Comparison

JenDie vs SetClass

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

Head to head
About

JenDie

This app faithfully emulates a classic 1970s Italian monophonic analog synthesizer for iPhone and iPad. It offers authentic vintage sound with modern touch controls, allowing for expressive leads, basses, and evolving textures. Use it standalone or as an AUv3 plugin in compatible hosts.

Highlights
  • Faithful Jen SX-1000 emulation
  • Authentic & Clean sound modes
  • Continuous waveform morphing
  • Pulse width & PWM modulation
  • 46 factory presets
  • Full preset management
  • Multi-touch keyboard
  • MIDI support
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JenDie is inspired by the legendary Jen SX-1000 — the classic Italian monophonic analog synthesizer of the late 1970s — reimagined for your iPhone and iPad. Every oscillator, filter, and envelope has been carefully modeled to recreate the warm, gritty, unmistakable character of that vintage analog sound, now in a modern, touch-first instrument. Use JenDie as a standalone synth or as an Audio Unit (AUv3) plug-in inside GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, Logic Pro for iPad, and any AUv3-compatible host. KEY FEATURES • Faithful Jen SX-1000 emulation — true-to-hardware VCO, VCF, and envelope behavior, including analog drift for an authentic, living tone. • Authentic & Clean modes — choose vintage character or a cleaner, more precise sound. • Continuous waveform morphing — sweep smoothly between waveforms instead of switching in steps, with automatable control for evolving leads and basses. • Pulse width & PWM — shape and modulate the pulse waveform for rich, animated timbres. • 46 factory presets — from classic vintage leads and basses to new morphing patches designed for automation. • Full preset management — save, organize, and recall your own sounds; presets are stored in the Files app for easy backup and sharing. • Multi-touch keyboard — playable on-screen keyboard with multi-finger support. • Pinch-to-zoom interface — zoom and pan the panel for precise control on any screen size. • MIDI support — play JenDie from any connected MIDI controller, with a built-in MIDI Panic control. • Optimized for iOS — efficient DSP designed to run smoothly on iPhone and iPad. WHO IT'S FOR Whether you're a synth enthusiast chasing that vintage monophonic sound, a producer who needs a characterful lead and bass machine, or a sound designer exploring evolving textures, JenDie delivers genuine analog attitude in a portable package. Download JenDie and bring a piece of analog synth history to your mobile studio.

About

SetClass

Features
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Explore the building blocks of modern harmony. This app lets you see, hear and manipulate pitch class sets, the foundation of post-tonal and atonal music theory. EXPLORE • Tap notes on the pitch wheel to build any chord or scale. • See the Forte number, prime form, normal form and interval vector. • Check transpositional and inversional symmetry. • Open the K/Kh complex of any set to see which set classes include it or its complement. FIND • Tap notes on a keyboard, or type a Forte number (3-11, 6-Z44) or pitch-class numbers (0 4 7). • Browse all 224 Forte set classes, with Z-relations, filtered by size. TRANSFORM • Transpose, invert and multiply (M5, M7) any set. • Morph smoothly from one set to another. CREATE • Generate sets by cardinality, symmetry and density. • Arrange sets into rhythmic sequences using P, T, I, R and RI operations, with every inversion level. • Build a serial matrix from rows of 2 to 12 notes. • See each set as geometry in tonal space, with symmetry axes. • Export to MIDI and MusicXML. LEARN • A built-in theory guide. • Analysis examples from Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Berg, Messiaen and more, with links to scores. Built for students, composers and theorists, from first-time learners to advanced analysis.

Screenshots

JenDie1 screens
SetClass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: JenDie at every 3 weeks against SetClass's every 2 months. JenDie also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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

JenDie costs $4.99 and SetClass $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JenDie ships an update every 3 weeks, SetClass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
JenDie versus SetClass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJenDieSetClass
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiego CapoccittiMartin Adler

In-app purchases

None

JenDie

No in-app purchases

None

SetClass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JenDie free?
JenDie costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SetClass free?
SetClass costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do JenDie or SetClass have ads?
Neither JenDie nor SetClass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JenDie or SetClass?
JenDie ships an update every 3 weeks, and SetClass every 2 months. Most recently, JenDie was updated on October 14, 2026 and SetClass on October 13, 2026.

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