Refraktions vs goodtags
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Refraktions
This app is an 8-track generative MIDI sequencer that uses AI to create personalized loops based on user input over time. It offers a unique approach to music creation, adapting to individual preferences.
- 8-track generative MIDI sequencing
- Artificial intelligence processing
- Time-based input adaptation
- Personalized loop creation
- User-tailored output
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Refraktions is an 8-track generative MIDI sequencer with artificial intelligence that processes input over time to create loops tailored to each individual user.
goodtags
Access and organize a vast library of community-generated barbershop song snippets. Play learning tracks, watch videos, and find specific tags with an interactive interface.
- Organize favorites by label
- Navigate lists in sheet music view
- Play starting note for tags
- Find tags by ID
- Play learning tracks
- Watch learning videos
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Goodtags provides a rich interactive interface to the library of community-generated barbershop tags, or song snippets, from the barbershoptags.com database. Features: - Store favorites on your device, and organize them by label - Navigate lists without leaving the sheet music view - Play the starting note for a tag - Find tags by id - Play learning tracks - Watch learning videos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: goodtags at Free against Refraktions's $5.99. goodtags also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Refraktions's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 16.4). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
goodtags is free to download; Refraktions costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
goodtags holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Refraktions's written reviews are positive against 89% of goodtags's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Refraktions ships an update every 2 months, goodtags every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Refraktions | goodtags |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (28 ratings) | 4.7 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Snell | Kenji Matsuoka |
Customer experience
Refraktions
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In-app purchases
Refraktions
No in-app purchases
goodtags
No in-app purchases
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