Comparison

Echo Pitch vs Echo Beach

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

Head to head
About

Echo Pitch

This app offers a multi-delay effect with pitch-shifting capabilities, allowing for harmonized sounds and ambient textures. It includes a looper, amp simulator, and reverb for creative sound design. Optimized for iOS devices with audio interface support.

Highlights
  • Pitch-shifting delays
  • 4-voice harmonizer
  • Built-in looper
  • Amp simulator
  • Reverb effect
  • Inter-delay routing
Features
Currently charting
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Echo Pitch pitch-shifting multi-delay for iPad and iPhone! Echo Pitch has 4 delays where each delayed signal can be pitched one octave up or down in 1/2 steps, and can function as a 4-voice harmonizer. Echo Pitch also has a built-in freeze loop, amp simulator and reverb. Each of the four delays can be routed into the other for incredible, swirling, ambient washes and otherworldly sounds. Echo Pitch works best with an iOS-compatible audio interface. Echo Pitch is also AUM/Audiobus compatible - as Inter-App Audio or Audio Unit. (Please note that the standalone/IAA version of Echo Pitch is now legacy. While the AU Echo Pitch has the same functionality, the pitch shifting is far superior. In addition, there are sonic differences between the Reverb, Master Delay EQ, Delay drives in the AU vs the Standalong/IAA version. But you get both updated AU and legacy IAA. Use whichever you prefer!) Brought to you by Avi Bortnick and Maximos Kaliakatsos-Papakostas.

About

Echo Beach

This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful sampler and sequencer, allowing you to capture, chop, and arrange audio with a modern workflow. Easily export your creations as stems, MIDI, or a full mix to any Digital Audio Workstation.

Highlights
  • 8-Pad Sampler
  • Smart Slice Detection
  • Built-In Step Sequencer
  • Groove Engine
  • Studio FX Suite
  • DAW Export (Stems, MIDI)
  • Offline Operation
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Sample anything. Sequence anything. Play anywhere. Echo Beach turns your iPhone into a professional-grade sampler and AUv3 Instrument plugin. Inspired by the tactile workflow of classic hardware like the SP-1200 and MPC, Echo Beach lets you capture, chop, and sequence ideas in seconds as a standalone or directly inside your favorite DAW. AUV3 PLUGIN POWER Echo Beach is now a full AUv3 Instrument. Host it inside Logic Pro, Ableton, Cubasis, or GarageBand. - Seamless Integration: Follows host transport, BPM, and timeline. - Deep Automation: Every knob, fader, and effect is exposed as an AUParameter for smooth DAW automation. - Shared Library: Samples recorded in standalone are instantly available in the plugin via a shared App Group. CORE FEATURES - 8-Pad Sampler: Load, trim, loop, and play with high-fidelity, low-latency performance. - Smart Slice Detection: Auto-chop audio based on transients or edit markers manually. - Built-In Step Sequencer: Program complex rhythms instantly with per-step velocity. - Custom Effects Engine: - Inserts: Reverse, 5-Band EQ, Oberheim inspired Tone filter, Transient Shaper, 2 pitch modes, 5 Distortion models, Stutter, Grain, Room reverb, and Duck. - Sends: Juno-106 inspired Chorus, Stereo Widener, 4 Custom Delay, Plate Reverb, and Lo-Fi. - Master: 5 Distortion models, 2 compressor models (Fet and Opto), Limiter, Master Out fader. - Groove Engine: Interpolate between 8 groove templates, from perfect quantization to human, Dilla-esque swing. - Professional Factory Bank: High-quality sample library included to start making beats immediately. - DAW Export: Send stems, full mix, and MIDI with embedded BPM and time-signature metadata. - MIDI Learn: Full MIDI controller support with a dedicated Map mode to customize your hardware setup. WORKFLOW Record → Slice → Sequence → Automate - Import audio from your library, Files, or even Video files with the new synchronized preview. - Tap the waveform to slice audio or drag slices to any pad. - Sequence your pattern and use P-Locks (Parameter Locking) to automate effects per-step. - Host the plugin in your DAW to add the Echo Beach sound to your full production. WHY ECHO BEACH? Most samplers make you choose: simple or powerful. Echo Beach is both. It breaks the trade-off with features that work like you think: - Musical Timing: Slices become MIDI notes and grooves apply musically, not mechanically. - Real-Time Safety: Hardened for live performance and high-pressure studio sessions. - No Friction: Slices and sequences move with you from standalone sketching to final DAW mixing. TECH SPECS - Supports WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, CAF. - Export stems, full mix, and MIDI. - Professional-grade DSP with near-zero latency. - Fully offline operation. Stop scrolling YouTube for 'how to make beats.' Start making them with Echo Beach.

Screenshots

Echo Pitch4 screens
Echo Beach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Echo Pitch at 4.9 against Echo Beach's 3.8. Echo Pitch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($4.99 vs $9.99). Echo Beach's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On ratings volume, ads, monetization model 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

Echo Pitch costs $4.99 and Echo Beach $9.99 up front. Echo Beach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Echo Pitch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo Pitch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Echo Pitch's written reviews are positive against 55% of Echo Beach's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Pitch ships an update every 2 weeks, Echo Beach every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Echo Pitch versus Echo Beach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho PitchEcho Beach
Price$4.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.9 (16 ratings) — better3.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#185 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvi BortnickJeremiah Klein

Customer experience

Echo Pitch

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative21.1%

Echo Beach

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

None

Echo Pitch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Echo Beach

One-time1
  • Echo Beach Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Echo Pitch free?
Echo Pitch costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echo Beach free?
Echo Beach costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echo Pitch or Echo Beach?
Echo Pitch is rated higher. Echo Pitch averages 4.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Echo Beach averages 3.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Echo Pitch or Echo Beach have ads?
Neither Echo Pitch nor Echo Beach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Pitch or Echo Beach?
Echo Pitch ships an update every 2 weeks, and Echo Beach every 5 days. Most recently, Echo Pitch was updated on October 7, 2026 and Echo Beach on October 7, 2026.

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