Comparison

Thesys vs ULang

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

Head to head
About

Thesys

This app is a powerful and intuitive MIDI step sequencer for creating complex musical patterns. It offers extensive control over MIDI devices, enabling organic bass lines, leads, and pads for studio or live performance. Advanced features allow for real-time pattern manipulation directly from a MIDI keyboard.

Highlights
  • MIDI Step Sequencer
  • Pattern Creation
  • Live Performance Options
  • Real-time Pattern Manipulation
  • Integrated Synth
  • Action Section (Gatetime, Looper, Slowdown)
  • Ableton Link Support
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Thesys is an extremely powerful and intuitive MIDI Step Sequencer app, giving you control over just about all aspects of your favorite MIDI devices. Use Thesys to create varied and organic bass lines, screaming leads, pulsating chords, and organic pad sounds in the studio or on stage. For live musicians, Thesys provides an extremely versatile palette of performance options which can be triggered right from your MIDI keyboard: you can transpose, manipulate, twist up, mutate, and mangle your patterns without even getting near your iPad. No other MIDI sequencer plugin offers you the ease and power of Thesys. It is 100% MIDI compliant and therefore provides the ultimate MIDI sequencing solution. iPad Edition Features: • Integrated Synth • Action Section (Gatetime, Looper, Slowdown...) • Pattern Sequencer • Standalone & Audio Unit v3 • Ableton Link Support • MIDI file Export • MIDI Support (Virtual, Netzwerk, Extern, Bluetooth), MIDI Learn & Host Automation • MIDI Clock Sync (Master & Slave) • Preset iCloud Sync • Preset Share • Zoom

About

ULang

Create digital soundscapes with a visual instrument designed for touch devices. It simplifies musical concepts with a limited grammar and input methods, offering a unique gestural interface for rhythm and time.

Highlights
  • Visual sound instrument
  • Digital soundscape creation
  • Touch-based interface
  • Simplified musical grammar
  • Unique gestural interface
  • Rhythm and time interaction
Features
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U-Lang is a visual sound instrument that can be used to create digital sound scapes on touch based devices. Its important aspects are the reduced set of grammar, a limited set of input methods. The goal is to create complex processes using very simple, yet very precisely controllable operations. The purpose of the application is to make the nature of sounds, scales and melodies accessible to both novices and experts in a unique way. Apart from musical concepts, U-Lang has a unique gestural interface that changes the way we interact with time & rhythm.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Thesys at 4.7 against ULang's 3.8. Thesys also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 4). ULang's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (71% vs 59%). On price, 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. Thesys sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ULang asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thesys holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thesys has 85 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Thesys's written reviews are positive against 71% of ULang's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Thesys versus ULang: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThesysULang
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (85 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings85 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS17.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSugar Bytes GmbHAgoston Nagy

Customer experience

Thesys

All ratings85 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative29.6%

ULang

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Thesys

One-time1
  • Thesys Full Version$19.99
None

ULang

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thesys free?
Thesys is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ULang free?
ULang is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thesys or ULang?
Thesys is rated higher. Thesys averages 4.7 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while ULang averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Thesys or ULang have ads?
Neither Thesys nor ULang shows ads.

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