orthoplay vs subflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
orthoplay
This app serves as the official companion for teenage engineering speakers, offering enhanced control and functionality. It allows users to manage their audio devices and explore various audio settings.
- Official companion app
- Speaker control
- Audio settings management
- Enhanced functionality
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the official companion app for teenage engineering speakers
subflow
Create dynamic music visualizations for any setting. Control modes, speed, and beat patterns with intuitive screen gestures. Advanced users can leverage UDP and OS2L for complex control with DJ software.
- Gesture-based control for modes, speed, and beats
- Beat pattern customization
- UDP command sequencing
- OS2L integration with DJ software
- Color customization via long press
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Crisp visualizations for your music stage or living room. Tap left or right edge of screen to change modes. Vertical swipes change speed. Tap the upper half of the screen several times to set a beat pattern. Tap the lower half to cancel or to add single beats. Horizontal swipes fine-tune the beat alignment. Long press will change color. You can also send more complex command sequences over UDP, and you can control via OS2L using most DJ software. See http://subflow.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: subflow at every 6 days against orthoplay's every 4 months. subflow also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 42%). orthoplay's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
orthoplay holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of orthoplay's written reviews are positive against 67% of subflow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
orthoplay ships an update every 4 months, subflow every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | orthoplay | subflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | 4.3 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teenage Engineering | Ello Skelling Productions |
Customer experience
orthoplay
subflow
In-app purchases
orthoplay
No in-app purchases
subflow
No in-app purchases
