Comparison

MAKID vs Gelato Synth

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

Head to head
About

MAKID

Access your music productions on the go without manual uploads. This app is designed for Ableton Live users to easily manage and listen to their discography anywhere. Keep your creative projects with you effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Seamless mobile access to music productions
  • No SoundCloud uploads needed
  • Integrates with Dropbox/Google Drive
  • Designed for Ableton Live producers
  • Carry your discography anywhere
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MAKID is the project manager for Ableton Live producers. It keeps your entire music library organized and your projects accessible on mobile, so you can keep your creative momentum and finish more projects. MAKID Mobile enables you to access and review your bounces seamlessly anywhere you go. No more messing with SoundCloud uploads or trying to listen to your bounces in dropbox/google drive. The MAKID Mobile app is built for Ableton Live producers to have the best experience possible for keeping your discography with you on the go.

About

Gelato Synth

This music creation app makes it easy to play and compose, ensuring every note is in key. Explore a variety of sounds, play chords with a single tap, and record your musical ideas with multi-layer looping.

Highlights
  • Play in key with automatic scale and chord adjustments
  • FM synthesis with two oscillators, LFO, and effects
  • Chord mode for one-finger chord playing
  • Multi-track looping recorder
  • Customizable sound library
  • Import custom drum hits
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Gelato Synth is a chunky, friendly synthesizer for iPhone. Pick a sound, tap the big pads, and it sounds good straight away, because every note is already in key. NEVER PLAY A WRONG NOTE Choose a key and a scale and the pads rebuild themselves. Every button is a note that fits. Slide across them, hold them, stack them. You cannot hit a clunker. MAKE A SOUND THAT IS YOURS Real FM synthesis with two oscillators, noise, an envelope, a filter, an LFO and effects, all on big sliders you can understand. Watch the wave change on the scope as you move them. Start from one of 52 sounds or from a blank slate. PLAY CHORDS WITH A BUTTON Switch to Chords and the pads become the chords of your key: triads, sevenths, ninths, sus and power chords. Whole chords under every finger. RECORD YOUR IDEA Tap record for a quick take, or set a tempo and a beat and loop it. Add another layer on top with +1, up to eight, each with its own sound. Mute, balance and share the mix. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Save the sounds you make into My Sounds and they are there next time. Drop your own drum hits into the Files app and the beats use them. WHAT IS FREE Notes mode with every scale, a handful of sounds in each category with all the sliders, and quick record. THE FULL LIBRARY One purchase, yours forever: chord buttons, every sound, the loop recorder with beats and layers, and saving your own sounds. No subscription, no ads, no account. Gelato Synth is made by a tiny team who wanted a synth their friends could pick up without a manual. Questions and ideas: hello@gelatoaudio.com

Screenshots

MAKID4 screens
Gelato Synth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MAKID at none against Gelato Synth's 1. MAKID also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Gelato Synth's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gelato Synth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MAKID asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MAKID against 5.0 for Gelato Synth. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAKID has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MAKID ships an update every 3 weeks, Gelato Synth every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MAKID versus Gelato Synth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMAKIDGelato Synth
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric VentorCerrone LLC

Customer experience

MAKID

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gelato Synth

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MAKID

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gelato Synth

One-time1
  • Full Gelato Synth$4.99

Questions

Is MAKID free?
MAKID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gelato Synth free?
Gelato Synth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MAKID or Gelato Synth?
MAKID and Gelato Synth are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do MAKID or Gelato Synth have ads?
Neither MAKID nor Gelato Synth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MAKID or Gelato Synth?
MAKID ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gelato Synth every 4 days. Most recently, MAKID was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gelato Synth on October 19, 2026.

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