Comparison

Tize vs Trace Sequenced Sample Box

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

Head to head
About

Tize

Create professional music with a user-friendly interface. Easily make beats, record audio, add effects, and even auto-tune vocals. Share your creations with a global community or export them for use in other digital audio workstations.

Highlights
  • Drum pad beat making
  • Professional sound packs
  • Audio recording and looping
  • Auto-tune vocals
  • MIDI keyboard support
  • Song arrangement and editing
  • Cloud backup and sharing
Features
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Easily create professional music Be the best beat maker with the best beat making app Make beats easily in landscape or portrait, your choice. Share your music with the world Publish to the Tize feed, and vote on your favorite tracks! Export your song and share it, or bounce each track individually or the MIDI file to use in your favorite DAW. Over 500 professional sounds designed by Sonic Sounds for you to download create any kind of music - EDM - Trap - Dubstep - Drum-n-Bass - Rave - Hip-Hop and more! Make beats with classic drum pads! Easy Chords stay in key and focus on making music. Add Effects to your beats and vocals! Now with audio unit extension (effects) support. Record Audio record an instrument or vocals, loop it, and change the speed Tize will keep everything on beat for you Auto Tune Can't sing? Neither can we, the new Auto Tune feature will keep your voice in perfect pitch the your beat Sample Easily Import audio trim it, slice it, change the pitch and loop it in your beat. Collaborate and share with your friends. Show them your beats, or work on something together. Ableton Link Support allows you to collaborate live with other beat makers in the same room! Tize Cloud never loose a song again. Back up your song to the Tize Cloud, share with your friends, or export your song to sound cloud or jam in your car! Arrange your song simply tap on a loop to mute it or un-mute it Pattern Editor easily create, move, or edit notes! Settings change the speed, scale, or even turn of quantize to give your song more of a live feel MIDI Support Plugin your favorite iOS compatible MIDI Keyboard. All this and more! Easily become the best beat maker on the best beat making app Beat maker app Like Garageband With a TIZE VIP Pass, enjoy the following benefits: - Unlock all sound packs Using in-app purchase for recurring billing makes it easier than ever to subscribe to TIZE's VIP Pass. In-App Purchase information: - Subscribe to TIZE VIP Pass for only $4.99 per week (amount in USD in US App Store). - When you have confirmed purchasing the subscription, your iTunes Account will automatically be charged. - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to Account Settings after purchase. - Your iTunes Account will be charged $4.99 weekly for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - The current subscription cannot be cancelled during active subscription period. - You can find our Privacy Policy at https://tize.soundware.io/privacy and Terms of Service at https://tize.soundware.io/terms

About

Trace Sequenced Sample Box

Create music with this versatile sample-based creation tool. It functions as a drum computer, groovebox, and sample animator with built-in effects and live performance capabilities. Generate unique rhythms and soundtracks using its priority-driven sequencer and extensive sound library.

