Comparison

Kyma Control vs SpringSound

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Kyma Control

This app acts as a versatile wireless controller for the Kyma Sound Design Workstation. It offers multiple control modes including a virtual surface mirror, pen tablet, keyboards, and motion controls, allowing for expressive sound manipulation away from your computer.

Highlights
  • Virtual Control Surface mirroring
  • Multi-touch pen/tablet controller
  • Standard and Tonnetz keyboards
  • Accelerometer controls
  • Compass heading control
  • View and select active Sounds
Features
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Kyma Control is the Swiss-army-knife of controllers for the Kyma Sound Design Workstation, providing four of the most popular Kyma controller-modes in one, wireless multi-touch package: a bi-directional mirror of Kyma's Virtual Control Surface, a multi-touch pen/tablet controller, a standard and a Tonnetz keyboard, accelerometer controls, and compass heading for using direction as a control. For use in the studio, on stage, in the lab, at home, or in classroom, Kyma Control frees you from having to sit in front of your laptop; put yourself inside the sound field and perform your Sounds in an expressive, intuitive manner using your hands and gestures. FEATURES • Auto-mapping, bi-directional multi-touch mirroring of Kyma's Virtual Control Surface (VCS) • View and select the active Sounds in a Kyma Multigrid • Pen/tablet surface tracking as many as 11 fingers with color trails to help you track finger position • A keyboard for sending !KeyDown and either continuous or discrete values for !KeyPitch & !KeyTimbre • A Tonnetz pitch-space with configurable vertical and horizontal intervals • Pitches can be rounded to equal tempered pitch, rounded only on !KeyDown and continuously variable after that, or, in Strum-mode, triggered when your finger passes by the key • Trigger or control Sounds with the iPad's accelerometer measurements in the X, Y, Z directions, as well as controls corresponding with Pitch, Roll and Yaw • Compass heading from the iPad's magnetometer tells you which way the iPad is pointing so you can use it for panning and other controls REQUIREMENTS • iPad, iOS 8 or newer • Symbolic Sound Kyma 7 (or newer) with Paca(rana) Sound Computation Engine • WiFi or Ethernet connection to network accessible to the Paca(rana)

About

SpringSound

This app is a physical-modeling audio synthesizer that simulates sound through the interaction of springs, masses, and activators. It offers detailed control over various physical parameters and comes with a large library of presets. It can be used as a sound generator or effect, and supports MIDI and expressive controllers.

Highlights
  • Physical modeling sound synthesis
  • Detailed control of physical parameters
  • Large set of sound presets
  • Audio-In effect capability
  • MIDI and MPE support
  • iOS Continuum Remote integration
Features
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SpringSound is a physical-modeling audio synthesizer that produces sounds by simulating interactions and vibrations of a set of activators and masses connected to springs. The model offers detailed control of an array of features including: gravity, bouncing, fluid and static friction, mechanical limits, non-linear functions, and more. SpringSound is provided with a very large set of sound presets that you can tweak and save. Small video introductions are available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1GF7HkSV9c and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdYuZ07nmRo And an audio demo of some presets: https://soundcloud.com/christophe-duquesne/demopresetspringsound It can be used as a sound generator or as an effect using its Audio-In feature, opening a new world of physical modeled effects. It is fully Audiobus® 2 and inter-app audio compatible, and manage state saving. SpringSound can be controlled by a standard MIDI keyboard and directly from the iOS device screen. It is complete with the new MIDI MPE (expressive MIDI) and therefore can be controlled by most expressive controllers like the Haken Continuum, ROLI Seaboard, Linnstrument, Madrona Labs Soundplane, etc. SpringSound app is designed for optimum use with the Haken Continuum (www.hakenaudio.com) and integrate an IOS Continuum Remote (iPad only) allowing a very comprehensive and accurate remote control of the Continuum from your iPad (access to all parameters except programming the Eagan Matrix). SpringSound has be designed to explore sounds domains you won’t be able to access with other synthesis technics. It expands your sonic palette with a new world of physical sounds. It is a rich musical instrument, a sophisticated sound-design tool and an entertaining sonic playground. SpringSound is the big brother of my former Ackorage-Spring app.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SpringSound at $2.99 against Kyma Control's $14.99. SpringSound also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). Kyma Control's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kyma Control costs $14.99 and SpringSound $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kyma Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpringSound has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Kyma Control's written reviews are positive against 72% of SpringSound's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kyma Control ships an update every 4 months, SpringSound every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Kyma Control versus SpringSound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKyma ControlSpringSound
Price$14.99$2.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.2 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better72.2% of reviews
Number of ratings319 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSymbolic Sound CorporationChristophe Duquesne

Customer experience

Kyma Control

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SpringSound

All ratings19 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral15.8%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative5.6%

In-app purchases

None

Kyma Control

No in-app purchases

None

SpringSound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kyma Control free?
Kyma Control costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpringSound free?
SpringSound costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kyma Control or SpringSound?
Kyma Control is rated higher. Kyma Control averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while SpringSound averages 4.2 from 19 ratings.
Do Kyma Control or SpringSound have ads?
Neither Kyma Control nor SpringSound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kyma Control or SpringSound?
Kyma Control ships an update every 4 months, and SpringSound every 9 months. Most recently, Kyma Control was updated on June 5, 2026 and SpringSound on September 16, 2026.

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