Comparison

Braindance vs Music Visualizer

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

Head to head
About

Braindance

This app allows real-time audio manipulation with buffer-glitch effects. Create complex rhythmic patterns, apply various audio transformations, and perform live with intuitive controls. It can be used as a standalone application or as an Audio Unit within other hosts.

Highlights
  • Real-time buffer-glitch audio manipulation
  • Step sequencer with Euclidean patterns
  • Multiple audio effects (bitcrush, flanger, delay, reverb)
  • Master filter with various modes
  • Live performance controls (XY pad, macros)
  • AUv3 and MIDI support
Features
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Braindance is a buffer-glitch effect for iOS. Feed it audio and cut, stutter, repitch and mangle it in real time. SEQUENCE Build glitch patterns on a step sequencer with gate, repeat, reverse and pan lanes. Fill rhythms with Euclidean patterns, set step size and length, and capture what you just played onto the history tape. EFFECTS Shape the result with bitcrush, flanger, delay and reverb, then a master filter with switchable SVF, ladder, comb and resonator modes. Automate any parameter with per-slot shapes and depth over a chosen number of bars. PERFORM Play the effect live. Morph between settings on an XY pad, hold macros like Fire, History, Forget and Freeze, and fire launch pads including Trance Gate, Half-Time, Tresillo, IDM Chop, Stutter, Machine Gun, Glitch Walk, Reverse Rain, Ping Pong, Repitch, Dub Siren and Clicks + Cuts. AUv3 Run Braindance as an Audio Unit inside your host to process tracks in place, or play it standalone. A MIDI variant is included for triggering glitches from a keyboard or sequencer. Three themes: Ark, Candy and Clarity.

About

Music Visualizer

Transform your music into dynamic, real-time visuals. This app analyzes sound in detail, generating over 70 unique scenes that react to your audio, whether from system playback or live input. Enhance parties by projecting visuals to external displays.

Highlights
  • Real-time music visualization
  • System audio or microphone input
  • 70+ unique visual scenes
  • 10 distinct visual styles
  • AirPlay and external display support
  • On-device audio analysis
  • Adjustable speed and intensity
Features
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Your music, made visible. LIQUIDWAVE is a music visualiser that reacts to what's playing in real time. It hears the bass, the beat and the highs apart, and 70+ scenes move with your music on iPhone and iPad. REACTS TO WHAT'S PLAYING Choose System Audio and the scenes follow what other apps play, such as a video or a streaming app. Pick System Audio from the microphone button's menu, then follow the steps on screen to start iOS's screen broadcast. Protected audio, such as Apple Music, can't be captured; use the microphone for it instead. LIVE SOUND, TOO Choose the microphone and the scenes respond to the music in the room: speakers, a record or a live set. EVERY PART OF THE SOUND Band levels, beat strength, kicks and snares, down to a fine spectrum. Each part of the sound turns into a line that sways, a light that flickers or a liquid that swells. 70+ SCENES. 10 STYLES. • Line — waveforms and contour lines. • Graphic — op art, geometric patterns and halftone dots. • Wire — wireframe oceans and rolling landscapes. • Raster — point clouds, particles and data-inspired forms. • Lighting — stage lights, lasers and haze. • Chroma — auroras, curtains and fields of colour. • Cyber — neon grids and retro-futuristic worlds. • Metal — liquid chrome, foil and iridescent surfaces. • Fluid — ferrofluid, lava, honey and liquids that heave and drip. • Spectral — oscilloscopes, field lines and forms drawn from a fine spectrum. SET THE SCENE FOR THE PARTY Send the visuals to a TV or projector with AirPlay or a compatible display cable: the big screen shows the visuals while your device becomes the controller. PRESS PLAY. LET IT RUN. Shuffle keeps the scenes coming. Save your favourites and adjust speed and intensity — or, with Full Unlock, shuffle playlists of your own. Touch the canvas and the scene reacts at your fingertip, too. With no sound coming in, Ambient Auto on the microphone button keeps the scenes moving (Ambient Auto plays no music). The screen stays awake while the app is in use. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Sound is analysed on your device and is not recorded or uploaded. No account, no tracking and no ads. Wave and one scene you choose during the welcome tour are free. Buy once, or subscribe yearly — either one unlocks every scene and scene playlists on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy Policy: https://liquidwave.app/privacy Requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

Braindance4 screens
Music Visualizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Braindance at 83% against Music Visualizer's 0%. Braindance also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Music Visualizer's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Music Visualizer is free to download; Braindance costs $4.99 up front. Music Visualizer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Braindance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Braindance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Braindance has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Braindance's written reviews are positive against 0% of Music Visualizer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Braindance ships an update weekly, Music Visualizer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Braindance versus Music Visualizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBraindanceMusic Visualizer
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfourtrack.fm LLCAppnics, LLC

Customer experience

Braindance

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Music Visualizer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Braindance

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Music Visualizer

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • LIQUIDWAVE Full Unlock$39.99

Questions

Is Braindance free?
Braindance costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Music Visualizer free?
Music Visualizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Braindance or Music Visualizer?
Braindance is rated higher. Braindance averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Music Visualizer averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Braindance or Music Visualizer have ads?
Neither Braindance nor Music Visualizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Braindance or Music Visualizer?
Braindance ships an update weekly, and Music Visualizer every 3 days. Most recently, Braindance was updated on November 5, 2026 and Music Visualizer on November 6, 2026.

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