Comparison

Pixound vs Incommensurate

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

Head to head
About

Pixound

Transform any image into a musical instrument and create unique songs. Explore a deep musical experience with extensive controls, over 127 instruments, and various scales. It's a fun and educational tool for all ages, allowing you to play live video and record your performances.

Highlights
  • Turn any picture into music
  • Play live video as an instrument
  • Record performances with touch playback
  • Over 65 scales and modes
  • 127+ instruments for four voices
  • Save and share creations
  • MIDI export
Features
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"Pixound Turns Photos into Musical Instruments, and It’s Better Than You Think" — Gizmodo "Pixound is a trippy music app for iOS that allows users to turn any snap into a song." — MTV Hive Enjoyed by top musical artists including: Herbie Hancock, David Byrne (Talking Heads), Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO), Michael Shrieve (Santana) and many more. Have you ever jammed on Saturn's Rings with a whammy bar? Have you ever played the rainbow? What about you're dog's nose? What does it sound like? How about creating your own music just by dancing? With Pixound you can do all this and much more! Pixound is a revolutionary form of musical entertainment! Pixound provides a deep musical experience that lets YOU instantly create music using any picture. It's pure fun to play (at any age) and deep because it can be used to play music like you've never heard before. It's so much fun that artist Peter Max bought an iPhone just to have Pixound! Since there is no limit to what pictures you can play from art and graphics to photos and they can be combined with thousands of different musical settings, there is no limit to the music you can create and enjoy. You owe it to yourself to try Pixound!!! By the way, you will learn a lot about music just playing with Pixound so it's also an educational tool, sometimes referred to as a Deep Toy. Features: • Play any picture from snaps to outer space to art masterpieces • Play Live Video (in-app purchase) so that reality becomes a musical instrument • Record audio or use effects processors via Audiobus 2.1 or Inter-app Audio • Record performances including where you touched in the photo that plays back for others to see. • Play in any key or scale (over 65 scales/modes) • Add Bass and Drums from lots of choices • Tons of musical controls to create a huge variety of great music • Select from many different autoplay styles including device tilt • Add harmony voices • Add Song Progressions from basic to classical and more • Select from over 127 instruments for four voices R, B, G and bass • Import samples using AudioShare™ • Save your own settings to Banks and share with others via community or email • Built-in Reverb • Save MIDI files and go direct out to MIDI synthesizers (in-app purchase) • Access and share your creations with the Pixound Community

About

Incommensurate

Experience a unique, interactive 3D audio music piece designed for headphones. Move the listener and musical elements to create a different auditory journey each time. Record your binaural audio creations for playback elsewhere.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D audio experience
  • Customizable listener and element movement
  • Dynamic automatic movement modes
  • Background audio playback
  • Record and export binaural audio (AAC M4A)
Features
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Incommensurate is a piece of music composed and performed by Fritz Menzer (using the Chronium app for iOS) that was re-imagined as an interactive 3D Audio experience for headphones. As you move the listener and the individual parts of the piece, every time you listen to it, you will experience it differently. 

Different automatic movement modes give you a dynamic 3D Audio experience even when the app is running in the background. You can record the binaural audio signal by pressing the record button. Press it again to stop the recording and obtain a AAC encoded M4A file that can be used with music players, smartphones, etc.

Screenshots

Pixound4 screens
Incommensurate1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixound at 72% against Incommensurate's 0%. Pixound also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.0). Incommensurate's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). 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

Incommensurate is free to download; Pixound costs $0.99 up front. Pixound sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Incommensurate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixound holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Pixound's written reviews are positive against 0% of Incommensurate's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pixound versus Incommensurate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixoundIncommensurate
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (8 ratings) — better3.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechné MediaFritz Menzer

Customer experience

Pixound

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.8%

Incommensurate

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pixound

One-time2
  • Pixound Live Video$1.99
  • Pixound MIDI Features$2.99
None

Incommensurate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixound free?
Pixound costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Incommensurate free?
Incommensurate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixound or Incommensurate?
Pixound is rated higher. Pixound averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Incommensurate averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pixound or Incommensurate have ads?
Neither Pixound nor Incommensurate shows ads.

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