Comparison

Samba Pad vs Geekbench AI

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

Head to head
About

Samba Pad

This app provides a collection of 36 authentic Brazilian and Latin drum beats for music production and live performance. It features independent track control, tempo adjustment, and intro/ending options for creative mixing.

Highlights
  • 36 Brazilian and Latin beats
  • 8 independent instrument tracks
  • Independent pan and volume control
  • Intro and ending playback
  • Mute track function
  • Adjustable BPM slider
Features
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Welcome to the envolving Brazilian music scene! This app is a drum machine application as an easy way to play 36 of our favorite and exotic beats from Brazilloops website. It comes with several variations of Samba, Bossa Nova, Muzenza, Maracatu, Capoeira, Afro-Brazilian beats and some Latin as well, ready to mix with your music in your studio or live performance. It’s a high quality sample player* with 8 instrument tracks, each one with independent pan and volume. It plays the factory loops previously downloaded in the player. Features an “intro” and “ending” playing and mute track function. Also you can change the speed in the bpm slider. Try it with your own settings of volume and panning, mute some instruments and you will find a new world of possibilities to mix in your project! It’s a loop player (pre-recorded audio) and not a sequencer machine, so it enables original Brazilian rhythms style and human touch in the project. A very handy application to play exotic Brazilian beats in the iPad for live performance or even for studio recording! *At the first launch, the synchronization slider is adjusted to 1/4. Different iPads/phones devices may need to adjust the sync slider for perfect synchronization between tracks. Adjust when the player is stopped.

About

Geekbench AI

Measure the machine learning capabilities of your Apple device. It includes tests for vision and language tasks, evaluating the performance of your CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine.

Highlights
  • Machine learning performance tests
  • Vision and language tasks
  • CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine evaluation
  • iPhone, iPad, and iPod support
Features
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Find out how fast your iPhone, iPad, or iPod can perform machine learning tasks with Geekbench AI. Geekbench AI includes both vision and language tests that model real-world machine learning tasks and applications. The tests measure the machine learning performance of your device's CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine.

Screenshots

Samba Pad1 screens
Geekbench AI3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Geekbench AI at Free against Samba Pad's $19.99. Geekbench AI also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 1) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). Samba Pad's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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

Geekbench AI is free to download; Samba Pad costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Geekbench AI holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Geekbench AI has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Samba Pad ships an update every 2 months, Geekbench AI every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Samba Pad versus Geekbench AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamba PadGeekbench AI
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings133 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB476 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEduardo SalladaPrimate Labs Inc.

Customer experience

Samba Pad

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

Geekbench AI

All ratings33 ratings
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative27.3%

In-app purchases

None

Samba Pad

No in-app purchases

None

Geekbench AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Samba Pad free?
Samba Pad costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Geekbench AI free?
Geekbench AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Samba Pad or Geekbench AI?
Geekbench AI is rated higher. Samba Pad averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Geekbench AI averages 4.2 from 33 ratings.
Do Samba Pad or Geekbench AI have ads?
Neither Samba Pad nor Geekbench AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Samba Pad or Geekbench AI?
Samba Pad ships an update every 2 months, and Geekbench AI every 4 months. Most recently, Samba Pad was updated on November 2, 2026 and Geekbench AI on November 3, 2026.

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