Cymatica: Music Visualizer2.5 - App Store

Transform sound into stunning visual art. Cymatica is an interactive physics simulation that brings Ernst Chladni's 18th-century discovery to life on your iPhone.

Watch as invisible sound waves sculpt thousands of sand particles into mesmerizing geometric patterns, revealing the hidden mathematics that shapes our universe.

CREATE & EXPLORE
- Draw sand with one finger, erase with two
- Adjust pattern complexity with the intuitive XY pad
- Switch between square and circular plates
- Control pattern modes from 1 to 16
- Up to 100,000 particles flowing in real-time
- Shake your device to disturb the sand
- Tap the plate to cycle display modes

AUDIO MODES
- Tone - singing bowl synthesis with frequency dial
- Mic - patterns react to your voice or environment
- Sounds - 9 procedural ambient instruments that never repeat
- Music - play from Apple Music with live waveform visualization
- Import - load your own audio or video files (advanced)

TONE EFFECTS
- Noise - adds grit and organic texture
- Reverb - spacious, resonant depth
- Decay - longer sustain and release
- Detune - shimmering chorus effect

GENERATIVE SOUNDSCAPES
- Singing bowl, drone, pad, sub bass, piano, rain, shakuhachi, cello, flute
- Evolving chord progressions that never repeat
- Nordic ambient inspired soundscapes

APPLE MUSIC
- Search and browse your library
- Play any song or playlist
- Live waveform and particle visualization from speaker audio

VIDEO RECORDING
- Record and share videos of your patterns
- Optimized for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube
- Pro subscribers record without watermark

FEEL THE SOUND
- Synchronized haptic feedback matching visual patterns
- Real-time frequency display
- 6 color themes with glow effects

ADVANCED MODE
- Glow - soft bloom on particles
- Streak - motion trails behind particles
- Stereo 3D - cross-eye stereoscopic view
- Open and closed plate boundaries

Whether you're a physicist, musician, meditator, or simply someone who appreciates the elegant patterns underlying reality, Cymatica offers a journey into the profound connection between sound and form.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Version History • Mic and Music modes now start instantly — fixed a brief freeze when switching into them.
• Fixed Mic and Music not responding when switched directly from Sounds mode.
• Tap play on the mini player to jump straight to the now-playing track.
• Stability and polish. 2.5 Jun 16 • Record with sound in every mode — videos now capture audio everywhere, including Microphone and Apple Music modes. Share clips where you can actually hear the music moving the sand.

• Lifetime unlock — a new pay-once option alongside monthly and yearly, localized in every supported language.

• Now available in French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), and Traditional Chinese.

• Better fit on smaller screens — the interface now adapts cleanly to compact devices like the iPhone SE, with no more clipped content.

• Fixed: subscribers briefly saw the demo banner on launch — your unlock now shows instantly.

• Smoother audio — fixed a memory leak in microphone mode and rare glitches when adjusting tone, decay, and reverb while a sound is playing.

• Lots of under-the-hood cleanup for faster, more reliable performance. 2.4 Jun 13 - Improved physics accuracy
- Brings back X/Y pad to adjust m and n inputs individually
- Bug fixes and improvements 2.3 Apr 15 - Apple Music with live waveform visualization
- Import your own audio and video files
- Save video recordings
- Noise, reverb, decay & detune tone effects
- Shazam song detection in mic mode
- Every mode free to try 2.2 Apr 14 - generative soundscapes
- improved UI / UX
- stereoscopic 3D mode 2.1 Feb 7 - Mic input!
- More accurate physics!
- Colors!
- Glow!
- Streak!
- Fuller screen! 2.0 Jan 7 1.0 07/22/2025