RetroPlayer vs Soniq Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RetroPlayer
This music player offers a unique retro experience by simulating an old-style record player. Customize audio effects like distortion and noise, and control playback speed and pitch by interacting with the virtual turntable.
- Simulates retro record player
- Adjustable distortion, skip, and noise effects
- Control music pitch via turntable speed
- Direct turntable manipulation with fingers
- Re-experience familiar music with a vintage feel
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RetroPlayer is a music player which simulates an old style reproducer. You can change settings such as distortion, skip, noise as you like and enjoy your favorite musics. Moreover, you can change pitch of musics by changing speed of turntable or rotating turntable directly by your fingers. Please re-enjoy a piece of music that you have listened to for many times.
Soniq Viewer
This app visualizes sound frequencies using your device's microphone. It displays the pitch of your voice and music on an equally-tempered musical scale, with adjustable input sensitivity and up to 60 frames per second.
- Frequency spectrum visualization
- Microphone audio input
- Pitch detection
- Equally-tempered musical scale display
- Adjustable input sensitivity
- High frame rate display (up to 60 fps)
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Soniq Viewer is a frequency spectrum visualizer. It uses a microphone to pick up audio to draw. You can easily see the pitch of your voice. ================================================== * To play and visualize the music in iPod Library, use "Soniq Player". * Requires a microphone(built-in mic or earphones with mic). ================================================== Features - Spectrum is displayed relative to an equally-tempered musical frequency scale. - Supports input sensitivity setting. - Spectrum is displayed up to 60 frames per seconds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Soniq Viewer at 100% against RetroPlayer's 43%. Soniq Viewer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 20 months vs every 54 months). RetroPlayer's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
RetroPlayer costs $1.99 and Soniq Viewer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Soniq Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of RetroPlayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Soniq Viewer's.
RetroPlayer ships an update every 54 months, Soniq Viewer every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RetroPlayer | Soniq Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 54 months | Every 20 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tahito Aoki | Yuji Koike |
Customer experience
RetroPlayer
Soniq Viewer
In-app purchases
RetroPlayer
No in-app purchases
Soniq Viewer
No in-app purchases
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