VOSC Visual Particle Synth vs Material Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VOSC Visual Particle Synth
Create dynamic visual art by manipulating on-screen particles. Explore harmonic resonances and generate endless moving patterns and textures through oscillator control. Inspired by the principles of visual harmony and differential motion.
- Visual particle synthesis
- Manipulate oscillator size, shape, frequency
- Create moving patterns and textures
- Explore visual harmony
- Differential motion principles
- Harmonic resonances
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VOSC is best understood as a visual analogue of a traditional sound synthesizer. The medium of synthesis, rather than sound waves, is a vast quantity of on screen particles. By manipulating the size, shape, and frequency of the oscillators, an endless variety of moving patterns and textures can be created. A primary mechanism at work in VOSC is the phenomenon of visual harmony as explored by the computer graphics pioneer and visual artist John Whitney in the mid 20th century. The oscillators of VOSC operate in accordance with Whitney's principle of differential motion, giving rise to harmonic resonances as their frequencies move across whole ratios.
Material Box
Visualize PBR materials with realistic depth using motion tracking and off-axis rendering. This app creates the illusion of real depth for heightmaps as you move your device.
- PBR material preview
- Motion tracking for depth
- Off-axis rendering
- Heightmap depth illusion
- Realistic material visualization
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Preview PBR materials as if they were actually on your phone. Material Box uses motion tracking and off axis rendering to give heightmaps the illusion of real depth as you move your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Material Box at Free against VOSC Visual Particle Synth's $4.99. Material Box also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). VOSC Visual Particle Synth's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1) and chart position (#57 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Material Box is free to download; VOSC Visual Particle Synth costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Material Box holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VOSC Visual Particle Synth has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | VOSC Visual Particle Synth | Material Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #57 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duncan Holby | Alexander Zhang |
Customer experience
VOSC Visual Particle Synth
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In-app purchases
VOSC Visual Particle Synth
No in-app purchases
Material Box
No in-app purchases
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