Comparison

Lumn vs StringVest

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

Head to head
About

Lumn

Create music with a powerful beatmaker and sampler. Build grooves, layer synths and drums, and sculpt your sound with expressive effects. Move from inspiration to production with an intuitive workflow designed for fast creativity.

Highlights
  • Intuitive music-making workflow
  • Sample sounds and create original tracks
  • Layer synths and drums
  • Tweak expressive effects
  • High-quality audio engine
  • Fast, immediate creative process
Features
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Lumn is a powerful beatmaker for producers, creators, and anyone who wants to turn ideas into finished tracks. Build grooves, sample sounds, stack synths and drums, and sculpt your mix with expressive effects, all inside a fast, intuitive workflow. Whether you’re sketching a loop in seconds or crafting a full arrangement, Lumn gives you the tools to move from inspiration to production without breaking your flow. WITH LUMN • Create beats with an intuitive music-making workflow • Sample sounds and turn them into something original • Layer synths and drums for rich, dynamic tracks • Tweak effects to shape tone, space, punch, and texture • Build with a high-quality audio engine designed for great sound BUILD FOR FAST CREATIVITY Lumn keeps the process smooth and immediate, so you can experiment, refine, and discover new ideas naturally. DESIGNED FOR SERIOUS SOUND From hard-hitting drums to textured synth layers, every element runs through a high-quality audio engine for a polished, responsive feel. Start simple. Go deep. Create with Lumn.

About

StringVest

Features
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An electronic music groovebox for your iPad or iPhone, that has everything you need to make a track in one app, all tied together in time and in key. 3 instruments to get you rocking with saveable session states so you can come back and start where you left off. 1. A classic take on the 303 bassline synth, with its own generative sequencer and drive control to get super squelchy 2. A great sounding Karplus Strong physical modelling synth, that goes from bass guitar, up to singing leads 3. A Cutdown 808 and Linn drum sounding drum machine, with preset patterns to get you going without any fuss A built in tape recorder to record your jam Mixer with built in dub delay when you want things to get a bit spacey! All functions exposed to midi learn, so you can control via a midi controller, plus midi in and out for the 3 instruments.

Screenshots

Lumn4 screens
StringVest3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StringVest at $0.99 against Lumn's $4.99. StringVest also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Lumn's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Lumn costs $4.99 and StringVest $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumn ships an update every 3 weeks, StringVest every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lumn versus StringVest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumnStringVest
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid FumbergerPhilip Vincent

In-app purchases

None

Lumn

No in-app purchases

None

StringVest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumn free?
Lumn costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StringVest free?
StringVest costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lumn or StringVest have ads?
Neither Lumn nor StringVest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumn or StringVest?
Lumn ships an update every 3 weeks, and StringVest every 2 months. Most recently, Lumn was updated on October 13, 2026 and StringVest on October 19, 2026.

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