Sungalizer vs Music Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Music Pulse
Transform ambient sound into dynamic visual displays like VU meters and light shows. Customize themes, colors, and text for a personalized audio-visual experience. Audio is processed locally for privacy.
- VU meters and LED displays
- Frequency spectra and light effects
- Customizable themes and colors
- Adjustable sensitivity
- Add custom text overlays
- Offline audio processing
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Turn the sound around you into motion with Music Pulse. Use your iPhone microphone to bring retro VU meters, LED displays, frequency spectra and imaginative light effects to life. Swipe to switch themes, choose from available colors and adjust sensitivity to your surroundings. Double-tap the visualizer to hide the controls for an immersive view. Add your own text with customizable color, size and font style. Explore designs inspired by classic audio equipment, glowing valves, cassettes and geometric light effects. Calibrate silence in a quiet environment to reduce unwanted visual activity from background noise. Audio is processed on your device. No account is required, and microphone audio is not saved or uploaded. Music Pulse listens through the microphone; it does not directly capture audio from other apps on your iPhone. The meters are for visualization, not calibrated sound-pressure measurements. Some themes feature bright lights and rapid changes in illumination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Music Pulse at Free against Sungalizer's $3.99. Music Pulse also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Music Pulse is free to download; Sungalizer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Music Pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Sungalizer | Music Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Geoffrey Graven | Adrian Fernandez |
Customer experience
Sungalizer
Music Pulse
In-app purchases
Sungalizer
No in-app purchases
Music Pulse
No in-app purchases









