Comparison

Musyc vs sqrt

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

Head to head
About

Musyc

Transform touch gestures into music by drawing shapes and interacting with bouncing sounds. Explore a vast library of unique instruments and innovative physical tools to create and mix your own audio compositions. Record, export, and share your musical creations in high quality.

Highlights
  • Draw shapes to create music
  • 88 unique instruments
  • Physical and music tools
  • Audio track mixer
  • 2 effect channels with 5 effects
  • User sound kit with sample import
  • Real-time audio recording
  • Video recording and export
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Draw shapes, watch them bounce and collide, and listen: your music comes to life. Musyc turns physics into sound. No keyboard, no scores, no music theory — just drop objects on the screen and the ultra-realistic physics engine plays them for you. Every collision triggers a sound, every composition becomes a living, moving artwork. Electronic and acoustic, all sounds have been specifically created and produced at Fingerlab studio. Graphic design by Jonas Eriksson. Musyc is free to play with. A single In-App purchase, Musyc Full Version, unlocks everything forever: unlimited songs, audio export, all the soundkits, all the physics shapes, the motion recorder and custom user soundkits. FEATURES • Ultra-realistic physics engine • High quality sound engine • 22 instruments across multiple soundkits • Advanced physics objects (planet, black hole, modulator...) • Physics sequencer and motion recorder • Tracks audio mixer (level, pitch, length, pan, mute) • 2 effect channels (Delay, Overdrive, Reverb, Compressor...) • Real-time audio recording and export • Import your own sounds and build custom soundkits From Fingerlab, Apple Design Award winner (DM1 - The Drum Machine). Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: contact@fingerlab.net Stay tuned! The Fingerlab Team

About

sqrt

This app allows users to trigger and manipulate sounds on a multitouch surface. The pro version enables loading custom audio files and creating personalized sound grids. It offers a unique playback control system where sound parameters are interpolated across the screen.

Highlights
  • Multitouch sound triggering
  • Drag-to-manipulate sound parameters
  • Load custom sounds (Pro version)
  • Create custom sound grids (Pro version)
  • Interpolate between parameter presets
  • Includes curated glitch sounds
Features
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SQRT is a multitouch sound board sample player. Tap on the items to trigger different sounds. Drag a triggered sound around the surface to change its parameters. Use the two buttons on the side to change the way how you can play / trigger the sounds. With the pro version you can load in your own sounds (using iTunes or AudioShare) and create your own grids! SQRT comes with a specially designed set of (glitch) sounds by composer/sound designer Ctrl-t (aka Jan T.) and are an incarnation of one of his recent (live) pieces. If you want to use your own sounds, get the pro version! What is special about SQRT? The sounds can be triggered from one point on the screen but the playback behavior can be manipulated over the entire screen. For each 'trigger point' there are snapshots of parameter settings spread across the playing area. The playback behavior is changed by interpolating between these presets. Currently the presets define pitch, loop start and loop length.

Screenshots

Musyc4 screens
sqrt3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Musyc at 4.5 against sqrt's 3.3. Musyc also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 58%) and ratings volume (83 vs 7). sqrt's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (8.4 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Musyc sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. sqrt asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Musyc holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Musyc has 83 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Musyc's written reviews are positive against 58% of sqrt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Musyc ships an update every 2 months, sqrt every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Musyc versus sqrt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusycsqrt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (83 ratings) — better3.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better57.9% of reviews
Number of ratings83 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFingerlabTeaTracks

Customer experience

Musyc

All ratings83 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews346 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative14.2%

sqrt

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative31.6%

Bugs and requests

Musyc

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to export/share
  • Audio issues on older devices
  • Freezes and UI problems in the tutorial

Requested features

7 requests
  • MIDI implementation
  • Audiobus support
  • More sequence mix rows
  • Custom sound samples and synth engine
  • Ability to export videos
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  • Phaser effect
  • Improved sharing/collaboration features

sqrt

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Musyc

One-time5
  • More Soundkits$3.99
  • Additional shapes$3.99
  • Motion Recorder$3.99
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  • USER SOUNDKITS$3.99
  • Full Version$9.99
None

sqrt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Musyc free?
Musyc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is sqrt free?
sqrt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Musyc or sqrt?
Musyc is rated higher. Musyc averages 4.5 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while sqrt averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Musyc or sqrt have ads?
Neither Musyc nor sqrt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Musyc or sqrt?
Musyc ships an update every 2 months, and sqrt every 5 weeks. Most recently, Musyc was updated on November 1, 2026 and sqrt on November 1, 2026.

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