Comparison

Airmony vs Gesture Synth

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

Head to head
About

Airmony

Transform the air into a musical instrument using your hands and the device's camera. Effortlessly create beautiful melodies and harmonies with intuitive gestures, no prior musical experience needed. Capture and share your creations with ease.

Highlights
  • Play music with hand gestures
  • Real-time gesture tracking
  • Automatic key snapping
  • Built-in synth engine
  • Record and share vertical clips
  • No internet connection required
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Airmony turns the air in front of you into a musical instrument. Hold up a hand, and the front camera reads your gesture in real time: pinch to play a note, slide your hand left and right to move across the scale, and raise or lower it to swell the volume. Use both hands to layer chords. There is nothing to hold and nothing to connect. No musical training required. Because every gesture lands on a note that fits, complete beginners play something beautiful in their first minute, and the experience quickly turns mesmerizing. Musicians get an inspiration engine: improvise with no instrument at hand, stumble onto melodies you would never have written, and capture them as clips. Everything runs on your device. Your camera frames are processed live, on the phone, for hand tracking, and are never uploaded or sent anywhere. There is no account, no sign-up, and no network connection required to play. PLAY WITH YOUR HANDS • Pinch to play, release to stop: a natural, expressive trigger. • Move side to side to glide across the notes of a scale. • Raise and lower your hand to control volume. • Use two hands for chords and harmonies. MUSIC THAT STAYS IN KEY • Snap to a scale so every gesture lands on a musically correct note. • Choose from major, minor, pentatonic and more. • Pick your octave range and a sound that fits the mood. A REAL SYNTH ENGINE • Multiple waveforms, a built-in arpeggiator, reverb and delay. • Designed for low latency so your hands and the sound stay in sync. MADE FOR SHARING • Record a clip in one tap, framed vertically for Reels and TikTok (9:16). • A clean Airmony watermark is baked in. • Share straight to your favorite app with a caption ready to go. • Sing along with wired or Bluetooth headphones: turn Voice on before recording. The microphone is off by default. Balance your voice and the music with two faders before sharing. FREE TO PLAY, MORE INSIDE • Play for free with four moods and no playing-time limit. Record and share clips up to 20 seconds, ending on a whole musical bar. • Airmony+ (subscription or one-time lifetime purchase) unlocks all 16 moods, Pro harmony, The Beat, clips up to 3 minutes and two Face Blur styles for the main face. Review your clip before sharing. ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN • VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion respect. • Visual cues never rely on color alone. Airmony works best in landscape with a bit of room in front of you and even lighting. Bring your hands into frame and start playing. Privacy Policy: https://airmony.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Gesture Synth

Create music by playing notes with hand gestures and sing along to your favorite songs. Record your performances and share them instantly on social media. Explore melodies and turn your movements into a unique musical instrument.

Highlights
  • Play notes with hand gestures
  • Select musical scales
  • Sing along to songs
  • Record performances
  • Share to social media
  • Turn hands into an instrument
Features
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Gesture Synth is a creative music app that lets you synthesize notes from a selected musical scale using hand gestures and capture the experience on video with your synthesized sound and singing. - Choose your scale Select a scale and experiment within its notes, making it easy to create musical phrases that stay in key. - Make music with your hands Use hand gestures to play a chord from a selected scale. - Sing along Add your singing to make cover of your favorite songs. - Record your performance When you ready, record your cover that will be immediately ready to share for socials. Whether you're exploring melodies, practicing musical ideas, or simply having fun creating sound through movement, Gesture Synth turns your hands into a musical instrument.

Screenshots

Airmony4 screens
Gesture Synth3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Airmony at 5.0 against Gesture Synth's 4.5. Airmony also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Gesture Synth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (36 vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Airmony sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Gesture Synth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Airmony holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gesture Synth has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Airmony versus Gesture Synth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirmonyGesture Synth
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings136 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaron CreationVladislav Dugnist

Customer experience

Airmony

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gesture Synth

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Airmony

Subscriptions2
  • Airmony+ Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Airmony+ Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Airmony+ Lifetime$22.99
None

Gesture Synth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Airmony free?
Airmony is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gesture Synth free?
Gesture Synth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Airmony or Gesture Synth?
Airmony is rated higher. Airmony averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Gesture Synth averages 4.5 from 36 ratings.
Do Airmony or Gesture Synth have ads?
Neither Airmony nor Gesture Synth shows ads.

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