Comparison

Amplee vs Tonic Synths

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

Head to head
About

Amplee

Features
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Simplify the chaos. Amplify the music. Running a band can sometimes feel like another full time job. Between scheduling rehearsals, tracking who's showing up to the gig, sharing setlists, and hunting for that one screenshot of a setlist someone sent three weeks ago — the boring stuff can easily drown out what actually matters: making music together. Amplee is the all-in-one hub built specifically for bands to make all the boring stuff easy. No more scattered threads across five different apps. No more "wait, when was that gig again?" No more last-minute surprises because someone missed a message buried under 100 memes. Everything your band needs, in one place. - Event Chat — Dedicated conversations for each event. Discuss the gig without derailing your main group chat. Keep work stuff inside your events with Amplee. Keep memes in your other group chat. - Events & Scheduling — Create gigs, rehearsals, and sessions with all the details in one spot. Date, time, location, notes — it's all there, and everyone sees the same thing. - Roll Call & RSVPs — Know who's in and who's out before you show up. No more awkward "did everyone remember the gig?" texts the day of. - Setlists — Build, share, and reorder your setlists and ongs. Keep templates for recurring shows and share song notes with subs. - File Sharing — Share tracks, stems, chord charts, contracts, and stage plots. Find what you need without scrolling through months of messages. - Notes — Collaborative notes for each event. Sound preferences, parking info, contact details for the venue — document it once, access it always. - Band Rosters — Invite your bandmates, manage roles, and keep everyone connected. You can whatever combination of people you want (a trio, a duo, a 4-piece) Amplee handles it all - invite your rosters to different events. Heck, you can even invite your mom to the event chat if you want! Built for musicians, by people who get it. I have been a gigging musician for most of my adult life. I know the drill. You've got a day job, side projects, and somehow you're also trying to coordinate a bunch of other people with equally chaotic schedules. Amplee cuts through the noise so you can focus on what brought you together in the first place. Stop managing your band through chaos. Start making music. Amplee — Simplify the chaos. Amplify the music.

About

Tonic Synths

This app offers a portable music studio with 14 unique synthesizers for creating and sculpting audio. Users can draw sounds, program melodies, and apply effects like reverb and compression. Recordings can be exported as WAV files for use in other projects.

Highlights
  • 14 unique synthesizers
  • XY pad sound sculpting
  • 8-step melody programming
  • Resonant filter sculpting
  • Reverb and compressor effects
  • 60-second audio recording
  • WAV file export
Features
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Tonic Synth puts a studio full of synthesizers in your pocket. 14 unique synths. All live. All real. Draw sound with your finger on the XY pad. Twist an FM drone into alien textures. Program an 8-step melody. Sculpt noise through resonant filters. Drown everything in reverb. Every control changes the sound instantly — no presets, no menus, just your hands on the instrument. Hear something you love? Hit record. You get 60 seconds. Export it as a WAV file and take it anywhere — into your DAW, your sample library, or share it straight from the app. SYNTHS INCLUDE - FM Drone - XY Speed Pad - Delay Sequencer - Step Sequencer - Filtered Noise - Reverb - Compressor - Bandlimited Oscillator - Sine Sum - Stereo Delay - and more! Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just sound.

Screenshots

Amplee4 screens
Tonic Synths4 screens

Verdict

The call

Amplee and Tonic Synths are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Amplee ships an update weekly, Tonic Synths every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Amplee versus Tonic Synths: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmpleeTonic Synths
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIMOTHY JOSEPH OCONNORUpTech Works, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Amplee

No in-app purchases

None

Tonic Synths

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Amplee free?
Amplee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tonic Synths free?
Tonic Synths is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Amplee or Tonic Synths have ads?
Neither Amplee nor Tonic Synths shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Amplee or Tonic Synths?
Amplee ships an update weekly, and Tonic Synths every 11 days. Most recently, Amplee was updated on October 10, 2026 and Tonic Synths on October 16, 2026.

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