Comparison

NLogSynth PRO vs RK

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

RK

Features
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The RK-601 can convert tempo from gate pulses into MIDI clock so you can synchronise your music software to devices using a simple metronome output. In the RK-601 companion app you can set clock dividers, button response and MIDI start/stop message behaviour. The RK601 needs the Apple CCK on iOS devices with lighting connectors.

Screenshots

RK1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RK at Free against NLogSynth PRO's $8.99. RK also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

RK is free to download; NLogSynth PRO costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NLogSynth PRO versus RK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNLogSynth PRORK
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.2
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertempo rubatoGerrit Dijkstra

In-app purchases

None

NLogSynth PRO

No in-app purchases

None

RK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NLogSynth PRO free?
NLogSynth PRO costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RK free?
RK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NLogSynth PRO or RK have ads?
Neither NLogSynth PRO nor RK shows ads.

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