Wave Organ vs Depmin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wave Organ
This app emulates a theremin, allowing you to control tone with one hand and volume with the other by hovering over your phone's screen. Experience unique musical expression through intuitive gesture control.
- Theremin emulation
- Tone control via hand gestures
- Volume control via hand gestures
- Intuitive interface
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It's a theremin emulator. One hand floating above your phone, controls tone. The other, controls the output volume.
Depmin
This app is a unique synthesizer that emulates a theremin, using your device's front-facing camera to control pitch. Interact by touching the screen to adjust volume and effects, creating music in an intuitive way.
- Theremin-style sound generation
- TrueDepth sensor for pitch control
- Touch-based volume and effects adjustment
- Synthesizer instrument
- Unique musical interface
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Depmin is a synthesizer app that pays homage to the theremin, using the TrueDepth sensor to play. It converts the distance to the nearest object into pitch and produces sound by touching the display. Volume and effects can be adjusted based on the touch coordinates. Please note that this app cannot be used on some devices that do not have Face ID.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wave Organ at 5.0 against Depmin's 4.0. Wave Organ also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wave Organ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Wave Organ ships an update every 2 months, Depmin every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wave Organ | Depmin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raemond Bergstrom-Wood | Kokoro Nemoto |
Customer experience
Wave Organ
Depmin
In-app purchases
Wave Organ
No in-app purchases
Depmin
No in-app purchases
