Comparison

Nulltrack vs Patchsynth

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

Head to head
About

Nulltrack

This mobile digital audio workstation offers a unique, grid-based approach to music creation, inspired by classic trackers. It includes built-in synths, a sampler, extensive modulation options, and mixing tools.

Highlights
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Two built-in synthesizers
  • Built-in sampler
  • Extensive modulation options
  • Mixing features with track faders
  • Groove tables for swing/playback
  • Pattern locking to scales
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Launch price $4.99 — rises to $7.99 four weeks after release. Get it early! Nulltrack! It's null when you start and a track when you finish! Nulltrack is a tracker and digital audio workstation app for your phone. A different way to make music inspired by LSDJ and the Dirtywave M8. Features: AUv3 plugin support - bring your external synths and effects into your track! Two built-in synthesizers -- A versatile two-oscillator Basic Synth and a feature-rich Bass Synth. A built-in sampler -- record your own samples with your phone's microphone, load your own, or use the built-in samples, set loop points, slice, reverse, etc. Modulation -- Modulate nearly anything with LFOs, AHD / ADSR / drum envelopes, velocity, randomness, and key tracking, filter, panning, and more. Mixing Features -- track faders with solo and mute, 13 built-in effects, sidechain compression Sends -- share effects between tracks Customize your swing/playback with groove tables! Lock your patterns to a built-in scale! ...and much more! New to trackers? They're a fast, grid-based way to write music. Try it out! No ads, no subscription, no in-app-purchases, and no account needed.

About

Patchsynth

Features
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Patchsynth is a Eurorack-style modular synthesizer for iPhone and iPad — and a place to actually learn how modular synthesis works, one patch cable at a time. Instead of a fixed synth engine with knobs, you build your own instrument by dragging cables between modules: oscillators into filters, envelopes into amplifiers, LFOs wobbling anything you point them at. If you've ever wanted to understand what a Eurorack rig actually does, this is the fastest way in. LEARN BY PATCHING, NOT BY READING 28 hands-on Lessons cover every module, from your first oscillator to full generative patches — some just explain, others build a real patch step-by-step in front of you as you tap "Next." No prior synthesis knowledge required. TRAIN YOUR EAR 15 Challenges hide a patch and play it for you — your job is to rebuild it by ear, with hints if you get stuck. A genuinely fun way to internalize how filters, envelopes, and modulation actually sound. 21 REAL MODULES Oscillator · Filter · VCA · ADSR Envelope · LFO · Noise · Delay · Reverb · Mixer · Sequencer · Arpeggiator · Clock · Attenuverter · Quantizer · Slew Limiter · Sample & Hold · Logic · Ring Modulator · Sampler · Keyboard · Output (with a live oscilloscope) Record your own sounds with the Sampler, or use the built-in factory drum kit. Quantize any CV to a musical scale. Chain multiple clocks for polyrhythms. It's a real modular rig, just without the cables costing $30 each. 70+ FACTORY PATCHES From simple bass and pad sounds to sprawling, 20+ module "flagship" patches — browse them, load them, take them apart to see how they're wired, then make them your own. PLAY IT WITH REAL GEAR Full MIDI support over Bluetooth or USB — plug in any MIDI keyboard or controller and play your patch's Keyboard module directly, no setup beyond pairing. BUILT FOR TOUCH, NOT PORTED FROM DESKTOP Every interaction — dragging cables, turning knobs, panning and zooming a big patch — is designed for a phone screen from the ground up. A dedicated Patch Bay view even gives you a spreadsheet-style matrix of every connection when patches get complex. Undo and redo everything. Save as many patches as you like. No ads, no in-app purchases, no internet connection required — just synthesis.

Screenshots

Nulltrack4 screens
Patchsynth4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nulltrack and Patchsynth are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Nulltrack costs $7.99 and Patchsynth $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nulltrack versus Patchsynth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNulltrackPatchsynth
Price$7.99$7.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDECTET LLCMartin Adler

In-app purchases

None

Nulltrack

No in-app purchases

None

Patchsynth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nulltrack free?
Nulltrack costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patchsynth free?
Patchsynth costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nulltrack or Patchsynth have ads?
Neither Nulltrack nor Patchsynth shows ads.

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