Lumn vs TinyTone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
TinyTone
Create professional synth patches for music production and live performance. Design sounds in real-time with a powerful synthesizer engine, dual oscillators, and extensive modulation options. Export and import patches, and use it as an AUv3 plugin in DAWs.
- Powerful synthesizer engine
- Dual oscillators with FM synthesis
- Real-time audition with touch pads
- External MIDI keyboard support
- Unlimited user patch storage
- AUv3 Audio Unit support
- JSON export/import for patches
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TinyTone is a full-featured synthesizer sound source for iPhone sound design, stage performance, and recording. Using the on-screen controllers and a MIDI keyboard, you can design and monitor professional synth patches in real time. In addition to standalone app use, ToneEditor can also be loaded as an AUv3 Audio Unit into DAWs such as GarageBand and used as a sound source. It also works as a sound editor for its sister app, TinyTone, allowing you to reproduce consistent sounds with the same sound engine. <Features> ・Powerful Synthesizer Engine Equipped with dual oscillators, envelopes, filters, modulation, delay, limiter, and more. Enables complex sound design. Dual Oscillators with FM Synthesis, switch between Mix and Chain modes for rich tonal possibilities. ・Real-Time Audition Play single notes, chords, and transposition using touch pads. Hear sound changes instantly as you adjust sliders. External input via MIDI keyboard is also supported. ・Preset Management Unlimited user patch storage. ・JSON Export / Import Export patches as JSON. Share via Files app or clipboard. ・AUv3 Support Can be embedded as an AU instrument in DAWs like GarageBand. Reproduces consistent sounds with the same synthesis engine. <How to Use> 【Standalone】 1. Select a preset or start creating from a new patch. 2. Play sounds using the test pad at the bottom of the screen; adjust parameters with sliders to confirm real-time sound changes. 3. Save your created patch to a user slot. 【Using with DAWs (GarageBand, etc.)】 1. Add TinyTone (AU) to a track. 2. Select a factory preset or saved patch from the AU preset selection screen. 3. Play the DAW keyboard to output sound. <Important> ・When using simultaneously with camera or audio apps, noise may occur depending on your environment. Please be careful with output volume. ・Listening to loud audio for extended periods can affect your hearing. When using headphones or speakers, always check your surroundings and volume level. ・Some DAWs (e.g. Ableton Live 11) may not detect iOS-app AUv3 plug-ins. Logic Pro, MainStage, and GarageBand are recommended. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flicker-jp.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TinyTone at Free against Lumn's $4.99. TinyTone also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Lumn's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
TinyTone is free to download; Lumn costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TinyTone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Lumn ships an update every 3 weeks, TinyTone weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lumn | TinyTone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Fumberger | KEISUKE TONE |
Customer experience
Lumn
TinyTone
In-app purchases
Lumn
No in-app purchases
TinyTone
No in-app purchases









