Pruina vs Cavit Semai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pruina
This app captures and sustains audio, transforming it into evolving drones and textures. Explore modes like Freeze, Smear, and Shimmer to sculpt unique soundscapes with effects like reverb and modulation. It functions as both a standalone application and an AUv3 audio effect.
- Spectral audio capture and sustain
- Freeze, Smear, and Shimmer modes
- Sound sculpting with Blur, Sparkle, Warp
- Modulated reverb and spatial effects
- Layering for chord and pad creation
- AUv3 plugin and standalone operation
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Pruina freezes sound. Tap once and Pruina captures the spectrum of whatever is playing, a chord, a vocal, a whole mix, and holds it as an endless, gently evolving drone that never decays. Then shape it into rising shimmer clouds, breathy air, crystalline bells, or a huge reverberant wash. Under the hood it runs a real spectral analysis of your audio and, the instant you freeze, takes a snapshot and resynthesizes it with slowly drifting phase. Instead of fading away, the sound sustains forever and breathes, like a pad you never have to hold down. THREE MODES, ONE ENGINE Freeze: tap to capture and hold the spectrum indefinitely. Smear: continuously blur the spectrum into a soft, washing texture. Shimmer: pitched, regenerating layers that rise endlessly. SHIMMER THAT RISES Choose an interval (octave, fifth, octave plus fifth, or two octaves) and turn up Regen to feed the shimmer back on itself, building infinite cascading clouds. BUILD CHORDS BY EAR Turn on Layer and every freeze adds to what is already held. Stack captures into evolving chords and pads, live, one tap at a time. SCULPT THE SOUND Blur: smear the spectrum across frequency to morph a pitched freeze into breath and air. Sparkle: gate down to the spectral peaks for glassy, bell-like tones. Warp: stretch the timbre. Motion: slow drift and breathing that keep a frozen pad alive. Tone: low cut, high cut, and tilt. SPACE A lush, modulated reverb (Reverb, Size, Damp) wraps everything in a wide, dimensional tail, from an intimate room to a cathedral that rings for minutes. Stereo Spread and Width open it up. 16 READY-TO-PLAY PRESETS Infinite Cathedral, Rising Aurora, Supermassive, Glass Bells, Crystalline, Frozen Choir, Ghost Vox, Vapor Trails, Nebula, Granular Dust, Shimmer Wash, Dark Matter, Sub Bloom, Slow Tide, Chord Builder, and Default. Browse them with the header arrows, tweak anything, and save your own. PLUGIN AND STANDALONE Full AUv3 audio effect for GarageBand, AUM, Logic, and any AUv3 host, with host presets, parameter automation, and reported latency so your project stays in sync. Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Standalone mode includes a built-in demo pad, live microphone input, and song import with export of the processed result.
Cavit Semai
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CAVIT SEMAI VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Professional iOS Sampler, AUv3 Host and Live Performance System for iPhone and iPad One App. Every Instrument. Every Sample. Every Performance. Cavit Semai transforms your iPhone or iPad into a powerful professional instrument. Designed for keyboards, synthesizers, MIDI keyboards and MIDI controllers, it combines professional sampling, AUv3 instruments, SWAM, synchronized loops, advanced performance algorithms and microtuning in one platform. PROFESSIONAL SAMPLING - KORG KMP Multisample Support Import and play KMP-based multisample libraries. - Native WAV Support Build professional instruments from your own WAV samples. - Unlimited Layers Combine multiple samples and sound sources in a single sound. - Advanced Layer Control Velocity Range, Key Range, Octave, Transpose, Fine Tune, Volume and Pan. - Massive Sample Capacity Your library is limited mainly by the available storage of your iPhone or iPad. SWAM AND AUV3 Host compatible AUv3 instruments directly inside Cavit Semai, including SWAM instruments, and combine them with your own samples and loops. SWAM + AUv3 + KMP Multisamples + WAV Samples + Live Loops - simultaneously. ADVANCED PERFORMANCE ENGINE Cavit Semai goes far beyond conventional sample playback. - Poly, Mono and Advanced Legato - Instrument-Specific Crossfade Algorithms - Pitch Bend and Ribbon Controller Support - Professional Microtuning The Crossfade system is not simply a transition between two samples. Its behavior can be individually designed for the playing characteristics of each instrument. Examples: - Kanun - Tirnak Kaydirma style transitions - Baglama / Saz - picking, slides and articulations - Violin and Strings - dynamic bow-pressure transitions - Flute - expressive breath transitions - Zurna - pressure and intensity layers - Balaban - smooth expressive dynamics Not one algorithm for every instrument. Each instrument can have its own performance behavior. BUILT FOR ETHNIC AND WORLD MUSIC Cavit Semai is designed for Western instruments as well as Turkish, Arabic, Balkan, Greek, Caucasian, Persian, Mediterranean, Oriental and World Music. Advanced articulation, Legato, dynamic layers and Microtuning help reproduce the character of traditional instruments while playing from a MIDI keyboard. MIDI CLOCK LOOP ENGINE - Real-Time Loop Playback - Multiple Simultaneous Loops - Live Loop Triggering - MIDI Clock Synchronization - Real-Time Loop Transpose - External MIDI Synchronization Play backing tracks and song loops synchronized to your MIDI setup and transpose them during performance. PLAYBACK MODES - Live Mode - Real-time instrument performance - One Shot Mode - Trigger samples, phrases and effects - DJ Mode - Flexible control of loops and longer audio material PROFESSIONAL SOUND DESIGN - ADSR - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release - LFO and MIDI Clock-Synchronized LFO - Equalizer - Reverb - Delay - Distortion - Octave, Transpose and Fine Tune - Adjustable Pitch Bend - Ribbon Controller CAVIT SEMAI - MORE THAN A SAMPLER Sampler. AUv3 Host. SWAM Platform. Loop Engine. Performance Instrument. Microtuning System. Turn your iPhone or iPad into your instrument. Design Advisory: Nermin Artanlar
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pruina at $2.99 against Cavit Semai's $350.00. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Pruina costs $2.99 and Cavit Semai $350.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Pruina | Cavit Semai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $350.00 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Torsten Schutz | Cavit Artanlar |
In-app purchases
Pruina
No in-app purchases
Cavit Semai
No in-app purchases









