Comparison

LogSynth vs SL CastShift

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

Head to head
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 β€” 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 β€” no watered-down mobile version, no feature gating between standalone and plugin modes.

About

SL CastShift

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Give your audio a different voice. SL CastShift is an AUv3 audio effect for iPhone and iPad that combines six transmission and media characters in one sound-design workflow: Radio, Phone, TV, Walkie, Megaphone and Codec. Start with 18 factory presets, three for each mode. Shape the result with Drive and Mix, high-pass and low-pass filters, Bass, Mid and Treble, then add Age, Distort, Bitcrush, Noise, Wow and ambience. Each preset recalls the complete sound. The AI control blends local adaptive processing using embedded neural models. Processing runs on your device, with no cloud inference or model download. Use CastShift as an AUv3 effect on an audio track in a compatible host. Feed it vocals, instruments, loops or sound effects and compare the six modes. This is an audio effect, not a MIDI instrument: it needs an audio source. The interface adapts to iPhone portrait and landscape, iPad and compact host windows. The standalone app does not automatically enable microphone-to-speaker monitoring. For processing audio from another music app, load the AUv3 extension in a compatible host.

Screenshots

LogSynth3 screens
SL CastShift3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LogSynth at $9.99 against SL CastShift's $19.99. SL CastShift's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

LogSynth costs $9.99 and SL CastShift $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LogSynth ships an update every 2 weeks, SL CastShift every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
LogSynth versus SL CastShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogSynthSL CastShift
Price$9.99 β€” better$19.99
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS18.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size22 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSEAN IAN HALENWOODVIACHESLAV ZHILTSOV

In-app purchases

None

LogSynth

No in-app purchases

None

SL CastShift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LogSynth free?
LogSynth costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SL CastShift free?
SL CastShift costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do LogSynth or SL CastShift have ads?
Neither LogSynth nor SL CastShift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LogSynth or SL CastShift?
LogSynth ships an update every 2 weeks, and SL CastShift every 9 days. Most recently, LogSynth was updated on October 31, 2026 and SL CastShift on October 29, 2026.

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