Christmas vs Mini Orchestra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Christmas
Experience the holiday spirit with festive music and a countdown to Christmas. Enjoy beautiful carols performed by real musicians, set a sleep timer, and wake up to holiday cheer. Keep the Christmas spirit alive all year round with this immersive experience.
- Christmas carols by real musicians
- Countdown to Christmas
- Sleep timer
- Wake up alarm
- Background audio
- Fading imagery
- Rearrange song order
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Excited??? We certainly are! Our favorite holiday is coming so join in he excitement as we count the moments in style! ** Featured By Apple Several Times! - - Enjoy beautiful Holiday music on your beautiful new device! - - Keep the Christmas Spirit All Year Round With The Christmas App! - - Plug in some speakers or headphones and the Christmas App will take you away. * Features: Christmas Carols performed by REAL musicians and artist, Countdown-To-Christmas & a Sleep Timer so you can go to sleep listening to your favorite Christmas Music. All for One Low Price!! * Tis The Season! So Break Away; Listen, Relax & Sing Along with the Christmas app. ------------------------------------------- -Have you ever just needed a break from your day? Well, this is an incredible way to wind down and relax. - Enjoy a variety of many of your Favorite Christmas songs as you shop or relax. Enjoy these beautiful vocal and instrumental performances. ***FEATURES*** - Variety of Beautiful Soothing Christmas Music - Beautiful Countdown to Christmas - Sleep Timer - Wake Up Alarm - Background Audio - Beautful Fading Imagery - Rearrange Song in your desired order. ------------------------------------------- The AppStore Christmas App Has to be Heard and Experienced in person so... * BUY NOW! and enjoy! --Updates Are ALWAYS Free-- ------------------------------------------- Check out XME's MUSIC HEALING too! Video provided by Videezy.com
Mini Orchestra
Create symphonic orchestral sounds with a high-quality sample-playback synthesizer. Easily control dynamics and expression with adjustable parameters for nine distinct instrument sections. Offers a built-in reverb and programmer for creating custom sounds.
- 9 orchestral instrument sections
- Adjustable velocity, aftertouch, and expression sensitivity
- Programmable velocity zones
- Mute groups for section control
- 256 voices of polyphony
- Built-in stereo reverb effect
- Unlimited program creation
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GSi Mini Orchestra is a sample-playback synthesizer based on a selection of high quality stereo samples with long loops, that helps reproducing the sound of a symphonic orchestra easily and quickly. It offers 9 sections including: bass brasses (tubas, trombones), cellos and contrabass, french horns, woodwinds (flutes, oboe, fagotto), treble brasses (trumpets and trombones), treble strings (violins, violas), choirs, glockenspiel and percussions (timpani and cymbals). Each section can be programmed independently to have a given response to velocity, expression pedal, aftertouch, and velocity zone. The "aftertouch lag" parameter lets you adjust the response to the aftertouch messages in order to obtain smooth dynamic transitions. Main features - Includes 9 sections, each with adjustable volume, pan, attack, release - Individual sections can be adjusted to velocity, aftertouch and expression sensitivity - Each section can be limited to a programmable velocity range - Three mute groups allow muting and unmuting sections at the push of a button - 256 voices of Polyphony - Built-in Stereo Reverb effect - Built-in programmer with unlimited Programs - Embedded user's' manual - Available as Stand-alone App and audio AUv3 plugin - Very low CPU and RAM usage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mini Orchestra at 100% against Christmas's 44%. Mini Orchestra also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Christmas's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $19.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 30 months). On ads, 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
Christmas costs $0.99 and Mini Orchestra $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Orchestra holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas has 50 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Christmas's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mini Orchestra's.
Christmas ships an update monthly, Mini Orchestra every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas | Mini Orchestra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (50 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XME Inc. | Genuine Soundware |
Customer experience
Christmas
Mini Orchestra
In-app purchases
Christmas
No in-app purchases
Mini Orchestra
No in-app purchases
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