Comparison

Echo Pitch vs Perc8

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

Perc8

Create complex electronic music with a professional drum synthesizer and step sequencer. Design unique sounds with multiple engines, filters, and effects. Build intricate patterns and full arrangements with advanced sequencing features.

Highlights
  • 8 independent synthesizer voices
  • Multiple percussion engine families
  • Advanced filters and distortion
  • Step sequencer with probability and p-locks
  • Pattern chaining for full arrangements
  • AUv3 and standalone app support
  • Professional effects: delay, reverb, chorus
Features
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Perc8 is a professional drum synthesizer and step sequencer designed for techno, acid, industrial, and experimental electronic music. Build anything from tight loops to complete arrangements with eight independent synthesizer voices, deep per-step control, flexible effects, and a dedicated master bus. SOUND DESIGN Choose from a broad collection of kick, snare, clap, cymbal, hat, percussion, noise, tonal, and synth engines. Five purpose-built FM engines cover FM Kick, Snare, Hat, Perc, and Tone. Digital Perc adds a 16 × 16 WAVE × SHAPE sound space for animated digital percussion. Start quickly with 40 curated factory voice presets, then reshape them through Perc8’s complete synthesis and processing architecture. Every voice provides eight expressive engine macros plus resonant filters, EQ, drive, amplitude shaping, dual LFOs, effects sends, and output routing. Optional Drive Match on each voice and the master bus helps you judge saturation character without added loudness dominating the comparison. SEQUENCING & ARRANGING Program beats with probability, trigger conditions, fills, retriggering, ties, variable pattern lengths, and up to 16 parameter locks per step. Arrange pattern entries into Blocks, set repeats and Fill behavior, mute voices independently per entry, and draw long-form parameter automation with multiple interpolation shapes across the chain. ADAPTIVE WORKSPACE Perc8 adapts its editor to the available space. Work quickly in the compact iPhone and AUv3 layouts, or use dedicated full-screen Pattern, Chain, FX, and Master workspaces on iPad. Controls remain direct and touch-focused across standalone and hosted use. EFFECTS & MIXING Process voices through a dub-style stereo delay, algorithmic reverb, and chorus/flanger modulation, all with sequencer automation. Mix all eight voices with level, pan, mute, solo, EQ, sends, and flexible bus routing. Finish the kit with stereo image controls, master EQ, drive, Drive Match, trim, and limiting. STANDALONE & AUV3 Use Perc8 as a standalone instrument or as an AUv3 plug-in in hosts such as AUM. Route voices to individual outputs, synchronize to host transport, automate parameters, control voices over MIDI, and save complete projects, kits, or individual voice presets. KEY FEATURES • Eight independent drum-synth voices • FM Kick, FM Snare, FM Hat, FM Perc, and FM Tone • 16 × 16 Digital Perc WAVE × SHAPE sound space • Broad analog-inspired, digital, metallic, noise, and tonal engine collection • Eight musical macros per engine • Resonant filters, EQ, drive, amplitude shaping, and dual LFOs per voice • Optional voice and master Drive Match • Probability, conditions, fills, ties, retriggering, and up to 16 parameter locks per step • Block-based arrangements, per-entry voice mutes, and timeline automation • Delay, reverb, and chorus/flanger effects • Eight-channel mixer and complete master bus • Multiple audio outputs and MIDI routing • Standalone and AUv3 operation • Adaptive iPhone, iPad, and hosted layouts MANUAL & TUTORIALS See the Help page in Perc8 for the full manual and guided workflows, or visit terrarum.net/perc8.html.

Screenshots

Echo Pitch4 screens
Perc84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Echo Pitch at 4.9 against Perc8's 3.3. Echo Pitch also leads on chart position (#185 vs unranked) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). Perc8's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 68%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Perc8 $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo Pitch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo Pitch has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Echo Pitch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Perc8's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Pitch ships an update every 2 weeks, Perc8 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Echo Pitch versus Perc8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho PitchPerc8
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.9 (16 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#185 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvi BortnickJoe Topjian

Customer experience

Echo Pitch

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

Perc8

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echo Pitch

No in-app purchases

None

Perc8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo Pitch free?
Echo Pitch costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Perc8 free?
Perc8 costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echo Pitch or Perc8?
Echo Pitch is rated higher. Echo Pitch averages 4.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Perc8 averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Echo Pitch or Perc8 have ads?
Neither Echo Pitch nor Perc8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Pitch or Perc8?
Echo Pitch ships an update every 2 weeks, and Perc8 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Echo Pitch was updated on October 7, 2026 and Perc8 on October 2, 2026.

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