Stria vs FreeSong 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stria
This app is a multilevel interactive sound synthesizer that utilizes Frequency Modulation and Wavetable Additive techniques. It offers extensive control over oscillators, pitch grids, and effects, with support for various audio and MIDI connections.
- Multilevel interactive sound synthesizer
- Up to 240 FM or Wavetable Additive Oscillators
- Five Spectral Pitch Grid Generators
- MIDI Pad With Scale Grid
- Extensive effects chain (Doppler, Glitch Gen, Reverb, etc.)
- Snapshots Presets Morphing Pad
- Control Manager LFO for Parameters
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Stria is rated as a Killer App by Apps4iDevices. Multilevel Interactive Sound Synthesizer Idea and Csound-Orchestra by Eugenio Giordani “Stria” is the title of a very important composition by John Chowning and I would like to say that this computer music piece represents the manifest of Frequency Modulation technique applied to audio synthesis, invented by Mr. Chowning himself. + Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support + Up to 240 Frequency Modulation Oscillators or simple Wavetable Additive + Five Spectral Pitch Grid Generators (Geometric, Harmonic, Fibonacci, Scalar, Temperated) + MIDI Pad With Scale Grid + Effects chain: Doppler, Chopper, Glitch Gen, Sync Grain, Spectral Arpeggiator, FDN Reverb, Dynamic Compressor/Expander + Snapshots Presets Morphing Pad + Control Manager LFO for Parameters + Midibus, Virtual Midi and Network: 14 bit NRPN controllers + Capture Master Audio Output + File Manager, sharing common audio files via iTunes, Dropbox and AudioCopy + Post Fx Chain: Doppler, Chopper, Out Of Range, Sync Granulator, Spectral Arpeggiator, Reverb FDN, Dynamisc Processor + Bluetooth A2DP High Quality + etc...
FreeSong 2
Create soothing melodies with 11 enchanting tones. This app blends ambient sounds and intelligently generates music to help you relax. It's perfect for all ages, from children to music therapy professionals.
- 11 enchanting tones
- Ambient background sound mixing
- Intelligent tone generation
- Adjustable volume per tone
- Random tone patterns with tempo control
- Save favorite loop configurations
- Key shifting
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Freesong 2 melds all of the sounds and functionality of Freesong, Freesong Bamboo, and Freesong Koto in one beautiful universal app. 11 enchanting tones to soothe and relax you. Easily create enchanting melodies with no skill at all. Mix ambient background sounds and melt into your zen place while Freesong intelligently generates tones to ease into or out of your day. Tiny fingers love it as well as mothers and music therapy professionals. New features include the ability to rearrange the tones, volume variation on each tone, random tone patterns with tempo control, and the ability to save favorite loop configurations, and key shifting!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FreeSong 2 at $0.99 against Stria's $9.99. FreeSong 2 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Stria's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1). On rating, 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
Stria costs $9.99 and FreeSong 2 $0.99 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 — 5.0 for Stria against 5.0 for FreeSong 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stria has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Stria's written reviews are positive against 100% of FreeSong 2's.
Stria ships an update every 6 months, FreeSong 2 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stria | FreeSong 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | apeSoft | Kory Fluckiger |
Customer experience
Stria
FreeSong 2
In-app purchases
Stria
No in-app purchases
FreeSong 2
No in-app purchases









