Comparison

iBeams Music Visualizer vs CRPlayer

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

Head to head
About

iBeams Music Visualizer

Experience a truly interactive music visualizer that responds to your touch and sound. Create and manipulate a variety of psychedelic effects, from plasma beams to geometric shapes, and customize them with numerous editable parameters. Save your creations and share them with friends.

Highlights
  • Interactive procedural special effects
  • Manipulate plasma, lightning, lasers, and more
  • Touch, pinch, zoom, and tilt controls
  • Responds to microphone input
  • 15 different core effects
  • Over a dozen editable parameters
  • Kaleidoscope action
Features
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[NEWS] - iBeams HD for the iPad now available check it out http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibeams-hd-interactive-light/id363450339?mt=8 ◆“Visual delights await your eyes” - Frapster.com: ◆“A trip... uses everything that the iphone has to create an experience.. download it and be mesmerized for hours” - iphoneapppodcast.com “This is probably the best "interactive effects" app for ipod touch/iphone. It draws me in. I can participate rather then just watch.”- markymarktoo The only true interactive music visualizer! - joaquinestrago Time for a trip? iBeams is a interactive procedural special effects system, pending FDA approval as a mind altering substance. Create and manipulate hypnotic beams of plasma, lightning bolts, squiggles, lasers, swirly swarms, flames of light, geometric shapes, sine waves, color spray, and other psychedelic shapes. Touch the screen and watch the beams follow your fingers. Pinch, zoom and tilt to control motion echos traveling off into infinity. Shake your iPhone/iPod touch to change colors. Turn on your music! iBeams can respond to anything your microphone hears. Sound intensity appears as gray, red and green circles. Build your own music visualizer by connecting different controls to the microphone. Video of music interactivity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_XJqTi_gSQ [NEWS] Wondering what all the buttons do? take a look at our feature walk though video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAaqhgUjUjA want a quick 30 second demo of everything you can make: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN8L8hi6BXc [HINTS] ◆Double tap the home button while playing music to bring up apple's built-in playback controls. Post your own pictures to our flicker group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ibeams/ Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/iBeams Features: ◆15 different core effects that will follow your fingers. ◆Over a dozen editable parameters: adjustable width, speed, density, noise, texture map. ◆Control Motion blur strength, spin, zoom, scale, and warping parameters to distort the imagery over time. ◆Kaleidoscope action to create beautiful images with symmetry ◆A unique controller framework, all the various parameter can be controlled procedurally. (just tap the name of the parameter button). The parameter value can then be based on the microphone input, sine wave or various types of noise. ◆Save your setting. made something cool save it for later to show your friends. Version 3.0 ◆Touches have a visual representation and have new sound effects for the interaction. ◆A number of auto movement options for the sources and targets including spin, float, gravity and fly. ◆Sources, targets and touches can all now distort the world ◆New sharing options, save to photo album, email a screen shot to a friend, direct upload to twitter ◆New visibility page that puts all the various options in one place. ◆Import your own images to be the distortable background Version 2.5 ◆New Kaleidoscope option ◆New image distortion framework ◆Improved user interface Version 2.0 ◆A new controller framework, all the various parameter labels are now buttons. Tap them and parameter value can then be based on the microphone input, sine wave or a random value. ◆Improved non glowy rendering ◆New Splash screen, New Icon ----------------- Please rate and review IBeams! Your 5-star ratings mean more features and functionality. Your one star rating means I walk around looking mopey. ------------------ Recommended for fans of Spawn Illuminati, Plasma Ball, Artisan, iLava, 3D Fireworks, iBurn, and iSmoke, volt 3d, audiogasm

About

CRPlayer

Experience music with a realistic vinyl record player simulation. Interact with virtual records, change playback speed, and enjoy detailed animations. Unlock advanced features with in-app purchases for a personalized listening experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic vinyl record playback simulation
  • Interactive touch controls for speed and scrubbing
  • Detailed jacket and turntable animations
  • Select music from your library
  • Customizable record and player aesthetics
  • In-app purchases for advanced features
Features
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From taking a vinyl record out of the jacket and putting it on the turntable to start playing, to finishing the performance and putting it back in the jacket, it moves just like a real player. You can touch the vinyl record with your finger to change the speed, stop the turntable with your finger for scrubbing, or stop the tone arm with your finger to make the needle skip. But, unlike the real thing, no matter how harshly you handle it, the original sound source will not be damaged at all! Enjoy the feeling of listening to records on a record player to your heart's content. Feature - The jacket and turntable display are fun to look at. - Free selection from your music library. - 4 types of vinyl disk form from donut record to LP record. - A cool animation of the record playback process. - Auto start behavior like a real player. - The front of the jacket depicts the artwork. - Tap the edge of the jacket to flip it over to the back of the jacket. - On the back of the jacket is a list of songs that can be selected by tapping. - Use the slider on the back of the jacket to freely seek within the song. - Split multiple songs into side 1 and side 2 like a real record. - A prank of slowing down by touching the record disk with a finger. - Scrubbing play by moving the turntable with your finger. - Stop the tone arm with your finger and play a needle jumping prank. - Tap the tonearm with your finger continuously to generate short repeats. In-app purchases add the following features. (You can try it out for 2 weeks with a free in-app purchase.) - Auto stop behavior like a real player. - Adjust and change single-sided/double-sided settings to your liking. - Select rotation of 33⅓ or 45. - Fine tune between 200 cents above and below in 25 cent increments. - Add scratch noise to enhance the feeling of playing a record - Retro sounds from portable players, transistor radios and telephones. - Select record disk color from black, red and blue. - Select the label color from 7 colors. - Change the color of the turntable mat to your liking. - You can save the record coordinated to your liking as a virtual record on apps record shelf. Note: Playing songs outside the iPod library is not supported. Compatibility Requires: iOS 12.0 or later Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

Screenshots

iBeams Music Visualizer4 screens
CRPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iBeams Music Visualizer at 71% against CRPlayer's 0%. iBeams Music Visualizer also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). CRPlayer's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CRPlayer is free to download; iBeams Music Visualizer costs $0.99 up front. CRPlayer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. iBeams Music Visualizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iBeams Music Visualizer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iBeams Music Visualizer has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of iBeams Music Visualizer's written reviews are positive against 0% of CRPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBeams Music Visualizer ships an update every 3 weeks, CRPlayer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iBeams Music Visualizer versus CRPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBeams Music VisualizerCRPlayer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergedalia.netKazuo Kamata

Customer experience

iBeams Music Visualizer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative21.9%

CRPlayer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

iBeams Music Visualizer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CRPlayer

One-time2
  • Extra Features TrialFree
  • Extra Features$1.99

Questions

Is iBeams Music Visualizer free?
iBeams Music Visualizer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CRPlayer free?
CRPlayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iBeams Music Visualizer or CRPlayer?
iBeams Music Visualizer is rated higher. iBeams Music Visualizer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while CRPlayer averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iBeams Music Visualizer or CRPlayer have ads?
Neither iBeams Music Visualizer nor CRPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iBeams Music Visualizer or CRPlayer?
iBeams Music Visualizer ships an update every 3 weeks, and CRPlayer every 4 months. Most recently, iBeams Music Visualizer was updated on September 21, 2026 and CRPlayer on June 1, 2026.

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