MetaLonsdale vs Synesthesia Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MetaLonsdale
This app transforms your device into a collaborative musical instrument. Control sounds, looping, and autoplay features through intuitive tapping and swiping. Connect multiple devices on the same Wi-Fi to create synchronized musical performances.
- Collaborative musical instrument
- Tap and swipe sound control
- Sampled venue sounds
- Percussive sound array
- Looping function
- Autoplay feature
- Cross-device synchronization
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Metatone Lonsdale is a collaborative musical instrument created for a performance at Everything Nothing Projects at Lonsdale St Traders in Canberra, Australia. Tapping and swiping the screen controls sounds sampled from the venue as well as an array of percussive sounds. Switches control a "looping" function and an autoplay feature that triggers clusters of quiet sounds. The sounds and tonality of the instrument can be shuffled by pressing the "sounds" button When multiple devices running Metatone Lonsdale are on the same wifi network, the apps find each other automatically and control each others' tonality, looping and autoplay switches. Demo video of MetaLonsdale: http://youtu.be/QR4H2s0PjGQ
Synesthesia Synth
An experimental audio-visual instrument that allows users to sculpt evolving spatial audio by manipulating floating capsules. Position, rotation, and pulse changes affect tone, texture, and synchronized particle generation. It's a visual synthesizer, not a game.
- Experimental audio-visual instrument
- Sculpt evolving spatial audio
- Manipulate floating capsules
- Control tone, texture, and particles
- Visual synthesizer
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Synthaestesia is a free experimental audio-visual instrument. Three capsules float in space. Every contraction produces sound. Move them, rotate them, reshape their pulse — and sculpt evolving spatial audio. Position changes tone. Rotation alters texture. Delay generates synchronized particles. This is not a game. It’s a spatial synth you can see.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Synesthesia Synth at every 10 days against MetaLonsdale's every 14 months. MetaLonsdale's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MetaLonsdale against 5.0 for Synesthesia Synth. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
MetaLonsdale ships an update every 14 months, Synesthesia Synth every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MetaLonsdale | Synesthesia Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Martin | MICHELE ZACCAGNINI |
In-app purchases
MetaLonsdale
No in-app purchases
Synesthesia Synth
No in-app purchases
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