Comparison

WizzJ vs Cymatics Lab

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

Head to head
About

WizzJ

Experience stunning generative art that dynamically syncs with your music. This app creates immersive visualizers from your device's music library or microphone input, offering a unique artistic interpretation of sound.

Highlights
  • Generative art animations
  • Music library sync
  • Microphone input support
  • 36 unique visual styles
  • High-resolution display support
  • Create music videos
Features
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WizzJ is a cutting-edge music visualizer for high-end iOS devices. It fully exploits the latest advances in graphic processors to create a flow of animated generative art. The animations are synced with the beat and texture of the music being played from your music library. If no music is playing, WizzJ can capture input from the microphone. WizzJ represents a new generation in the art of music visualization! Download WizzJ for free and enjoy a fully functional preview of the available 36 styles, each providing a unique and immersive experience: A Flower of Life, Alien Speak, Ancient Glyphs, Beat Tunnel, Beat'n Chaos, Blossoming, Breeze of Oil, Brick Islands, Color Wand, Cricumpunct, Crystal's World, Dancing Blobs, Disco Sun, Entwined, Girl's Best Friend, Holes of Color, LP's Revenge, Matrix, Neon Ice, Ocean, OneHundredEiiigghtyyyy, Phoenix, Polar Texture, Pop Art Dive, Puzzled, Rainbow's Birth, Sandworms, SpeedBeat, T-Rex's Skin, Tentacles, The Beauty Within, Threads of Light, Threesome, Wanna Kiss?, Wave Dance, Wheel of Color. WizzJ uses Apple's built-in media player and can thus access your existing songs and playlists. In contrast to most other visualizers, WizzJ analyzes the sound of played songs without using the microphone; hence you can enjoy WizzJ even with headsets. Note: Apple does not allow to analyze streamed music. Thus, only music saved on your device and played through the internal iOS audio player is supported. Unfortunately, Apple Music, Spotify et al can therefore not be supported. WizzJ can support the device's native display resolution for a detailed and crystal clear presentation. Activate this feature in the Settings App if you have a powerful device. You can easily create your own music videos by capturing WizzJ's animations with QuickTime and your Mac. Videos and more info can be found on the "Developer Website". Customer comments: ***** Unbelievable Music App "Best music app so far in iTunes Store. Can't go wrong with this one." ***** Beyond beautiful "I just downloaded WizzJ on my iPhone 6 Plus, and I really wanted to express my gratitude for this app. The graphics are beyond beautiful and amazing." ***** 5 stars for sure! "I am delighted to look at the magnific moving designs while listening to my own music. Very Impressed by the various choice of fascinating designs available too. Thank you very much for creating such a beautiful app. It is worth to see it, I am sure that you will enjoy !!!" ***** Unique to iOS, beautiful visualizer "Beautifully crafted automata to match your music. Few apps are made in iOS for generative visualizations and this is by far the best quality; maybe the only app with a very select choices of algorithms/colorizations!" ***** Finally a real visualizer! "Been looking exactly for this! Now if only it had the nice equalizer functions of a couple other apps - and if it would just play my playlists! Other than that! Six stars. You heard me six stars. Love it!" ***** Love it "I'm in love with this app!" Supported Gestures: - one finger double-tap: show/hide player - two finger single-tap: show/hide styles list - two finger swipe right/left: next/previous style - two finger swite down: pause/resume animation - three finger single-tap: screenshot System requirements: - iPhone 8 or higher - iPad 5th generation or higher - iPad Air 3rd generation or higher - iPad mini 5th generation or higher To enable devices without microphone for AirPlay or Bluetooth headphones disable the microphone input by tapping the microphone icon.

About

Cymatics Lab

Visualize sound by creating dynamic patterns from music or your own beats. Explore sand and liquid simulations, compose music, and share your creations. Experience sound in a unique visual dimension.

Highlights
  • Sound-to-pattern visualization
  • Sand and liquid simulation modes
  • Built-in music composer
  • Live performance tools
  • Frequency tuning
  • Pattern sharing and remixing
  • Audio and MIDI export
Features
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Cymatics Lab draws sound as moving patterns. Play a song, hum into the mic or make a beat, and the sound shapes sand on a vibrating plate or ripples of light in water. These are Chladni patterns, the figures a vibrating surface makes, drawn live from what you hear. SAND AND LIQUID Sand Lab has seven modes: Square, Circle, Sphere, Orbital, Cavity, Lissajous and Quasi. Liquid Lab has five: Round, Square, Bubble, Wave Tank and Drop. You can change the plate, the room, the lighting and the colors. MAKE MUSIC YOU CAN SEE The built-in Composer is for anyone, no experience needed, and the pattern moves with every note. • FEEL: tap a preset to start a groove, then turn Energy, Space, Tone and Drive. • BEATS: edit drums, bass, lead and pad on a step grid. • PERFORM: play drum pads or a keyboard and record what you play. • SOUNDS: shape each instrument. • SONG: chain sections into a full song. FIND YOUR FREQUENCY Dial in an exact tone, add a second frequency, or set a timed sweep, and watch the shape change with each hertz. WHAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO The microphone, your own music library, or the Cymatics Lab albums included in the app. Apple Music and Spotify work through the microphone while they play from your speaker. WAVES Release your patterns as Waves for others to find. Browse, save and remix theirs, follow creators, and like and comment. A shared wave link opens right in the app. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Open it like a book with the Composer on one half and the pattern on the other, or fold it halfway like a laptop. The outer screen can show your pattern to the people across from you. FULL SCREEN AND AIRPLAY Turn your phone for a full-screen pattern, or AirPlay the pattern and music to a compatible TV. SAVE AND EXPORT Capture photos and videos of a pattern. Export your music as audio, separate instrument tracks or MIDI. CYMATICS LAB PRO The app is free to download. Pro unlocks every mode and tool, as a monthly or yearly subscription. If you bought Pro before version 2.0, you keep it for life as a Founder. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged at confirmation of purchase and on renewal. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://cymaticslabs.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://cymaticslabs.com/privacy/

Screenshots

WizzJ4 screens
Cymatics Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cymatics Lab at 100% against WizzJ's 53%. Cymatics Lab also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). WizzJ's advantage is rating (3.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (25 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. WizzJ sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Cymatics Lab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WizzJ holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WizzJ has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of WizzJ's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cymatics Lab's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WizzJ ships an update every 2 weeks, Cymatics Lab daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WizzJ versus Cymatics Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWizzJCymatics Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (25 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB542 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoachim WolfframKiefer Studio LLC

Customer experience

WizzJ

All ratings25 ratings
Positive56.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral5.9%
Negative41.2%

Cymatics Lab

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WizzJ

One-time2
  • Style Bundle "Living Light"2 variants$1.99
  • Style Bundle "Jump Start"$2.99
2 purchases

Cymatics Lab

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is WizzJ free?
WizzJ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cymatics Lab free?
Cymatics Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WizzJ or Cymatics Lab?
WizzJ is rated higher. WizzJ averages 3.2 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Cymatics Lab averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do WizzJ or Cymatics Lab have ads?
Neither WizzJ nor Cymatics Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WizzJ or Cymatics Lab?
WizzJ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cymatics Lab daily. Most recently, WizzJ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Cymatics Lab on November 9, 2026.

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