Comparison

Vatanator SX vs Latch Tuner

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

Latch Tuner

Features
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Know the note. Get the numbers. Back to the beat. Ordinary tuners are built for long, sustained notes. Play a one-shot through one and the needle jumps around during the attack, then goes blank before you can read it. Latch Tuner is built for how producers actually work: it skips the attack, measures the body of the sound, and holds the answer on screen after the sample has ended. How it works. You chopped a bass note from an old record and it's fighting your track. Insert Latch Tuner on the channel, trigger the pad once, and it reads: E3 −26.5 ¢ · 324.6 Hz · MIDI 64 Set TARGET to the note you actually want — say C3 — and it does the conversion for you: SEMI −4 · FINE +27 Those are the two numbers your sampler's pitch controls take. Type them in, retrigger, done. No looping the sample into a phone tuner, no guessing against a piano. Two modes. • LATCH — for one-shots, chops, plucks, vocal stabs and 808s. Transient-aware capture holds the reading until you clear it. Capture history keeps your last few results on screen, so you can work through a whole kit without writing anything down. • LIVE — stop switching apps to tune. A straightforward in-line tuner for guitar, synth and voice, docked in a corner of your session. It tells you when it isn't sure. A gliding 808 or a reading that wobbles between octaves is flagged instead of shown as a plain answer. Built for single notes: a chord reads as one of its notes, usually the root. Noise and washed-out chops report no clear pitch, because there isn't one. Tap PLAY to hear a reference tone against the sample and decide with your ears — below ~80 Hz the tone adds an octave-up partial so you can hear it on a device speaker. Speaks sampler. Note name, cents, frequency and MIDI note number, plus the SEMI/FINE correction to your chosen target. Samplers disagree about octave numbers, so the readout shows its convention next to every answer — and a C3/C4 toggle matches it to yours. It can't silently put you an octave off. Adjustable reference pitch (440, 432, 442…). Runs where you work. An AUv3 audio effect — use it in AUM, Koala, GarageBand, or any other AUv3 host. Plus a standalone app that listens through the mic. Audio passes through untouched. One-time purchase. No subscription, no ads, no account. Everything is analyzed on-device; nothing is recorded or uploaded.

Screenshots

Vatanator SX4 screens
Latch Tuner2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Latch Tuner at $4.99 against Vatanator SX's $5.99. Vatanator SX's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, 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

Vatanator SX costs $5.99 and Latch Tuner $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vatanator SX ships an update every 5 weeks, Latch Tuner monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vatanator SX versus Latch Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVatanator SXLatch Tuner
Price$5.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB2 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperBACKPULLVER SOFTWARE LTD OODBruno Santos Marinho

In-app purchases

None

Vatanator SX

No in-app purchases

None

Latch Tuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vatanator SX free?
Vatanator SX costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Latch Tuner free?
Latch Tuner costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vatanator SX or Latch Tuner have ads?
Neither Vatanator SX nor Latch Tuner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vatanator SX or Latch Tuner?
Vatanator SX ships an update every 5 weeks, and Latch Tuner monthly. Most recently, Vatanator SX was updated on November 2, 2026 and Latch Tuner on November 5, 2026.

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