Sonic Logic vs Pensato
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonic Logic
Create and edit custom MIDI controllers on your iPad. Connect to DAWs and other music apps via WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, or MIDI cable. Offers a user-friendly interface for assigning controls and manipulating MIDI notes live.
- Modular MIDI controller creation
- Edit and control MIDI setups
- Connect via WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, MIDI cable
- Control DAWs and other iOS apps
- Create and edit on iPad with touch gestures
- Add buttons, knobs, sliders, XY pads
- Multi-screen setups (up to 8 screens)
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Sonic Logic is a modular MIDI controller that allows you to edit and control MIDI setups from your iPad. Connect over WiFi, Bluetooth(*), USB (*), MIDI cable or use Virtual MIDI and Audiobus to control other iOS apps internally. Control DAWs like: Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Protools, Traktor, and other many more. Create and edit on your iPad! Super easy and fun interface to create, edit, control, manipulate, assign MIDI controllers and notes live, using touch gestures. (No external editor needed). Add Buttons, knobs, toggle buttons, XY pads, sliders and text objects. * Create your MIDI controller easily from your iPad. * Import and export your setups and layouts. * Multi screen - Each setup can have up to 8 different, easily switchable screens. * Intelligent MIDI assignments makes component creation fast and easy. * Edit component's color, size, MIDI channel, range and controller number. * Time advancing gestures for buttons, create a time based MIDI transition with just a press of a button. * Control everything with multi touch. * Snap to middle feature on sliders and knobs. * Built in, editable templates. * Low latency. * to Mac clients ** Windows users - 3rd party software exists for Windows to connect Sonic Logic to it over Wi-Fi Visit us at www.soniclogicapps.com for more information, videos, DAW presets and more… Email us for feature requests and ideas! Spread the love - If you like Sonic Logic, let us and others know by posting a review here :)
Pensato
Explore over 1400 musical scales and modes with this app. Visualize chords and notes for any root, find scales via keyboard input or circle of fifths, and discover shared chords between multiple scales to build complex progressions.
- Over 1400 scales and modes
- Smart-Finder for note input
- Circle of fifths integration
- Chord and note visualization
- Scale progression builder
- Built-in synthesizer
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Pensato allows you to explore over 1400 musical scales and modes. You can view the chords and notes of each scale for any root note. You can find scales by inputting notes on a piano keyboard, by picking from the circle of fifths or by choosing one of the auto-generated related scales. When you add multiple scales to your list you will be able to see what chords are shared between them. This is a great way to build up complex chord progressions and key modulations in your songs. You can use Pensato simply as a learning tool or to build up scale progressions while composing music. The main idea was to make an app that focused on scale progressions instead of chord progressions, allowing you to evolve your music with more richness and interest than if you were to stay in one key. Open up Pensato in front of you while composing music and easily visualize chords in various scales to help you write interesting progressions. *** FEATURES *** • Library with over 1400 different scales and modes. • Includes standard 7-note scales as well as scales ranging from 3 to 12 tones. • Explore simple minor/major scales or more advanced blues, diminished, bebop and exotic scales. • A Smart-Finder allows you to plug in notes on a piano and find all the scales that contain those notes. This is a great way to find scales that match a melody. • A Smart-Suggestion page shows you all closely-related scales to the previous scale in your list. • Use the circle of fifths to easily add closely related scales. • See all chords contained in a given scale (either simple triads or full 4-note chords). • View the notes of the scale on a piano keyboard. Great for learning new scales or easily referencing familiar scales. • Easily transpose all scales and notes. • Built in synthesizer lets you audition chords and scales. • Press and hold a chord to view its notes. • Add scales to your list so you can see what notes and chords they share. This is a great way to transition from scale to scale. • Your scale progression and settings are saved when you restart the app. • Customizable UI allows you to hide the piano notes, scale names or chords. • A "focus" mode allows you to remove all the UI so you can focus on the chords and notes. • Ability to add a random scale to your list. Great for inspiration or for starting out a new song. • Beautiful modern minimal UI design. Focus on the content, not the interface. • Universal iPhone/iPad app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pensato at $3.99 against Sonic Logic's $9.99. Pensato also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (89% vs 73%). On ratings volume, 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
Sonic Logic costs $9.99 and Pensato $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pensato holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Sonic Logic's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pensato's.
Sonic Logic ships an update every 4 weeks, Pensato every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonic Logic | Pensato |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uri Nachmias | Nebojsa Petrovic |
Customer experience
Sonic Logic
Pensato
In-app purchases
Sonic Logic
No in-app purchases
Pensato
No in-app purchases









