Comparison

Visual Instrument vs Wave Synth Digital Instrument

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

Head to head
About

Visual Instrument

This app uses touch input to trigger musical chords and create ambient melodies. Random key changes and physics-enabled "balls" generate unique, endlessly evolving soundscapes with accompanying visuals.

Highlights
  • Randomized chord generation
  • Multi-touch support
  • Physics-enabled sound triggers
  • Ambient visual backdrop
  • Endless melodic tunes
  • Key changes
Features
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The power of randomness combined with your touch creates an endless melody for your enjoyment. Jazz guitar virtuoso Paul Musso combined his musical knowledge with the programming and artwork of Bryan Leister to create this music-making application. Musso provided guitar recordings of chords typically used to create a melody - F#, D#, C and G. Your touch (supports up to 4 simultaneous touches) creates collisions that will trigger one of these chords. Every 3 seconds, the key is randomly changed to either A Minor, C, F or G. The result is an amazing, soothing and endless melodic tune that you can play for hours without the tune ever repeating itself. The visuals provide an ambient backdrop to help you play. The capsules represent your touch, each moving dot is a physics-enabled ball that contains one note. Hit a ball, and the note plays. If the ball hits the edges of the screen, the collision also triggers the note. An experiment in music theory that was produced for an exhibition in Denver that also used motion tracking. Now available as a touch screen application.

About

Wave Synth Digital Instrument

Create electronic music by drawing waveforms and playing multiple notes simultaneously. Customize sounds with built-in or custom wave shapes and adjust pitch with intuitive controls. Explore a digital instrument designed for intuitive musical expression.

Highlights
  • Draw waveforms to create sound
  • Multi-finger note generation
  • Customizable wave shapes
  • Built-in wave presets
  • Octave and pitch controls
Features
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WaveSynth is a digital instrument. Draw in the blue area (bottom half, or right half in landscape) to make sound. Use 2-5 fingers to generate multiple pitches. Draw your own waveforms, or use the built-in waves. Change the pitch with the octave buttons or pitch slider.

Screenshots

Visual Instrument3 screens
Wave Synth Digital Instrument2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wave Synth Digital Instrument at fortnightly against Visual Instrument's every 64 months. Visual Instrument's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. 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 Visual Instrument against 5.0 for Wave Synth Digital Instrument. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Instrument ships an update every 64 months, Wave Synth Digital Instrument fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Visual Instrument versus Wave Synth Digital Instrument: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual InstrumentWave Synth Digital Instrument
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 64 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryan LeisterZoe Cutler

Customer experience

Visual Instrument

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wave Synth Digital Instrument

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

In-app purchases

None

Visual Instrument

No in-app purchases

None

Wave Synth Digital Instrument

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Instrument free?
Visual Instrument is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wave Synth Digital Instrument free?
Wave Synth Digital Instrument is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Instrument or Wave Synth Digital Instrument?
Visual Instrument and Wave Synth Digital Instrument are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Visual Instrument or Wave Synth Digital Instrument have ads?
Neither Visual Instrument nor Wave Synth Digital Instrument shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Instrument or Wave Synth Digital Instrument?
Visual Instrument ships an update every 64 months, and Wave Synth Digital Instrument fortnightly. Most recently, Visual Instrument was updated on October 5, 2026 and Wave Synth Digital Instrument on October 3, 2026.

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