Comparison

NLogSynth PRO vs ID700

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

Head to head
About

NLogSynth PRO

This app is a professional virtual analog synthesizer for iOS, offering a low-latency sound engine with extensive editing capabilities. It supports various inter-app audio and MIDI protocols, allowing for integration with DAWs and external controllers. Create and export custom sounds and recordings with studio-quality audio.

Highlights
  • Virtual analog low-latency sound engine
  • Extensive sound editing with over 150 parameters
  • Support for AudioUnit v3, AudioBus 3, Inter-App Audio
  • Full MIDI implementation and Core MIDI compatibility
  • Studio quality 44.1 kHz Stereo CD quality audio
  • 224 factory sounds and user banks
  • Multi-effect section with delay, chorus, reverb, and more
Features
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Professional Virtual Analogue Synthesizer supporting AudioUnit v3, AudioBus 3, Inter-App Audio and Core MIDI compatible apps & interfaces. Versatile iOS synth with professional grade virtual analogue low latency sound engine: - Play it from on-screen keyboard - Use MIDI keyboards & controllers via MIDI interfaces - Connect to your digital audio workstation via MIDI interfaces - Play NLogSynth from other iOS apps using virtual Core MIDI - Synchronize NLog via MIDI Clock to other apps or devices - Make audio or MIDI recordings on the run and share your files - Export patches & recordings Supports external MIDI input and output via CoreMIDI compatible interfaces and class compliant USB MIDI interfaces. Full MIDI implementation including velocity control, pitch bend, sustain pedal, modulation wheel, program & bank change, polyphonic after touch, channel pressure and assignable midi controller & MIDI Sync receiving mode. ::: Follow @nlogmusic at Twitter! ::: ::: Featured in How to Make a Noise: iPad Synthesizers Edition (http://noisesculpture.com/ipad) the most widely read synthesizer book ::: - 224 IMPRESSIVE FACTORY SOUNDS  - including fresh new sound set by the producer 7 Skies - ENDLESS options for SOUND EDITING     - Over 150 parameters     - 3 user banks with 96 slots   - STUDIO QUALITY sounds     - Professional 44.1 kHz Stereo CD quality     - 32bit floating point engine     - Highly efficient algorithms - STAGE safe KEYBOARD implementation     - SLIDING & LOCK option     - Double manual option     - POLY, MONO & LEGATO modes     - Velocity control     - Different key sizes - Fully customizable EXPRESSION CONTROL     - Realistic PITCH BEND and MOD WHEEL implementation     - X/Y dimensional controller     - 4 customizable PERFORMANCE knobs     - Keyboard with VERTICAL modulation control - Incredible FAT & RICH:     - New filter implementation for SMOOTH and JUICY control with 7 FILTER types     - UNISONO mode for up to 4 parallel sounds with detune, delay and panning control === SOUND editing features === - 4 Oscillators with 20 waveforms:     - classic analogue SIN, SAWTOOTH, TRIANGLE and SQUARE     - 16 additional carefully designed wavetables  - True PWM pulse-width modulation - Frequency mod - Ring mod - Noise generator - 2 Filter with 7 filter types     - Low, High & Band Passes     - Finest sweeps & smoothest cutoff tuning     - Carefully resonating     - 12 & 24dB option for steepness - 4 ADSR Envelope generators     - Velocity controlled attack time - Slope control - 4 Modulation LFOs     - Sample & hold     - Fade in delay - Modulation Matrix - 4 Modulation slots each modulating 3 destinations - Multi-effect section     - Stereo delay with x-feed & filter     - chorus - flanger - phaser     - distortion - reverb - parametric EQ

About

ID700

This app is a software synthesizer that recreates the voice architecture of the Buchla 700. It offers hybrid FM and waveshaping synthesis with extensive customization options for sound design. It functions as a standalone app or an AUv3 plugin for music production software.

Highlights
  • Hybrid FM and waveshaping synthesis
  • AUv3 and Standalone support
  • Twelve voices with unique algorithms
  • Fourteen complex envelopes per voice
  • Two waveshapers per voice
  • MPE capability
  • Scala scale file support
Features
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ID700 is a hybrid FM/waveshaping software synthesizer based on the voice architecture of the Buchla 700. ID700 runs in standalone mode and as an AUv3 plugin (Logic Pro, GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis 3). HISTORY In 1987 Don Buchla released the Buchla 700 synthesizer. It was the next logical step from Don's previous digital synths (the Buchla 400, Touché, Buchla 500) but was also influenced by the synth trends of the 1980's, specifically FM synthesis and the all-in-one workstation concept. As usual, Don was ahead of the curve and the 700 never took off. Very few were sold and even fewer functioning units exist today. I always loved the sound of Don's digital oscillators, and combined with the scarcity of the instrument it seemed like a fun project to recreate it in software and reintroduce its concepts to the world. FEATURES * AUv3 and Standalone support on iOS * twelve voices of four operator FM with twelve unique algorithms * fourteen complex envelopes per voice * two hundred professionally designed presets * two waveshapers per voice * preset randomizer * over forty factory wave shapes plus an editor for user created shapes * Scala scale file support with over four thousand included tunings from the Scala scale archive * MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) capability for MPE controllers like the Roli Seabord, Linnstrument, and Sensel Morph * advanced MIDI implementation (including 14-bit CCs and Program Change) * an in-depth manual (60+ pages) is available in the app and from our website * iCloud support for sharing presets, waveshapes, and tunings between devices * up to 16x oversampling

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NLogSynth PRO at $8.99 against ID700's $12.99. ID700's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

NLogSynth PRO costs $8.99 and ID700 $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ID700 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 128 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of NLogSynth PRO's written reviews are positive against 88% of ID700's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NLogSynth PRO ships an update every 2 months, ID700 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NLogSynth PRO versus ID700: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNLogSynth PROID700
Price$8.99 — better$12.99
Rating4.6 (33 ratings)4.8 (128 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33128 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertempo rubatoJonathan Schatz

Customer experience

NLogSynth PRO

All ratings32 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative9.0%

ID700

All ratings128 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

NLogSynth PRO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ID700

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • MIDI cannot select a channel, responds to all
  • App does not launch when plugged into an audio interface
  • Sliders not functioning properly (combined left/right and up/down movement)
  • Takes value from where slider is touched, preventing adjustment

Requested features

8 requests
  • Option for sliders to behave like faders
  • Expandable harmonics section for precision
  • On-screen mod wheel and pitch bend
  • Option for different color schemes/themes
  • Ability to make certain sections bigger for finer control
Show 3 more
  • Mod wheel within on-screen keyboard or option to enable vertical/horizontal axis
  • Four outputs with circular spatialization
  • Option to double-tap to zero controls

In-app purchases

None

NLogSynth PRO

No in-app purchases

None

ID700

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NLogSynth PRO free?
NLogSynth PRO costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ID700 free?
ID700 costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NLogSynth PRO or ID700?
ID700 is rated higher. NLogSynth PRO averages 4.6 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while ID700 averages 4.8 from 128 ratings.
Do NLogSynth PRO or ID700 have ads?
Neither NLogSynth PRO nor ID700 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NLogSynth PRO or ID700?
NLogSynth PRO ships an update every 2 months, and ID700 monthly. Most recently, NLogSynth PRO was updated on October 1, 2026 and ID700 on October 8, 2026.

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