Comparison

B00GA vs Low Poly Synth

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

Head to head
About

B00GA

Create experimental rhythms and tonal textures with this unique sound design tool. Inspired by vintage lab equipment, it generates clicks, pulses, and noise for grooves, drones, and radiophonic effects. Perfect for musicians and sound designers seeking unconventional sonic exploration.

Highlights
  • Experimental rhythm generation
  • Tonal texture creation
  • Vintage-flavored effects suite
  • Sequencing clicks, pulses, and noise
  • Drone and tonal structure creation
  • Radiophonic sound design
Features
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B00GA is a studio and live instrument designed by Hainbach to create experimental rhythms and tonal textures. Inspired by a rare piece of lab equipment, the Hewlett-Packard Word Generator 8006A, it offers an excitingly different way to sequence clicks, pulses, and noise. Use it to create tight grooves, off-kilter beats, and forever shifting micro-sound patterns. Speed them up into rich drones and tonal structures. It comes with a suite of five vintage-flavored effects that allow for unique radiophonic effects. From brain-dance to the dance floor to advanced sound design, let’s B00GA!

About

Low Poly Synth

Generate unique, atmospheric melodic sounds with billions of presets. Explore new timbres through random generation or precise editing. Record and export your creations in various formats.

Highlights
  • Billions of unique timbres
  • Random sound generation
  • MIDI control
  • Real-time audio recording
  • WAV and SunVox export
  • Audio Unit Extension (AUv3)
Features
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Low Poly Synth is a generator of melodic atmospheric sounds with billions of unique timbres. The app is built on modified synthesis algorithms from Fractal Bits, Relic Waves, and Relic Flow, with the addition of pure tone generation code. The sound space is divided into 4294967296 presets, each corresponding to a set of 8 sample textures. The volume of an individual sample can be adjusted in the top panel or via MIDI (Settings -> MIDI Mapping). The bottom panel is a classic musical keyboard that sets the note for the sounds in the set. Each note triggers all 8 samples at once - together they form a complex harmonic pattern that almost never repeats over time due to the different lengths of the looped fragments. Features: * search for new sounds with three buttons: next random set, edit code, previous set; each set of 8 sounds corresponds to a code of 8 characters (you can save/copy/paste it as plain text); * three types of keyboards for live performing: on-screen, PC keyboard, MIDI input; for the on-screen keyboard, you can set the number of displayed octaves and scale; * 20+ parameters can be controlled via MIDI or directly through the app interface: Settings -> MIDI Mapping; * real-time audio recording to WAV (32-bit); * export to: WAV (one file or a set), SunVox (samples + effects in one file), text clipboard; * the LCK button freezes individual samples - they will not change during the search for new sets; * Audio Unit Extension (AUv3), Wi-Fi export/import. Double clicking on a parameter opens a window for setting the exact value. If you enable the Hold option, the notes will play endlessly, without reacting to key release (noteOff) events; turning the note on again works like turning it off; there are two ways to enable this option: 1) using the Hold parameter in the "MIDI Mapping" window; 2) by pressing the HOLD button, which appears in place of LCK while playing the musical keyboard: press HOLD, release the desired notes - then the released notes will continue to play.

Screenshots

B00GA1 screens
Low Poly Synth3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Low Poly Synth at $1.99 against B00GA's $12.99. Low Poly Synth also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

B00GA costs $12.99 and Low Poly Synth $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for B00GA against 4.8 for Low Poly Synth. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of B00GA's written reviews are positive against 88% of Low Poly Synth's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
B00GA versus Low Poly Synth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterB00GALow Poly Synth
Price$12.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.7 (18 ratings)4.8 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1818
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Alexander Zolotov

Customer experience

B00GA

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Low Poly Synth

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

B00GA

No in-app purchases

None

Low Poly Synth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is B00GA free?
B00GA costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Low Poly Synth free?
Low Poly Synth costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, B00GA or Low Poly Synth?
Low Poly Synth is rated higher. B00GA averages 4.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Low Poly Synth averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do B00GA or Low Poly Synth have ads?
Neither B00GA nor Low Poly Synth shows ads.

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