VS vs Approvl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VS
Transform your music into dynamic, real-time visuals. This app offers powerful synthesis tools, audio and MIDI reactivity, and a playable interface for creators, musicians, and VJs. Create stunning music videos or prepare live sets with extensive customization options.
- Audio and MIDI reactive visuals
- Playable visual synthesis engine
- Customizable shaders and media
- Real-time performance interface
- Built-in sound visualizers
- Playlist and output management
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Turn your music into stunning real-time visuals. VS 2 is the ultimate visual synthesizer for creators, musicians, VJs, and performers, combining audio and MIDI reactivity with a powerful, playable visual engine. Prepare live sets, create music videos, or delve into creative exploration with the numerous visual engines and extensive factory content. VS 2 transforms sound into immersive graphics with unmatched control and flexibility. Features: Synced to Your Music - Create visuals that react to audio and MIDI in real time. Every beat, note, and rhythm shapes the visuals you see. Deep Visual Synthesis - Blend shaders, text, images, video, visualizers and live input to compose unique and expressive graphics. Playable Like an Instrument - Trigger visuals live with polyphonic visual voices and perform visuals with the same feel as playing music. Refined Interface - VS 2’s redesigned, performance-focused UI makes complex visuals intuitive and fast to control. Modulation Matrix - Use audio modulators, envelopes, and LFOs along with a built-in matrix to shape visuals in deeply expressive ways. Built-In Visualizers - Waveform, spectrum, and oscilloscope views let you visualize your sound and create custom, social media-ready visualizers. Customizable - Import or code your own shaders and media to create truly personal visual styles. Playlist Manager - Organize and sequence visual sets for shows and creative sessions. Output & Capture - Send output to external displays and record HD visuals with audio directly inside VS. Expanding Ecosystem - Packed with rich factory content and a growing collection of expansion packs to explore. From live performances to studio workflows, VS 2 makes powerful visual synthesis accessible, no steep learning curve, just expressive tools that follow your music. Built on user feedback with workflow improvements and creative flexibility at every turn. Bring your music to life with visuals.
Approvl
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Approvl is for music producers who want feedback and approval on songs and mixes from their artists, labels etc. Capturing written or verbal comments on the timeline allows the producer to fine tune the mix and ensure the client or label are happy with the end product. Doing this manually involves countless phone calls, emails and texts and Approvl makes this efficient and easy for both producer and artist. Mixes can be reviewed on Mac, iPad or iPhone also making it easy for mixes to approved on the road, in the van or wherever the artist is. Mixes can also be approved through a web link. Approvl is a paid monthly or annual subscription for producers but is free to approvers. Supplied according to standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Approvl at Free against VS's $49.99. Approvl also leads on device support (3 vs 1). VS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Approvl is free to download; VS costs $49.99 up front. VS sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Approvl sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VS ships an update every 3 weeks, Approvl every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VS | Approvl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 908 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imaginando Lda | Ian Miller |
In-app purchases
VS
- Noir Cuts Preset Packs$10.90
- Raw Reflections Preset Pack$10.90
- Cyber Spells Preset Pack$17.99
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- Retina Refill Preset Pack$17.99
- Retro Riot Preset Pack$17.99
- Textural Memories Preset Pack$17.99
- Glitch & Doom$17.99
- Shattered Illusions Preset Pack$17.99
- Offset Preset Pack$17.99
- Dimensional Preset Pack$17.99
- Battles Preset Pack$17.99
- Granular Preset Pack$19.99
Approvl
- Approvl Monthly subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Approvl - Annual Subscription14 Days trial$99.991 Year









