Comparison

Sungalizer vs Braindance

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

Head to head
About

Sungalizer

Transform sound into dynamic visuals with this live audio visualizer. Choose from multiple display modes like Spectrum, Depth, and Scope to create real-time motion from your microphone or audio source. It's a visual instrument designed for artists and musicians.

Highlights
  • Live audio-reactive display
  • Multiple visual modes (Spectrum, Depth, Trace, Scope, Quad)
  • Input source selection
  • Retro-inspired interface
  • Visual companion for music and audio gear
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Sungalizer is a live audio visualizer inspired by classic scopes, studio displays, and retro signal screens. Use it standalone with your microphone or a compatible connected audio source, or load it as an AUv3 audio effect in a compatible iOS or iPadOS music host. Incoming sound drives five real-time visual modes: Spectrum for frequency motion, Depth for dimensional landscapes, Trace for scrolling spectral memory, Scope for waveform display, and Quad for a combined view. Three preset slots let you save and recall visual setups. Adjust the controls, select slot A, B, or C, then tap Save. To restore a setup, select its slot and tap Load. The control rack keeps input and display settings close at hand. Double-tap the visual display to hide the right-hand rack for a full-screen view, then double-tap again to show the controls. Built for artists, musicians, and performers, Sungalizer turns synths, mixers, audio interfaces, live sets, voices, and routed tracks into expressive motion.

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
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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

Sungalizer4 screens
Braindance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Braindance at 5.0 against Sungalizer's 4.3. Braindance also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Sungalizer's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Sungalizer costs $3.99 and Braindance $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Braindance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sungalizer ships an update every 6 weeks, Braindance weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sungalizer versus Braindance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSungalizerBraindance
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeoffrey Gravenfourtrack.fm LLC

Customer experience

Sungalizer

All ratings3 ratings
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

None

Sungalizer

No in-app purchases

None

Braindance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sungalizer free?
Sungalizer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Braindance free?
Braindance costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sungalizer or Braindance?
Braindance is rated higher. Sungalizer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Braindance averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Sungalizer or Braindance have ads?
Neither Sungalizer nor Braindance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sungalizer or Braindance?
Sungalizer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Braindance weekly. Most recently, Sungalizer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Braindance on October 24, 2026.

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