Comparison

Vizo vs Refract

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

Head to head
About

Vizo

Transform your music into dynamic visual experiences with real-time audio analysis. Create striking visuals with customizable effects, templates, and smooth animations for content creation and sharing. Export your creations as shareable video content.

Highlights
  • Real-time music visualization
  • Multiple spectrum and waveform styles
  • Rich gradients and layered visual effects
  • Ready-to-use visual templates
  • Fine-tune colors, gradients, and animation
  • Export visuals as shareable video
Features
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Vizo - Music & Audio Spectrum - Visualizer Transform your music into striking visual experiences with Vizo. Turn any track into spectrum bars, waveforms, reactive particles and lyrics, then export the result as a video for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, content creation, sharing, and creative experiments. KEY FEATURES Visualization Experience - Real-time music visualization - Multiple spectrum and waveform styles - Smooth motion and responsive animations - Rich gradients, glow, and layered visual effects - Designed for both minimal and bold visual looks - TV mode over AirPlay or HDMI - Elements: spectrum, waveform, circle and line bars, 2D and 3D particles, images, GIFs, video, album art, text and lyrics Templates and Presets - Ready-to-use visual templates - Quick preset switching - Advanced premium presets - Custom preset workflow for faster creation - Optimized selection flow for a smoother editing experience - Free community templates and preset search - 400+ element presets: intros and outros, progress bars, players, titles, frames, glass, glow, social and more - Opens .viz visualizer files Editing and Customization - Fine-tune colors, gradients, and overall style - Adjust animation behavior and visual intensity - Control layout and appearance with a clean editor - Layer editor with compositions, masks and blend modes - Over 25 effects: blur, motion blur, zoom blur, RGB split, chromatic aberration, glitch, CRT, analog TV, pixelate, kaleidoscope, mirror, edge, twirl, bulge, spherify, liquify, ripple, shockwave, lens, FOV, god rays, 3D box, color correction and custom shaders - Quick Edit, Remove Background, your own fonts and a shader editor - Any canvas size: 9:16, 16:9, 1:1, 4:5 - Light and Dark theme support - Modern interface redesigned for a faster workflow Text and Lyrics - Lyrics found automatically and synced, including word-by-word - Bold, italic, outline, shadow, spacing and curved text Community - Share, comment, follow and search every template - Add your music and social links to your profile Audio and Playback - Real-time audio analysis - Responsive spectrum behavior based on music input - Library, queue and playlists, and audio imported from videos - Equalizer, Bass Boost, reverb, 8D, sleep timer, widgets and Siri - Improved playback-related stability - Better consistency across visual rendering and audio handling Export System - Export your visuals as shareable video content - Up to 4K at 60 fps, the full song or any part, even in the background - Cleaner export output with improved reliability - Premium options for more advanced export workflows - Better rendering consistency during output generation PREMIUM FEATURES - Access advanced presets - Unlock custom preset tools - Use premium export options - Hide the app logo during export - Restore and manage subscriptions easily from inside the app Community templates and your own presets stay free. PERFORMANCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Optimized rendering and audio pipeline - Improved reliability across newer iOS versions - Faster, cleaner, and more polished overall app behavior IDEAL FOR - Music lovers - Content creators - Short-form video creators - Producers and DJs - Artists and visual experimenters - Anyone who wants to turn music into motion PLATFORM SUPPORT - iOS 17.0 and later - Optimized for modern iPhone experience - Native Light and Dark appearance support - Updated interface aligned with current system behavior With Vizo, your music becomes a living visual experience. Create stronger visuals, export cleaner results, and bring your sound to life with a faster and more modern workflow. Support: https://vizoomusic.web.app/support Privacy Policy: https://vizoomusic.web.app/privacy

About

Refract

Create dynamic music videos from any audio track using your own photos, text, and effects. This app analyzes music to choreograph visuals in real-time, offering a full timeline editor and export options for major social platforms.

Highlights
  • Beat-synced visualizers
  • Customizable effects and overlays
  • Full multi-track timeline editor
  • Import audio from various sources
  • One-tap presets for social platforms
  • Offline processing and export
Features
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TURN ANY TRACK INTO A VIDEO THAT MOVES WITH IT An audio visualizer and music video maker: beat-synced visualizers, your photos, text and effects, exported for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and YouTube. Refract is an audio-reactive video studio for your iPhone. Load a song and a real-time engine listens to its beat, bass and energy, then choreographs every layer to the music. No keyframes. No guesswork. No template that ignores your track. No account, no sign-in. Your music and your videos never leave your phone. YOUR MUSIC, FROM ANYWHERE Pick a song from Files, iCloud Drive or Voice Memos. Take the soundtrack straight from a video you shot, in Photos or Files, or from a direct link to an audio or video file. Refract checks the video first, keeps only its sound, and lets you hear it before you begin. Keep that sound as its own audio file in one tap. A VISUAL ENGINE THAT LISTENS • 8 GPU-accelerated visualizers — Linear Spectrum, Waveform, Ring, Polar Bars, Dual Wave, Pulse, Streaks and Dots • 20 studio effects — Glow, VHS, CRT Scanlines, Film Grain, RGB Shift, Oil Paint, Fisheye, Wave Warp, Swirl, Posterize, Edge Detect and more • 8 particle overlays for depth, atmosphere and motion • 6 auto-choreographed looks — Neon Pulse, VHS, Poster, Liquid, Handheld, Drift — each a finished edit in a single tap • A text tool with 8 typefaces and 4 ink styles, and type that pulses with the bass A REAL TIMELINE, NOT A TEMPLATE Every layer lives on a full multi-track timeline. Move it, retime it, restyle it, bind any parameter to the audio, and watch the preview follow at 60 fps. Trim a five-minute track to its strongest thirty seconds, add precise fades, and export exactly that. READY FOR EVERY PLATFORM One-tap presets for portrait, square, tall and widescreen — 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9 — with resolution, frame rate and quality set for you. Or take full manual control, up to 4K at 60 fps, at any length. LIGHT OR DARK Refract follows your iPhone's appearance, or stays in the one you choose. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Analysis and rendering happen on your phone's GPU. Nothing is uploaded, so creating and exporting work anywhere — on a plane, in a studio, offline. Refract counts which features get used, anonymously and with no identifier of any kind, so we can see what to improve. Unlimited projects and exports, every aspect ratio, your own photos and the full timeline editor — free. Refract Pro unlocks the entire catalogue, 4K at 60 fps, unlimited length and watermark-free export. Everything you make keeps working and keeps exporting, whichever you're on. Made for musicians, producers, DJs, podcasters and labels who need a release-ready visual for every track. Privacy Policy: https://greg-wolny.github.io/refract/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Vizo4 screens
Refract4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Refract at 5.0 against Vizo's 3.9. Vizo's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Vizo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Refract sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Refract holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vizo has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vizo versus Refract: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVizoRefract
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMedia Nov Records LtdGreg Wolny

Customer experience

Vizo

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Refract

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Vizo

Subscriptions2
  • Vizo Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Vizo Pro Yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year
2 purchases

Refract

Subscriptions2
  • Refract Pro — Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Refract Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Vizo free?
Vizo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Refract free?
Refract is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vizo or Refract?
Refract is rated higher. Vizo averages 3.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Refract averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Vizo or Refract have ads?
Neither Vizo nor Refract shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vizo or Refract?
Vizo ships an update every 5 days, and Refract every 5 days. Most recently, Vizo was updated on October 28, 2026 and Refract on October 29, 2026.

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