Comparison

PocketTone vs Derson DSynth Mobile

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

Head to head
About

PocketTone

This app recreates the experience of a hand-drawn, retro pocket synthesizer. It features a vintage LCD display, slide switches, and chunky buttons, allowing users to play various retro voices, program custom sounds, and jam along to built-in rhythms. Users can also record and share their musical creations.

Highlights
  • Five retro voices (Piano, Flute, Violin, Fantasy, Guitar)
  • Program custom synth voices
  • Ten built-in rhythms
  • Sound shaping controls (octave, volume, balance)
  • Tape-style Delay and lo-fi Crush effects
  • Record and share audio
  • Melody memory (Auto-Play, One-Key play)
Features
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PocketTone is a hand-drawn, retro pocket synthesizer you can play anywhere. Tap the keys and a tiny lo-fi synth comes to life — complete with a green LCD, slide switches and chunky buttons, all lovingly hand-drawn. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Play five retro voices — Piano, Flute, Violin, Fantasy and Guitar. • Program your own voice the way the original did it — an eight-digit code typed on the calculator keys: waveform, envelope, vibrato, tremolo. • Jam over ten built-in rhythms — March, Rock, Bossa, Samba and more. • Shape the sound with octave, volume and a melody/rhythm balance. • Add tape-style Delay and lo-fi Crush effects. • Record what you play and share the audio with anyone. • Use the melody memory — Auto-Play, One-Key play and a built-in demo tune. • Flip to calculator mode… then play the keypad as a melody. The classic pocket-toy party trick, faithfully recreated. POCKETTONE PRO A single one-time purchase unlocks everything: all voices, all rhythms, recording & sharing, the melody memory, and the effects. No subscription — yours forever. Made as a love letter to the pocket musical toys of the 80s.

About

Derson DSynth Mobile

Features
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DSynth Mobile is a low-latency polyphonic synthesizer for sound design, practice, and performance. Build patches with up to 10 oscillator layers, per-layer envelopes, detune, filters, a reorderable FX chain, factory and user presets, MIDI input, and responsive on-screen keys. Features: - Multi-layer oscillators with sine, square, saw, triangle, and noise waveforms - Per-oscillator ADSR, volume, detune, and filter controls - Global filter and master envelope - Reorderable FX chain with distortion, chorus, echo, delay, phaser, and reverb - Preset browser with factory and user presets - On-screen keyboard with octave controls and velocity from touch position - Oscilloscope and spectrum visualizers - Optional background audio

Screenshots

PocketTone4 screens
Derson DSynth Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Derson DSynth Mobile at 3.0 against PocketTone's 2.0. Derson DSynth Mobile also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Both are free to download. PocketTone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Derson DSynth Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Derson DSynth Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PocketTone versus Derson DSynth Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketToneDerson DSynth Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChih Han LinDERSON PRODUCTIONS, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PocketTone

One-time1
  • PocketTone Pro$3.99
None

Derson DSynth Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PocketTone free?
PocketTone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Derson DSynth Mobile free?
Derson DSynth Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PocketTone or Derson DSynth Mobile?
Derson DSynth Mobile is rated higher. PocketTone averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Derson DSynth Mobile averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PocketTone or Derson DSynth Mobile have ads?
Neither PocketTone nor Derson DSynth Mobile shows ads.

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