Tonic Synth vs Bliss AUv3 Sampler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tonic Synth
A powerful synthesizer app offering three oscillators with diverse sound sources, including physical modeling and wavetables. It features eight analog filter simulations, extensive modulation options, and a full effects rack. Available as a standalone app or AU/AUv3 plugin for Mac and iOS.
- Three oscillators with physical modeling, virtual-analog, wavetable, SF2, and sysex FM
- Eight analog filter simulations (LP/HP/BP/Notch, 12/24 dB)
- Comprehensive modulation: LFO, envelope follower, note-per-note filter envelope
- Full effects rack: chorus, delay, reverb, EQ, compressor, flanger, phaser
- Standalone app and AU/AUv3 plugin support
- Live performance features: editable presets, six scenes, MIDI Learn
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Eight sound engines in one instrument — and a whole preset community living inside it. Physical modeling, virtual analog, 3D wavetable, 6-operator FM and a full SoundFont player: stack up to three engines per sound, each with its own filter, envelope and modulation. Play it standalone on iPhone, iPad and Mac, or load it as an AUv3 plug-in — instrument and effect — in your favorite host. One purchase. No subscription, no ads, nothing locked behind a paywall. • TONICA — THE SOUND COMMUNITY Your next signature sound might come from a player on the other side of the world. Browse what the community publishes without ever leaving the app: one tap auditions it under your fingers, two taps keep it. Love an author? Take their whole collection at once, into a bank named after them. And publish yours with a single tap — no account, no sign-up, no cost. • THREE OSCILLATORS Up to three independent layers — each with its own source, filter, envelope and modulation, plus mute/solo and keyboard split. From a simple patch to a fat, detuned stack on one spread knob. The Vector pad morphs across all three layers in real time: draw a path and the sound travels it on its own. • SOUND ENGINES Per layer: physical modeling (string, modal, wind, bowed), virtual analog (sine, saw, square, triangle, pulse and super-saw, with sub-oscillator and noise), wavetables up to 128 frames, SoundFont (.sf2 and compressed .sf3) and 6-operator FM that opens .syx cartridges. Record anything through the mic and turn it into a wavetable — or draw the waveform with your finger and hear it instantly, on a 3D landscape you can drag, rotate and resize. • FILTERS Eight analog-modeled voicings — LP/HP/BP/Notch, 12 or 24 dB per octave, resonance into self-oscillation, drive and 4× oversampling. From warm ladder to creamy SVF, from acid squelch to screaming resonance. • ARPEGGIATOR & SEQUENCER A step editor with a live playhead: ties, ratchets, accents and per-step probability, polymetric rhythm masks, capture of what you just played, swing, gate mode, key range and per-layer arping. Imports .mid patterns, follows MIDI Clock, and with Hold the pattern runs by itself. • EFFECTS RACK Chorus, tempo-synced ping-pong delay, 6-type FDN reverb, 5-band EQ, compressor and a Flanger/Phaser module — each one switchable and routable per layer. • BUILT FOR THE STAGE Six scenes (A–F) swap the entire patch live without cutting the sound: the note ringing out finishes naturally while the next one already speaks with the new tone. Switched apps mid-set? A sustain pedal left down or a mod wheel parked halfway no longer hijacks your sound — every control starts working again the moment you move it. The MIDI filter decides what each pedal, wheel or controller is allowed to do, and can target one specific device when there's more than one keyboard in the rack. Program Change and Bank Select switch sounds from your controller. MIDI Learn on any control, over USB or Bluetooth. • YOUR LIBRARY 280+ factory sounds in banks, and your own collection beside them: favorites, renaming, saving, tagging and search by name, tag or bank. Two file formats of its own — one to share sounds (.tpr) and one for a full library backup (.tbk). Double-click a file, or receive one by AirDrop, and it merges straight in without duplicating anything. • WHERE IT RUNS iPhone, iPad and Mac, from a single purchase. As an AUv3 it runs in the major recording apps on iOS and macOS. Using software that doesn't load AUv3 yet? See rsjb.com.br/support for the route other users have already proven. Thank you for playing with RSJB - made by musicians for musicians! Follow the news at www.rsjb.com.br/en
Bliss AUv3 Sampler
This app transforms any sound into a playable synth instrument. It allows you to host and resample AUv3 instruments, offering deep modulation, studio effects, and extensive import capabilities for creating expressive music on the go.
