NLogSynth PRO vs Tera Synth
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
Tera Synth
Create unique sounds beyond traditional synthesizers with a modular analog and digital synthesis workstation. Combine physical modeling, wireless patching, and built-in effects for a fat, individual sound. Features a programmable arpeggiator and live playing options.
- Modular analog and digital synthesis
- Physical modeling modules
- Wireless patching and modulation routing
- Built-in distortion, delay, chorus, phaser, and reverb effects
- Programmable arpeggiator
- Live playing with onscreen keyboard and MIDI support
- Audiobus and Inter-App-Audio integration
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Tera Synth - Modular Analog Synthesizer Explore new sound spaces with Tera Synth that go beyond the emulation of synthesizer legends. Use the power of analog and digital synthesis combined with new modules for physical modelling. Wireless patching of modules combined with an intelligible modulation routing simplifies the development of new synthesizer designs from scratch. Distortion effect, Delay/Chorus/Phaser and Reverb effects give your sounds the final polishing. Tera Synth gives your music an individual character with its unique fat sound. The well-designed algorithms and the economical modular structure provides you with a comparatively high voice yield. Precise timing with the unique built-in Arpeggiator let you feel the rhythm. Tera Synth supports Audiobus and Inter-App-Audio for integration with other Music Apps. Modular Analog Synthesis • Modular synthesizer with free connections between modules. • 25 Sound Modules • 4 Low frequency oscillators • 4 Standard ADSR Envelope generators. • 4 Multi Segment Envelopes with tempo sync. • 64 time/level segments per envelope • Monophonic or polyphonic with up to 32 voices. • More than 920 factory presets, unlimited user presets can be shared. FX • Chorus with four delay lines. • 8 pole Analog Phaser. • Distortion effect with Tube/Tape emulation • Stereo Echo/Delay effect. • Hi end reverberation unit. Live • Play melodies live with the onscreen keyboard. Drag fingers for slides and vibrato. • Optionally use CoreMIDI* compatible hardware keyboard. • Dozens of scales selectable • Variable Keyboard layout for scale optimized playing Full featured programmable Arpeggiator • Uses programmable sequences with up to 32 steps. • Can trigger single notes and chords. • Unique randomizer generates Arpeggios with 100% usability. • 32 Arpeggios included, unlimited useer arpeggios possible. • For each step you can program tie, accent, transposition and note order Global • Audiobus 3 compatible (Input slot) with Preset saving. • Inter App Audio • AudioUnit AUv3 with parameter automation • Ableton Link compatible • Audio pasteboard. Copy audio recordings to Clipboard for use with other Apps • Exchange user presets with File Sharing in iTunes. • Support for MIDI input/output connections. • MIDI learn functionality.
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tera Synth at $1.99 against NLogSynth PRO's $8.99. Tera Synth also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Tera Synth $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tera Synth holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of NLogSynth PRO's written reviews are positive against 86% of Tera Synth's.
NLogSynth PRO ships an update every 2 months, Tera Synth every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NLogSynth PRO | Tera Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| 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 | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tempo rubato | Harry Gohs |
Customer experience
NLogSynth PRO
Tera Synth
In-app purchases
NLogSynth PRO
No in-app purchases
Tera Synth
No in-app purchases
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