Comparison

Particle Music vs Gravity & Wind

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

Head to head
About

Particle Music

Create generative music by dropping particles into a physics-driven playground. Collisions trigger notes, with particle size determining pitch and color influencing sound. Shape bumpers to alter audio and build unique compositions.

Highlights
  • Physics-driven particle collisions for sound generation
  • Adjustable particle size for pitch control
  • Customizable particle colors and voice layers
  • Configurable bumper shapes with audio effects
  • Four independent voice layers with waveform morphing
  • Support for 6 musical scales and microtonal import
  • Gyroscope control and physics simulation
Features
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Particle Music is a generative music sandbox where physics makes the song. Drop colored particles into a glass playground, tilt your device โ€” or let auto-motion drive them โ€” and every collision becomes a note. A particle's size picks its pitch on the active scale. Its color is yours. Its voice comes from the layer it lives in. Scatter shaped bumpers across the scene to deflect, accent, detune, filter-sweep, randomize, or echo the sounds that strike them, and a simple still life turns into a composition that keeps unfolding. Four independent layers stack SATB-style, each with its own waveform (morph freely between sine, triangle, square, and saw), subtle pitch drift for choral breath, filter tilt, reverb send, and an octave shift so voices can sit in different registers. What's inside: โ€ข Up to 32 particles across 4 voice layers โ€ข 6 musical scales plus full Scala (.scl) microtonal import โ€ข 6 bumper shapes with spin modes and per-shape audio effects โ€ข Per-layer timbre morph, drift, filter, reverb, and octave โ€ข Physics you can feel โ€” gyroscope control, edge bounce, collisions, friction, restitution โ€ข Preset snapshots to save a configuration and return to it later โ€ข Reverb presets from small room to cathedral There's no timeline, no grid, no tutorial telling you what to do. Build a configuration, watch it play, change one thing, watch it play differently. Use it as a quiet background for focus, an ambient companion, or a toy to spark ideas for music made somewhere else. Particle Music is a result of research in the Visual Arts

About

Gravity & Wind

Features
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Gravity & Wind is a physics-driven generative MIDI sequencer and performance controller for iPhone and iPad. Build evolving sequences with Timed generation, hold an exact population with Fixed mode, or tap the field to perform directly. Shape gravity, directional dual-noise wind, bounce, and velocity response, then turn floor impacts into quantized MIDI notes. Free features include five scales (Major, Natural Minor, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic and Chromatic), 12 factory scenes, motion control, all generation modes, basic CoreMIDI Note/Velocity output, output channels, Bluetooth MIDI, manual sustain-pedal forwarding and up to five user scenes. Presets play with their saved scales, MIDI/Auto pitch, CC and sustain settings even in the free version. You can turn advanced settings off, edit basic parameters, and save within the five-scene limit. Enabling or changing advanced modes requires Pro; reloading a preset restores its settings. MIDI Learn/mappings and MIDI ball triggers remain Pro features. A single, permanent Pro in-app purchase unlocks choosing all 24 scales, enabling and editing advanced preset modes, and the MIDI Processor AUv3 with host sync, automation and project recall; MIDI chord pitch control and Channel 2 ball triggers; MIDI Learn; scene-energy CC 1, Wind CC 2, Direction CC 3; Held and chord-aware Automatic Sustain; and unlimited user scenes shared with the AU. No subscription. Eligible customers who purchased the app before the switch receive Pro automatically. Gravity & Wind has no built-in sound source. Route its MIDI to a software instrument, hardware synthesizer, or DAW. No separate account registration, advertising, or third-party analytics. Purchases and restoration use your Apple Account through the App Store.

Screenshots

Particle Music4 screens
Gravity & Wind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gravity & Wind at every 8 days against Particle Music's every 174 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Particle Music sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gravity & Wind sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Particle Music ships an update every 174 months, Gravity & Wind every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Particle Music versus Gravity & Wind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParticle MusicGravity & Wind
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 174 monthsEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteve JoslinMaglav Studio K.K

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Particle Music

One-time1
  • Particle Music Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Gravity & Wind

One-time1
  • Gravity & Wind Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Particle Music free?
Particle Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gravity & Wind free?
Gravity & Wind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Particle Music or Gravity & Wind have ads?
Neither Particle Music nor Gravity & Wind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Particle Music or Gravity & Wind?
Particle Music ships an update every 174 months, and Gravity & Wind every 8 days. Most recently, Particle Music was updated on November 1, 2026 and Gravity & Wind on October 31, 2026.

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