Cymatics Lab vs Sacred Geometry Visualizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cymatics Lab
Visualize sound as intricate, shifting geometric patterns created by sand particles. Explore different modes, use your microphone or music library as a sound source, and customize the visual effects. Share your creations with a community or use it for live performances.
- Real-time sand particle simulation driven by sound
- Multiple visualization modes (Square, Circle, Cavity, Lissajous, Quasicrystal)
- Sound input via microphone, music library, or frequency engine
- Extensive customization of physics, visuals, and art effects
- Beat-reactive effects synced to music
- Community feed for sharing and remixing creations
- Record videos and take photos for sharing
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Watch thousands of sand particles arrange themselves into geometric patterns in real time, driven entirely by the physics of sound. Cymatics Lab simulates a vibrating plate with accurate physics. Drop particles, play music or speak into your mic, and watch the sand migrate to the stillest points on the surface, forming intricate, shifting geometric shapes. The same science that fascinated Chladni in the 1700s, now running on your phone. 5 WAYS TO SEE SOUND Square — The classic Chladni plate. Rectangular nodal patterns shift and evolve with your sound. Circle — Circular plate with Bessel function eigenmodes. Concentric rings bloom outward like a cymbal frozen in slow motion. Cavity — A 3D resonant chamber. Sand moves through depth, not just across a flat surface. Lissajous — Orbital particle paths inspired by Lissajous figures. Hypnotic, looping geometry. Quasicrystal — Patterns that repeat forever but never tile. Five-fold and higher symmetries in motion. ANYTHING CAN BE A SOUND SOURCE Mic Input — Speak, sing, clap, play an instrument. The sand responds instantly. Apple Music & Spotify — Connect your streaming library and visualize your favorite tracks. Music Library — Play songs stored on your device. Frequency Engine — Dial in exact Hz values and watch the sand snap into resonance. Stack harmonics. Sweep through ranges. MAKE IT YOURS Main Panel — Control sand count, particle size, force sensitivity, and bloom. Physics Panel — Adjust vibration modes, resonance sharpness, frequency multiplier, sand collisions, and experimental effects. View Panel — Orbit the camera freely. Choose skybox environments, room lighting, and plate appearance. Art Panel — Layer on symmetry reflections, energy glow, particle trails, bloom, and color palettes. Studio Panel — Save and load presets. Enable beat-reactive effects that sync to the music: bloom pulses, gravity shifts, burst explosions, sweep waves, color cycling, depth warping, shimmer, ripple, and dissolve. CREATE AND SHARE Publish to the Waves community feed. Browse what others have made and remix their settings as a starting point. Take photos and record videos directly in the app. Use Presentation Mode to cast to a TV or projector for live performances and installations. FREE VS PRO Free includes Square mode, mic input, and basic controls — enough to experience real cymatics. Cymatics Lab Pro unlocks everything for a one-time purchase of $9.99. No subscription. No ads. Yours forever. — All 5 visualization modes — Apple Music, Spotify, and Music Library input — Frequency Engine tone generator — Full Physics, View, Art, and Studio panels — Beat-reactive effects — Community publishing to Waves — All current features Try Pro free for 24 hours before you decide. WHO IS THIS FOR? — Everyone. Browse the Waves community and get lost in patterns others have created, Just scroll and enjoy with your own sounds or music. — Musicians and visual artists who've always felt their sound was something to be seen. Connect your music and watch it take shape. — The curious who want to watch physics happen in real time. Change one setting and see how sound behaves differently. — Educators teaching acoustics, resonance, and wave phenomena. A living, interactive demonstration. — DJs and performers who want a live visual companion on stage or on screen. Cymatics Lab is built by a single developer who cares about the science as much as the art. No ads. No subscriptions. Just sound made visible. See what your music has always looked like.
Sacred Geometry Visualizer
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Ten sacred geometry patterns, drawn live, moving with whatever you play. Flower of Life. Metatron's Cube. Sri Yantra. The Merkaba. The Torus. The Golden Spiral. The Thirteen-Petaled Lotus. The Triple Spiral. Celestial Mandala. Cosmic Bloom. These are forms people have been drawing for thousands of years, and they hold attention in a way an ordinary screensaver does not. Here they are rendered frame by frame in real time and tied to sound. The audio is split into six frequency bands with beat detection on top, so the structure responds to the shape of a track instead of just pulsing along with it. Nothing is pre-rendered or looped, so the same song never looks quite the same twice. Sit with one while you meditate, leave it running through a long record, or send it to the TV over AirPlay and let the room watch. Two Ways to Drive It: Play your own music. Bring in tracks from Files or iCloud Drive, or pull songs and whole playlists from your Apple Music library. Or open the microphone. Point it at a singing bowl, an instrument, a room full of people, and the geometry follows the sound around you. A Real Music Player Underneath: This started as a visualizer and became a player worth using on its own. Ten-band EQ with presets and a preamp Gapless playback, and crossfade up to twelve seconds Volume leveling, so a quiet track does not vanish between two loud ones Playback speed from half to double, pitch corrected Background playback with lock screen, Control Center, AirPods, and CarPlay controls Playlists, and browsing by artist, album, or genre Favorites, play counts, Most Played, and Recently Played Up Next queue, shuffle, repeat, search, and sorting Sleep timer with a soft fade, and an A-B loop Embedded lyrics and album art Picks up exactly where you left off Record It: Capture the visualizer as video and save it to Photos or send it wherever you like. In microphone mode the recording can include the audio in the room. Make It Yours: Swipe to change patterns, press and hold for the full carousel, tap to hide the controls. Each of the six frequency bands has its own sensitivity, so you can decide how much the bass moves things versus the high end. Every pattern remembers its own settings, and you can save presets and come back to them. Privacy: No ads. No accounts. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Your library, your settings, and your recordings stay on your device. Microphone audio is analyzed on the phone and never uploaded. Free, with nothing locked behind a purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cymatics Lab at Free against Sacred Geometry Visualizer's $0.99. Sacred Geometry Visualizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none 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
Cymatics Lab is free to download; Sacred Geometry Visualizer costs $0.99 up front. Cymatics Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sacred Geometry Visualizer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cymatics Lab ships an update every 5 days, Sacred Geometry Visualizer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cymatics Lab | Sacred Geometry Visualizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kiefer Studio LLC | Jonathon Darrel Eman |
In-app purchases
Cymatics Lab
- Cymatics Lab Pro$9.99
Sacred Geometry Visualizer
No in-app purchases
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