- Host and resample AUv3 instruments
- Deep modulation and dual filters
- Full MPE expression support
- 7 studio effects with 8x oversampling
- 1 GB factory library
- Import SFZ, SoundFont2, EXS, Kontakt, Akai, and more
- Built-in wave editor and loop modes
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Bliss brings desktop-class sampling to iOS. The same desktop engine now in your hands, on stage, on the couch, anywhere. Load a sample, play an instrument. Bliss turns any sound into a rich, expressive, playable synth with a workflow built for speed and a sound built to impress. — HOST & RESAMPLE ANY AUv3 — Load any AUv3 instrument right inside Bliss and capture it into your own multi-zone instrument. Auto-sample across the keyboard with velocity layers, then play it back with zero CPU overhead — even offline. Export the result as standard SFZ or Bliss ZBP, ready to reuse anywhere. Turn any synth on your iPad into a lightweight, playable sampled instrument. — A REAL SAMPLER ENGINE — • Up to 64 voices of polyphony • Pristine SINC 128 interpolation (512-point mode for mastering-grade playback) • Mono, poly, legato with glide, and 4-voice unison with detune • NEON-optimized, native Apple Silicon performance — DUAL FILTERS — • Two 24 dB/oct filters: lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch, peaking • Zipper-free cutoff, resonance and drive • Velocity and keyboard tracking — DEEP MODULATION — • Independent amp, mod, filter and LFO envelopes • Two syncable LFOs with configurable phase • Parameter morphing for evolving, living sounds • 8 assignable macro knobs — automatable from your DAW — FULL MPE EXPRESSION — Per-note pitch bend, timbre and pressure. Auto-configures with ROLI Seaboard, LinnStrument and Expressive E Osmose. — 7 STUDIO EFFECTS — Multiband limiter, soft clipper, stereo rotation, chorus, delay and reverb with 8x oversampling — plus per-slot bit reducer, phaser and distortion. Per-zone sends. — 1 GB FACTORY LIBRARY — Start making music instantly with 100+ ready-to-play instruments — keys, pads, basses, guitars, strings, winds, percussion and more. A free 1 GB download, available in-app. — IMPORT EVERYTHING — Bliss speaks every sampler dialect: SFZ, SoundFont2, EXS, Kontakt NKI (1–4), Akai S1000/S3000/S5000-6000, XPM Keygroups, Renoise and CUE sheets. Audio in WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG and MP3. — BUILT-IN EDITING — • Full wave editor with undo, 1:1 zoom, stereo/independent channel selections • Loop modes: forward, bidirectional, backward, crossfade, trim • Cut, paste, mix paste, fades, normalize • Visual key mapper for zones, velocity ranges and root keys • Tempo and transient auto-slicing — AUv3 + STANDALONE — Run Bliss standalone or as an Audio Unit v3 inside AUM, GarageBand, Cubasis, Logic and any AUv3 host. Fully automatable, resizable, and ready for your rig.
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Verdict
Tonic Synth and Bliss AUv3 Sampler both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Tonic Synth's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bliss AUv3 Sampler's. Bliss AUv3 Sampler's advantage is price ($19.99 vs $24.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Tonic Synth costs $24.99 and Bliss AUv3 Sampler $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tonic Synth against 5.0 for Bliss AUv3 Sampler. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Tonic Synth's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bliss AUv3 Sampler's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tonic Synth | Bliss AUv3 Sampler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | $19.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rubens Felicio | DiscoDSP LLC |
Customer experience
Tonic Synth
Bliss AUv3 Sampler
In-app purchases
Tonic Synth
No in-app purchases
Bliss AUv3 Sampler
No in-app purchases
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