Comparison

Digital Worms Attack vs Gelato Synth

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

Head to head
About

Digital Worms Attack

Create music with analog-style synths, a drum machine, and a microphone sampler. Sequence beats, add effects, record your sessions, and export your creations as WAV files.

Highlights
  • Dual analog-style synth voices
  • 808-style drum machine
  • Sampled drum kit
  • Microphone sampler
  • Step sequencer with motion sequencing
  • Master effects chain
  • Session recording and WAV export
Features
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DIGITAL WORMS ATTACK is a tribute to Mr. Oizo's classic album ANALOG WORMS ATTACK and the Korg MS-20 that helped shape its sound. Two analog-style synth voices, an 808-flavored drum machine, a sampled drum kit, and a microphone sampler — all driven by a step sequencer with per-step parameter locks. Stack effects, record your jam, export a WAV. FEATURES • Dual monosynth with MS-20-style filter • 808-style drum voices (kick, snare, hat, clap, cowbell) • Sample-based drum kit • Microphone sampler — record and play back your own sounds • Step sequencer with motion sequencing • Master effects chain • Session recording and WAV export Made as an homage to Mr. Oizo and ANALOG WORMS ATTACK. Have fun.

About

Gelato Synth

This music creation app offers a user-friendly synthesizer experience, ensuring every note played is in key. Explore various scales, play chords easily, and record layered musical ideas with built-in effects and editing tools.

Highlights
  • Play in key with automatic scale reconstruction
  • FM synthesis with two oscillators
  • Chord mode for easy chord playing
  • Multi-track recording and looping
  • Save and manage custom sounds
  • Built-in effects and filters
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Gelato Synth is a chunky, friendly synthesizer for iPhone. Pick a sound, tap the big pads, and it sounds good straight away, because every note is already in key. NEVER PLAY A WRONG NOTE Choose a key and a scale and the pads rebuild themselves. Every button is a note that fits. Slide across them, hold them, stack them. You cannot hit a clunker. MAKE A SOUND THAT IS YOURS Real FM synthesis with two oscillators, noise, an envelope, a filter, an LFO and effects, all on big sliders you can understand. Watch the wave change on the scope as you move them. Start from one of 52 sounds or from a blank slate. PLAY CHORDS WITH A BUTTON Switch to Chords and the pads become the chords of your key: triads, sevenths, ninths, sus and power chords. Whole chords under every finger. RECORD YOUR IDEA Tap record for a quick take, or set a tempo and a beat and loop it. Add another layer on top with +1, up to eight, each with its own sound. Mute, balance and share the mix. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Save the sounds you make into My Sounds and they are there next time. Drop your own drum hits into the Files app and the beats use them. WHAT IS FREE Notes mode with every scale, a handful of sounds in each category with all the sliders, and quick record. THE FULL LIBRARY One purchase, yours forever: chord buttons, every sound, the loop recorder with beats and layers, and saving your own sounds. No subscription, no ads, no account. Gelato Synth is made by a tiny team who wanted a synth their friends could pick up without a manual. Questions and ideas: hello@gelatoaudio.com

Screenshots

Digital Worms Attack4 screens
Gelato Synth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Digital Worms Attack at 5.0 against Gelato Synth's 4.5. Digital Worms Attack also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gelato Synth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Digital Worms Attack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Digital Worms Attack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Digital Worms Attack versus Gelato Synth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Worms AttackGelato Synth
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamuel Rulon-MillerCerrone LLC

Customer experience

Digital Worms Attack

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gelato Synth

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Digital Worms Attack

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gelato Synth

One-time1
  • Full Gelato Synth$4.99

Questions

Is Digital Worms Attack free?
Digital Worms Attack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gelato Synth free?
Gelato Synth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Worms Attack or Gelato Synth?
Digital Worms Attack is rated higher. Digital Worms Attack averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Gelato Synth averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Digital Worms Attack or Gelato Synth have ads?
Neither Digital Worms Attack nor Gelato Synth shows ads.

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