Rivet 01 vs Synesthesia Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rivet 01
This audio effect plugin adds saturation and drive to your music, perfect for techno and industrial genres. It can be used on drum, synth, or mix buses to enhance weight and grit, offering subtle warmth to aggressive crunch. It functions as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.
- Console-style saturation and drive
- AUv3 plugin compatibility
- Standalone app functionality
- Oversampling for clean high-drive
- High pass filtering
- Pedal-style character
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Rivet 01 — Console is a bus saturation effect for iPhone and iPad. Use it on its own, or load it as an AUv3 plug-in on your drum, synth and mix buses to add weight, warmth and punch. Everything sits on one screen in six sections: INPUT, PRE EQ, DRIVE, TONE, POST EQ and OUT. The GAIN STAGE display shows how much louder or quieter Console is making your sound, so you can push it hard without guessing. KEY FEATURES • Synth Bus and Drum Bus voicings • Input Trim, Drive, Character, Channel, Tight, Bite and a high-pass filter • Three-band EQ before and after the drive, with ±12 dB gain and a 50 Hz–10 kHz mid band • Mix blends in your untouched dry signal, perfectly in time • Four quality settings, from Off to HQ, for a cleaner sound when you need it • A/B comparison to hear two settings side by side • Factory and user presets • Fits small plug-in windows and makes use of larger ones, with full iPhone and iPad layouts AUv3 PLUG-IN Works in AUv3 host apps such as AUM, GarageBand and Cubasis. Every feature is included; optional tips don't unlock anything. Console includes Airwindows MackEQ code by Chris Johnson under the MIT License.
Synesthesia Synth
An experimental audio-visual instrument that allows users to sculpt evolving spatial audio by manipulating floating capsules. Position, rotation, and pulse changes affect tone, texture, and synchronized particle generation. It's a visual synthesizer, not a game.
- Experimental audio-visual instrument
- Sculpt evolving spatial audio
- Manipulate floating capsules
- Control tone, texture, and particles
- Visual synthesizer
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Synthaestesia is a free experimental audio-visual instrument. Three capsules float in space. Every contraction produces sound. Move them, rotate them, reshape their pulse — and sculpt evolving spatial audio. Position changes tone. Rotation alters texture. Delay generates synchronized particles. This is not a game. It’s a spatial synth you can see.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Synesthesia Synth at none against Rivet 01's 3. Rivet 01's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Rivet 01 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Synesthesia Synth asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rivet 01 against 5.0 for Synesthesia Synth. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Rivet 01 ships an update every 2 weeks, Synesthesia Synth every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rivet 01 | Synesthesia Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joe Topjian | MICHELE ZACCAGNINI |
In-app purchases
Rivet 01
- Tip - Small$0.99
- Tip - Medium$1.99
- Tip - Large$3.99
Synesthesia Synth
No in-app purchases









