Comparison

Circlo vs Aethron

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

Head to head
About

Circlo

This app offers a unique ambient audiovisual experience with a pulsating circle display and a dynamic soundtrack that changes intensity throughout the day. Users can customize color schemes and control the music through a simple double-tap interface.

Highlights
  • Ambient audiovisual clock
  • Dynamic soundtrack
  • Pulsating circle display
  • Customizable color schemes
  • Music on/off toggle
  • Intuitive double-tap controls
Features
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Circlo is an ambient audiovisual clock. The ambient soundtrack by Hannu Kuosmanen changes depending on what time of day it is while the circles on the screen pulsate gently. The music is at its calmest around 1 am/pm, and gets more intense until the clock strikes 1 again. Double-tap anywhere to access the settings screen where you can change the color scheme and turn the music on or off. Design and programming by Johan Halin. Music by Hannu Kuosmanen. --- Johan Halin has also created Kontrol, an experimental techno composition that was shown in 2011 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of the "Talk to Me" exhibition, and Revolve, an ambient reaction game.

About

Aethron

Features
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Aethron is a minimal oscillator instrument for observing sound as waveform. Rather than a full music production app, Aethron is designed as a small sonic device for touching, layering, and reshaping oscillating sound. Add oscillators, tune frequency and amplitude, switch waveforms, invert polarity, sync phases, randomize signal states, and store the sounds you discover. Features * Multiple oscillators * SINE / SAW / TRI / SQR waveforms * Frequency and amplitude control * Fine frequency adjustment * SUM / SPLIT waveform display * RANDOM signal generation * POL +/- polarity inversion * SYNC phase reset * SOLO monitoring * STATES / STORE for saving setups * Automatic restoration of the last oscillator state Aethron is not a conventional synthesizer or a waveform viewer. It is a small instrument for touching invisible vibration through sound and waveform.

Screenshots

Circlo4 screens
Aethron3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Circlo at 3 against Aethron's 1. Circlo also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Circlo versus Aethron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircloAethron
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 33 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan HalinNaoto Suetsugu

In-app purchases

None

Circlo

No in-app purchases

None

Aethron

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Circlo free?
Circlo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aethron free?
Aethron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Circlo or Aethron have ads?
Neither Circlo nor Aethron shows ads.

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