Comparison

Sonic Tracks vs TranceXY

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

Head to head
About

Sonic Tracks

This app enables synchronized multitrack audio playback for musicians and live performers. It allows for precise routing of multichannel outputs and organized show playback, ensuring consistent audio performance during rehearsals and live shows.

Highlights
  • Synchronized multitrack playback
  • Multichannel output routing
  • Show playback organization
  • Live performance audio control
  • Sequencing and transition control
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Sonic Tracks Player is a synchronized multitrack playback app designed for musicians and live performers using Sonic Tracks cloud media libraries. Load user-managed song stems, route multichannel outputs with precision, organize show playback, and maintain consistent synchronized performance audio across rehearsals and live shows. With built-in routing, sequencing, and transition control, Sonic Tracks Player gives performers reliable command over live multitrack playback. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.sonictracks.app/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.sonictracks.app/privacy

About

TranceXY

Features
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TranceXY is a trance synthesizer you play with your finger. Hold the pad, sweep across it, and the sound moves with you - the pitch glides without steps, the filter opens, the chords voice, the arpeggio accelerates. It is a theremin built for trance, on a touchscreen. THEREMIN MODE, BY DEFAULT The instrument opens in Theremin mode: one steady voice whose pitch you shape by hand across the pad's Y axis, quantised to the scale you choose or free to glide. Six more performance modes are a tap away - Note, Chord, Arp, Roll, Keys and Keys Chord - and the same finger movement plays leads, stacks chords, drives arpeggios or slides between notes. A FULL TRANCE ENGINE Under the pad: three oscillators with supersaw, a multimode filter, three LFOs, a noise source, sidechain ducking and a rhythmic trance gate, followed by nine effect pedals - distortion, chorus, flanger, phaser, delay, reverb, crush, OTT and gate. Eight performance knobs sit beside the pad for the moves you make while playing: cutoff, resonance, gate, pump, detune, delay, reverb and drive. PLAYS ANYWHERE Run it on its own, or load it as an AUv3 instrument inside GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis or any AUv3 host and record it straight into your track. REC captures your performance to WAV, AIFF or FLAC and shares it anywhere on your device. ALSO A CONTROLLER FOR THE MAC Switch it into controller mode and your iPhone or iPad becomes the XY surface for TranceXY on your Mac, over USB or Wi-Fi, with the pad, gain and all eight knobs mapped for you. FREE TO DOWNLOAD, WITH TRANCEXY PRO The download is free, and the free version is a complete instrument - every performance mode, every knob, every effect pedal, controller mode - together with the Uplifting Trance preset collection. TranceXY Pro is a one-time purchase, with no subscription, that unlocks all 773 presets across nine genres, every FX chain, REC and export, and saving your own presets. One purchase covers Mac, iPhone and iPad (Universal Purchase) and supports Family Sharing. Everyone who bought TranceXY while it was a paid app already has everything. - Theremin performance pad: stepless pitch, filters, chords and arpeggios from one gesture - 7 performance modes: Theremin, Note, Chord, Arp, Roll, Keys, Keys Chord - 3 oscillators with supersaw, multimode filter, 3 LFOs, noise, ducking, trance gate - 9 effect pedals with factory chains - 773 trance presets across 9 genres - Standalone and AUv3 - REC to WAV / AIFF / FLAC - Controller mode for TranceXY on Mac (USB or Wi-Fi)

Screenshots

Sonic Tracks4 screens
TranceXY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TranceXY at every 8 days against Sonic Tracks's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Sonic Tracks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and TranceXY sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonic Tracks ships an update every 2 months, TranceXY every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sonic Tracks versus TranceXY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonic TracksTranceXY
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgent K Media, LLCTomocreate, Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sonic Tracks

Subscriptions2
  • Additional Playback Device$5.991 Month
  • Additional Playback Device$59.991 Year
1 purchases

TranceXY

One-time1
  • TranceXY Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Sonic Tracks free?
Sonic Tracks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TranceXY free?
TranceXY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sonic Tracks or TranceXY have ads?
Neither Sonic Tracks nor TranceXY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonic Tracks or TranceXY?
Sonic Tracks ships an update every 2 months, and TranceXY every 8 days. Most recently, Sonic Tracks was updated on November 4, 2026 and TranceXY on October 31, 2026.

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