TheGaits vs LocusCast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TheGaits
This app transforms your footsteps into unique musical sounds as you walk through designated outdoor spaces. Explore different areas to trigger various sound families and become a part of the music.
- Footsteps create musical chords
- Explore sound families in different areas
- Interactive musical experience
- Location-based soundscapes
- Transforms walking into music
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The Gaits turns footsteps into electric guitar chords, zen gongs, and more...the user becomes a musical instrument as he or she strolls down the High Line in New York City. The user moves through a series of composed spaces, with various families of sounds tied to each area. Created by Cameron Britt, Lainie Fefferman, Daniel Iglesia, and Jascha Narveson. Produced by Friends of the High Line and Make Music New York, in association with MATA. Presented as part of Make Music Winter on December 21, 2011. For more information, visit makemusicny.org/thegaits Please note, this app only functions within the geographic bounds of the High Line in downtown New York City. Your device will require location services (i.e. GPS) in order to detect your location.
LocusCast
Stream high-quality audio live from your device to a global sound map. This app uses GPS to pinpoint your stream's location and offers persistent connections for uninterrupted broadcasting. It's designed for musicians and sound artists to contribute to a collaborative audio project.
- Live audio streaming
- GPS location tagging
- High quality mono/stereo stream
- Ogg encoding
- Persistent stream connection
- Syncs with SoundMap account
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LocusCast is a mobile audio streaming app for the Locustream SoundMap project : http://locusonus.org/soundmap/. This app for IOS allows you to stream easily a mono or stereo oggvorbis stream to the locustream soundmap from your iPhone and/or your iPad device. It will automatically locates your stream on the map using GPS. List of Features : - Synchronised with your locustream soundmap account - High quality mono/stereo stream - Ogg encoding - Persistent location using GPS - Persistent stream connection (auto reconnect mode) - Works with wifi or 3G networks Continued use of audio recording and GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TheGaits at every 6 months against LocusCast's every 17 months. LocusCast's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. 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 TheGaits against 5.0 for LocusCast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
TheGaits ships an update every 6 months, LocusCast every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TheGaits | LocusCast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Iglesia Intermedia | stephane cousot |
Customer experience
TheGaits
LocusCast
In-app purchases
TheGaits
No in-app purchases
LocusCast
No in-app purchases
