Comparison

A«iD vs Blozzum Bitty

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

Head to head
About

A«iD

This app synthesizes video in real time, reacting to audio input. It offers a modular chain of effects to manipulate visuals, allowing for custom masks and intricate distortions. Create unique, psychedelic visual experiences inspired by vintage video synthesizers.

Highlights
  • Audio-reactive video synthesis
  • Modular effects chain
  • Customizable masks (SVG, PNG, PDF)
  • Real-time feedback and distortion
  • Color manipulation and remap
  • CRT phosphor and DV tape emulation
  • Edge detection and raster effects
Features
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A«iD is an audio-reactive video synthesizer inspired by Eric Siegel's legendary EVS Electronic Video Synthesizer from the 1970s. ——— THE CHAIN ——— Modules process the video signal in real time. Stack them in any order, tap to open controls, drag to reorder, long-press to bypass. GEOMETRY SOURCE — Generate a synthetic shape and composite it over the signal. Circle, diamond, bar, cross, ring, triangle, hexagon — or load your own SVG, PNG, or PDF as a custom mask. Position, size, hue, and edge softness are all independently audio-modulatable. FEEDBACK — Route the processed signal back into itself. Pinch and rotate on the canvas to control zoom and spin in real time. KEYER — Unified luma and chroma key in a single module. Cut foreground from background by luminance or isolate a color as a matte. Tap the eyedropper to sample any color directly from the screen. Pairs visually with COMPOSITE in the chain — the signal knows where it's going. COMPOSITE — Layer the processed chain behind a clean camera cut using luma and chroma mattes simultaneously. COLOR MATRIX — Rotate, invert, and cross-channel the RGB color space. Strange colors guaranteed. HUE LFO — Oscillate the hue channel at tempo-synced rates. Psychedelic pulsing locked to the beat. PHOSPHOR DECAY — Emulate CRT phosphor persistence. Past frames linger like burned afterimages. BURN ECHO — Additive frame echo that saturates toward white. Motion leaves a scorched trail. DV TAPE — Analog dropout and compression artifacts from the era of consumer DV camcorders. HALATION — Film halation glow on bright areas. Warm blooming on highlights. CHROMA SMEAR — Horizontal chroma bleed and compression fringing. SCAN DISPLACE — Rutt/Etra-inspired raster displacement. Each scanline shifts horizontally by audio frequency content mapped to vertical position — bass warps the bottom, treble the top. The entire frame becomes a spectrum warp field. EDGE OUTLINE — Sobel edge detection with colored glow, inspired by Stephen Beck's Direct Video Synthesizer. Flat areas go dark; edges light up in the chosen hue and bloom outward. COLORMAP — Remap luminance to color. Five palettes: Thermal (heat vision), Psychedelic (full hue rotation, classic Siegel PCS), Phosphor (P1 green CRT), Ice, and Neon. Every pixel's brightness becomes a new color. RASTER BEND — Distort the scan lines. Warp the geometry of the image itself. MIRROR — Fold, flip, and tile the frame into kaleidoscopic symmetry. TILE — Repeat, scale, and rearrange the frame in a grid. POSTERIZE — Reduce color depth. Hard edges, flat planes, screen-print aesthetics. TRANSFORM — Rotate, scale, and reposition with full affine control. CHANNEL MIX — Blend and cross-route RGB channels independently. ENCODER — NTSC-style composite encoding. Color bleeding and luminance separation. ——— AUDIO REACTOR ——— Every knob can be wired to the live audio signal. A»iD listens constantly and extracts amplitude, bass, mid and treble bands, beat phase, BPM, onset triggers, and spectral centroid. Seven LFOs run at BPM subdivisions. Open the Patch Bay to wire any source to any parameter in any module. Stack multiple sources on one knob. Set amount and polarity per patch. ——— RANDOMIZE ——— Shake the device (or hit the die) to randomize the whole chain. Palette Lock freezes hue and saturation through dice rolls. Sleeper Mode locks each module's bypass state — sleeping modules stay asleep, active modules stay awake. Everything re-rolls around your intention. ——— SYNC & CONTROL ——— ABLETON LINK — Lock BPM and beat phase with Ableton Live, AUM, Loopy, and any Link-compatible app on your network. MIDI — Auto-learns CC from any wired or Bluetooth MIDI controller. Long-press any knob to assign. OSC — Receive /aid/ messages from TouchOSC or Max/MSP over Wi-Fi.

About

Blozzum Bitty

Features
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Blozzum Bitty is a studio for sound-reactive visual art. Build a composition from shapes, effects, and color, bind anything to your music, and watch it move, bloom, and breathe in time with every beat. It's the lightweight member of the Blozzum family — light on your battery and instantly playable on iPhone and iPad, while still giving you real creative control. HOW IT WORKS Start from a shape. Add a stack of mutation and effects to twist, warp, and stylize it. Finish with a final stage of touch ups. Then make it listen: different audio metrics (RMS, Frame Peak, Kick, Beat, etc.) can drive most any parameter in the paths, mutations, and effects — you decide what reacts to what. Use the mic for live input, or load an audio file and loop through it. EASY ON YOUR DEVICE Blozzum Bitty runs a streamlined, single-layer engine with a gentle frame-rate cap, so it stays cool and battery-friendly during long sessions. FREE TO CREATE Everything you need to make and export visuals is free. An optional subscription unlocks MIDI control and mirroring your canvas to an external display — perfect for live performances and installations. SUBSCRIPTION & PRICING Blozzum Bitty Plus is an optional auto-renewable subscription that unlocks MIDI control and external-display mirroring. Everything else stays free. - Plus (Monthly) — auto-renewable, billed monthly - Plus (Annual) — auto-renewable, billed yearly Prices are shown in the app and vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > your Apple ID > Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://muddlegeist.com/blozzum/terms Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://muddlegeist.com/blozzum/privacy Made by Muddlegeist.

Screenshots

A«iD4 screens
Blozzum Bitty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A«iD at none against Blozzum Bitty's 2. A«iD also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Blozzum Bitty sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. A«iD asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
A«iD versus Blozzum Bitty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA«iDBlozzum Bitty
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOEL CHRISTOPHER RAKOWSKIMuddlegeist

In-app purchases

None

A«iD

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Blozzum Bitty

Subscriptions2
  • Full Bitty - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Full Bitty - Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is A«iD free?
A«iD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blozzum Bitty free?
Blozzum Bitty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do A«iD or Blozzum Bitty have ads?
Neither A«iD nor Blozzum Bitty shows ads.

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