Comparison

Rivet 01 vs Synesthesia Synth

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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 console-style saturation and drive AUv3 built for techno and industrial. Put it on a drum bus, synth bus, or mix bus to add weight, grit, and “glue”, from subtle warmth to aggressive crunch. Console works both as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin. Console combines a fast, punchy drive stage with a console EQ + saturation circuit, plus oversampling for cleaner high-drive tones when you need it. KEY FEATURES • Pedal-style drive and character • Console-style overdrive and EQ • High pass filtering, pre and post EQs RIVET SERIES / OPEN SOURCE • Console is part of my Rivet series of AUv3 effects plugins targeting techno and industrial genres. Rivet plugins are based on the amazing open-source Airwindows DSP code and are made available free. AUv3 Effect • Works in AUv3 hosts such as AUM, Drambo, Logic, and Cubasis IN-APP PURCHASE Console includes In-App Purchases for optional tipping. Tipping does not unlock any additional features as all features are already available.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Rivet 012 screens
Synesthesia Synth2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Synesthesia Synth at none against Rivet 01's 3. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Rivet 01 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Synesthesia Synth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rivet 01 versus Synesthesia Synth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivet 01Synesthesia Synth
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoe TopjianMICHELE ZACCAGNINI

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rivet 01

One-time3
  • Tip - Small$0.99
  • Tip - Medium$1.99
  • Tip - Large$3.99
None

Synesthesia Synth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rivet 01 free?
Rivet 01 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Synesthesia Synth free?
Synesthesia Synth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rivet 01 or Synesthesia Synth?
Rivet 01 and Synesthesia Synth are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Rivet 01 or Synesthesia Synth have ads?
Neither Rivet 01 nor Synesthesia Synth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rivet 01 or Synesthesia Synth?
Rivet 01 ships an update every 10 days, and Synesthesia Synth every 10 days. Most recently, Rivet 01 was updated on October 1, 2026 and Synesthesia Synth on October 3, 2026.

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