NLogSynth PRO vs Refraktions
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
Refraktions
This app is an 8-track generative MIDI sequencer that uses AI to create personalized loops based on user input over time. It offers a unique approach to music creation, adapting to individual preferences.
- 8-track generative MIDI sequencing
- Artificial intelligence processing
- Time-based input adaptation
- Personalized loop creation
- User-tailored output
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Refraktions is an 8-track generative MIDI sequencer with artificial intelligence that processes input over time to create loops tailored to each individual user.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Refraktions at $5.99 against NLogSynth PRO's $8.99. Refraktions also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Refraktions $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for NLogSynth PRO against 4.5 for Refraktions. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of NLogSynth PRO's written reviews are positive against 90% of Refraktions's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NLogSynth PRO | Refraktions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) — better | 4.5 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tempo rubato | Jason Snell |
Customer experience
NLogSynth PRO
Refraktions
In-app purchases
NLogSynth PRO
No in-app purchases
Refraktions
No in-app purchases
Questions
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