Tunepal HD vs Synesthesia Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tunepal HD
Identify traditional Irish, Scots, Welsh, and Breton music tunes by playing them. This iPad-optimized app searches a vast database of over 22,000 melodies, making it an essential tool for musicians.
- Identify traditional music tunes by playing
- Database of over 22,000 tunes
- Optimized for iPad
- Supports Irish, Scots, Welsh, and Breton music
- Search by playing melody
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Tunepal, the world's leading search engine for traditional music is now available in an iPad optimised version! In the top 500 apps of all times by the Sunday Times In the top twenty cultural apps for iPhone by the Sunday Times Winner of the best overall invention 2010 in the Dublin Institute of Technology. Tunepal was in the top 25 grossing apps on the app store (17-18 July 2010). The essential tool for all musicians playing traditional Irish, Scots, Welsh and Breton music! Ever sat in a trad session and wondered what was the name of that great tune someone just played? Well now you can search a database of over 22,000 tunes from your iPad BY PLAYING!
Synesthesia Synth
An experimental audio-visual instrument that allows users to sculpt evolving spatial audio by manipulating floating capsules. Position, rotation, and pulse changes affect tone, texture, and synchronized particle generation. It's a visual synthesizer, not a game.
- Experimental audio-visual instrument
- Sculpt evolving spatial audio
- Manipulate floating capsules
- Control tone, texture, and particles
- Visual synthesizer
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Synthaestesia is a free experimental audio-visual instrument. Three capsules float in space. Every contraction produces sound. Move them, rotate them, reshape their pulse — and sculpt evolving spatial audio. Position changes tone. Rotation alters texture. Delay generates synchronized particles. This is not a game. It’s a spatial synth you can see.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Synesthesia Synth at 5.0 against Tunepal HD's 2.7. Synesthesia Synth also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Tunepal HD's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Synesthesia Synth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
Tunepal HD ships an update every 2 months, Synesthesia Synth every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Tunepal HD | Synesthesia Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Duggan | MICHELE ZACCAGNINI |
In-app purchases
Tunepal HD
No in-app purchases
Synesthesia Synth
No in-app purchases
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