Comparison

CozySynth vs ARPJAM Studio

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

Head to head
About

CozySynth

Create and discover ambient synth music with customizable visuals. Add your own videos, compose unique sounds, and share your creations or custom channels with friends. Enjoy an ad-free, login-free experience focused on quiet music.

Highlights
  • Discover ambient synth channels
  • Add custom video to channels
  • Compose music in Studio mode
  • Design synth voices and drum sequences
  • Export looping video clips
  • Share custom channels with friends
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Discover quiet channels of cozy synth moods. Swipe through stations, add your own video, shape the sound, and share the vibe. Swipe & discover Flip through channels — each one a different mood. Procedural visuals breathe gently, shifting quietly as you explore. Make it yours Add your own video or photo to bring a channel to life. Play with presets or go deeper in Studio mode — compose progressions, build basslines, design synth voices, sequence drums, and layer global effects. Every vibe becomes truly yours. Share the moment Export looping vertical clips for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts. Or send a .cozy file privately to a friend — they tap, and it installs as a new channel, ready to listen to and remix. No ads. No login. Just you, your channels, and the quiet music you make or find. Fonts & Attributions CozySynth uses Cooper* Extra Bold by The Cooper* Project Authors (Indestructible Type). © The Cooper* Project Authors. Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license and full details (including copyright notices) are available at: https://openfontlicense.org Font source: https://indestructibletype.com/Cooper or https://github.com/indestructible-type/Cooper

About

ARPJAM Studio

This app offers a generative synthesizer experience focused on sound design without requiring keyboard skills. It allows users to shape waveforms, filters, and effects in real-time as music plays, offering a unique approach to music creation for those who enjoy sound sculpting.

Highlights
  • Generative arpeggios with multiple waveforms
  • Probability-based drum generation
  • Chord progression locking
  • Real-time XY pad parameter control
  • Assignable LFOs for dynamic sound shaping
  • Play pad for layering live input
  • Preset saving and sharing
Features
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No sequence. No play button needed. An instrument that keeps going without you programming anything. Two generative engines invent phrases endlessly inside the scale and chord you choose. What you shape is not a song — it is a way of sounding. Move a control and the sound changes shape without ever stopping. Density, contour, filter, tape movement. It is built so that nothing you touch can break it. And you can play it. On the key pad or from a MIDI keyboard, right on top of the stream it is generating. What you play can be captured into the looper. Now your own sound can go in too. Record a bar into SAMPLE, the fourth machine, and chopping it up and rearranging it is the app's job. ■ Generate • Two independent arpeggio engines (waveform, filter, envelope, effects) • Eight arpeggio types, chord progressions, ten time signatures • Drum machine and bass • Six LFOs, XY pad, performance FX ■ Slice (SAMPLE) • Record one bar from a mic or line input, with count-in and click • Record the app itself (ARP A / ARP B / drums), and overdub onto it • Load audio files — and the audio from a video file • Up to 32 slices, ordered by the same rules as the arps: direction, reverse, octave, probability, groove • STRETCH (on by default) — change tempo without changing pitch • Its own filter, envelope and delay / reverb sends ■ Play • On-screen key pad — always in scale • MIDI keyboard input (damper pedal, pitch bend, standard control changes) • One-bar looper that records how hard you played ■ Sound • Piano — three velocity layers, stereo, damper release • Electric piano — harmonics shift with how hard you strike • Kalimba, handpan and chime — struck metal, measured from the real instruments and synthesised • Waveforms (sine / triangle / saw / square) plus an acid filter • Delay, reverb, Glitch, Granular, overdrive • DRIFT / FLUTTER — tape movement on the synth voices and the live input alike • Concert pitch A=415–444 Hz ■ Connect • AUv3 plug-in — as an instrument and as an effect • Ableton Link, MIDI Clock, MIDI out • External audio input (line / microphone) • WAV recording and export One-time purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

ARPJAM Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CozySynth at Free against ARPJAM Studio's $7.99. ARPJAM Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support. On rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CozySynth is free to download; ARPJAM Studio costs $7.99 up front. CozySynth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ARPJAM Studio 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 CozySynth against 5.0 for ARPJAM Studio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CozySynth versus ARPJAM Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCozySynthARPJAM Studio
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen MorrisonTakashi Tsunoda

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CozySynth

One-time1
  • CozySynth Studio$3.99
None

ARPJAM Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CozySynth free?
CozySynth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ARPJAM Studio free?
ARPJAM Studio costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CozySynth or ARPJAM Studio?
CozySynth and ARPJAM Studio are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.

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