Pinkish Trombone vs Velvet Vocoder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinkish Trombone
This app is a studio-ready instrument for iOS, expanding on a classic web-based speech synthesizer. It offers multitouch playability with modulation options and automatable parameters, functioning as a standalone app or AUV3.
- Articulatory speech synthesizer
- Multitouch playability
- Modulation options
- Automatable parameters
- Standalone app
- AUV3 support
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Based on Neil Thapen's classic web-based interactive articulatory speech synthesizer, Pink Trombone, Pinkish expands the original into a studio-ready instrument for iOS. While staying faithful to the original's multitouch playability, Pinkish Trombone adds a suite of modulation options and automatable parameters that breath new life into that venerable vocal tract. Pinkish Trombone operates as a standalone app as well as an AUV3 so you can use it in any of your favorite iOS DAW apps. Apple Silicon macOS users can even use it in Ableton Live!
Velvet Vocoder
This app transforms your device into a real-time vocal studio, offering auto-tune, harmony generation, and vocoder effects. It allows for pitch correction, adding multiple in-key voices, and controlling vocal tuning with a MIDI keyboard.
- Real-time auto-tune
- Automatic diatonic harmonies
- Vocode mode with MIDI control
- Classic vocoder synth layer
- Adjustable key and scale
- Vocal FX suite
- AUv3 plugin support
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VV17 turns your iPhone and iPad into a real-time vocal studio — auto-tune, harmony, and vocoder in one app. Sing or speak into your device and VV17 corrects your pitch to any key and scale as you go. Turn on harmony and it stacks up to four in-key voices under your lead, TC-Helicon style. Switch to Vocode mode and play a MIDI keyboard to drive the tuning by hand — your lead locks to the nearest held note while the others become live harmonies. FEATURES • Real-time auto-tune with adjustable correction amount and speed, from natural to hard-tuned • Automatic diatonic harmonies — stacked in-key thirds, 1 to 4 voices • Infinite mode swaps the harmony stack for a shimmering harmonic series • Vocode mode: control the tuner live from held MIDI notes • Classic vocoder / talkbox synth layer driven by your voice • Choose your key and scale, or explore just-intonation temperaments • Vocal FX: spread, humanize, sibilance, and response controls • Presets to get you started, including lush choir and modern hard-tune rigs • Works standalone or as an Audio Unit (AUv3) plugin inside GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, and other hosts All processing happens on your device. No account, no sign-up, no data collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pinkish Trombone at $4.99 against Velvet Vocoder's $24.99. Velvet Vocoder's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Pinkish Trombone costs $4.99 and Velvet Vocoder $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pinkish Trombone against 5.0 for Velvet Vocoder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinkish Trombone | Velvet Vocoder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $24.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #68 — better | #198 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Meyers | Paul Wand |
Customer experience
Pinkish Trombone
Velvet Vocoder
In-app purchases
Pinkish Trombone
No in-app purchases
Velvet Vocoder
No in-app purchases









