Comparison

BandNavi HD vs Electrorchestra

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

Head to head
About

BandNavi HD

Discover new bands and music by exploring interconnected musician networks. Trace relationships between artists, collaborations, and band memberships to uncover hidden gems in the music world. Access YouTube videos and iTunes music directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Discover bands and music through musician networks
  • Trace member changes and collaborations
  • Search for bands and musicians
  • View link graphs of artists and bands
  • Access YouTube and iTunes music links
  • Adjust graph density and link count
Features
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BandNavi HD enables you to find new bands and musics from relations between musicians. Member changing, featuring, collaboration, etc. are common in bands. Moreover some musicians have relations with many bands in the case that a support member gives a performance, a composer offers a music, or a guest musician appears at a live and so on. You can find new bands and musics by iteratively tracing such relational networks with BandNavi HD. ■ How to use 1. After launching app, you'll see the music info being played on your iPad in the left "Library" pane. You can also select another music here. 2. Tap "Start Navi" button to display the list of musicians in the right "Navi" pane. They are the members of the band who is playing the music. 3. If you like to know about any other band, enter the band name in the "Search" tab. Tap one of the results, then the list of musicians will be displayed in the "Navi" tab. 4. Tap a musician's name in the "Navi" pane, then the list of the bands in which the musician has been involved will be shown next. 5. Musician >Band > Musician > Band ... You can trace the relations one after another. 6. The indicator bar after a band or musician name represents the degree of confidence, which is calculated in our own peculiar way. 7. When you get interested a band, you can search video clips of the band in YouTube or their music in iTunes Music Store by tapping the Option button shown on the side of the band name. If you have some music of the band, you can also open the music library any time by tapping the button. 8. If you want to know the data sources of a member, tap the Option button shown on the side of the member name. 9. In the "Link" tab, you'll see the link graph of the selected band or musician. (Depending on the number of data, it may take a long time to display it.) 10. Red nodes represent bands, blue nodes represent musicians. Light-colored nodes means that they are terminal nodes with no other links. 11. Using "Num of Links" slider, the number of links the band or musician has can be changed. Using "Density" slider, You can change the appearance of the graph. ■ About this application ・This application connects to the database server. It is NOT possible to use this application without the network environment. ・The band member information is collected from various web pages by using a web mining technology. Therefore, collected information sometimes includes mistakes. You can confirm which web pages gave the member names from the Option Button(>) shown on the side of the member name. ・When the server doesn't have member names, the member names from the MusicBrainz (http://musicbrainz.org/) database will be shown. ・BandNavi HD has been developed as a part of a research. Please check the following web site for more fine information of the research. Music Information Technology Laboratory - http://gttm.jp/hamanaka/en/ ■ Disclaimer ・Artist names in your iPad will be sent to the server automatically (the sent data won't saved in the server). ・The band member names shown in this application are collected by the automatic collection technique from web pages, thus we do NOT ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information which shown in this application. ・The complaint of any damage that occurs by using BandNavi HD or using its information (buying music in iTunes Music Store, etc.) is not accepted.

About

Electrorchestra

This virtual string machine emulates classic 1970s keyboards, offering multiple string registers, a bass section, and classic effects like vibrato, chorus, and phaser. It's designed for use within AUv3 compatible hosts on iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Classic string machine emulation
  • 3 string registers + bass
  • Attack-release envelope generator
  • Vibrato effect
  • Chorus/flanger effect
  • 4-stage phaser effect
  • AUv3 compatible
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GSi Electrorchestra for iPad is the portable version of the very same Virtual String Machine of the GSi Gemini. A simulation of a classic string machine is one of the 15 synth engines of the GSi Gemini. This particular instrument is not a reproduction of a specific existing model. It's inspired by some of the most famous string keyboards of the seventies, such as the ARP Solina, the Logan String Melody and the SIEL Orchestra. It offers 3 string registers plus one bass, features the classic attack-release envelope generator with break-point (which was mainly used to mimic the presence of a natural reverberation without using an additional reverberator), vibrato and a classic chorus/flanger effect that gives that distinguishable shimmer to the sound. A classic 4-stage phaser effect completes the set. Use it in your favorite AUv3 host along with other GSi effects such as GS-201 Mark II, ECHO B2, TimeVerb-X. Don't forget to visit www.GenuineSoundware.com for more products, more sounds!

Screenshots

Electrorchestra2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BandNavi HD at Free against Electrorchestra's $11.99. Electrorchestra's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

BandNavi HD is free to download; Electrorchestra costs $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BandNavi HD against 5.0 for Electrorchestra. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Electrorchestra has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BandNavi HD ships an update every 24 months, Electrorchestra every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BandNavi HD versus Electrorchestra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBandNavi HDElectrorchestra
PriceFree — better$11.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 16 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developernewforestar co,.ltdGenuine Soundware

Customer experience

BandNavi HD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Electrorchestra

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BandNavi HD

No in-app purchases

None

Electrorchestra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BandNavi HD free?
BandNavi HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Electrorchestra free?
Electrorchestra costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BandNavi HD or Electrorchestra?
BandNavi HD and Electrorchestra are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do BandNavi HD or Electrorchestra have ads?
Neither BandNavi HD nor Electrorchestra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BandNavi HD or Electrorchestra?
BandNavi HD ships an update every 24 months, and Electrorchestra every 16 months. Most recently, BandNavi HD was updated on October 19, 2026 and Electrorchestra on October 13, 2026.

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