VKO1 vs p10trancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VKO1
Create stunning, real-time visuals for your music performances without needing VJ experience. Load clips, sync to your BPM, and let the app handle the visuals hands-free with automated mixing and effects. Build custom reactive visuals using a node editor and import your own shaders.
- Automated beat-synced visual mixing
- Node editor for custom visual creation
- Import custom Metal shaders
- Real-time GPU-accelerated effects
- Multiple control options (iPhone, iPad, MIDI, gamepad)
- Music sync via tap tempo, MIDI clock, Ableton Link
- Downloadable visualizers from the store
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WHAT IS VKO1 (VisualKO) VKO1 is a visual performance app for iPad, iPhone, and Apple Silicon Mac — built for musicians and DJs who want stunning visuals without a dedicated VJ. Load your clips, set your BPM, and let it run. Made for performers You're playing. VKO1 stays locked to your music and keeps visuals moving — no babysitting required. Automix does the work MIX mode pulls from all 8 banks, auto-switches on the beat, and rotates effects automatically. A full visual set, hands-free. Build your own visuals The Node Editor lets you wire together generators, modifiers, and combiners into custom reactive visuals — no coding needed. Import your own Metal shaders or start from scratch. Browse the Store Download free and premium GPU visualizers — real-time Metal shaders that run directly on your device. No video files. No lag. Drop them straight into your set and go. Control from anywhere iPhone in your pocket, iPad on a stand, MIDI controller on your table, Bluetooth gamepad in your hand. AirPlay to the big screen — no cables. 51 real-time effects All BPM-synced, all GPU-accelerated via Metal. One knob controls everything playing. Stays in sync Tap tempo, MIDI clock, Ableton Link — four ways to lock visuals to your music.
p10trancer
This live video instrument for visual artists features nine independent video pads, two output channels with multiple transitions, and a six-effect rack per pad. It allows for real-time manipulation of video sources, including cameras and feedback loops, with a simulated NTSC pipeline for analog artifacts.
- Nine independent video pads
- Two output channels with five master transitions
- Six-effect rack per pad
- Two independent pad-to-pad keyers
- Simulated composite-NTSC pipeline
- HDMI external display support
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p10trancer is an iPad-native live video instrument for VJs and visual artists, inspired by the rich lineage of video mixers and samplers. Nine pads in a 3×3 grid, two output channels, a master fader, and effects you dial in by feel. Every gesture is performed live — there is no timeline, no track view, no beat grid. Plug in, hit a pad, see what happens. WHAT'S INSIDE • Nine independent video pads. Each pad can hold a video file, a still image, the iPad's front or back camera, a USB-C UVC camera (HDMI capture box, webcam), the keyer's composite output, or the master mix as a feedback source. • Two output channels with five master-mixer transitions: blur crossfade, linear swipe, star swipe, chroma key, luma key. A position fader sweeps between channels. • A six-effect rack on every pad: blur, internal feedback, chroma distortion, YUV phaser, luma phaser, edge enhance. Effects are bypassed by default — engage what you need. • Two independent pad-to-pad keyers, each with chroma or luma keying, threshold and softness. Keyers can chain (one keyer's foreground sources from another keyer) and self-feedback. • A simulated composite-NTSC pipeline. Frames are encoded into a simulated composite waveform with 4× horizontal oversampling, glitch effects mutate the encoded composite, and the result is decoded back. Chroma boost, HSync wobble, subcarrier drift, Y/C delay, dropouts, banded noise — every artifact is the kind of thing a real analog video processor produces, because it's produced by the same kind of operations. • HDMI external display through a DP-Alt-Mode USB-C dongle, switchable between HD 720p and NTSC 4:3. • Per-pad audio mixed through AVAudioEngine. Audio follows whichever channel its pad is routed to. Master output captures to MP4.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: p10trancer at 100% against VKO1's 0%. p10trancer also leads on price (Free vs $11.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). VKO1's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
p10trancer is free to download; VKO1 costs $11.99 up front. VKO1 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. p10trancer asks for nothing beyond the download.
p10trancer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VKO1 has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of VKO1's written reviews are positive against 100% of p10trancer's.
VKO1 ships an update every 10 days, p10trancer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VKO1 | p10trancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juan Maguid | Tristan Mayshark |
Customer experience
VKO1
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In-app purchases
VKO1
- Phosphor Cult Shader Pack$1.99
- Computer Veld Pack$1.99
- Alchemist Sketchbook Pack$1.99
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- Daft Cyber Pack$1.99
p10trancer
No in-app purchases









