Comparison

Echo String™ Lite vs Musyc

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

Head to head
About

Echo String™ Lite

Create music easily with this innovative harp app. It features three partitions of strings with chord mask settings, allowing you to glide and produce melodies. Record your performances and play them back at original or dual speed.

Highlights
  • 3 partition strings
  • Chord Mask settings
  • Record and playback functionality
  • Two playback speeds
  • Visual effects
  • Supports AudioBus and Inter-App Audio
  • WiFi MIDI Out & MIDI Out
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Echo String™ is an innovative harp app. with it, you can create wonderful music with more easy and more fun. It has 3 partitions strings (In full version has 7 partitions) with different Chord Mask settings,you can just glide over and create music. (In full version it cant export MIDI file) Features √ 3 partition strings. √ Chord Mask(string mask). √ Cool visual effects. √ Record / Playback. √ Two playback-speed avaliable( original speed or dual speed) √ Supports AudioBus and Inter-App Audio √ Wifi MIDI Out & MIDI Out Instructions 1.Set Chord Mask you want to use for each performance partition. 2.Tap the recored button and start your performance 3.Tap any button(record stop play) to end record. 4.Tap the play-button to playback

About

Musyc

Transform touch gestures into music by drawing shapes and interacting with bouncing sounds. Explore a vast library of unique instruments and innovative physical tools to create and mix your own audio compositions. Record, export, and share your musical creations in high quality.

Highlights
  • Draw shapes to create music
  • 88 unique instruments
  • Physical and music tools
  • Audio track mixer
  • 2 effect channels with 5 effects
  • User sound kit with sample import
  • Real-time audio recording
  • Video recording and export
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Draw shapes, watch them bounce and collide, and listen: your music comes to life. Musyc turns physics into sound. No keyboard, no scores, no music theory — just drop objects on the screen and the ultra-realistic physics engine plays them for you. Every collision triggers a sound, every composition becomes a living, moving artwork. Electronic and acoustic, all sounds have been specifically created and produced at Fingerlab studio. Graphic design by Jonas Eriksson. Musyc is free to play with. A single In-App purchase, Musyc Full Version, unlocks everything forever: unlimited songs, audio export, all the soundkits, all the physics shapes, the motion recorder and custom user soundkits. FEATURES • Ultra-realistic physics engine • High quality sound engine • 22 instruments across multiple soundkits • Advanced physics objects (planet, black hole, modulator...) • Physics sequencer and motion recorder • Tracks audio mixer (level, pitch, length, pan, mute) • 2 effect channels (Delay, Overdrive, Reverb, Compressor...) • Real-time audio recording and export • Import your own sounds and build custom soundkits From Fingerlab, Apple Design Award winner (DM1 - The Drum Machine). Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: contact@fingerlab.net Stay tuned! The Fingerlab Team

Screenshots

Musyc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Echo String™ Lite at 5.0 against Musyc's 4.5. Echo String™ Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (89% vs 78%). Musyc's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price and ads 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. Musyc sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Echo String™ Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo String™ Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Musyc has 83 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Echo String™ Lite's written reviews are positive against 78% of Musyc's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo String™ Lite ships an update every 7 months, Musyc every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Echo String™ Lite versus Musyc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho String™ LiteMusyc
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (83 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better78.0% of reviews
Number of ratings283 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSupertintin Co., LtdFingerlab

Customer experience

Echo String™ Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Musyc

All ratings83 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews346 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative14.2%

Bugs and requests

Echo String™ Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Musyc

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to export/share
  • Audio issues on older devices
  • Freezes and UI problems in the tutorial

Requested features

7 requests
  • MIDI implementation
  • Audiobus support
  • More sequence mix rows
  • Custom sound samples and synth engine
  • Ability to export videos
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  • Phaser effect
  • Improved sharing/collaboration features

In-app purchases

None

Echo String™ Lite

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Musyc

One-time5
  • More Soundkits$3.99
  • Additional shapes$3.99
  • Motion Recorder$3.99
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  • USER SOUNDKITS$3.99
  • Full Version$9.99

Questions

Is Echo String™ Lite free?
Echo String™ Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Musyc free?
Musyc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echo String™ Lite or Musyc?
Echo String™ Lite is rated higher. Echo String™ Lite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Musyc averages 4.5 from 83 ratings.
Do Echo String™ Lite or Musyc have ads?
Neither Echo String™ Lite nor Musyc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo String™ Lite or Musyc?
Echo String™ Lite ships an update every 7 months, and Musyc every 2 months. Most recently, Echo String™ Lite was updated on September 8, 2026 and Musyc on September 23, 2026.

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