Comparison

Violibration vs KAGARIBI

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

Head to head
About

Violibration

Explore a variety of responsive haptic surfaces by dragging your finger across the screen. Adjust intensity and sensitivity to customize your tactile experience. Unlock additional surface families or the full library with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • Responsive haptic surfaces
  • Five surface families
  • Adjustable intensity and sensitivity
  • Visual mode for non-haptic devices
  • Unlockable surface library
Features
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Violibration turns touch into tactile exploration. Drag across the screen to feel responsive haptic surfaces such as velvet, sand, water, vinyl and static. Browse five surface families: Soft, Granular, Fluid, Mechanical and Magnetic. Tune intensity and sensitivity while each texture reacts to speed, curves and reversals. Try locked surfaces with quick previews, unlock a favourite family, or unlock the full tactile library with one purchase. Designed for iPhone haptics, with a visual mode for devices where live haptics are unavailable.

About

KAGARIBI

This music creation tool allows users to shape and understand sound with a powerful synthesizer and an integrated sound anatomy feature. It offers extensive sound design capabilities, MIDI support, and advanced tuning options for both standalone use and as an AUv3 instrument.

Highlights
  • Dual oscillators with analog waveforms and wavetables
  • Extensive modulation matrix and effects suite
  • Integrated Sound Anatomy for sound explanation
  • Support for MPE and MIDI 2.0
  • Advanced tuning systems beyond 12-TET
  • Offline WAV export
  • Live Safe mode for reduced audio dropouts
Features
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Play a sound. Shape it. Understand why it sounds that way. KAGARIBI is a free synthesizer for iPhone and iPad with no ads, tracking, account, or network connection required. Play it standalone or load it as an AUv3 instrument. CREATE YOUR SOUND • Two oscillators with analog waveforms and six wavetable families • Up to seven-voice unison, FM, ring modulation, and hard sync • Six filter types, three envelopes, two LFOs, and an eight-slot modulation matrix • Drive, phaser, chorus, delay, reverb, compressor, and limiter • Arpeggiator and four performance macros UNDERSTAND IT — SOUND ANATOMY Sound Anatomy reads the patch you are playing and explains why it sounds the way it does. Connect what you hear to unison, filters, envelopes, LFOs, effects, and more—without leaving the instrument. PLAY AND PRODUCE • 30 factory presets • Multitouch keyboard, Hold, and Arpeggiator • MPE and MIDI 2.0, plus USB and Bluetooth MIDI input • AUv3 host automation for 95 parameters • One preset library shared between the app and AUv3 • A/B comparison, search, favorites, and a recoverable trash • Offline 48 kHz / 24-bit WAV export BEYOND 12-TET Explore 16 included tunings—from just intonation and Pythagorean to Japanese scales, 19/24/31-EDO, and Bohlen–Pierce. Import Scala .scl and .kbm files and set reference pitch from A=415 to 466 Hz. READY FOR LIVE PLAY Live Safe watches real-time processing headroom and adjusts the voice limit when needed to reduce the risk of audio dropouts. Choose Studio or Offline HQ when the session calls for more detail. Your data stays on your device. KAGARIBI includes no third-party ad SDKs, tracking, or network transmission.

Screenshots

Violibration4 screens
KAGARIBI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Violibration at 5.0 against KAGARIBI's 4.5. Violibration also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). KAGARIBI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Violibration sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. KAGARIBI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Violibration holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Violibration ships an update monthly, KAGARIBI every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Violibration versus KAGARIBI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViolibrationKAGARIBI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas RichardsonCode and DESIGN inc.

Customer experience

Violibration

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

KAGARIBI

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Violibration

One-time6
  • Soft Surfaces$0.99
  • Magnetic Surfaces$0.99
  • Fluid Surfaces$0.99
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  • Granular Surfaces$0.99
  • Mechanical Surfaces$0.99
  • Unlock All Surfaces$3.99
None

KAGARIBI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Violibration free?
Violibration is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KAGARIBI free?
KAGARIBI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Violibration or KAGARIBI?
Violibration is rated higher. Violibration averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while KAGARIBI averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Violibration or KAGARIBI have ads?
Neither Violibration nor KAGARIBI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Violibration or KAGARIBI?
Violibration ships an update monthly, and KAGARIBI every 2 days. Most recently, Violibration was updated on October 10, 2026 and KAGARIBI on October 12, 2026.

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