Singing Fingers vs GyroSynth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Singing Fingers
Create vibrant visual art by fingerpainting with sound. Touch the screen while making a noise, and watch colorful paint appear. Tap the paint to replay the original sound, turning your creations into interactive musical instruments.
- Fingerpaint with sound
- Colorful paint visualization
- Tap paint to replay sound
- Create musical instruments
- Experiment with sounds
- Voice interaction
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Singing Fingers lets you fingerpaint with sound. Just touch the screen while you make a sound, and colorful paint appears. Touch the paint to play back the sound again! You can paint your own musical instrument and play it, play with your voice, experiment with sounds, or create whatever else you can imagine.
GyroSynth
This app transforms your device into a gesture-controlled musical instrument. Use your device's gyroscope to manipulate sound parameters like pitch and volume, creating melodies and effects by moving your hand through the air. Explore various synthesizer types and built-in effects for a unique music creation experience.
- Gesture-driven sound manipulation
- Multiple synthesizer types
- Built-in effects (delay, boost)
- Musical scales for easy playing
- Recorder with overdub function
- Experimental FM modulation
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GyroSynth is a gesture driven music synthesizer, which takes full adventage of the gyroscope. You can play and modulate the sound by moving your hand through the air - just like the legendary Theremin instrument. GyroSynth makes use of the gyroscope to measure true roll, pitch, and yaw and translates them to sound parameters like pitch, volume, modulation or filter cutoff. Thanks to phenomenal accuracy (2000 degrees), you can play melodies perfectly in tune. A finalist in 'Most Innovative App' category at the 2010 Best App Ever Awards (148apps). GyroSynth has been used in numerous live jams and performances (e.g., Mindex) FEATURES - Synthesizers: vocal (formant synthesizer), sine wave , square (PWM modulation), saw, granular sample player with recording function and R2D2 - experimental FM modulation - Effects: delay and boost - Several control modes - Included musical scales allow you to effortlessly play in several styles - Built-in recorder and player with overdub function "There isn’t too much more to say about GyroSynth other than wow!" AppSafari Enjoy the new experience!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GyroSynth at 4.4 against Singing Fingers's 3.5. GyroSynth also leads on update cadence (every 12 months vs every 96 months) and review sentiment (73% vs 49%). Singing Fingers's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Singing Fingers costs $0.99 and GyroSynth $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GyroSynth holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Singing Fingers's written reviews are positive against 73% of GyroSynth's.
Singing Fingers ships an update every 96 months, GyroSynth every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Singing Fingers | GyroSynth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (10 ratings) | 4.4 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.2% of reviews | 73.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 96 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beginner's Mind | BeepStreet |
Customer experience
Singing Fingers
GyroSynth
User reviews
Singing Fingers
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Creative and fun concept
- 👍 Easy to use for special needs
- 😄 Hilarious and entertaining
- ✨ Unique idea for creativity
- 🤩 Very fun game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't work at all
- ❌ Black screen on open
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Doesn't draw with finger
- 🔊 Sound is intermittent
GyroSynth
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Most fun instrument!
- 👍 Unique and impressive
- 👍 Great app!
- 👍 Amazing!
- 👍 Fantastic
Room to improve
- 🐛 No sound
- 🐛 Crashed and would not work
- 🐛 No longer works
- 🐛 Crashes on iOS 8
- 🐛 Sampler doesn't work still!
Bugs and requests
Singing Fingers
Reported bugs
32 issues- Black screen on open
- Crashes frequently
- Doesn't draw with finger
- Sound is intermittent
- Screwed up other phone things
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- No sound while drawing
- Playback is a mess
- Multitouch tracking worse
- Blank page, nothing happens
- Doesn't work on iPhone 6S
- Cannot get it to record
- Won't work for me
- Does not let me draw
- Records poorly
- Not customized for iPad
- Sound quality is awful
- Sound is fuzzy
- Makes voice annoying
- Sound not clear/muffled
- How to draw?
- Won't install
- Nothing happened when drawing/speaking
- Can't hear playback
- Fuzzy sound, doesn't recognize mic/fingers
- No sound out headphone jack
- Echo on playback
- Battery drainer
- Does not work with iPhone 2G
- Froze
- Doesn't recognize iTouch mic
- Crashing and freezing
- Doesn't recognize fingers
Requested features
3 requests- Higher quality setting
- Update to enhance mic sound
- Retina display support
GyroSynth
Reported bugs
7 issues- No sound no matter what I do
- Crashed on startup on iOS 8
- Crashes on launch since the iOS 8 update
- Stopped working with iOS 8
- Sampler doesn't work
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- Doesn't work on iOS 8.1
- Crashes as soon as I open it on iOS 8
Requested features
7 requests- Custom scales that can be saved
- Wireless midi out
- Ability to play iPod tracks in background
- More synth modules, more/selectable FX, sample import, the ability to assign parameters beyond waveform modification to the gyroscopic planes
- Recording and export feature
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- Labels for the notes
- More voices
In-app purchases
Singing Fingers
No in-app purchases
GyroSynth
No in-app purchases
Questions
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