Comparison

Vatanator SX vs Stellarvox

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

Head to head
About

Vatanator SX

Create rhythms instantly with this drum machine app. It offers advanced MIDI features, 140 vintage hardware emulations, and real-time effects. Import your own samples and arrange songs for a complete music production experience.

Highlights
  • 140 vintage hardware emulations
  • Advanced MIDI functionality
  • Real-time effects with XY pad
  • Import samples via multiple sources
  • Song arranger and pattern export
  • 16/32 step sequencer
  • Background audio support
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Vatanator SX is a unique drum machine with advanced MIDI functionality. It features 140 built-in presets emulating every classic vintage hardware. It is aimed for simplicity and instant rhythm creation. Vatanator SX features: – Audio Unit Extension – Record patterns in real-time with quantization, MIDI assignable – 16/32 steps sequencer with advanced MIDI options – Fast loading of presets on the fly – Full MIDI implementation, Bluetooth MIDI – Background audio – Audiobus, Audiobus Remote, Inter-App Audio and Ableton Link support – Ability to import samples via Files, AudioShare, AudioCopy, Dropbox or iTunes Share – Real-time effects with XY pad, tempo synchronization, MIDI assignable and automation – Song arranger, ability to store a sequence of patterns and play them in order - Export pattern to MIDI file – 8 channel mixer with volume control and mute/solo for any individual instrument

About

Stellarvox

Design immersive ambient soundscapes with a hybrid reverb and artificial space designer. Create lush textures, deep spaces, and whispering backgrounds for electronic, experimental, and sound design projects. Offers intuitive controls and inspiring presets for quick, high-quality results.

Highlights
  • Hybrid reverb with artificial space designer
  • Algorithmic reflections tail processing
  • Dynamic timbre changes over time
  • Geometry and dimension control
  • Factory presets and random feature
  • MIDI learn support
  • Standalone and AUv3 module
Features
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Hybrid reverb with an artificial space designer, combining it with algorithmic reflections tail processing, is ideal to creating immersive ambience of deep spaces, lush atmospheric textures or stunning whispering backgrounds in your ambient, electronic, experimental and sound design projects. Unlike traditional algorithmic reverbs, Stellarvox constructs a complex model of a vast resonant sound spaces with choice of geometry, dimensions and tonal structure of the space, along with a unique feature that dynamically change the timbre of reflections over the reverberation time. The second algorithmic reverb allows you to prolong and blur reflections, adding extra dimensions to the sound space. Easy-to-use controls on a single screen, along with optimally designed parameters that always give great results, make insignificant the peculiarity of that kind of reverbs, when the model creates with a little delay after changing it. Factory presets and the random feature will give you a starting point of inspiration and allow you to get a quick result where you need just to slightly tweak the parameters to align with your idea. This application is great for ambient projects, it can create mesmerizing atmosphere from single infrequent sounds of various instruments, or giving a beautiful and deep backgrounds to sharp sequences in electronics, as well as for any experimental projects that require unusual, deep and rich sound ambience. Stellarvox is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). Stellarvox works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, with supports Audiobus host app. On MacOS, Stellarvox can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters. Stellarvox has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. Sound demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtZfvLtJy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqCYa1tp2Qw You can find more information on Stellarvox and other audio apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

Vatanator SX4 screens
Stellarvox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stellarvox at 5.0 against Vatanator SX's 4.4. Stellarvox also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Vatanator SX's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $11.99) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, 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

Vatanator SX costs $5.99 and Stellarvox $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stellarvox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Vatanator SX's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stellarvox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vatanator SX ships an update every 5 weeks, Stellarvox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vatanator SX versus Stellarvox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVatanator SXStellarvox
Price$5.99 — better$11.99
Rating4.4 (8 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings811 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBACKPULLVER SOFTWARE LTD OODIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

Vatanator SX

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

Stellarvox

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vatanator SX

No in-app purchases

None

Stellarvox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vatanator SX free?
Vatanator SX costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stellarvox free?
Stellarvox costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vatanator SX or Stellarvox?
Stellarvox is rated higher. Vatanator SX averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Stellarvox averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Vatanator SX or Stellarvox have ads?
Neither Vatanator SX nor Stellarvox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vatanator SX or Stellarvox?
Vatanator SX ships an update every 5 weeks, and Stellarvox every 5 months. Most recently, Vatanator SX was updated on October 4, 2026 and Stellarvox on October 9, 2026.

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