Comparison

Audio Aura vs Braindance

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

Head to head
About

Audio Aura

Transform your device's flashlight into a dynamic light show that reacts to ambient sound. Experience immersive visuals that pulse and breathe with music, conversations, or any audio in your environment. No account or music library needed, just pure, responsive light.

Highlights
  • Sound-reactive flashlight
  • Dynamic screen visuals
  • Responds to ambient audio
  • No account required
  • No music library access
  • Lightweight and private
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The artist pauses. The crowd goes quiet. Then the call comes. Raise your lights. Everyone reaches for their phone. Yours is different. The moment sound hits the microphone, your torch comes alive. It pulses with the drop, softens in the silence, breathes with everything in between. Your screen fills with visuals that move with the room. Not looping, not preset. Alive. Take it somewhere else. A campfire where the flame on your screen flickers with every crackle of wood. A house party where the disco ball scatters light to the bass. A speech where the waveform maps every word. AudioAura finds its place wherever sound fills the air. No account to create. No music library to access. Nothing stored, nothing sent. Just you, your microphone, and the room. PulseLord is for those who want more. More visuals, a unique icon, and the feeling of having the complete version.

About

Braindance

This app allows real-time audio manipulation with buffer-glitch effects. Create complex rhythmic patterns, apply various audio transformations, and perform live with intuitive controls. It can be used as a standalone application or as an Audio Unit within other hosts.

Highlights
  • Real-time buffer-glitch audio manipulation
  • Step sequencer with Euclidean patterns
  • Multiple audio effects (bitcrush, flanger, delay, reverb)
  • Master filter with various modes
  • Live performance controls (XY pad, macros)
  • AUv3 and MIDI support
Features
Currently charting
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Braindance is a buffer-glitch effect for iOS. Feed it audio and cut, stutter, repitch and mangle it in real time. SEQUENCE Build glitch patterns on a step sequencer with gate, repeat, reverse and pan lanes. Fill rhythms with Euclidean patterns, set step size and length, and capture what you just played onto the history tape. EFFECTS Shape the result with bitcrush, flanger, delay and reverb, then a master filter with switchable SVF, ladder, comb and resonator modes. Automate any parameter with per-slot shapes and depth over a chosen number of bars. PERFORM Play the effect live. Morph between settings on an XY pad, hold macros like Fire, History, Forget and Freeze, and fire launch pads including Trance Gate, Half-Time, Tresillo, IDM Chop, Stutter, Machine Gun, Glitch Walk, Reverse Rain, Ping Pong, Repitch, Dub Siren and Clicks + Cuts. AUv3 Run Braindance as an Audio Unit inside your host to process tracks in place, or play it standalone. A MIDI variant is included for triggering glitches from a keyboard or sequencer. Three themes: Ark, Candy and Clarity.

Screenshots

Audio Aura4 screens
Braindance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Audio Aura at Free against Braindance's $4.99. Audio Aura also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Braindance's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#104 vs unranked). On 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

Audio Aura is free to download; Braindance costs $4.99 up front. Audio Aura sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Braindance asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Aura ships an update daily, Braindance weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Audio Aura versus Braindance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio AuraBraindance
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#104 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSampurna Adhikarifourtrack.fm LLC

Customer experience

Audio Aura

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Braindance

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Audio Aura

One-time1
  • Pulse Lord$2.99
None

Braindance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Aura free?
Audio Aura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braindance free?
Braindance costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Audio Aura or Braindance have ads?
Neither Audio Aura nor Braindance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Aura or Braindance?
Audio Aura ships an update daily, and Braindance weekly. Most recently, Audio Aura was updated on October 31, 2026 and Braindance on October 31, 2026.

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