Comparison

Sinusoid vs FUJI Drum AUv3

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

Head to head
About

Sinusoid

Create music with a retro 8-bit inspired sound machine. Features 4 channels for tones and drums, with extensive sound sculpting options like filters, modulation, and effects. Export your creations and integrate with other music apps.

Highlights
  • 4 sound channels (3 tones, 1 drum/noise)
  • Extensive audio parameters (envelope, vibrato, glide, filter)
  • Ring modulation and FM synthesis
  • Arpeggiator, delay, and bit crusher effects
  • MIDI input and output support
  • Audiobus, IAA, and AUv3 integration
  • AIFF export and in-app music player
Features
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Sinusoid is a tracker/sequencer sound machine inspired by retro 8 bit game consoles. It has 4 sound channels where 3 play tones and 1 plays drums and noise. It has audio parameters like pan, amplitude envelope, vibrato, pitch glide, a resonant filter and second oscillator for ring modulation and fm. Further sculpt the sound with an arpeggiator, delay and bit crusher. Export songs to AIFF and listen to them in the in app music player or share them with other apps. MIDI can be used to control parameters, play and input notes. MIDI out makes it possible to play other synths with sinusoid using Core MIDI, Bluetooth, IAA MIDI or AUv3 MIDI. Connect to other sound apps using Audiobus, Inter App Audio or AUv3. +++ 3 tone channels: sinusoid, square, triangle, saw, pulse (75%, 50%, 25% or 12.5%) +++ 1 drum/noise channel +++ Stereo pan +++ Amplitude envelope (attack, length and release) +++ 2nd oscillator for fm and ring modulation +++ Vibrato +++ Pitch glide +++ Resonant filter +++ Arpeggio/stutter +++ Tape delay +++ Bit/samplerate crush +++ Per note ability to override all channel audio parameters +++ Copy/paste between devices on the same network +++ Save and share projects using “open with” and files app drag’n drop +++ Export to songs to AIFF +++ Core MIDI, Bluetooth, IAA MIDI, AUv3 MIDI +++ Audiobus, IAA and AUv3

About

FUJI Drum AUv3

Features
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A drum machine cut from light. FUJI renders a shader, gives each of its sixteen pads a different band of the same moving image, and turns what that band sees into a drum. The sky is your hats, the horizon your snare, the ground your kick. Change the picture and the whole kit changes with it. Under the picture is a complete, serious drum machine. EVERY PAD IS A DRUM SYNTH • Three ways to read the image: BODY plays it as a wavetable, SCAN plays the pixels as a waveform, SPECTRAL reads it as a spectrogram • 26 knobs per pad: pitch envelope, sub, snap transient, zero-delay-feedback filter with its own envelope, drive, crush, shape • Per-pad delay and reverb sends, choke groups, and four sidechain buses so the kick can duck the rest • Load your own sample onto any pad and shape it with the same controls THE DICE • Nine genres: 80s Miami, 90s Acid, Boom Bap, Trap, Jungle, Warehouse, Lo-Fi Tape, Industrial, Ambient • A style isn't a preset: it sets the range every value is drawn from, so two rolls of 90s Acid are two different kits that both sound like 90s Acid • It picks the picture, the palette, the tempo and the swing to match • The pattern dice plays the style's signature beat, varied every roll • Freeze any pad and it survives every roll • 91 factory kits to start from, and endless ones from there THE SEQUENCER • 64 patterns of up to 64 steps, each with its own length • Parameter locks, 2/4/8 ratchets, velocity and probability on every step • Record live from the pads, snapped to the grid • Switch patterns mid-play and the change lands on the bar SONG MODE • Paint the arrangement: rows are patterns, columns are slots, and repeating a pattern is painting it wider • 64 slots, played on the bar, in time with your DAW or Ableton Link PLAYED, NOT DIALLED IN • A Kaoss-style XY pad on the whole mix: filter, stutter, crush, gate, delay, space • Draw a path on it and the effect walks it in time with the beat • Fullscreen, with the pattern bank under your other hand • Master rack: tape, flutter, lo-fi, shape, chorus, delay and reverb SHAPE THE SOUND WITH LIGHT • Two shaders, blended: morph the entire kit from one picture into another • 33 color palettes that change the tone, not just the look • A stackable VFX chain that reshapes the pixels every pad reads BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW • AUv3 plug-in AND standalone app, on iPhone, iPad and Mac • Follows your DAW's tempo and transport; pad and master knobs record as automation • Pattern out as MIDI, or export any pattern as a .mid file • MIDI Learn on nearly every control, plus presets for 20 controllers • Ableton Link in the standalone app • Projects save the kit and the pattern bank together, synced over iCloud • Three themes, including SUMI: black ink on washi, every knob drawn by hand • Optional on Mac: let an AI agent drive FUJI over a local connection. Off by default, and nothing leaves your Mac

Screenshots

Sinusoid4 screens
FUJI Drum AUv34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sinusoid at $4.99 against FUJI Drum AUv3's $8.99. Sinusoid also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.4). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

Sinusoid costs $4.99 and FUJI Drum AUv3 $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sinusoid against 5.0 for FUJI Drum AUv3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sinusoid has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sinusoid versus FUJI Drum AUv3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSinusoidFUJI Drum AUv3
Price$4.99 — better$8.99
Rating4.9 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik SigthJuan Maguid

In-app purchases

None

Sinusoid

No in-app purchases

None

FUJI Drum AUv3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sinusoid free?
Sinusoid costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FUJI Drum AUv3 free?
FUJI Drum AUv3 costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sinusoid or FUJI Drum AUv3?
FUJI Drum AUv3 is rated higher. Sinusoid averages 4.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while FUJI Drum AUv3 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sinusoid or FUJI Drum AUv3 have ads?
Neither Sinusoid nor FUJI Drum AUv3 shows ads.

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