Ravemaker vs Tonic Synths
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ravemaker
Create techno beats with a powerful monosynth and drum machine sequencer. Focus on one-bar loops with advanced sequencing and effects. Export your creations to audio.
- Monosynth
- Drum machine sequencer
- One-bar loop focus
- Advanced sequencing (retrigger, probability, velocity)
- Euclidean fills
- Chorus, Tape Delay, Reverb effects
- Audio export
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Ravemaker - Techno Beats is a synth bass line and drum machine sequencer that lets you hyperfocus on one bar loops. It has a full-blown monosynth, and unlocking the app adds Chorus, Tape Delay, and Reverb effects. Unlock allows users to swap in samples with advanced sequencing features: retrigger, probability, and velocity, and fills: including euclidean fills. Dwell in your rhythm and iterate pointilistically, then export your loop to audio.
Tonic Synths
This app offers a portable music studio with 14 unique synthesizers for creating and sculpting audio. Users can draw sounds, program melodies, and apply effects like reverb and compression. Recordings can be exported as WAV files for use in other projects.
- 14 unique synthesizers
- XY pad sound sculpting
- 8-step melody programming
- Resonant filter sculpting
- Reverb and compressor effects
- 60-second audio recording
- WAV file export
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Tonic Synth puts a studio full of synthesizers in your pocket. 14 unique synths. All live. All real. Draw sound with your finger on the XY pad. Twist an FM drone into alien textures. Program an 8-step melody. Sculpt noise through resonant filters. Drown everything in reverb. Every control changes the sound instantly — no presets, no menus, just your hands on the instrument. Hear something you love? Hit record. You get 60 seconds. Export it as a WAV file and take it anywhere — into your DAW, your sample library, or share it straight from the app. SYNTHS INCLUDE - FM Drone - XY Speed Pad - Delay Sequencer - Step Sequencer - Filtered Noise - Reverb - Compressor - Bandlimited Oscillator - Sine Sum - Stereo Delay - and more! Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tonic Synths at none against Ravemaker's 1. Tonic Synths also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Ravemaker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tonic Synths asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ravemaker against 5.0 for Tonic Synths. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Ravemaker ships an update every 8 days, Tonic Synths every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ravemaker | Tonic Synths |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fourtrack.fm LLC | UpTech Works, LLC |
In-app purchases
Ravemaker
- Ravemaker Lifetime Unlock$2.99
Tonic Synths
No in-app purchases
