Comparison

PdParty vs Tone Chroma

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

Head to head
About

PdParty

This app allows users to run Pure Data patches on iOS devices, enabling custom digital signal processing. It supports OSC, MIDI, and game controller input, offering a WYSIWYG experience for creating multimedia applications.

Highlights
  • Run Pure Data patches on iOS
  • Supports OSC, MIDI, and game controller input
  • Native Pd GUI objects for WYSIWYG
  • Built-in web server for patch management
  • General purpose digital signal processing platform
Features
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PdParty is an open-source iOS application for running Pure Data patches on Apple mobile devices using libpd. Directly inspired by Chris McCormick's PdDroidParty and the original RjDj by Reality Jockey, PdParty takes a step further by supporting OSC (Open Sound Control), MIDI, & MiFi game controller input as well as implementing the native Pd GUI objects for a WYSIWYG patch to mobile device experience. Various scene types are supported including compatibility modes for PdDroidParty & RjDj and both patches and abstraction libraries can be managed via a built-in web server. Unlike the rise of the single-purpose audio application, PdParty is meant to provide a platform for general purpose digital signal processing via Pure Data patches. Getting Started --------------- New users, check out the User Guide and download the PdParty Composer Pack which contains the abstractions you need when composing on your computer as well as scene type templates. See the PdParty webpage: http://danomatika.com/code/pdparty Who Is This App For? -------------------- PdParty is meant as a platform for running patches created in Pure Data, a graphical programming environment for multimedia. Related to Max MSP, Pure Data allows computer musicians and non-programmers to create custom DSP routines by connecting objects with virtual patch cables. If you don't intend to create your own PdParty scenes or run scenes provided by others, you may not find this app very useful. Please _do not_ download this app and give it a bad rating because you are unsure of what it's for or how to use it. How Can I Support PdParty? -------------------------- In the spirit of the open-source Pure Data community, PdParty is provided for free on the Apple App Store. If you wish to support its author and or PdParty development, consider having your institution sponsor a PdParty workshop, specific development, or a robotcowboy artist residency. Updating -------- See the changelog on the PdParty website for detailed version info. To update the included PdParty patch folders (lib, samples, tests) after installing a new version, use the buttons at the bottom of the Settings page.

About

Tone Chroma

Features
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Tone Chroma is an interactive microtonal matrix for iOS, crafted for 21st century musicians. Both musical instrument and visualizer, Tone Chroma's interface breaks through the black-and-white mould of equal temperament and expands harmonic potential into a new universe of color. Features: - Play in real time on the color-coded microtonal tuning matrix with pure harmonic ratios - Seven visualizers — Lissajous curves, concurrent and countercurrent harmonograph, harmonic series, chromatic ring, tonal lattice, cymatics — each rendering sound as living color and form - Explore microtonal scales, ragas, and modal systems beyond 12-tone equal temperament with presets - MIDI input/output for use with external controllers and DAWs - Real-time microtonal note, frequency and interval information - Customizable tuning and chord banks Enter new harmonic horizons with Tone Chroma by exploring pure frequency relationships and synesthetic displays which allow you to hear and see universal vibrational patterns.

Screenshots

PdParty4 screens
Tone Chroma3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PdParty at Free against Tone Chroma's $14.99. PdParty also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). 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

PdParty is free to download; Tone Chroma costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PdParty versus Tone Chroma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPdPartyTone Chroma
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel WilcoxWilliam Franke

In-app purchases

None

PdParty

No in-app purchases

None

Tone Chroma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PdParty free?
PdParty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tone Chroma free?
Tone Chroma costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PdParty or Tone Chroma have ads?
Neither PdParty nor Tone Chroma shows ads.

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