Comparison

Visual Harmony vs Easy Xylophone

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

Head to head
About

Visual Harmony

Experience a hypnotic blend of sight and sound where musical notes transform into colorful, rotating shapes. Interact with intricate visual patterns and melodies by customizing note properties, instruments, and scales. Save your creations and explore a unique digital music box experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual note patterns
  • Customizable shape, speed, and color
  • Six synthesized instrument choices
  • Adjustable volume and room ambience
  • Multiple musical scales and custom sequences
  • Save and manage personal compositions
  • Portrait and landscape orientation
Features
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Immerse yourself in the stunning and hypnotic effects of Visual Harmony! In Visual Harmony, each note takes the form of a colorful shape rotating about the center of the screen. When the shape crosses the line, its note is played. Shapes closer to the center move faster than those farther out. These simple rules produce intricate visual patterns and hypnotic melodies. Watch as the shapes form spinning galaxies and winding spirals. See the patterns merge back into a line, only to unfold again into complex geometric shapes. Listen as melodies emerge from the motion. Choose a slow speed and settle into the gentle repetition, or speed things up for a lively swirl of sight and sound! Visual Harmony is an interactive musical/visual experience inspired by Jim Bumgardner’s invention of the digital Whitney Music Box. Explore the original at https://whitneymusicbox.org. At Excelltech Inc., we found Jim’s web app so engaging that we created our own version for iPhone and iPad. While staying true to the original idea, Visual Harmony gives you additional control and customization of the musical experience. Now rebuilt for today’s devices, it lets you reach into the patterns and make them your own. • Change the size, shape, speed, and color palette of the spinning notes. Reverse their direction, add light trails, and experiment with 4 to 88 notes. • Choose from six synthesized instruments: music box, piano, guitar, strings, brass, and organ. Adjust the volume and room ambience to suit your mood. • Explore pentatonic, major, minor, Dorian, whole-tone, and chromatic scales, or create your own sequence of notes and rests. • Move the line that plays the notes. Drag its handle across the shapes to sound them, even while playback is paused. • Explore the music forward or backward with the circular progress control. Grab its thumb and move your finger outward for finer control, or cross the top to move smoothly between the end and beginning. • Start with one of six included compositions, customize it, and save your favorites in your personal library. • Enjoy the visualization in portrait or landscape on iPhone and iPad. Open the floating controls to make changes as the music plays, then dismiss them to enjoy the view. If you are already a fan of the original music box, Visual Harmony gives you more ways to explore its patterns, sounds, and possibilities. If this is your first encounter, open Visual Harmony and let the music take shape! All sounds are generated on your device. No account, internet connection, microphone access, ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases are needed. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later.

About

Easy Xylophone

Experience the joy of playing a xylophone on your iPhone or iPad with high-quality sounds and responsive controls. Perfect for aspiring musicians, professionals, or anyone looking for a fun way to create melodies.

Highlights
  • 11 high-quality xylophone notes
  • Multitouch and sliding support
  • Professionally recorded sounds
  • Low latency for precise playing
  • Play along with your own music
  • Universal app for iPhone and iPad
Features
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Simple and straightforward: Easy Xylophone lets you play this beautiful instrument on your iPhone and iPad at any time! These 11 pure high quality sounds will make you forget that this is just an app on your iPhone! If you are a professional musician, want to become a one or just want to play your favorite melodies for fun: you should get this app! Features: ▶ A complete xylophone with 11 high quality notes ▶ Supports multitouch & sliding between bars ▶ Professionally recorded & mastered sounds ▶ No latency for fast and exact playing! ▶ Optimized for iPhone / iPad speakers, headphones and external speakers ▶ Supports multitasking: Play along with your own music ▶ HD Retina Graphics for iPhone, iPod touch and the new iPad ▶ 2 Apps in 1: Universal App for iPhone and iPad To play along with your own music, start the music on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and start the app. Important: If you can't hear anything on your device, please make sure, you turned up the ringtone volume and enabled application sounds in the iPhone settings menu. --------- Make sure to leave a comment with ideas and wishes for future versions in your review! Visit our homepage: http://www.skunkbrothers.com

Screenshots

Visual Harmony4 screens
Easy Xylophone1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Easy Xylophone at 67% against Visual Harmony's 0%. Easy Xylophone also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 97 months) and ratings volume (2K vs 1). Visual Harmony's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price and device support 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

Both are free to download. Easy Xylophone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Visual Harmony asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Harmony holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy Xylophone has 2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Visual Harmony's written reviews are positive against 67% of Easy Xylophone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Harmony ships an update every 97 months, Easy Xylophone every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Visual Harmony versus Easy Xylophone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual HarmonyEasy Xylophone
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12K — better
Update frequencyEvery 97 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExcelltech Inc.Skunk Brothers GmbH

Customer experience

Visual Harmony

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Easy Xylophone

All ratings2,031 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews254 reviews
Positive66.5%
Neutral14.6%
Negative18.9%

Bugs and requests

Visual Harmony

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Easy Xylophone

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • No sound output
  • Compatibility issues with certain devices
  • Purchased upgrades not working across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Record and playback functionality
  • More advanced features like sharps/flats
  • Ability to load and play songs
  • Integration with music learning resources

In-app purchases

None

Visual Harmony

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Easy Xylophone

One-time1
  • Ad free$0.99

Questions

Is Visual Harmony free?
Visual Harmony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy Xylophone free?
Easy Xylophone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual Harmony or Easy Xylophone?
Visual Harmony is rated higher. Visual Harmony averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Easy Xylophone averages 4.3 from 2K ratings.
Do Visual Harmony or Easy Xylophone have ads?
Easy Xylophone shows ads; Visual Harmony does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual Harmony or Easy Xylophone?
Visual Harmony ships an update every 97 months, and Easy Xylophone every 6 months. Most recently, Visual Harmony was updated on November 6, 2026 and Easy Xylophone on November 6, 2026.

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