Comparison

SynthMaker Techno vs 055U4RY

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

Head to head
About

SynthMaker Techno

Features
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SynthMaker is a compact acid bass synthesizer with a cosmic tactile control panel. Shape oscillator, filter, envelope, keyboard notes, and step patterns from a dark live synth interface.

About

055U4RY

This app is a unique polyphonic synthesizer designed to evoke horror-themed soundscapes. It features a distinctive visual interface resembling a haunted DOS terminal with a skull motif, offering a variety of synthesis engines and effects for creating unsettling audio.

Highlights
  • 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer
  • 15 synthesis engines
  • Twin chaotic LFOs
  • Shepard-Risset layer
  • State-variable filter
  • Sample-rate reducer and bit-depth crusher
  • Real-time stutter buffer (GLTCH)
Features
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055U4RY (say it: "ossuary") is an 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer sealed inside a haunted DOS terminal — and, since 1.30, a second plug-in that turns the same machine loose on any audio you feed it. A photographic ASCII skull is the front panel: its jaw hinges open with the amplitude envelope, its eye sockets ignite with the output level, and the whole interface tears, melts and reassembles itself while you play. THE VOICE - 15 synthesis engines: detuned saw/square/triangle unison stacks, sine and sub-oscillators one and two octaves down, two-operator FM, ring modulation and inharmonic partials. Every factory preset is a different engine. - Twin chaotic LFOs that cross-modulate each other's RATE, so pitch and filter drift never repeats. Held notes stay alive and slightly wrong. - A Shepard-Risset layer tuned beneath every note: five windowed partials in an endless downward glissando - the bottomless-pit illusion of classic horror scoring, fused into the oscillator core. - A 19 Hz infrasonic tremolo at the edge of perception. On headphones it is a shiver; on a big system it is pressure. THE CHAIN - State-variable filter, low-pass or band-pass per engine, with resonance that will scream - Sample-rate reducer and bit-depth crusher for terminal-grade lo-fi - Saturating drive stage - GLTCH: a real-time stutter buffer that seizes and re-loops your signal - CRYPT: a damped, pitch-black comb/allpass reverb - GLIDE: exponential portamento up to 1.5 seconds - DOOM: one macro that leans the chaos, the descent and the tremor deeper into the signal PERFORM - 14 knobs, all ASCII, every one audible on every preset - 15 factory presets with per-preset patch memory: your tweaks persist for each preset, and [RESET] restores the factory sound - Two-octave on-screen keyboard with octave transpose and note names - Hardware MIDI in (all sources auto-connect), built-in Bluetooth MIDI pairing, pitch bend, MIDI 2.0 aware - The skull is your meter: jaw = envelope, eyes = level, decay = how hard you push GLTCH 055U4RY FX - THE EFFECT The same app installs a second, separate plug-in. Put it on a drum loop, a guitar, a vocal or a whole mix and run it through the machine: - The full destruction chain as an insert - drive, bit crusher, sample-rate reducer, stutter, filter and the CRYPT reverb - in true stereo - HAUNT: a cross-fed delay whose repeats rot as they decay, with MURK controlling how fast they turn to mud - SYNC: stutters and echoes locked to your host's tempo, 1/16 through 1/1, or free-running - DOOM as an injector: the endless Risset descent and the 19 Hz tremor printed underneath your audio, so anything you feed it gains a bottomless falling drone that was never in the source - Fifteen presets sharing the instrument's names, each a different topology - Wet/dry MIX, output trim, and a skull that reacts to whatever passes through AUv3 + STANDALONE The synth runs standalone with zero setup. Both plug-ins install into your host: AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, apeMatrix, WBTRK and any AUv3-compatible DAW, with full parameter automation - "hejluxom: 055U4RY" under instruments, "hejluxom: 055U4RY FX" under effects. One purchase, every platform: iPhone, iPad and Mac. No accounts, no ads, no data collected - your patches never leave the device.

Screenshots

SynthMaker Techno1 screens
055U4RY3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 055U4RY at none against SynthMaker Techno's shown. SynthMaker Techno's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On in-app purchases 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

SynthMaker Techno costs $1.99 and 055U4RY $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SynthMaker Techno versus 055U4RY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynthMaker Techno055U4RY
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating—4.9 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developersatoshi amasakiLASZLO DOBROVOLSZKI

In-app purchases

None

SynthMaker Techno

No in-app purchases

None

055U4RY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SynthMaker Techno free?
SynthMaker Techno costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 055U4RY free?
055U4RY costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SynthMaker Techno or 055U4RY have ads?
SynthMaker Techno shows ads; 055U4RY does not.

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