Melodic Studio vs Gesture Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melodic Studio
This mobile application provides a professional digital audio workstation for creating music on the go. It offers a comprehensive workflow for sketching ideas, building tracks, and finishing songs with various instruments, effects, and editing tools.
- Scene and Arrangement Modes
- Eight built-in instruments
- Audio recording and sampling
- Full channel mixer
- MIDI editor
- Cloud sync and collaboration
- Multiple export formats
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Melodic Studio is a professional, mobile-first DAW designed to make music creation feel fast, clear, and natural. It gives you a complete environment to sketch ideas, build tracks, and finish songs—all from a single, focused workflow. At its core, Melodic Studio is built around two main modes: Scene Mode and Arrangement Mode. Scene Mode lets you work with looping clips, building ideas in small sections. Arrangement Mode gives you a full timeline where you structure your track from start to finish. A simple Context Button is always available, letting you switch modes and manage scenes without breaking your flow. You get eight built-in instruments: Drum Pads, Piano, Synth, Guitar, Strings, Sampler, Voice Recorder, and Chord Organ. Each one includes built-in music theory features, along with tools like note repeat, real-time effects, and expressive controls that make playing feel immediate and responsive. There are also hundreds of sounds and presets available, so you can move quickly from idea to sound. You can also turn your own recordings into playable instrument sounds. Record or import audio, refine it in Audio Lab, use pitch detection to set the root note, then play it from instruments like Piano, Guitar, Strings and more. The workflow is pattern-based. You create clips, arrange them, and build your track step by step. Audio editing tools are included, allowing you to trim, split, fade, and process recordings directly inside the app. A full channel mixer lets you control volume, panning, and routing across your project. You can also apply effects to any track or instrument, including EQ, compression, delay, reverb, and more. Melodic Studio includes a MIDI editor with tools to manipulate notes in detail. You can also automate any parameter, from volume to effects, giving you full control over how your track evolves over time. The interface is split into four main views: Arrangement, Instrument, Launchpad, and Mixer. Each one is focused on a specific part of the process. Arrangement handles the timeline. Instrument is where you record. Launchpad lets you control clips and scenes in real time. Mixer gives you quick access to balancing your tracks. Clips can be saved and reused across projects, making it easy to build your own library of ideas. When your track is ready, you can export full arrangements, individual clips, or scenes as WAV, MP3, or MIDI files. Projects can also be synced to the cloud and shared with others, allowing for collaboration and continuity across devices. You explore, listen & create - That’s the core idea behind Melodic Mind. Let music feel natural again. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://melodic-mind.com/privacy-policy
Gesture Synth
Create music by playing notes with hand gestures and sing along to your favorite songs. Record your performances and share them instantly on social media. Explore melodies and turn your movements into a unique musical instrument.
- Play notes with hand gestures
- Select musical scales
- Sing along to songs
- Record performances
- Share to social media
- Turn hands into an instrument
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Gesture Synth is a creative music app that lets you synthesize notes from a selected musical scale using hand gestures and capture the experience on video with your synthesized sound and singing. - Choose your scale Select a scale and experiment within its notes, making it easy to create musical phrases that stay in key. - Make music with your hands Use hand gestures to play a chord from a selected scale. - Sing along Add your singing to make cover of your favorite songs. - Record your performance When you ready, record your cover that will be immediately ready to share for socials. Whether you're exploring melodies, practicing musical ideas, or simply having fun creating sound through movement, Gesture Synth turns your hands into a musical instrument.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gesture Synth at 4.6 against Melodic Studio's 1.0. Gesture Synth also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (25 vs 2). Melodic Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Melodic Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Gesture Synth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gesture Synth holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gesture Synth has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Melodic Studio | Gesture Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Ray Dvir | Vladislav Dugnist |
Customer experience
Melodic Studio
Gesture Synth
In-app purchases
Melodic Studio
- No Ads$1.991 Month
- Melodic Studio Full Access$5.991 Month
- Melodic Studio Full Lifetime$79.99
Gesture Synth
No in-app purchases









