Comparison

CozySynth vs PolyrhythmLab

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

PolyrhythmLab

Create complex, evolving musical rhythms and dynamic visual performances. This app offers a unique polyrhythmic engine for sound layers and a live visual mixer with customizable effects and camera controls. Export audio, MIDI, or video of your creations.

Highlights
  • True polyrhythm engine with independent step/pulse counts per layer
  • AUv3 plugin support for DAWs like GarageBand and Logic
  • Live MIDI output for driving external synths
  • Integrated VJ mixer with audio-reactive visuals and effects
  • Song mode for arranging patterns into full tracks
  • Save and reload groovebox patterns and VJ setups as presets
  • Export audio, MIDI, and video recordings
Features
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PolyrhythmLab is a groovebox built around true polyrhythms: every sound layer gets its own step count, pulse count, and rotation, so layers of different lengths interlock and drift in and out of phase instead of locking to one shared grid. NEW IN 2.0 — AUv3 PLUGIN Use PolyrhythmLab as a real instrument inside GarageBand, Logic, AUM, and any other AU-compatible host. Four independent polyrhythmic layers, each exposed as automatable parameters, real MIDI output so your performance actually records as a MIDI region, and its own compact control panel with a live pattern wheel, a randomizer, and optional sync to your session's tempo. NEW IN 2.0 — LIVE MIDI OUTPUT Send a real Note On/Off for every layer hit straight from the main app — one MIDI channel per layer, over a virtual MIDI connection — to drive another synth, app, or piece of hardware in real time, not just sync tempo. NEW IN 2.0 — CAST VJ MIX Send the VJ Mix visuals to a TV or projector over AirPlay or a wired adapter, while your device keeps the full set of live controls. Save and reload VJ Mix setups — visual styles, effects, camera moves, and their LFOs — as named presets, same as patterns. GROOVEBOX • Euclidean-style rhythm engine — set steps, pulses, and rotation per layer • Drums, glitch/textural one-shots, classic synth voices (piano, bell, pad, bass), and melodic synth patches • Per-layer filter, reverb, delay, pitch, and LFOs on every parameter • Randomize engine biased toward musical, playable combinations • Chord modes, scales, and modal note selection for melodic layers SONG MODE Arrange your saved patterns into sections and chain them into a full song. VJ MIX A live visual performance surface: blend two audio-reactive visualizations, layer on real-time color and shader effects — RGB split, kaleidoscope, pixelate, glow, trail — and a 3D camera with zoom, pan, orbit, and tilt, each with its own LFO. Randomize the whole look by hand, or hand it to an autonomous "robot" that keeps remixing itself. Record the performance in real time via ReplayKit, or export a styled video clip. PRESETS Save and reload both groovebox patterns and VJ Mix setups as named presets. EXPORT Render your patterns and songs to audio, or export them as MIDI. No account, no ads, no analytics. Everything is stored locally on your device.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CozySynth at Free against PolyrhythmLab's $4.99. CozySynth also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). PolyrhythmLab's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support. On ratings volume 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; PolyrhythmLab costs $4.99 up front. CozySynth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PolyrhythmLab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CozySynth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CozySynth versus PolyrhythmLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCozySynthPolyrhythmLab
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Fortnightly
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB401 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen MorrisonMartin Adler

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CozySynth

One-time1
  • CozySynth Studio$3.99
None

PolyrhythmLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CozySynth free?
CozySynth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PolyrhythmLab free?
PolyrhythmLab costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CozySynth or PolyrhythmLab?
CozySynth is rated higher. CozySynth averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while PolyrhythmLab averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.

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