orphinio vs isxynth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
orphinio
This app offers a unique virtual musical instrument with an interface that allows for expressive melodies and soundscapes. It's designed for both beginners and experienced musicians to create music through intuitive finger movements on virtual pads.
- Unique glockenspiel/jaw harp sound
- Expressive polyphonic music
- Intuitive virtual pad interface
- Various articulations and shaker mode
- MIDI output for other synths
- Record and share performances
- Audiobus support
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orphinio for iPhone is a musical instrument with a unique sound between glockenspiel and jaw harp. Like on its bigger brother Orphion for iPad you can play expressive, wonderful sounds and easy or virtuosic melodies on it just by moving fingers on virtual pads. This video shows you how: https://vimeo.com/82138127 What can I do with it? ◦ Express the sounds you feel ◦ Play polyphonic music very expressively ◦ Crazy drumming and shaking ◦ Dream and relax ◦ Create soundscapes and melodies without musical knowledge ◦ Visually explore music and music theory ◦ Use orphinio’s innovative interface to play other synth apps via MIDI Features ◦ Different articulations from soft to plucked to hardly slapped ◦ Natural interaction ◦ Shaker mode ◦ Individual voices for each finger ◦ Extend your ways of expression as a percussionist, guitarist, pianist or other musician ◦ 9 transposable pad layouts with different tonalities from easy to complex ◦ Record and share what you play via EMail, SoundCloud or AudioCopy ◦ Audiobus support: Now you can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information. Follow orphinio & Orphion on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/orphion or Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrphionApp
isxynth
This music effect plugin allows spectral cross synthesis and morphing between two input signals. It separates noise and tone components, offering controls for blending, freezing, and time-based delays. Gestures on controls can be recorded and played back for dynamic sound shaping.
- Spectral cross synthesis
- Morphing between two input signals
- Noise and tone component blending
- Freeze control for spectral blurring
- 3-second delay lines per input
- Gesture recording and playback
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isxysnth is spectral cross synthesis / morphing plugin it gets two input signals, splits each one into 2 parts containing noise and tone components and then allows morphing between all these elements. Freeze control allows spectral blurring-like effect for both input signals, two 3 second delay lines allow selection of different signal in time and also provide "freeze" effect you can process left and right channels on stereo source or use this effect as multi-input AUv3 - in that case it will use 2 stereo inputs. Standalone mode currently works only in "mono" mode - three XY controls set balance between tone and noise components, amount of freeze and set up morphing - both inputs have 3-second delay line; freeze button ("*") toggles off recording. - gestures on all the main controls (3 xy pads and two sliders) can be recorded and played back when appropriate button with ">" label is toggled on - in current version standalone app supports only mono (L + R as inputs I and II) processing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: orphinio at 4.7 against isxynth's 3.7. orphinio also leads on price ($0.99 vs $7.99) and update cadence (every 8 months vs every 34 months). isxynth's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
orphinio costs $0.99 and isxynth $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
orphinio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: orphinio has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of orphinio's written reviews are positive against 100% of isxynth's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
orphinio ships an update every 8 months, isxynth every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | orphinio | isxynth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bastus Trump | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
orphinio
isxynth
In-app purchases
orphinio
No in-app purchases
isxynth
No in-app purchases
