Samba Pad vs Glimpsy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 36 Brazilian and Latin beats
- 8 independent instrument tracks
- Independent pan and volume control
- Intro and ending playback
- Mute track function
- Adjustable BPM slider
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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.
Glimpsy
This app offers a smart battery complication for Apple Watch that intelligently hides the battery indicator until it drops below a custom threshold. It also allows combining date and battery information into a single slot, saving space on data-rich watch faces. Users can customize the appearance to match their watch face.
- Smart visibility for battery indicator
- Customizable battery threshold
- Combined date and battery complication
- Style editor for font and color customization
- Universal complication family support
- iPhone companion app for settings management
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Your wrist. Your rules. Glimpsy is the smart battery complication for Apple Watch that stays invisible until you need it — or turns any slot into something unmistakably yours. Multiple independent styles and live previews for every complication shape. Insignia. Amulet. One elegant app. ◈ MINIMALIST BY DEFAULT. PERSONAL BY DESIGN. Love a clean dial? Glimpsy hides the battery until charge drops below your threshold. Want more? Add an insignia, photo, custom colors, and combined date layouts without cluttering your watch face. ◈ DE-CLUTTER YOUR WRIST Battery life shouldn't always be in your face. Set a custom threshold (e.g. 30%). Above that, the indicator vanishes — clean dial, zero anxiety. When it matters, Glimpsy appears. ◈ SAVE A SLOT: COMBINED COMPLICATIONS Every complication spot is precious. Glimpsy's Date & Battery combo shows the date by default and only brings in the battery when you need it — freeing a slot for another app or data source. ◈ LOTS OF DATE FORMATS Choose from 20 different ways to display date information, including calendar week. ◈ INSIGNIA: STAMP IT WITH YOUR MARK Add a personal Insignia — initials, emoji, or symbol — to your complication. Your watch face, your signature. ◈ AMULET: WEAR WHAT YOU LOVE Turn a circular slot into an Amulet: a photo of your partner, kids or dog fills the complication, with the battery icon only when Smart visibility says it's time. ◈ FULL STYLE EDITOR + LIVE PREVIEWS Dial in fonts, colors, date formats, battery size, and more in the Style Editor. Live dual previews show battery shown and hidden for every family before you commit. Edit on Apple Watch or iPhone — changes sync instantly. ◈ CONFIGURATION SCHEDULE Different complication setups for different days — like weekend date colors or a different Amulet photo every day. ◈ IPHONE COMPANION Quick tweaks on your wrist; deep customization on iPhone — custom colors, Amulet cropping, and Insignia editing. Browse styles with live previews in the companion app and sync to your watch. ◈ FEATURES • Smart visibility: Auto-hide the battery until charge drops below your threshold. • Combined Date & Battery: Free up complication slots on data-rich watch faces. • Lots of Date Formats: 20 options, including calendar week. • Insignia: Monograms on circular, corner, rectangular, and inline complications. • Amulet: Photo-backed circular complications with smart battery overlay. • Multiple Independent Styles: Different configs per watch face — simultaneously. • Full Style Editor: Fonts, colors, date formats, battery size, and layout options. • Configuration Schedules: Per-day setups — weekend colors, daily Amulet photos, and more. • Live Previews: Battery-shown and battery-hidden states for every family. • Universal Support: Circular, Corner, Inline, and Rectangular — all covered. • iPhone Companion: Edit, preview, and sync from your phone. • Battery Efficient: Optimized for Apple's energy guidelines. ◈ TRY GLIMPSY FOR FREE Download today for a 7-day trial with no limitations. Love it? Unlock the Permanent License once — all future updates included. No subscriptions. Ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Glimpsy at Free against Samba Pad's $19.99. Glimpsy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Samba Pad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.5). On ads 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
Glimpsy is free to download; Samba Pad costs $19.99 up front. Glimpsy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Samba Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glimpsy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glimpsy has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Samba Pad ships an update every 2 months, Glimpsy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Samba Pad | Glimpsy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 96.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Sallada | Hans-Juergen Richstein |
Customer experience
Samba Pad
Glimpsy
In-app purchases
Samba Pad
No in-app purchases
Glimpsy
- Permanent License$4.99









