Sonic Moves vs Tonic Synths
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonic Moves
Interact with dynamic audio tracks using real-time body tracking via your device's camera. This app offers a unique body-interactive sound experience with support for spatial audio. Headphones are recommended for optimal immersion.
- Real-time body tracking
- Body-interactive sound
- Dynamic audio tracks
- Spatial audio support
- Camera-based interaction
- No extra peripherals needed
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Dive into the world of body-interactive sound with Sonic Moves. Real-time body tracking through your camera lets you interact with special dynamic audio tracks. No further periphery is needed. Sonic Moves also supports spatial audio. Headphones are recommended.
Tonic Synths
This app offers a portable music studio with 14 unique synthesizers for creating and sculpting audio. Users can draw sounds, program melodies, and apply effects like reverb and compression. Recordings can be exported as WAV files for use in other projects.
- 14 unique synthesizers
- XY pad sound sculpting
- 8-step melody programming
- Resonant filter sculpting
- Reverb and compressor effects
- 60-second audio recording
- WAV file export
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Tonic Synth puts a studio full of synthesizers in your pocket. 14 unique synths. All live. All real. Draw sound with your finger on the XY pad. Twist an FM drone into alien textures. Program an 8-step melody. Sculpt noise through resonant filters. Drown everything in reverb. Every control changes the sound instantly — no presets, no menus, just your hands on the instrument. Hear something you love? Hit record. You get 60 seconds. Export it as a WAV file and take it anywhere — into your DAW, your sample library, or share it straight from the app. SYNTHS INCLUDE - FM Drone - XY Speed Pad - Delay Sequencer - Step Sequencer - Filtered Noise - Reverb - Compressor - Bandlimited Oscillator - Sine Sum - Stereo Delay - and more! Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tonic Synths at 15.6 against Sonic Moves's 17.6. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. 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 Sonic Moves against 5.0 for Tonic Synths. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Sonic Moves ships an update every 2 weeks, Tonic Synths every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonic Moves | Tonic Synths |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 392 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonic Moves Weibezahn Gruhl GbR | UpTech Works, LLC |
In-app purchases
Sonic Moves
No in-app purchases
Tonic Synths
No in-app purchases
