Air Melody vs Depmin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Air Melody
This app allows users to create music using their device's motion and on-screen controls. Explore various tones and effects to craft unique melodies. It offers intuitive pitch and dynamics manipulation for a creative musical experience.
- Motion-based pitch and dynamics control
- Multiple instrument tones
- Adjustable echo effects
- Pitch correction options
- On-screen wheel for octave control
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Dynamics control: - Tilt your iPhone to forward 45deg: ff Pitch control: - Rotate your iPhone to clockwise or counterclockwise 1oct per half rotation(counterclockwise 90deg, clockwise 90deg). Range: 1oct - Rotate big wheel in the screen 1oct per half rotation. Range: 8oct Tone: t: Theremin o: Ondes Martenot s: Strings h: Harmony v: Vox c: Synth Cat Effect: 0: no effect s: Short Echo l: Long Echo vl: Very Long Echo Correct (Pitch correction): 0: no correction s: soft m: middle h: hard
Depmin
This app is a unique synthesizer that emulates a theremin, using your device's front-facing camera to control pitch. Interact by touching the screen to adjust volume and effects, creating music in an intuitive way.
- Theremin-style sound generation
- TrueDepth sensor for pitch control
- Touch-based volume and effects adjustment
- Synthesizer instrument
- Unique musical interface
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Depmin is a synthesizer app that pays homage to the theremin, using the TrueDepth sensor to play. It converts the distance to the nearest object into pitch and produces sound by touching the display. Volume and effects can be adjusted based on the touch coordinates. Please note that this app cannot be used on some devices that do not have Face ID.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Depmin at Free against Air Melody's $1.99. Depmin also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Air Melody's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
Depmin is free to download; Air Melody costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Depmin holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Air Melody's written reviews are positive against 100% of Depmin's.
Air Melody ships an update every 3 months, Depmin every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Air Melody | Depmin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Masao Suzaki | Kokoro Nemoto |
Customer experience
Air Melody
Depmin
In-app purchases
Air Melody
No in-app purchases
Depmin
No in-app purchases
