DreamTunes vs subflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DreamTunes
Transform your music listening experience with a stunning visualizer. Create playlists or let the app automatically enhance audio from any source. Interact with the visuals by tapping and dragging to customize effects.
- Automatic beat detection
- Visualizes music from any audio source
- Interactive visual effects
- Customizable rotation and angle
- HD visual ingredients
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Love music? DreamTunes is a gorgeous visualizer. Just make a playlist with the built in player, or let DreamTunes automatically beautify music from any source within ear shot. It’s easy, and your music will look great! BEAT DETECTION - DreamTunes seamlessly visualizes music from any audio source within ear shot (hey, we developed it using a turn table as a test bed!) INTERACTIVE EFFECTS - Tap and drag the display to customize the visualizer’s rotation speed, angle, and selection of HD ingredients. Check it out and let us know what you think! We’d love to hear what other features and effects you’d like to see. Sound effect by TAM Music Factory http://www.tam-music.com/ App Preview music: DEAF KEV - Invincible [NCS Release] https://youtu.be/J2X5mJ3HDYE https://www.youtube.com/user/ATMDubstep App icon from pngtree: https://ja.pngtree.com/so/ぜいたく
subflow
Create dynamic music visualizations for any setting. Control modes, speed, and beat patterns with intuitive screen gestures. Advanced users can leverage UDP and OS2L for complex control with DJ software.
- Gesture-based control for modes, speed, and beats
- Beat pattern customization
- UDP command sequencing
- OS2L integration with DJ software
- Color customization via long press
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Crisp visualizations for your music stage or living room. Tap left or right edge of screen to change modes. Vertical swipes change speed. Tap the upper half of the screen several times to set a beat pattern. Tap the lower half to cancel or to add single beats. Horizontal swipes fine-tune the beat alignment. Long press will change color. You can also send more complex command sequences over UDP, and you can control via OS2L using most DJ software. See http://subflow.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: subflow at 4.3 against DreamTunes's 3.4. subflow also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). DreamTunes's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. DreamTunes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. subflow asks for nothing beyond the download.
subflow holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of DreamTunes's written reviews are positive against 67% of subflow's.
DreamTunes ships an update monthly, subflow every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DreamTunes | subflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (18 ratings) | 4.3 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daichi Sasaki | Ello Skelling Productions |
Customer experience
DreamTunes
subflow
In-app purchases
DreamTunes
- Darkside$0.99
- Flowers$0.99
- 3-Pack Motif$1.99
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- 4-Pack Motif$1.99
- 4-Pack Mirror Vol.1$1.99
- 4-Pack Mirror Vol.2$1.99
- Flower 4-Pack$1.99
- Neon 4-Pack$1.99
- 4-Pack "3D" Mirror$1.99
- PRO Version$5.99
subflow
No in-app purchases
