NLogSynth PRO vs ID700
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- 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
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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 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
NLogSynth PRO costs $8.99 and ID700 $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
NLogSynth PRO ships an update every 2 months, ID700 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NLogSynth PRO | ID700 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) | 4.8 (128 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 128 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tempo rubato | Jonathan Schatz |
Customer experience
NLogSynth PRO
ID700
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
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- 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
NLogSynth PRO
No in-app purchases
ID700
No in-app purchases









