Wilsonic vs sinusedo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wilsonic
Explore new musical possibilities beyond the 12-note scale. This app provides access to unique tuning systems and scale designs, allowing you to discover and create never-before-heard music. No prior music theory knowledge is needed to experiment with these innovative tonal worlds.
- Access Ervin Wilson's tuning research
- Explore 12-note scale alternatives
- Discover new melodic patterns and harmonies
- Export scales as Scala files
- Share favorite scales
- Audiobus 2.3.x compatible
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Wilsonic is your portal to new musical universes. Ervin Wilson's 65 years of tuning research and discovery are now at your fingertips. By touching, hearing, and feeling Wilson's designs you can intuitively break free of the limits of the 12 note scale used by historical musical instruments such as the piano and guitar to pioneer new music never-before heard by mankind. No previous knowledge of music theory is required. These tonal worlds are based on an entirely unique mode of thought that has little to do with historical musical thinking. The app features Wilson's most profound scale designs. Your hands and ears naturally find new melodic patterns and harmonies that touch on those feelings and emotions you couldn't find before. When you find that perfect scale export it as a Scala file to tune up your favorite software synthesizers. Share your favorite scales with your friends. This version of Wilsonic has the scales "Moments Of Symmetry", Co-Prime Grid, Tetrany Major, Hexany, Tetrany Minor, Mandala (Hexany Stellate), Tetradic Diamond, Hexany Diamond, Aggregate Rotations of Euler Genus 4, Eikosany, Partch 43, Harmonic Spiral, Highland Bagpipes, and Recurrence Relations. Wilsonic is Audiobus 2.3.x compatible.
sinusedo
This app is a versatile sinewave synthesizer available as a standalone application and AUv3 plugin. It offers two independent keyboards with extensive control over note parameters, polyphony, and modulation, supporting MIDI input for external control.
- Dual independent keyboards
- Microtonal tuning
- Ring modulator per voice
- Adjustable polyphony (up to 144 voices)
- MIDI input support
- Note deviation display (cents)
- Glide and velocity control
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'sinusedo' is a sinewave synthesizer in standalone and AUv3 formats. It features two independent keyboards with: • 4 – 72 keys (voices, steps) per octave, each with its own ring modulator • maximum polyphony equal to the number of voices; max polyphony is 144 voices • 1 – 4 octave range, covering the frequency range of about 8 – 4200 Hz • display with note number (from C), note name, frequency (in Hz), and deviation from 12-TET (in cents) • two sections per keyboard: upper for non-sustained notes, gliding, and velocity; lower for sustained notes and modulation rate • mute button to stop/start all sound • delete/panic button to erase all notes • glide button for smooth sweeps across keyboard frequency range • modulation on/off button • slider to set initial velocity and modulation levels • slider to change velocity and modulation rates for all notes on the keyboard proportionally and to show current velocity and mod rate levels • button to toggle keyboard visibility. sinusedo supports MIDI input from external sources to control each keyboard independently. Supported devices: iPad, iPhone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wilsonic at Free against sinusedo's $3.99. Wilsonic also leads on ratings volume (66 vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). sinusedo's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Wilsonic is free to download; sinusedo costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Wilsonic against 4.7 for sinusedo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wilsonic has 66 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Wilsonic's written reviews are positive against 100% of sinusedo's.
Wilsonic ships an update monthly, sinusedo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wilsonic | sinusedo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (66 ratings) — better | 4.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcus Satellite | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Wilsonic
No in-app purchases
sinusedo
No in-app purchases









