Sonic Logic vs Refraktions
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 :)
Refraktions
This app is an 8-track generative MIDI sequencer that uses AI to create personalized loops based on user input over time. It offers a unique approach to music creation, adapting to individual preferences.
- 8-track generative MIDI sequencing
- Artificial intelligence processing
- Time-based input adaptation
- Personalized loop creation
- User-tailored output
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Refraktions is an 8-track generative MIDI sequencer with artificial intelligence that processes input over time to create loops tailored to each individual user.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Refraktions at $5.99 against Sonic Logic's $9.99. Refraktions also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 73%) and device support (3 vs 1). Sonic Logic's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 Refraktions $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Sonic Logic against 4.5 for Refraktions. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Sonic Logic's written reviews are positive against 90% of Refraktions's.
Sonic Logic ships an update every 4 weeks, Refraktions every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonic Logic | Refraktions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) | 4.5 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uri Nachmias | Jason Snell |
Customer experience
Sonic Logic
Refraktions
In-app purchases
Sonic Logic
No in-app purchases
Refraktions
No in-app purchases
