Comparison

MusicWall vs Rithmatic

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

Head to head
About

MusicWall

Organize and visually explore your music library. This app lets you build a personalized album collection, browse artwork, and play tracks instantly. It offers smart sorting and backup options for your curated music.

Highlights
  • Visual album collection building
  • Dual search (library & catalog)
  • Grid and list views
  • Smart sorting options
  • One-tap playback
  • Backup and restore collection
Features
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Transform your music collection into a visual experience MusicWall helps you curate and visualize your favorite albums with Apple Music. Build a personal collection, browse in style, and play with one tap. Key Features: Dual search — Search your library and the Apple Music catalog to find albums Multiple views — Switch between grid and list view, with more options on the way Smart sorting — Sort by artist, title, or release year One-tap playback — Tap any album to start playing Backup & restore — Export and import your collection Persistent storage — Your collection is saved locally, no need for an account Perfect for music lovers who want to: Build a curated collection of favorite albums Visually browse their album artwork Quickly access and play albums Organize and sort their music collection Requires iOS 17.0 or later and an Apple Music subscription for catalog access.

About

Rithmatic

This app is an FM synthesizer with a vast library of classic voices. It allows users to explore, learn, build, and blend sounds, and can be used as a standalone instrument or an AUv3 plugin within DAWs. It offers a visual representation of sound and a patch builder for understanding FM synthesis.

Highlights
  • 36,118 classic DX7 voices included
  • AUv3 plugin for DAWs
  • Patch Builder for learning FM synthesis
  • Sound blending feature
  • On-screen and MIDI keyboard support
  • Arpeggiator and latch functionality
  • WAV recording and export
Features
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Rithmatic is an FM synthesizer with 36,118 classic DX7 voices built in, and an AUv3 plugin for GarageBand on iPad and your DAW on the Mac. Browse them by family and by character, learn how FM works by watching it shape each one, build and blend your own, and play them from the on-screen keys or a MIDI keyboard. No account, no ads, nothing locked. Built for iPhone Duo: half open, it stands like a keyboard synth, the waves above the fold and long keys on the flat half. IN YOUR DAW • Put it on a track in GarageBand on iPad, or in an Audio Unit host on the Mac such as Ableton Live. • Its window is the app's own Patches screen and Patch Builder, with your library. • Your bank appears as the plugin's presets, and Brightness, Attack, Decay, Release and Feedback can be automated. The patch is saved with your project. A LIBRARY THAT SHIPS FULL • 36,118 unique DX7 voices come with the app: no download, no account, no network. • Start with Essentials: the famous sounds and the songs they're on. • Browse by family, or by character: percussive, plucked, metallic, bright, sustained, swell, evolving, mellow. Or search by name. • Patch of the day: one classic voice each day, in the app and in a widget for iPhone, iPad and Mac. PLAY IT • A DX7-compatible synthesis engine runs inside the app, so every patch plays with nothing plugged in. • Play from the on-screen keys, your Mac's keyboard, or any MIDI keyboard you connect. • Pitch bend, mod wheel, breath, sustain and aftertouch, with aftertouch set to vibrato, tremolo or swell. • Velocity from a MIDI keyboard, or turn it off and choose how hard every note plays. • An arpeggiator (up, down, up and down, random or as played, over up to three octaves) and a latch that holds each key. • Record what you play and share it as a WAV. • Five tunings: equal, just, and Wendy Carlos's Alpha, Beta and Gamma scales. • Light or dark, as your device is set or as you choose. Drag the keys taller or shorter. SEE THE SOUND The waveform follows what you play: each operator's envelope, how hard you hit, the pitch, the LFO's wobble, and a chord as one layer per note. Resize it, go full screen, or watch the output itself in the Scope look. PATCH BUILDER: LEARN HOW FM WORKS FM is famous for being hard to program. The Patch Builder shows you why a sound sounds the way it does. • All six operators on a graph, each cable carrying its wave: see a modulator reshape its carrier as you drag. • Draw a cable and the builder snaps to the nearest of the 32 algorithms, so you learn routing by doing it. • Plain words beside the jargon. Edit each operator's ratio, level, envelope and tuning, the LFO and pitch envelope, or use FEEL: thickness, touch and brightness. BLEND Pick two patches and Rithmatic blends them into eight new ones. Play each, and keep the ones you like. YOUR BANK AND FILES • Gather patches from anywhere into your bank, then drag pads to swap or reorder them. • Export the bank as standard DX7 .syx files. Open .syx banks, or a .zip of them, from Files, Mail, AirDrop or the Finder. • Share a sound as a short clip of it playing, with a card and a code that brings the patch into anyone's Rithmatic. WITH A SYNTH, IF YOU HAVE ONE Hardware is optional. Choose your synth in Settings: • Korg Volca FM2 (firmware 1.10 or later, over MIDI): read its current patch, write to any of its 64 memory slots, back up and restore all 16 sequencer patterns, and capture the whole instrument to a snapshot. • DX7 family: send patches and 32-voice banks to a DX7, TX7, TX802, the original Volca FM or the M-VAVE FM-1 over standard Yamaha voice dumps. FREE AND PRIVATE Every feature is free; tips are optional and unlock nothing. Rithmatic works offline and collects no personal data: no account, no analytics, no ads. KORG and volca are trademarks of Korg Inc., DX7 and TX of Yamaha Corporation, M-VAVE of its owner. Rithmatic is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

Screenshots

MusicWall2 screens
Rithmatic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rithmatic at 67% against MusicWall's 0%. Rithmatic also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). MusicWall's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads and monetization model 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. Rithmatic sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MusicWall asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rithmatic holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MusicWall's written reviews are positive against 67% of Rithmatic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MusicWall ships an update fortnightly, Rithmatic every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MusicWall versus Rithmatic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusicWallRithmatic
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher KellyMADE WITH BEST PRACTICE LLC

Customer experience

MusicWall

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Rithmatic

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

MusicWall

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Rithmatic

One-time4
  • Small Tip$4.99
  • Medium Tip$9.99
  • Large Tip$19.99
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  • Extra Large Tip$49.99

Questions

Is MusicWall free?
MusicWall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rithmatic free?
Rithmatic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MusicWall or Rithmatic?
Rithmatic is rated higher. MusicWall averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Rithmatic averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do MusicWall or Rithmatic have ads?
Neither MusicWall nor Rithmatic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MusicWall or Rithmatic?
MusicWall ships an update fortnightly, and Rithmatic every 2 days. Most recently, MusicWall was updated on October 30, 2026 and Rithmatic on November 1, 2026.

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