Particles AR vs Sound Visualizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Particles AR
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Discover musical structures in a playful way—without reading music—and experience music in a new, synesthetic, immersive way.
Sound Visualizer
Transform your music into dynamic, real-time visual experiences. This app analyzes audio files to generate spectrum bars, radial rings, and other effects. Enjoy immersive, offline playback with customizable settings.
- Real-time frequency spectrum visualization
- Multiple visualization modes
- Supports various audio file formats
- Adaptive frequency detection
- Full-screen immersive mode
- Background playback with lock screen controls
- Customizable settings
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Turn your music into stunning real-time visuals. Import your audio files and watch them come alive with spectrum bars, radial rings, and more — all powered by true FFT analysis. - Real-time frequency spectrum visualization - 3 visualization modes: Spectrum Bars, Simple Bars, and Radial - Supports MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, and AIFF - Adaptive frequency detection — every track fills the display - Full-screen immersive mode - Background playback with lock screen controls - Customizable settings: smoothing, HF boost, frame rate, band ordering - 100% offline — no internet required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Particles AR at 15.6 against Sound Visualizer's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Particles AR ships an update every 4 months, Sound Visualizer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Particles AR | Sound Visualizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piano Particles | Sundarammal Palanisamy |
In-app purchases
Particles AR
No in-app purchases
Sound Visualizer
No in-app purchases
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