Comparison

Synthophone Stylophone clone vs ScaleGen

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

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About

Synthophone Stylophone clone

This app offers a retro-style monophonic synthesizer experience, emulating the classic Stylophone with added modulation capabilities. Explore different waveforms, control vibrato, transpose notes, and adjust amplitude envelopes for a unique sound.

Highlights
  • Retro monophonic synthesizer
  • Stylophone emulation
  • Multiple waveforms (sawtooth, square, triangle)
  • Vibrato control (speed and depth)
  • Note transposition
  • Amplitude envelope adjustment
  • Pitch bender
Features
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"5 stars for the sound", "Pb8-5 Stars, "Great fun". The retro style mono synthesizer app based on the classic Stylophone but with some cool modulation options: * Play the stylophone while music is playing on iTunes * It really does sound like the real Stylophone * 3 different waveforms(sawtooth, square and triangle). * Control the vibrato (pitch modulation) speed and depth. * Transpose up each note to the next octave. (Handy for playing in another key) * Adjust the amplitude envelope attack and release. Plus a bender (-/+5 semitone) #Check out the video demo on  the "BeatsnBobs Web Site" link If you like this app you may also like some of our other apps

About

ScaleGen

Generate and edit musical scales with intricate detail. Explore traditional and experimental tunings, audition your creations, and export them as MIDI files or to other applications. Ideal for composers and students seeking to expand their musical horizons.

Highlights
  • Generate and manipulate musical scales
  • Detailed scale definition and editing
  • Audition scales within the app
  • Export as MIDI or to Gestrument
  • Predefined scales from various traditions
  • Explore microtonal and experimental tunings
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ScaleGen - the ultimate scale generator and editor! Generate and manipulate musical scales in any way you can imagine. You think you know what a scale is - think again. In ScaleGen you can do all that you would traditionally imagine when it comes to scales and pitch organisation, and then much, much more. Define or change scales in the most detailed and intricate way. Audition the scales you make from within the app or export it as a MIDI file or to our app Gestrument - the revolutionary gesture-instrument. This is the tool for anyone who wants to go beyond the traditional tonalities in whichever genre. ScaleGen comes with predefined scales of all kinds - from the traditional western scales and early music (Baroque/Renaissance) scales to asian scales from India, Indonesia and elsewhere as well as more conceptual scales based in the classical contemporary music. This is the ultimate tool for experimental composers in any genre as well as for musicians who want to explore new ways of thinking about music. The educational aspects of how pitches can be organised makes ScaleGen a must have for serious music students. But the directness of the app makes the learning both fun and artistically developing. What is a scale? For most people it is a collection of pitches within one octave, with equal temperament (all half tone steps equally long) or with microtonal intonation. That kind of scales are of course possible to make and edit in ScaleGen which gives you a keyboard with complete control of up to 24 pitches within one octave. But the most interesting things with ScaleGen is when you start to think of a scale as something more open. Consider these questions: What if your scale was different in every octave? Why must a scale always go from down to up? What if you could use a variation of the overtone series as a scale? How does it sound if you divide the octave in five steps instead of twelve? In ScaleGen we define a scale as any list of MIDI pitches that you can manipulate in many ways. You can start with a keyboard to input pitches, you can use the concept of the overtone series with multiplication of frequencies, you can define the number and size of the steps in the scale or you can import MIDI files and use them as scales. Then you can fine-tune your scale in a matrix with a number of tools. You can then try and play your scale directly in the app, using built-in sounds or control your favorite external synthesizer/app through MIDI. If you want to try and play on your newly created scales in another way we recommend you open them in the app Gestrument - the revolutionary gesture-instrument. But you can also save the scales as text, Scala, or MIDI files and open them in another program.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScaleGen at 71% against Synthophone Stylophone clone's 33%. ScaleGen also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.1). Synthophone Stylophone clone's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Synthophone Stylophone clone costs $0.99 and ScaleGen $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Synthophone Stylophone clone ships an update every 33 months, ScaleGen every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Synthophone Stylophone clone versus ScaleGen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynthophone Stylophone cloneScaleGen
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating—4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews70.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsEvery 29 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.110.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRob WilmotGestrument AB

Customer experience

Synthophone Stylophone clone

Written reviews24 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

ScaleGen

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral17.6%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

Synthophone Stylophone clone

No in-app purchases

None

ScaleGen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Synthophone Stylophone clone free?
Synthophone Stylophone clone costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScaleGen free?
ScaleGen costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Synthophone Stylophone clone or ScaleGen have ads?
Neither Synthophone Stylophone clone nor ScaleGen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Synthophone Stylophone clone or ScaleGen?
Synthophone Stylophone clone ships an update every 33 months, and ScaleGen every 29 months. Most recently, Synthophone Stylophone clone was updated on September 19, 2026 and ScaleGen on September 27, 2026.

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