Comparison

Index Theremin vs Tapestra

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

Head to head
About

Index Theremin

Features
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Theremin is a tiny instrument you play with thin air. Hold up one finger in front of your phone: raise it for higher notes, move it sideways to play louder. That's it, you're playing. Make a fist to stop. A SOUND FOR EVERY MOOD β€’ Theremin: the classic eerie wail β€’ Dusk: a dark, slow, melancholic synth β€’ Aura: an airy, voice-like pad β€’ Glass: a soft, bell-like shimmer β€’ 8-Bit: a video-game square wave ALWAYS IN TUNE Auto-Tune snaps you to a scale (major, minor, pentatonic or every note) in any key. Hard for the robot effect, Smooth for a gentle glide. PLAY A DUET Turn on Duet Mode and each hand becomes its own instrument, with its own sound and settings. TWO FINGERS, TWO JOBS Raise two fingers and your hand switches to a second sound, or turns into a controller for an effect: sweep a Wah, stretch an Echo, speed up a Vibrato. Six effects to play with: Reverb, Pulse, Echo, Wah, Vibrato and Crunch. SAVE YOUR SETUP Presets keep every sound and effect on both hands. Start from one of six, from Classic to Conductor, where one hand plays and the other shapes the sound. MORE TO PLAY WITH β€’ Note Guides show where every note sits on the screen β€’ Volume and octave for each hand β€’ Make a fist to mute without hiding your hand β€’ Portrait or landscape, iPhone and iPad β€’ Works with VoiceOver, Voice Control and Larger Text PRIVATE BY DESIGN Hand tracking happens entirely on your device. Nothing is recorded, uploaded or collected.

About

Tapestra

Features
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Tapestra turns your phone into a pocket band. ONE-FINGER ACCOMPANIMENT Pick a style β€” pop, funk, ballad, bossa nova, swing, waltz, slow rock, disco β€” hold a chord and the band plays: intro, two main grooves, fills, break and ending, switched live like a real arranger keyboard. PADS & KITS 16 velocity-sensitive pads with acoustic, electronic and percussion kits. Edit any pad: sound, pitch, pan, choke groups. PIANO & DRAWBAR ORGAN A 128-voice General MIDI piano/synth with 100+ presets, and a tonewheel organ with nine drawbars, percussion and a rotary speaker you can speed up mid-phrase. STEP SEQUENCER 16-step drum sequencer with swing, per-step velocity and pattern chaining β€” build a beat while you play on top. STUDIO EFFECTS 5-band EQ, compressor, pitch shifter, flanger, ping-pong delay, reverb and bass boost on the master bus, each with hands-on knobs. RECORD & SHARE Record the mix to WAV with the built-in metronome and share it anywhere. Open the demo song to see what a two-minute performance looks like. BUILT FOR PLAYING One native audio engine on iPhone and iPad, 48 kHz / 5 ms latency, works fully offline, no account needed. Tapestra Pro is optional. Weekly (3-day free trial) and monthly plans are auto-renewing subscriptions billed to your Apple ID; they renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and can be managed in your App Store account settings. The lifetime unlock is a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.ngmob.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.ngmob.com/terms

Screenshots

Index Theremin4 screens
Tapestra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Index Theremin at none against Tapestra's 3. Tapestra's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Tapestra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Index Theremin asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Index Theremin versus Tapestra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIndex ThereminTapestra
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNOAH REMI FINN BESENDORFER STAHLHACKE伟 马

In-app purchases

None

Index Theremin

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tapestra

Subscriptions2
  • Tapestra Pro β€” Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Tapestra Pro β€” Monthly$6.991 Month
One-time1
  • Tapestra Pro β€” Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Index Theremin free?
Index Theremin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tapestra free?
Tapestra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Index Theremin or Tapestra have ads?
Neither Index Theremin nor Tapestra shows ads.

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