Glideophone vs ZenTock

Glideophone is a singing bowl you play by drawing. Trace a loop on the screen and a bowl rings, then holds, so you can build a warm, breathing sound bath one line at a time. It is sound healing you make yourself, with no notes to read and no knobs to learn. Every tone is synthesized live from the inharmonic partials of a real bowl, the shimmer that gives Tibetan singing bowls their voice. Nothing is pre-recorded. If you can draw a circle, you can fill the room with sound. HOW IT WORKS - Draw a loop and the bowl rings; close it and the drone sustains - Stack up to 5 bowls into a slow, living chord - Drag a bowl across the canvas to morph its shimmer and timbre - Double-tap a bowl to mute it - Tuned to Asian pentatonic and meditative modes: Hirajoshi, Kumoi, Sakura, Iwato, Insen and Malkauns, with a smooth glide between them - Gentle haptics as you cross each note A LIVING SOUND BATH Every scene keeps evolving. Bowls shimmer, breathe and drift, so no two moments sound the same. Lay down a calm backdrop for meditation, relaxation, yoga or winding down, or simply draw and listen. WHAT IT IS (AND ISN'T) Glideophone is an instrument you play, not a library of pre-recorded tracks. There are no guided sessions, no voice-overs and no stock audio. It is not a sleep-sounds player, and it is not a set of physical crystal bowls. It is a singing-bowl instrument you play with one finger, and every sound is one you draw and shape yourself. Do I need any music experience? No. Draw a line and it sings. There are no notes to read and nothing to set up. Can I use it for meditation or sound healing? Yes. Many people draw a slow sound bath to relax, focus or meditate. Just remember it is an instrument you play, not a guided session that plays for you. What is a sound bath here? The wash of overlapping bowl tones you build by stacking a few drones. Drag them to color the sound and it keeps evolving on its own. How is this like a real singing bowl? Your finger circles the rim and the bowl rings, much like running a mallet around a real one, but you can hold, stack and reshape each tone. Does it work offline? Yes. Glideophone runs entirely on your device. No microphone, no account, no ads, no network, and nothing you make ever leaves your iPhone.

Tap gently. Return to the present. ZenTock pairs instrument sounds with tactile interaction for everyday relaxation, meditation and focus. Tap a wooden fish, slide a singing bowl or wooden frog, or pause with an automatic rhythm. EIGHT INSTRUMENTS: Explore five wooden fish designs: mulberry, zitan, cypress, huali and nanmu, plus a wooden frog, singing bowl and tingsha cymbals. Preview sounds as you choose. Slide the bowl for sustained resonance or the frog for a croaking sound. YOUR OWN RHYTHM: Play by hand or use automatic tapping with adjustable speed. Choose whether to use haptic feedback. Follow today's count, lifetime progress and levels. FREE, AD-FREE AND OFFLINE: No ads, in-app purchases or account required. Instrument sounds, tapping, sliding, settings and practice records work offline. Practice records stay on your device and are not uploaded. They cannot be restored through an account after uninstalling or clearing app data. YOUR LANGUAGE AND APPEARANCE: Available in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai. Follow the system language or save your choice in Settings. Choose light, dark or system appearance. OPTIONAL FEEDBACK: Sending suggestions requires opting into a network connection, which processes an installation identifier and connection information. Feedback text is sent when submitted. See the in-app privacy policy and connection settings for details and deletion options. Sounds are selected for their listening qualities; instrument names do not certify recordings from those materials. The bowl's sliding resonance is simulated. This app supports everyday relaxation and focus, not medical diagnosis or treatment. Support: calminsight@hotmail.com