan. You can also try using advanced play techniques such as muting and sliding. Features: - Play a long beautiful sound by tapping a metal bar. - Play a striking sound by tapping a wooden sidebar, although it is not usually used. - Play successive sounds by sliding your finder over metal bars and wooden bars. - Mute a playing sound by pressing the bottom end of a metal bar. - Play a muted sound by tapping while holding down the bottom end of a metal bar. - Hold playing a muted sound by pressing the top end of a metal bar. - Each metal bar and side wood have two sound samples to provide a natural sound. - All sound sources are optimized for an iPhone/iPod touch speaker. - Play stereo sound by using headphones or stereo speakers. - Images and animation are used to provide visual feedback while playing. - Play together with other iPod music. - A "Visual Effects" switch, a "Auto Mute" switch and a "Master Volume" slider.
Solo Harmony
This app synthesizes harmony parts with your solo singing in real-time. Mix up to five harmony parts using an ad-lib keyboard and adjust pitch for chorus effects. Record and playback synthesized sounds, or use it for karaoke practice.
- Ad-lib Harmony Mix engine
- Real-time multi-part mixing
- Subtle pitch shift for chorus effect
- Recording and playback
- Input from microphone, files, and other apps
- Karaoke practice mode
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Automatically harmonizes with your solo singing. ◆ Equipped with an [Ad-lib Harmony Mix] engine, allowing you to synthesize harmony parts with ad-lib performances while singing. ◆ Use the ad-lib keyboard to mix up to 5 parts simultaneously in real-time. ◆ The subtle pitch shift setting allows you to produce a chorus effect. ◆ Supports recording and playback of synthesized sounds. ◆ Supports not only microphone input, but also recording files and shared files from other apps. ◆ You can mix harmony parts while playing audio files. ◆ Useful for practicing karaoke harmony by playing the original vocals quietly and the harmony parts loudly. ◆ Recorded files can be sent to AirDrop, SNS, etc. as shared files. ● Notes: ・To prevent howling, the app automatically disables the microphone input signal while playing audio files. ・When using Bluetooth earphones, it may not be possible to monitor the sound being recorded.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gangsa at 90% against Solo Harmony's 20%. Gangsa also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Solo Harmony's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Gangsa costs $0.99 and Solo Harmony $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gangsa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Gangsa's written reviews are positive against 20% of Solo Harmony's.
Gangsa ships an update every 9 months, Solo Harmony every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gangsa | Solo Harmony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
Gangsa
Solo Harmony
In-app purchases
Gangsa
No in-app purchases
Solo Harmony
No in-app purchases









