PET Bottling vs MESA Synth AUv3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
PET Bottling
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PET Bottling is a real percussion instrument using the PET bottle. You can play an acoustic instrument as like real PET bottle. And you can play 624 each sounds recorded from only one PET bottle. If you are professional, you can play on live performance stage or use at recording studio. If you are beginner, you are amazed to hear various sounds by tapping! If you use some techniques, you can show a unique performance that goes beyond the real bottle. And you can keep your sound forever by recording function. Also you can use music you have played on PET Bottling for your song. Please check 1minute Introduction movie. https://youtu.be/XPMrgQg02mY Water in the bottle or not. Only tap or tap & stay(mute). About these each MODE, you can select Tapping Object - tapping by Hand, tapping by Nail, attacking on Wood, attacking on Plastic, attacking on Metal. And about these all, Sounds are changed by tapping place on screen... Cap, Upper, Middle, Lower, Bottom. And if you tap upper place on screen, you can play big tapping tone. And more you can play following option sounds. Falling cap sound, mute noise by hand, soda bubble noise, opening or closing cap sound, pinch the bottle, knocking up or down sound, rubbing up or down sound. If you select Water MODE and tilt left, right, upper or lower, you can play various water noise. If PET Bottling is frontmost app, you can avoid auto sleep. It's very useful for playing only a part of long music. All sounds are quickly played and you can watch feedback image on the screen so you can feel real playing. I believe all people fun playing this real instrument! And recording function is very easy. Just tap β i β button to show. Tap Red button to record and tap Blue button to play. PET Bottling doesnβt mute background appβs sound from the beginning. Therefore, you can record while listening to the song you are making. You can pass the wav file you recorded to your favorite storage or app with Export button. Importing your performance to music production app. Passing it to someone. A generic wav file will never be lost in the future. Just you have to avoid tapping β i β button when playing. Really you can focus on your performance. Are you ready? Letβs play wonderful music! - Feature - β’ Super high quality recorded & edited 24-bit sounds. β’ Modern 32-bit float Sound Engine. β’ 624 various & rich tones. β’ Very quickly response for playing as real percussion. β’ Visible feedback for feeling of tapping. β’ Institutive & smooth user interface. β’ Avoid auto sleep even if you don't touch. β’ Donβt stop background appβs sound. β’ Excellent recording function that is simple and does not disturb your play.
MESA Synth AUv3
This music creation tool transforms visuals into sound by rendering shaders and images into wavetables. It offers a powerful synthesis engine, extensive sound-shaping capabilities, and a full effects rack, all controllable through light and visual input.
- Visual-to-audio wavetable synthesis
- Unison oscillator stack with sub-oscillator
- Zero-delay-feedback filter
- Vision panel for sound shaping with light
- 26 stackable visual modifiers as audio effects
- 8-stage stereo FX rack
- Sampler mode with auto pitch-tracking
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MESA is a wavetable synthesizer unlike any other β it turns visuals into sound. Drop in a shader or a .vkograph and MESA renders it offscreen, reads the light across the image, and turns that into a wavetable you play. The picture literally becomes the oscillator β and the same visual keeps living behind your keys, reacting to every note. No other synth works like this. Behind the magic is a complete, serious instrument: THE ENGINE β’ 64-frame wavetables, FFT mip-banked for clean, alias-free playback everywhere β’ Unison oscillator stack with detune, spread, and a sub-oscillator β’ Zero-delay-feedback filter β cutoff, resonance, drive, self-oscillating β’ Full ADSR envelope, portamento glide, and a dedicated pitch envelope SHAPE THE SOUND WITH LIGHT β’ Vision panel: choose the scanline, weight color channels, bend the brightness curve, sweep time β one shader, a thousand timbres β’ 33 color palettes that reshape the tone, not just the look β’ VFX chain: 26 stackable visual modifiers, each one also an audio effect A FULL STUDIO β’ 3-slot modulation matrix with 2 LFOs, velocity, and mod wheel β’ 8-stage stereo FX rack: tape, wow & flutter, chorus, delay, reverb, lo-fi, tape-stop β’ Sampler mode β load any audio, auto pitch-tracked across the keys β’ Arpeggiator, Ableton Link, and MIDI Learn on nearly every control BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW β’ AUv3 plug-in AND standalone app β one purchase, iOS + macOS β’ iCloud sync β build a patch on your Mac, it's ready on your iPhone β’ Categorized preset browser with import/export and full patch recall
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PET Bottling at $2.99 against MESA Synth AUv3's $8.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
PET Bottling costs $2.99 and MESA Synth AUv3 $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | PET Bottling | MESA Synth AUv3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 β better | $8.99 |
| Positive reviews | β | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | β | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 β better | 18.4 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hidenori Matsuoka | Juan Maguid |
In-app purchases
PET Bottling
No in-app purchases
MESA Synth AUv3
No in-app purchases





