Digitron Synthesizer vs 95 LoFi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digitron Synthesizer
Create complex soundscapes and multi-track sequences with this virtual analog synthesizer. Experiment with hands-on controls, track effects, and waveform visualization. Ideal for quick sound design and modular-style workflows.
- Pocket Operator synchronization
- MIDI keyboard and CC controller support
- Audio Unit v3 (AUv3) compatibility
- Track and master effects
- Built-in audio recorder and editor
- Oscilloscope waveform visualization
- Haptic feedback on controls
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• Pocket Operator synchronization • MIDI keyboard support • MIDI CC controller support • Audio Unit v3 (AUv3) support • Track and master effects • XY controls • Mixer with individual track levels and panning • Built-in audio recorder and editor • Oscilloscope for waveform visualization • Haptic feedback on potentiometer controls • Interface adapted for iPhone and iPad Digitron is designed for quick experimentation, from simple synth patches to multi-track sequences and modular-style sound design. Its hands-on approach to synthesis takes inspiration from compact analog instruments and modular synth workflows such as the Korg Monotron, Moog Mavis and Pocket Operator ecosystem. If you have feedback or ideas for future features, feel free to get in touch. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
95 LoFi
Generate complete, unique music tracks with a touch of a button. This app uses advanced mathematical chaos to create original melodies, rhythms, and moods, with customizable styles and a built-in tape deck for vintage sound effects. Play along with your own instruments and export your creations.
- Generative track creation
- Chaos-driven sound design
- Multiple musical styles
- Vintage tape deck effects
- MIDI export
- Interactive play-along pads
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95 Lofi writes complete tracks. Press write and you get 52 bars — an intro, three main sections, two lifts, a breakdown and an outro — played by a dusty-keys synthesizer and a soft drum kit, then recorded onto tape. Keys, bass, a melody line, a pad, the kit, and the record surface underneath it all. Nothing is sampled. There are no audio files in this app at all — the Rhodes, the kit and the vinyl crackle are all synthesised as they play, which is why the whole thing is a few hundred kilobytes. The music comes from chaos maths. Three Lorenz attractors shape the melody, the rhythm and the mood. Two logistic maps run underneath the drums and the bass so they wander independently of each other: turn the logistic control down and the hats repeat every bar, turn it up and they never do. Chaos on its own is noise, so a small model filters it. It is rewarded for consonant intervals and rehearses over the changes before writing. The CHAOS / TASTE slider decides how much say each one gets. Nine styles, and they are properly different. Chillhop and Jazzhop sit where you expect. Boom Bap hits harder and drier. Study Beats takes almost everything away. Drift slows to a crawl. Lo-Fi House pushes past 106. Celtic and Medieval are not jokes — modal progressions, different cadences, nothing else on the shelf sounds like them. The tape deck is the other half of the sound: a wow-and-flutter transport that never quite runs true, vinyl crackle with real pops and decaying tails, hiss, bit crush and saturation. The crackle is seeded, so the scratch lands in the same place on every play and every export. Every track is built from its seed. Write the seed down and you can have that exact track again, note for note, whenever you want it. A seed from the browser version rebuilds the same track here. You can play over it, too. The pads are the notes of the track's key rather than a piano keyboard, so nothing you touch is wrong, and the sixteen-step lane runs in time with the track and follows your host. Both play any part you like — keys, bass, melody or pad — through that part's sound and out on its MIDI channel. Choose which sections the lane plays in, just the breakdown say, and preview it without starting the track. Turn on RADIO and it keeps playing, picking a new key, mode, style, sound kit and tempo for each track. You also get: • 9 styles, 8 modes, 12 keys, tempo, swing, density and humanise • A three-layer voice: an FM tine, one or two detuned bodies, and a sub • 16 presets and 9 sound kits, from Tape Deck to Music Box, plus random patch • Six-part mixer, chorus, a long dark reverb, synced delay and sidechain pump • A tape deck: tone, wow and flutter, crackle, hiss, bit crush and drive • MIDI in, so your keyboard plays whichever part you have selected • Export a MIDI file, a WAV mix, or stems — one WAV per part plus the record surface on its own (in the app; in a host you record the audio there) • A note and a MIDI channel for every drum, not one channel for the whole kit • UI scale, so the panel is not tiny on a big iPad • Live spectrum and waveform, and the chaos engine drawn as it runs Two Audio Units, an instrument and a MIDI processor. Each part sends on its own MIDI channel and every drum has a note and a channel of its own, so one instance can drive a rack of them. The MIDI version passes your keyboard through instead of swallowing it. Both follow your host's tempo and transport, and one install registers both. The app is free and nothing in it is held back. Using the Audio Units inside other apps is a one-time purchase, and each AUv3 session plays for two minutes first so you can try them properly. No account, no ads, no subscription. Works offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 95 LoFi at 5.0 against Digitron Synthesizer's 4.0. 95 LoFi also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Digitron Synthesizer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Digitron Synthesizer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and 95 LoFi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
95 LoFi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 95 LoFi has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Digitron Synthesizer ships an update every 4 days, 95 LoFi every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digitron Synthesizer | 95 LoFi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evgenii Petrov | Soft Brew Mobile |
Customer experience
Digitron Synthesizer
95 LoFi
In-app purchases
Digitron Synthesizer
- Pro Subscription Month$0.991 Month
- Pro Subscription Year$7.991 Year
- Pro Unlock$9.99
95 LoFi
- AUv3 Unlock$2.99








