Sonic Logic vs Handpaner
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 :)
Handpaner
Create your own virtual handpan by customizing each note. Discover scales, chords, and learn to play songs on your unique instrument.
- Customizable virtual handpan
- Discover scales and chords
- Learn to play songs
- Create unique handpan models
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Handpaner is a virtual handpan where you can customize each note to create your perfect handpan model and help you find all the scales, chords it contains and some songs you can play with it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sonic Logic at 73% against Handpaner's 14%. Sonic Logic also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). Handpaner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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 Handpaner $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sonic Logic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonic Logic has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Sonic Logic's written reviews are positive against 14% of Handpaner's.
| Parameter | Sonic Logic | Handpaner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Uri Nachmias | Robin BERGERE |
Customer experience
Sonic Logic
Handpaner
In-app purchases
Sonic Logic
No in-app purchases
Handpaner
No in-app purchases




