La Vue vs AstroLab Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
La Vue
Experience US cities through a blend of live police radio, ambient music, and stunning skyline visuals. Swipe between locations for a dynamic, audiovisual journey.
- Live police radio feeds
- Ambient music channels
- Dynamic city skyline visuals
- Swipeable city selection
- Alarm clock functionality
- Sleep timer
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La Vue mixes live police radio and streamed ambient music channels while displaying beautiful views of skylines to provide a dreamy, cinematic experience from cities across the US. Simply swipe between the cities for a unique, live, audiovisual experience that is never the same twice. TESTIMONIALS - “Strangely intriguing concept for an app” – Federico Viticci, MacStories - “Best spent dollar ever: It's like a never ending Michael Mann film inside your head.” – Covox, chiptune artist - “take the youarelistening.to site and turn it into an app and you have @LaVueApp, it is oh so cool.” – Bushra, UK Use La Vue in any of the following ways: • On the go – put on your headphones and listen to sounds and music from cities around the US using your iPhone as you go • At home – prop up your iPad and enjoy an ambient audio-music backdrop from your favorite city while a beautiful photo slideshow optimized for the Retina display is shown • Alarm clock – use La Vue’s alarm function on your iPhone to wake up to music and sounds from cities around the US Features: • Ambient sounds and music from cities across the US that blend to create a unique – at times emotional – experience • Ken Burns style display of stunning photos from the cities • Local time display for the current city • Alarm clock that lets you wake up to sounds from all over the US (iPhone only) • Sleep timer (iPhone only) • AirPlay and Bluetooth speaker support (via Control Center, enable mirroring when using Apple TV) • 3D Touch support – press on the home screen icon to start playing a specific city immediately (iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus only) • Twitter and Facebook sharing Cities: • Los Angeles, California – realtime LAPD police radio • San Francisco, California – realtime CHP SFBA police radio • Chicago, Illinois – realtime CPD police radio • Detroit, Michigan – realtime DPD police radio • Baltimore, Maryland – realtime BPD police radio • New York City, New York – realtime NYPD police radio PLEASE NOTE: the app experience is dynamic and depends on the current activity on the police radio channels and the music playing at the time of listening. Follow @LaVueApp on Twitter for updates and feature requests.
AstroLab Connect
This music companion app allows remote control of hardware, playlist management, and sound browsing. Discover and preview new sounds from a dedicated store to enhance your performance workflow.
- Remote hardware control
- Playlist building and editing
- Sound browsing and discovery
- Sound preview before purchase
- Expand sound library
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AstroLab Connect is a companion mobile app for AstroLab that brings the convenience of modern technology to your performance workflow. Control sounds and settings remotely, manage your playlists and find new inspiration in the Sound Store. Prepare a playlist right before a gig, search and select sounds with the ease and fluidity of a mobile interface and expand your library. • Control AstroLab remotely • Browse sounds by type, instrument, artist and style • Build and edit playlists • View saved sounds • Get more sounds from the Sound Store • Preview sounds before you buy them
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: La Vue at 87% against AstroLab Connect's 9%. La Vue also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). AstroLab Connect's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and ratings volume (23 vs 6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
AstroLab Connect is free to download; La Vue costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
La Vue holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of La Vue's written reviews are positive against 9% of AstroLab Connect's.
La Vue ships an update every 2 months, AstroLab Connect every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | La Vue | AstroLab Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 1.3 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 8.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Ekegren | Arturia |
Customer experience
La Vue
AstroLab Connect
In-app purchases
La Vue
No in-app purchases
AstroLab Connect
No in-app purchases









