Soniq Viewer vs Basic Pitch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soniq Viewer
This app visualizes sound frequencies using your device's microphone. It displays the pitch of your voice and music on an equally-tempered musical scale, with adjustable input sensitivity and up to 60 frames per second.
- Frequency spectrum visualization
- Microphone audio input
- Pitch detection
- Equally-tempered musical scale display
- Adjustable input sensitivity
- High frame rate display (up to 60 fps)
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Soniq Viewer is a frequency spectrum visualizer. It uses a microphone to pick up audio to draw. You can easily see the pitch of your voice. ================================================== * To play and visualize the music in iPod Library, use "Soniq Player". * Requires a microphone(built-in mic or earphones with mic). ================================================== Features - Spectrum is displayed relative to an equally-tempered musical frequency scale. - Supports input sensitivity setting. - Spectrum is displayed up to 60 frames per seconds.
Basic Pitch
This app makes music education engaging for all skill levels. It offers a gamified approach to ear training and sight-singing, essential skills for musicians. Learn to identify pitches, intervals, scales, chords, and rhythms through interactive exercises.
- Gamified music education
- Ear training exercises
- Sight-singing practice
- Learn music theory concepts
- Identify pitches and intervals
- Chord and rhythm recognition
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Basic Pitch builds internal pitch awareness through simple, game-like listening, matching, and singing.
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Verdict
Soniq Viewer and Basic Pitch both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Soniq Viewer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Basic Pitch's. Basic Pitch's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Soniq Viewer costs $1.99 and Basic Pitch $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Soniq Viewer against 5.0 for Basic Pitch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Pitch has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Soniq Viewer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Basic Pitch's.
Soniq Viewer ships an update every 20 months, Basic Pitch every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soniq Viewer | Basic Pitch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuji Koike | Carlos DeSoto |
Customer experience
Soniq Viewer
Basic Pitch
In-app purchases
Soniq Viewer
No in-app purchases
Basic Pitch
No in-app purchases
