Comparison

Diosynth Live vs OpenString

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

Head to head
About

Diosynth Live

This mobile companion app provides quick access to your instrument's favorite sounds, system settings, and MIDI configurations during performances and rehearsals. Connect wirelessly or via USB to manage patches and adjust parameters without a computer.

Highlights
  • Quick patch recall
  • Manage and reorder favorites
  • View and adjust system settings
  • Configure MIDI settings
  • USB and Bluetooth MIDI connectivity
  • Demo Mode for exploration
Features
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Diosynth Live™ is the mobile companion app for ASM Diosynth®, designed for quick access during performance, rehearsal, and everyday use. Connect your Diosynth to a compatible iPhone using USB or Bluetooth MIDI, then quickly recall favorite patches and adjust important Setup and MIDI settings without needing a computer. Diosynth Live is organized into three main sections: Favorites, Setup, and MIDI. FAVORITES Keep your favorite sounds close at hand. • Quickly recall favorite patches in Perform mode • Manage and reorder favorites in Edit mode • Keep your Favorites synchronized with your Diosynth SETUP View and adjust Diosynth system and performance settings directly from your iPhone. Setup provides access to settings including pitch, key delay, breath and bite response, assignable buttons, pressure pads, gyroscope, joystick, vibrato, fingering, clock, audio levels, Master FX, and other instrument settings. MIDI View and adjust Diosynth MIDI settings, including Local Control, MIDI channel selection, Program Change settings, joystick and button assignments, and other MIDI-related options. CONNECTIVITY Diosynth Live supports: • USB connection • Bluetooth MIDI • Demo Mode for exploring the app without a connected Diosynth DIOSYNTH LIVE™ AND DIOSYNTH MANAGER™ Diosynth Live is designed for quick patch recall and convenient access to instrument settings while playing. Full patch browsing and editing, bank management, and firmware updates are handled using the Diosynth Manager™ desktop application. Diosynth Live requires an ASM Diosynth for full functionality.

About

OpenString

This app provides essential tools for guitarists, including a tuner, metronome, chord handbook, and a personal songbook. It offers all features upfront with no subscriptions or in-app purchases, allowing users to manage their own song charts and practice effectively offline.

Highlights
  • Guitar tuner
  • Metronome with tempo and meter settings
  • Chord handbook with fingerings and voicings
  • Personal songbook for lyrics and chords
  • Key transposition and capo preference
  • Scale and shape finder
Features
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Every guitar practice tool is included: tuner, metronome, chord handbook, and a personal songbook. No subscription, no account, and no catalog paywall. OpenString is built for guitarists who want the tools on their phone, not a rented song library. Install it from the App Store. You get the tuner, metronome, chords, and songbook. There is nothing left to unlock later. WHAT YOU GET Guitar tuner Tune a standard six-string guitar with the microphone. Choose a preset, let the app pick the string or choose it yourself, and play a reference note when you want a target pitch. Audio is processed on your iPhone. It is never recorded or uploaded. Metronome Keep time from 40 to 240 BPM. Tap a tempo, set the meter, choose subdivisions and accents, run a practice timer, or mute the click and follow the beat visually. Chord handbook Look up common major, minor, and seventh fingerings in standard guitar tuning. Search the handbook, save favorites, hear a reference voicing, and jump to alternate positions on the neck. Personal songbook Keep your own lyrics and chords. Transpose the displayed key and save a capo preference without rewriting the source chart. Add song metadata, build named setlists, practice with autoscroll, jump to chords used in a song, and import ChordPro. Create and edit on your phone, then export a backup to a destination you choose and restore it later. Song to chords Pick a song and get its chords and words together in one tap, ready to play and sing. Scale and shape finder Type a scale like A minor pentatonic and see its box shapes on the neck, with the fret positions you actually play them in. HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT There are no in-app purchases and no subscription. Every current tool is included with the app. The tuner, metronome, chord handbook, and songbook are not split across plans. No commercial song catalog is included. Your songbook is filled by you, whether you type it or import ChordPro. That is the point: your charts, your lyrics, your practice. The app works offline and needs no account. No feed. No ads in the app. WHO IT IS FOR Players who want a tuner, metronome, chord diagrams, and their own charts in one place. People who write songs, type lyrics and chords they already play, or import ChordPro. WHO IT IS NOT FOR OpenString does not rent you a library of popular songs or official tabs. If you want a commercial catalog behind a monthly plan, this is not that app. OpenString is built for guitar practice on iPhone.

Screenshots

Diosynth Live4 screens
OpenString4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Diosynth Live at none against OpenString's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. OpenString sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Diosynth Live 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 Diosynth Live against 5.0 for OpenString. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Diosynth Live versus OpenString: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiosynth LiveOpenString
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshunSoundMachinesTechguyver Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Diosynth Live

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

OpenString

One-time1
  • OpenString Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Diosynth Live free?
Diosynth Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenString free?
OpenString is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diosynth Live or OpenString?
Diosynth Live and OpenString are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Diosynth Live or OpenString have ads?
Neither Diosynth Live nor OpenString shows ads.

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