Comparison

Unknown Pleasure vs Unique for iPhone

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

Head to head
About

Unknown Pleasure

A music player that visualizes your audio with a design inspired by a famous album cover. Easily navigate tracks with intuitive gestures. Requires downloaded music files without DRM.

Highlights
  • Audio visualization
  • Album cover inspired design
  • Swipe to change songs
  • Double-tap to pause
  • Select music via swipe down
Features
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This is a music player with an audio visualization inspired by the iconic cover for Joy Division's album Unknown Pleasures. * Swipe left or right to switch songs. * Double-tap to pause. * Swipe down to select the music to play. In order to visualize music tracks, they must be downloaded to the device (not in iCloud) and must not have DRM.

About

Unique for iPhone

Create unique analog synth sounds with a wide sonic spectrum. Explore classic and gritty tones with versatile oscillators, filters, and built-in effects. Features a unique Vowel Filter for distinctive vocal-like textures.

Highlights
  • Multiple oscillator waveforms
  • Analog filter types
  • Vowel Filter with formant stringing
  • LFO and envelope modulation
  • Recordable XY field and sequencer
  • Dual effect units
  • Audio Unit v3 support
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“Unique sounds like syrup with dirt kicked into it. If Bootsy Collins, Roger Troutman and Daft Punk would have met up in Studio 54 to create a soft-synth, for sure something like Unique would have come out of it…” Sound & Recording Mag Unique was made for fun and vibes: Analogue sound, intense modulation and a killer set of features, delivering an amazing sonic spectrum that’s full of character: Classy sounds, powerful, warm… sometimes gritty. Each of the 2 oscillators offers a selection of 5 waveforms: sawtooth and pulse waves are here, along with noise, triple saw and triple FM waves. There's also an additional sub-oscillator strapped into the master section for added oomph. The internal controllers will bring in the dynamics: an LFO and an envelope, there's a recordable XY field & a sequencer. Use these to modulate any knob – a simple long tap will do. The sound springs to life when it hits the filter section. Needless to say, analogue high-pass, low-pass and band-pass varieties are in place, along with a comb filter. Standards aside, the actual intention behind this project, the Vowel Filter, also became its outstanding feature: string together two or four vowel formants and play them back in a multitude of ways. Once you’ve built your sound, there’s tons of sound polish in two chained multi-effect units. Features • Sawtooth, Triple Saw, Pulse, Triple FM, Noise with tonal Filter, Sub Sine • 5 Filters with 5 Modulators each • Duophone Arpeggiator • Vowel Filter • Two Effect Sections • Audio Unit v3 • Ableton Link Kit • MIDI Learn & Host Automation • 300 groovy presets by various artists

Screenshots

Unknown Pleasure3 screens
Unique for iPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Unknown Pleasure at Free against Unique for iPhone's $4.99. Unknown Pleasure also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 44%) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). Unique for iPhone's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 9). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Unknown Pleasure is free to download; Unique for iPhone costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unknown Pleasure holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Unknown Pleasure's written reviews are positive against 44% of Unique for iPhone's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Unknown Pleasure versus Unique for iPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnknown PleasureUnique for iPhone
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.1 (9 ratings) — better3.8 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better44.0% of reviews
Number of ratings927 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilk LLCSugar Bytes GmbH

Customer experience

Unknown Pleasure

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Unique for iPhone

All ratings27 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative25.9%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive44.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative48.0%

In-app purchases

None

Unknown Pleasure

No in-app purchases

None

Unique for iPhone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unknown Pleasure free?
Unknown Pleasure is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unique for iPhone free?
Unique for iPhone costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unknown Pleasure or Unique for iPhone?
Unknown Pleasure is rated higher. Unknown Pleasure averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Unique for iPhone averages 3.8 from 27 ratings.
Do Unknown Pleasure or Unique for iPhone have ads?
Neither Unknown Pleasure nor Unique for iPhone shows ads.

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