Comparison

Longplayer vs lfoch

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

Head to head
About

Longplayer

Experience a unique, ever-evolving musical composition designed to last 1000 years. This app provides real-time, high-quality playback without needing a data connection, allowing you to listen in the background while using other applications. It offers a real-time score display and detailed information about the composition's history and conceptual background.

Highlights
  • Real-time high-quality playback
  • Offline playback
  • Plays in the background
  • Real-time score display
  • Detailed information section
  • Up-to-date news
Features
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Longplayer: a thousand years of music in your pocket! Longplayer is a musical composition that has been playing since the beginning of the year 2000, and will play on, never repeating, until it reaches the point at which it first started, exactly 1000 years later. Longplayer is in effect an everlasting piece of music; its score mirrors a planetary system, six musical events whose orbits come into phase once a millennium. Until now, Longplayer has only been accessible by visiting a handful of "listening posts" or via an online stream. This app is the first standalone version of Longplayer, creating the music in real time based on the composition's thousand-year-long score. It requires no data connection and automatically synchronises itself with every other copy of the app across the globe. With this app, you become part of a community of listeners distributed through space and time, across many lifetimes. - real time high-quality playback of Longplayer, with no need for a data connection - plays in the background: listen to Longplayer while you continue to use other apps, and while your phone is locked. - real time score display - graphic and textual information explaining how it works - detailed information section about Longplayer's history, development, composition, conceptual background and much more - up-to-date news from the Longplayer website (data connection required) Recommended for headphones or external speakers. Watch a short video explaining Longplayer: http://vimeo.com/94166447 Longplayer was composed by Jem Finer and commissioned by Artangel in 1995. It is now in the care of the Longplayer Trust.

About

lfoch

This app generates complex LFO waveforms with multiple outputs for creating "chase" effects. It offers two LFO generators with phase modulation, adjustable suboscillators, and waveform morphing. It can output MIDI control change values and sync to tempo.

Highlights
  • Dual LFO generators with phase/ring modulation
  • Suboscillator modulation with waveform morphing
  • Adjustable waveform rate, type, and range
  • Output 1-16 MIDI control change values
  • Tempo synchronization and AUv3 MIDI Effect support
  • Two modes: 'perform' and 'edit'
  • Randomize parameter values
Features
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lfoch is an experimental LFO generator that can create "chase"-like effect with multiple outputs from a single complex waveform It features: - 2 LFO generators with phase modulation / ring modulation: - Each LFO generators contains 2 suboscillators; one suboscillator modulates phase of another - For each suboscillator you can set waveform rate, waveform type (with smooth morph between sine, triangle, sawtooth and square waveforms), nonlinear curve (for overdrive-like effect) and minimum/maximum range - The result waveform is a multiplication of two generated LFO waveforms - You can use 1..16 points from this waveform to output as MIDI control change values - You can toggle the "playback" (phase change) of each generator with I/II buttons - You can randomise parameter values with "dice" buttons - App has two modes for live usage - 'perform' mode has larger waveform view and some selected sliders (if any) - 'edit' mode contains all controls on one screen - Each generator can be synchronized to tempo. In this mode the "speed" value runs from 4 quarter forward to 4 quarter backwards speed, the fastest value in this mode is 1/32 - When running inside AUv3 host the app uses host's transport. - "free mode" setting allows you not to follow the host transport lfoch is a standalone app and an AUv3 MIDI Effect. AUv3 effect supports parameter automation and preset saving inside host. Standalone version currently does not output MIDI in background mode.Note for AUM users:This application starts with 16 control change outputs from CC 0 to 15 on MIDI channel 1. AUM has default mapping of the CC #7 (volume) for each channel. Please keep this in mind when setting it up together.

Screenshots

Longplayer4 screens
lfoch4 screens

Verdict

The call

Longplayer and lfoch both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Longplayer's written reviews are positive against 50% of lfoch's. lfoch's advantage is update cadence (every 20 months vs every 136 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Longplayer costs $3.99 and lfoch $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Longplayer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Longplayer's written reviews are positive against 50% of lfoch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Longplayer ships an update every 136 months, lfoch every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Longplayer versus lfoch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongplayerlfoch
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better4.4 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 136 monthsEvery 20 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Longplayer TrustAlexey Nadzharov

Customer experience

Longplayer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

lfoch

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Longplayer

No in-app purchases

None

lfoch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Longplayer free?
Longplayer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is lfoch free?
lfoch costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Longplayer or lfoch?
Longplayer is rated higher. Longplayer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while lfoch averages 4.4 from 9 ratings.
Do Longplayer or lfoch have ads?
Neither Longplayer nor lfoch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Longplayer or lfoch?
Longplayer ships an update every 136 months, and lfoch every 20 months. Most recently, Longplayer was updated on November 1, 2026 and lfoch on November 3, 2026.

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