NAMILIUM vs Milkwave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NAMILIUM
This real-time audio analysis tool measures sound with spectrum, spectrogram, and oscilloscope views. It includes loudness metering, a voice tuner, and transcription capabilities, all processed on-device without ads or tracking.
- Real-time spectrum and spectrogram analysis
- Loudness metering (LUFS, true peak)
- Voice tuner with pitch display
- Audio transcription to MIDI
- Oscilloscope and phase scope views
- On-device processing, no ads or tracking
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WHAT NAMILIUM IS A real-time audio analyzer for measuring sound, seeing it, and singing with it. Spectrum, spectrogram, oscilloscope, loudness metering, and now a voice tuner, with no extra purchase. FFT sizes up to 32768 (about 1.5 Hz resolution). No account, no ads, no tracking. WHO IT IS FOR - You want your stream or podcast to sit at the right level - You want to check how a room or a speaker actually sounds, in numbers - You want to see whether you are singing in tune, not just hear it - You want to keep the tune you just hummed as written notes - You want to watch how sound works while you learn it GETTING STARTED Open the app, turn on the mic, and whatever is around you is drawn as it happens. Load an audio file to watch a track you like. Play a sine tone or a sweep from the signal generator to check gear or a speaker. Switching views and adjusting the details both live in the control panel. WHAT YOU CAN DO Measure - Spectrum: A and C weighting curves, 1/1 to 1/12 octave band bars, or a continuous curve. You can load a correction curve for a measurement mic (FRD format) - Loudness: BS.1770 LUFS (momentary, short-term, integrated), loudness range, and true peak with 4x oversampling, useful for matching levels for streaming or podcasts - dB SPL: pair a measurement mic with its correction curve to read sound pressure levels - Snapshots and CSV: keep the current shape to compare against, or export the numbers to work on elsewhere - Multi-resolution analysis: fast response up high, fine detail down low See - Spectrogram: how frequencies move over time. Pinch to zoom in time or frequency, and freezing recomputes the visible range. The axis can be linear, logarithmic or mel, and you can overlay the three peaks that shape a vowel sound - Waterfall: your spectrum history as a 3D landscape - Oscilloscope: Auto and Normal triggering holds the waveform still, with a ms/div time base you can pinch to zoom - Phase Scope: stereo width and phase on a Lissajous display, with a correlation meter for mono compatibility - Crosshair readout: exact frequency, time and level under your finger Sing - Voice tuner: sing and your pitch flows across the screen as a line, with the note you are on spelled out. Set a target note and you can see whether you are on it, close to it, or off - Transcription: what you sing is written down as notes. Export as MIDI and the tune you just hummed goes straight into your DAW. The audio and the raw numbers come along too - Click and beat: keep time while you sing and the exported notes line up to the bar. Freeze the display and zoom in to find where it drifted Input and output - Input: the built-in mic, a Bluetooth mic, or your own audio files - Signal generator: sine tones and sweeps for testing - Screen capture: save or share any analyzer view as an image WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - It works entirely on your device. Your audio is never sent anywhere - Nine themes including Neon and Ocean, plus custom themes you design yourself, and an optional rainbow that flows across the frequency axis
Milkwave
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Turn your iPhone and iPad into a hypnotic, living stage visualizer. Powered by Apple Metal and real-time audio DSP, Milkwave transforms any sound from your local audio files and streaming music to live acoustic sessions and vinyl records into vibrant, responsive generative visual art. Whether you're playing your personal music library, setting the mood for a party, relaxing with lo-fi beats, producing in the studio, or docking your device as an ambient desk showpiece, Milkwave breathes fluid visual life into every rhythm. PERFECT FOR EVERY MOMENT: Local Music Playback: Play your own MP3, WAV, FLAC, or AAC files with zero microphone latency and 120 FPS direct visual reactivity. Ambient Display: Dock next to your sound system for a mesmerizing visual companion while listening to vinyl, Spotify, Apple Music, or radio. Parties & DJ Sets: Output to external monitors, TVs, or projectors via AirPlay/HDMI for club-grade live visuals. Focus & Chillout: Hypnotic visual atmospheres tailored for electronic, synthwave, jazz, and study playlists. Studio Creators: Real-time 5-band frequency tracking providing instant visual acoustic feedback. Apple Watch Experience: Silky-smooth 60 FPS generative visualizers right on your wrist reacts to ambient music in real time using the built-in microphone, works completely standalone without needing an iPhone. KEY FEATURES: 18 Handcrafted Generative Visualizer Modes: - Spectrum: 4-stage rich chromatic neon equalizer with incandescent heatmaps. - Pulse: Solar cymatic resonance orb with organic plasma flares. - Pioneer EQ & DJ Studio Pro: Club mixer interface with live VU meters and full-screen LED video wall. - Vaporwave Sunset: 3D retro neon highway grid towards an 80s horizon. - Hyperspace Hyperdrive: Relativistic starfield warp accelerating with musical tempo. - Cosmic Stargate: Interdimensional polygonal quantum portal. -Zen Garden, Sahara Dunes & Glacial Aurora: Serene raindrop ripples, shifting golden sands, and northern lights. - 3D Nebula Galaxy, 3D Mesh Tunnel, 3D Vortex, Wave, Cyber Rain, Particles, Laser Matrix & Cymatics. Built-in Local Music Player & Playlist: Import audio files directly from the iOS Files app (MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, MIDI) with automatic ID3 metadata extraction, interactive seek scrubber, repeat, shuffle, and 2 bundled demo tracks (Liquid Waves & Neon Horizon). Two-Finger Pinch-to-Zoom: Pinch anywhere on screen to dynamically scale the design of any visualizer from 0.4x to 3.8x. Double-tap to smoothly reset to 1.0x with haptic feedback. Dynamic Audio AGC & Pink-Noise Tilt EQ: Psychoacoustic frequency calibration balances bass, vocals, and high-frequency cymbals across the screen, ensuring lively, punchy bounce without clipping. Auto-Shuffle Mode: Seamlessly cycles through all 18 visualizer modes for long, ever-evolving listening sessions. Zero-Latency Real-Time DSP: 5-band frequency tracking powered natively by Apple Accelerate (vDSP). Reacts via local player, microphone, or Apple Music. Smart Headphone Detection: Real-time hardware monitoring provides instant guidance for optimal acoustic microphone capturing. 120 FPS ProMotion Fluidity: Silky-smooth frame interpolation engineered for Retina and ProMotion displays with audio-reactive time progression. Smart Lighting Sync: Coordinate room lighting with Philips Hue and HomeKit over your local Wi-Fi network. One-Tap Fullscreen Canvas: Tap anywhere to hide all controls for an edge-to-edge ambient stage. 100% Private, Offline & Ad-Free: All DSP analysis runs in volatile RAM. No audio is recorded or transmitted. Zero ads, zero tracking, zero subscriptions. Simply press play, open Milkwave, and experience your music like never before.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Milkwave at 4 against NAMILIUM's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NAMILIUM ships an update every 8 days, Milkwave weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NAMILIUM | Milkwave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hajime Matsumoto | Ufuk AYDIN |
In-app purchases
NAMILIUM
No in-app purchases
Milkwave
No in-app purchases









