Comparison

LH Grey vs Saucillator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LH Grey

This app offers a powerful analog synthesizer experience with two voltage-controlled oscillators and a classic filter section. Explore a range of high-quality effects like unison, chorus, reverb, and delay to sculpt unique sounds for your music.

Highlights
  • Two voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs)
  • Classic analog filter section
  • Unison, chorus, reverb, and delay effects
  • Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • Focus on direct sound creation
Features
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LH Grey is a groundbreaking synthesizer app that brings the lush, warm sounds of analog synthesis right to your fingertips. Designed for both beginners and seasoned professionals, this app offers a unique blend of classic and innovative features, ensuring an unparalleled sound experience. At the heart of LH Grey are two voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) that deliver the quintessential analog tone, rich in harmonic content and texture. These VCOs are the foundation of the app's sound, offering users the ability to create a wide range of tones from thick basses to ethereal leads. The filter section of LH Grey is a homage to the traditional, luxury analog synthesizers that have shaped the music industry. Featuring a range of classic filter types, it allows for deep experimentation and fine-tuning, enabling users to sculpt their sound with precision and warmth. Ease of use is at the core of LH Grey's design philosophy. The interface is clean and intuitive, making it easy for users to navigate and tweak settings to achieve the perfect sound. Whether you're a beginner learning the ropes or a professional tweaking your setup for a performance, LH Grey's user-friendly design ensures a smooth and enjoyable experience. However, it's essential to note that LH Grey does not support AudioBus-like features. This decision prioritizes a streamlined, focused approach to sound creation and manipulation, emphasizing direct interaction with its analog-styled components. LH Grey also comes packed with several high-quality effects that emphasize the analog character of the sound. With unison, chorus, reverb, and delay, users can add depth, space, and movement to their sounds, creating lush landscapes and rich textures that breathe life into their music.

About

Saucillator

Create and play custom synthesizers and instruments on your mobile device. Manipulate oscillators and effects with touch, record live loops, and design unique sounds with a variety of timbres and customizable effects. Supports AUv3 for use in other music production apps.

Highlights
  • Custom synthesizer creation
  • Touchscreen oscillator manipulation
  • Live looping and recording
  • AUv3 instrument support
  • Multi-track looper and beat generator
  • Parametric EQ and filters
  • MIDI controller support
Features
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Musical inspiration at the touch of your fingertips - from doodle to zen in seconds. Inspired by the Korg Kaossilator and Moog synthesizers, Saucillator transforms mobile devices into a platform for creating, playing, and sharing digital synthesizers. Users use the touchscreen to manipulate oscillators and effects, and can also do live-looping and recording. Our goal is to be beginner friendly while at the same time offering all the deep, complex features traditional synth users love. Saucillator also now supports AUv3 so you can use many of its features in AUv3-supported host applications (tested with AUM, Loopy Pro, Garageband. Note that some host applications only support some output). A multi track looper and beat generator are available to create synth loops and synchronize a beat/click track alongside it. Loops can be modified, toggled, and added as you're playing. Users are able to play custom modular synthesizers using the x-y axes of the touchscreen. The x-axis corresponds to amplitude (volume) and the y-axis corresponds to frequency (pitch). Playback can also be looped, recorded, and EQed using a Parametric EQ. An Arpeggiator play mode also allows the touched notes to be arpeggiated, with customizable rate, pattern, gate, etc. On top of performing, users are able to create their own custom synthesizers, which consist of a custom timbre and user-defined effects. A variety of timbres are included: Sine, Square, Saw, Pulse, Noise, Theremin, "Singing Saw", "Electric Eel", and "Starslide" (among many more). These, as well as any user-created synths, can be mixed and matched at different harmonics, amplitudes, and phases to create custom sounds. Each synth has customizable fx parameters as well, including Envelope (ADSR - attack & release), Vibrato LFO (rate & depth), Tremolo, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Distortion, Parametric EQ, and Note Lag (Portamento). We also include a Filter (low-pass, highpass, bandpass) that can be modulated using an Envelope or LFO. Custom synths can also be shared with the Saucillator community via an easy built-in sharing tool. Download other users' synths or upload your own, all from in app! Other abilities: -Choose scale: Pentatonic, Major, Minor, Blues, or Chromatic (among others). -Choose the base note for the pad. -Control the grid size. -Record to disk. -Live visualization of waveforms. -Play synths with external midi controllers -AUv3 instrument support Saucillator. I think it's the sauce, boss!

Screenshots

LH Grey4 screens
Saucillator4 screens

Verdict

The call

LH Grey and Saucillator both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Saucillator's written reviews are positive against 67% of LH Grey's. Saucillator also leads on ratings volume (37 vs 2). LH Grey's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LH Grey against 4.9 for Saucillator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saucillator has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of LH Grey's written reviews are positive against 93% of Saucillator's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LH Grey versus Saucillator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLH GreySaucillator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings237 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昊 刘Green Noise LLC

Customer experience

LH Grey

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Saucillator

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LH Grey

No in-app purchases

None

Saucillator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LH Grey free?
LH Grey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saucillator free?
Saucillator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LH Grey or Saucillator?
LH Grey is rated higher. LH Grey averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Saucillator averages 4.9 from 37 ratings.
Do LH Grey or Saucillator have ads?
Neither LH Grey nor Saucillator shows ads.

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