Highlights
  • Sample-based music creation
  • Drum computer and groovebox
  • Sample animator
  • Priority-driven sequencer
  • Onboard effects
  • Live performing skills
  • Internal recorder
Features
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WELCOME TO TRACE Trace is a versatile tool for sample based music creation presented by immons audio tools. It´s a drumcomputer, groovebox, sample animator and metronome with onboard effects and live performing skills. Use it intuitively to achieve unexpected, inspiring results and produce rhythms, complete playbacks, atmospheric soundtracks, etc.. It comes with a really special sequencer which is priority driven, means: One channel trigger at a time to create unusual patterns with automatic generated death notes. Do not have to preprogram any sequence. Just dial in the pattern length and tempo, choose a sample and divisor for each channel and let it swing. Create a song with the arranger and synchronize your patterns and selected channel delays to the global song speed. Play your animated samples, patterns and songs live with multiple realtime FX options per channel/group and use the internal recorder to tape your session to wav. Share your recorded wav´s via social media, e-mail and cloud, or drag and drop them, patterns and songs to your computer. Trace comes with more than 160 carefully created sounds. Each sequencer channel includes: Beat Divisor/Trigger 18 divisors/trigger points, including different subdivisions of 1/4 note. Changes happen on the fly, with preview. Sound Make your selection out of the provided onboard sounds and import your own samples and soundbanks to dial in your favorite tone. Changes happen on the fly, with preview. Volume Set the volume for each channel. Solo/Mute Select channel solo or mute a various number of channels and control this group with just one button. Swing/Probably Bring your beats up to life and build spacy rhythmical sculptures, jazzy grooves and audio landscapes. Includes negative swing. EFFECTS & PERFORMANCE Mixer is the integrated effects and performance tool of the sequenced sample box. It is intuitive operable without any menu scrolling and performance ready with the groupable options. You can shape the sound for each channel with: Delay 1 Every channel has it´s own full featured delay plus tap tempo, ms/bpm input and the possibility to sync the delays to future pattern speed changes. Delay 2 Rhythm delay with eighth dotted, quarter triplet, eighth and eighth triplet time presets relatet to delay 1 or pattern speed. Ring Modulator Add and subtract the dialed in oscillator frequency to your sample frequency and bring them together again for some really weird results. Bit Crusher Reduce the bit depth to add noise and sustain, works great in cooperation with the ring modulator. Varispeed Speed up or slow down the samples read speed, like a pitched tape recorder. Panorama Place sound in the stereo field. Mute With group option for assigned channels. RSP Reverse sample playback with group option for assigned channels to swap the status quo. Shortener Divide the sample length by factors 2/4/8 with group option for assigned channels to swap between your choice and full sample length. NOTE: All of the blocks listed above can be assigned to the master toggle switch to swap the status quo.

Screenshots

Tize4 screens
Trace Sequenced Sample Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Trace Sequenced Sample Box at 5.0 against Tize's 4.5. Trace Sequenced Sample Box also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Tize's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Tize sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Trace Sequenced Sample Box sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trace Sequenced Sample Box holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tize has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tize ships an update every 3 weeks, Trace Sequenced Sample Box monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tize versus Trace Sequenced Sample Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTizeTrace Sequenced Sample Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (16K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.6 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size284 MB215 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoundWare, Inc.Grohe & Giannakakis Applications GbR

Customer experience

Tize

All ratings16,054 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews172 reviews
Positive52.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative36.6%

Trace Sequenced Sample Box

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tize

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Audio tracks not processing correctly
  • Inability to export full compositions
  • Syncing issues with Bluetooth devices
  • Disappearing sound packs after purchase

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a 'make unique' feature to edit individual track sections
  • Implement a way to censor inappropriate comments
  • Improve audio export functionality
  • Allow users to edit old tracks and songs

Trace Sequenced Sample Box

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tize

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly TIZE VIP Pass7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • TIZE VIP Weekly7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Tize VIP Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • TIZE VIP Pass3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly TIZE VIP Pass$14.991 Month
  • Tize VIP Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Annual TIZE VIP Pass$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Trap Gods Sound Pack$1.99
  • Trap Envy$1.99
  • Premium Sound Pack$9.99
2 purchases

Trace Sequenced Sample Box

One-time2
  • Pro$7.99
  • Storage and Recoding$7.99

Questions

Is Tize free?
Tize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace Sequenced Sample Box free?
Trace Sequenced Sample Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tize or Trace Sequenced Sample Box?
Trace Sequenced Sample Box is rated higher. Tize averages 4.5 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Trace Sequenced Sample Box averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tize or Trace Sequenced Sample Box have ads?
Tize shows ads; Trace Sequenced Sample Box does not.
Which is updated more often, Tize or Trace Sequenced Sample Box?
Tize ships an update every 3 weeks, and Trace Sequenced Sample Box monthly. Most recently, Tize was updated on September 24, 2026 and Trace Sequenced Sample Box on June 1, 2026.

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