Comparison

DreamTunes vs Makanim

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic beat detection
  • Visualizes music from any audio source
  • Interactive visual effects
  • Customizable rotation and angle
  • HD visual ingredients
Features
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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

About

Makanim

Create dynamic visual art and animations using multi-touch gestures. This app offers a relaxing and fun way to explore endless combinations of shapes, colors, and effects, with options to save and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Multi-touch graphic generator
  • Screenshot saving
  • Real-time preset editing
  • Gesture control
  • Switchable modes, shapes, and colors
  • Adjustable speed, size, and chaos
  • Thousands of combinations
Features
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AppAdvice.com review: "This generative art app will provide you with pure visual stimulation." AppSplit.com review: "With its level of customization, it's definitely still worthy to try it." Want to relax or have fun? Enjoy an amazing graphic experience with Makanim. Create stunning animations by playing with multi-touch. Snap your creations and use them as wallpapers. Play with Makanim at home for fun, at a party, or on stage for VJing: improvise during live performances and create new animations on the fly. Makanim offers endless combinations of visual effects by changing nine simple parameters. You can spend hours discovering the different ways to animate shapes. Makanim is a powerful app that can both entertain and relax. FEATURES - Multi-touch particle generator - Up to 10 fingers at once, depending on your device - 10 animation modes - 48 beautiful and original shapes - 22 color palettes - 112 editable presets, saved as you play - Thousands of possible combinations - Edit presets in real time - Switch between modes, shapes and colors - Control speed, size and chaos - Background color and particle opacity controls - Random button for surprise combinations - Interactive sounds - Animation auto-play - Screenshot button to save images to your photo library - Expert mode: hide or show the menu bar - Fingers limit, to avoid clashing with your device's multi-touch gestures LINKS Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flR6mz788h0 Visit http://appakabar.com for more information.

Screenshots

DreamTunes4 screens
Makanim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DreamTunes at Free against Makanim's $5.99. DreamTunes also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Makanim's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (85% vs 49%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DreamTunes is free to download; Makanim costs $5.99 up front. DreamTunes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Makanim asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Makanim holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of DreamTunes's written reviews are positive against 85% of Makanim's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DreamTunes ships an update monthly, Makanim every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DreamTunes versus Makanim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamTunesMakanim
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating3.4 (18 ratings)4.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews85.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better12
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaichi SasakiAppakabar

Customer experience

DreamTunes

All ratings18 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative38.9%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative42.6%

Makanim

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative4.9%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

DreamTunes

One-time10
  • Darkside$0.99
  • Flowers$0.99
  • 3-Pack Motif$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
None

Makanim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DreamTunes free?
DreamTunes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Makanim free?
Makanim costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DreamTunes or Makanim?
Makanim is rated higher. DreamTunes averages 3.4 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Makanim averages 4.0 from 12 ratings.
Do DreamTunes or Makanim have ads?
Neither DreamTunes nor Makanim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DreamTunes or Makanim?
DreamTunes ships an update monthly, and Makanim every 9 months. Most recently, DreamTunes was updated on October 30, 2026 and Makanim on October 23, 2026.

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