Pocket Dana vs Derson DSynth Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Dana
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When you don't have the world's greatest keyboard player on your team to play pads, Pocket Dana is the next best thing.
Derson DSynth Mobile
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DSynth Mobile is a low-latency polyphonic synthesizer for sound design, practice, and performance. Build patches with up to 10 oscillator layers, per-layer envelopes, detune, filters, a reorderable FX chain, factory and user presets, MIDI input, and responsive on-screen keys. Features: - Multi-layer oscillators with sine, square, saw, triangle, and noise waveforms - Per-oscillator ADSR, volume, detune, and filter controls - Global filter and master envelope - Reorderable FX chain with distortion, chorus, echo, delay, phaser, and reverb - Preset browser with factory and user presets - On-screen keyboard with octave controls and velocity from touch position - Oscilloscope and spectrum visualizers - Optional background audio
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Verdict
Pocket Dana and Derson DSynth Mobile are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Pocket Dana | Derson DSynth Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Johnson | DERSON PRODUCTIONS, LLC |
In-app purchases
Pocket Dana
No in-app purchases
Derson DSynth Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pocket Dana free?
Is Derson DSynth Mobile free?
Do Pocket Dana or Derson DSynth Mobile have ads?
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