Comparison

Groove Number vs LogSynth

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

Head to head
About

Groove Number

Analyze the rhythmic feel of your music with detailed swing percentage, BPM, and key analysis. Visualize your groove through various interactive displays and export it as MIDI for use in your DAW. All processing happens on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Swing % analysis
  • BPM estimation
  • Key detection
  • Multiple analysis views (meter, swing grid, spectrogram, chromagram)
  • Audio file and live mic input
  • Groove to MIDI export
Features
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how swung is your track? groove number gives you the number. drop in a song, record a clip, or open the live mic — groove number listens and tells you the one thing drum machines flatten and great players bend: the groove. 50% is dead straight. ~66% is full triplet swing. most music that feels good lives in between, around 54–62%. now you can see it. and it's not just the number. what it reads • swing % — the hero. one honest number for how far off the straight grid the groove sits. • bpm — dual-estimator with an octave guard, so 174 never gets called 87. nudge it ×2 / ÷2 or tap the tempo to lock it, and the swing recomputes against the corrected grid. • key — chroma + krumhansl-schmuckler with a tuning estimate, shown with a confidence read and the runner-up key, so a close call never hides. four ways to see it • meter — the number, front and center: swing %, bpm, and key in one calm readout. • swing grid — the signature view. every onset plotted against the straight 8th/16th grid, colored on-time, late, or rushing. you can see the pocket. • spectrogram — mel-scaled heatmap, quiet to loud, low to high, with a frequency + dB scale. • chromagram — the 12 pitch classes over time, tonic marked. how it listens • a file you drop in or pick (mp3, m4a, aac, wav, aiff, flac) • a clip you record — it listens and stops on its own the moment the groove locks • the live mic — a running bpm + swing read in the room, with a VU level meter and a live spectrogram one more thing • groove → midi — export the groove as a midi clip, swing baked into the note timing. drop it on a drum track in any daw and it plays your pocket. built to be calm and honest • fully on-device. your audio is analyzed right on your iphone, ipad, or mac. nothing is uploaded. nothing is stored on a server. • no account. no sign-up. no ads. no tracking. • strongest on four-on-the-floor and electronic music. live, acoustic, and rubato material is harder — so groove number always shows its confidence and hands you the ×2/÷2 and tap-tempo overrides. wrong calls stay visible, never silent. one number for the feel of a track. plus everything you need to trust it.

About

LogSynth

Features
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LogSynth is a polyphonic virtual-analog synthesizer built for people who care what's actually happening in the signal path, not just what the preset browser looks like. Every voice runs five anti-aliased oscillators (sine, triangle, saw, pulse with PWM, and a band-limited impulse train) plus a dedicated sub-oscillator and noise source, mixed per-voice with independent amp envelopes. Chunky oscillators, crisp effects and a zero-delay-feedback state-variable filter — switchable low/high/bandpass. The drive effect is powered by a physically modeled diode circuit, numerically integrated rather than a lookup-table approximation, so pushing it into saturation behaves the way an actual analog drive would. FEATURES - 8-voice polyphony, 5 oscillators + sub + noise per voice - Zero-delay-feedback state-variable filter with resonant feedback and diode drive saturation - 5 independent oscillator envelopes plus a dedicated filter envelope - 2 assignable LFOs and an 8-slot modulation matrix - Built-in chorus, delay, FDN reverb, and 4-mode distortion - 41 factory presets across Bass, Lead, Pluck, and Effects - One-tap patch randomizer with adjustable intensity - Real-time oscilloscope, on-screen keyboard, and CoreMIDI input - Runs standalone or as an AUv3 instrument inside AU hosts Whether you're sound designing from scratch or dropping it into a DAW as a plugin, Logsynth gives you the same engine everywhere — no watered-down mobile version, no feature gating between standalone and plugin modes.

Screenshots

Groove Number4 screens
LogSynth3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Groove Number at $1.99 against LogSynth's $14.99. On update cadence, 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

Groove Number costs $1.99 and LogSynth $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Groove Number ships an update every 3 days, LogSynth every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Groove Number versus LogSynth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroove NumberLogSynth
Price$1.99 — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua LangbergSEAN IAN HALENWOOD

In-app purchases

None

Groove Number

No in-app purchases

None

LogSynth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Groove Number free?
Groove Number costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LogSynth free?
LogSynth costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Groove Number or LogSynth have ads?
Neither Groove Number nor LogSynth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Groove Number or LogSynth?
Groove Number ships an update every 3 days, and LogSynth every 4 days. Most recently, Groove Number was updated on October 6, 2026 and LogSynth on October 10, 2026.

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