Melodai vs SL Tymra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melodai
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Melodai is a desktop-class DAW for iPhone, iPad, and Mac: multi-track editing, instruments you can play, a full FX rack, and on-device AI for jam, stems, and sheet scan. The mix stays on your device. RECORD AND ARRANGE Build a song on a real timeline. Audio, voice, loops, and MIDI tracks live in one project. Move, split, duplicate, and snap clips. Record from the mic or into the instrument you have open, with count-in and overdub. Undo walks a change back. PLAY THE INSTRUMENTS Select a track and the dock becomes the instrument: keys, drums, guitar, bass, 808, synth, violin, saxophone, or Guzheng. Tap, play, and record MIDI, then edit notes in the piano roll. MIX AND SHAPE A studio FX rack on every track and on the master: parametric EQ, 10-band EQ, compressor, limiter, reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, distortion, and pitch. Drop in loops from a bundled library filed by drums, bass, keys, guitar, synth, strings, vocals, and genre. Clean a take with on-device noise reduction. ON-DEVICE AI Jam: hold notes, pick a style — Lo-Fi, Dark Jazz, Trap, Orchestral, and more — and generate a take on Apple silicon. Prompt Mixer: blend style terms on faders and generate into the mix you dialled in. Stems: split a song into bass, drums, other, and vocal, then open it as a four-track session. Sheet scan: photograph a piano score and open MIDI you can play and edit. MIDI import: drop a .mid file and it becomes tracks and notes, not a dead bounce. Jam, stems, sheet scan, and noise reduction run with Core ML on your device. Your recordings are not uploaded to finish an edit. Optional text-to-arrangement compose sends only a prompt, never your audio. EXPORT Share MP3 or AAC. Bounce lossless WAV, AIFF, or 32-bit float CAF when the file has to leave as audio. iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No ads, no tracking, no account. MELODAI PRO You can build a song for free. Pro unlocks the full instrument set, piano roll, Pro loops, Jam, Prompt Mixer, stem split, EQ, noise reduction, and lossless export. If a session uses those tools, Pro is required to export. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Auto-renewable subscription Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://melodai.youthpe.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://melodai.youthpe.com/terms.html
SL Tymra
This app offers a versatile two-layer keyboard instrument combining sampled sounds and synthesis. Explore a vast library of instruments, customize their parameters, and add effects. It supports MIDI input and can be used as a standalone app or an AUv3 instrument.
- Two-layer keyboard instrument
- Sampled instruments and synthesis
- 448 sounds in 15 categories
- Adjustable sound parameters (attack, release, cutoff, resonance)
- Chorus, delay, and reverb effects
- Mono, Legato, and Glide support
- AI Match sound search
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SL Tymra combines sampled instruments and synthesis in a two-layer keyboard instrument. The included library has 448 sounds in 15 categories, including pianos, organs, basses, leads, pads, strings, winds, mallets, plucks and textures. Set the source, octave and level of each layer, then blend them. Adjust attack, release, cutoff and resonance. Add chorus, delay and reverb. Mono and Legato support connected lead and bass lines. Glide controls the pitch transition between notes, from 0 to 500 ms. Browse by name or category, mark favourites and save edited sounds. AI Match searches the included bank locally using the sound character you select. It works offline. Play the on-screen keyboard or connect MIDI. Use Tymra on its own or as an AUv3 instrument in a compatible host. iPhone and iPad support portrait and landscape layouts. The library is included. No subscription, additional sound-pack purchase or account is required. The Mac edition is sold separately.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Melodai at Free against SL Tymra's $19.99. SL Tymra's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On 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
Melodai is free to download; SL Tymra costs $19.99 up front. Melodai sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SL Tymra asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Melodai | SL Tymra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 636 MB | 665 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 巧霞 詹 | VIACHESLAV ZHILTSOV |
In-app purchases
Melodai
- Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
- Yearly$19.991 Year
SL Tymra
No in-app purchases









