Comparison

Sequentia vs Laser Harp

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

Head to head
About

Sequentia

This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful MIDI sequencer for hardware synthesizers and drum machines. Generate complex musical patterns, control parameters, and integrate with your DAW. Save and export your creations for further editing.

Highlights
  • Generative MIDI patterns
  • Hardware synth control
  • DAW integration
  • Customizable modules (Drums, Acid, Chords, Arp, LFO)
  • Live pattern editing
  • MIDI export (.mid)
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Sequentia is a generative MIDI sequencer for synths, drum machines and modular. Add a module and it writes its own part: drums, basslines, arps, chords, melodies. Press Random and a full pattern is playing. Turn on Mutate and it keeps evolving while it runs. The pattern libraries are written for techno and acid, and the generative modules go further out than that. Seven finished demo tracks come with the app. WHAT WRITES THE PARTS Drums, eight lanes, with the swing each genre actually has. Tops, cymbals, shakers and claves over the kit, on one fader. Bass, sixteen styles from techno to dub to EBM. Acid, 303 lines that really slide. Chords and Arp, in your key, following each other. Stabs, from skank to rave. Piano, drawn by hand or written for you. Euclid, three rings at different lengths, drifting apart and landing together bars later. Rain, notes falling from a drizzle to a downpour. Bounce, physics balls playing your key off the walls. Sampler, your own loop, warped to the tempo and the key. Mod, LFOs that sweep your synth's knobs on their own. Vinyl, a record that turns while the rack plays. Mixer, to solo, mute and balance live. ONE STUDIO, YOUR WHOLE RIG Every module picks its own MIDI device and channel, so each machine gets its own part. MIDI over USB-C, Bluetooth or network. MIDI Clock in and out keeps the gear in time. In any DAW the app is a MIDI source you can record straight onto a track. Leave the app and the music keeps playing, with the controls on your Lock Screen. MODULATE AND CONTROL YOUR HARDWARE Pick your machine from the library and its control map loads, ready to turn: over a hundred and thirty synths, grooveboxes and drum machines, every map read out of its own manual. Put an LFO on any of those knobs and it sweeps in time with the pattern. Arm the red R, turn a knob by hand, and the move becomes a loop locked to the bar. CC coming in works too, so a controller fires Random, Mutate, mutes and the transport. LIVE JAM Every module keeps pattern slots. Fill them as you go and switch on the bar, like clips. Live Performer is one pad for the whole rack: move a finger and every module answers at once with more density, new variations or a break. Fills, swing and humanize are a tap each, while everything runs. SCENES, AND A SET YOU CAN PLAY Save a section as a scene, put the scenes in order, and the timeline plays the set. Or switch scenes by hand while it runs. A project holds several racks, each with its own key and tempo, so a breakdown can sit lower and slower than the drop. ONE PROGRESSION, EVERYTHING FOLLOWS Write the chords once. The basslines, arps and stabs follow the changes. NO HARDWARE YET Every module plays through the app's own synth, free, so a whole track works with nothing attached. Load your own samples into the Sampler, or build a drum kit out of them. EVERYTHING IN ONE PROJECT Notes, patterns, scenes, samples, routing and arrangement live in one project that saves itself. Take the whole thing out in one step: the rack as MIDI, or every scene as its own folder, named so the session opens in your DAW making sense. Samples come with it if you want them. ON IPHONE AND IPAD One app for both. On the tablet the rack becomes a grid of cards you page through, three across on a 13 inch. Menus come in from the right and leave the instrument where it is. Open a module and it steps into the middle of the screen with its settings beside it. Landscape, for a stand and two hands. Turn iCloud on and the same projects, presets and samples are on both devices, in a Sequentia folder you can see in Files. Off until you switch it on. Sequentia is free, and so is the built in sound, Live Performer and CC Control. Sequentia Pro adds pattern slots, scenes, several racks, every drum style, your own libraries, unlimited projects and MIDI export. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sequentia.studio/privacy

About

Laser Harp

Features
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Turn your screen into a stage of living light. Laser Harp is a touch instrument you actually play - drag your fingers across glowing laser beams and music pours out. In Scale Mode there are no wrong notes. Pick a key, choose a sound, and every swipe sounds intentional. Beginners make beautiful music in seconds; players go deep with real expression. PLAY THE LIGHT • Drag, tap and glide across volumetric laser beams • Scale, Chord, Arpeggio, Split and Dual-Layer play modes • Per-finger expression; pitch bend, vibrato, brightness and volume follow how you move • 13 scales, including Middle-Eastern makam A REAL SOUND ENGINE • 50+ handcrafted instruments: leads, pads, plucks, bells, basses, FX and more • Low-latency synthesis; supersaw, FM, wavetable, filters, reverb, delay, chorus • Stack two instruments, or split bass and lead across the stage BUILT-IN RHYTHM • Analog drum machine with hundreds of grooves • 50+ ready-to-play drum performances across every genre • Lock your tempo and jam RECORD THE SHOW • Record a performance; replay re-stages both the sound AND the light • Export your take as audio and share it A STAGE THAT TRANSFORMS • Themes shift color, fog, glow and sound together • Tune the laser rig: beam count, fan perspective, thickness, glow and haze COMFORT & ACCESSIBILITY • Reduced Flash and a strobe-safety limit for photosensitive players • High contrast, color-blind-safe palette, night-soft mode, larger controls, left-handed layout LASER HARP PRO Unlock everything with a single one-time purchase: remove ads and open every theme, sound and creator tool; yours forever, no subscription. Touch the light. Make it sing.

Screenshots

Sequentia4 screens
Laser Harp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sequentia at none against Laser Harp's shown. Sequentia also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Laser Harp's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Sequentia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Laser Harp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sequentia ships an update every 11 days, Laser Harp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sequentia versus Laser Harp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSequentiaLaser Harp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB48 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYahor KamarouAlper Kahriman

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sequentia

Subscriptions2
  • Sequentia Pro Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Sequentia Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sequentia Pro Lifetime$79.99
1 purchases

Laser Harp

One-time1
  • Laser Harp Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Sequentia free?
Sequentia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Laser Harp free?
Laser Harp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sequentia or Laser Harp have ads?
Laser Harp shows ads; Sequentia does not.
Which is updated more often, Sequentia or Laser Harp?
Sequentia ships an update every 11 days, and Laser Harp every 2 months. Most recently, Sequentia was updated on October 24, 2026 and Laser Harp on October 25, 2026.

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