ReSlice vs GlitchScaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReSlice
Easily slice audio samples into musical fragments that can be triggered by MIDI or touch. Create new loops with a polyrhythm arpeggiator and explore unique sonic textures through intelligent randomization. Import or record audio for instant manipulation.
- Automatic audio slicing
- MIDI and touch triggering
- Polyrythm arpeggiator
- Live recording and import
- Intelligent randomization
- Seven concurrent effects
- AUv3, Inter App Audio, Audiobus support
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Audio Slice Machine Slice your audio samples with ReSlice and create flexible musical atoms which can be triggered by MIDI notes or the touch of your fingers. The polyrhythm Arpeggiator redefines the art of creating new loops from the extracted slices. Record live or import audio from clipboard or AudioShare to break it up into its rhythmic components. Apply the intelligent slice parameter and Arpeggio randomizer for instant creation of the unheard. “Always creative - always cutting edge. The team at VirSyn has a steady stream of cool apps that they release. They are always pushing iOS music creation possibilities to new and interesting territory! It's a really fun to be able to quickly slice up sound and shift the slices around like this. I love the randomization features as well. With the touch of the dice one can create really surprising and interesting sonic experiences. Jordan Rudess Wizdom Music/Dream Theater” Features: Audio Slicer • Automatic break up of sample/drum loop into up to 32 slices • Edit slice positions. • Edit level, pan, pitch and envelope for each slice • Play slices on screen or via MIDI • Three choke groups available to cut sample play • Import audio from clipboard or AudioShare • Record audio for instant slicing and reusing in realtime Effect section • Seven studio standard effects concurrently usable: • Oversampled distortion with four different algorithms for antialiased sound. • Lowpass / Highpass / Bandpass parametric equalizer • 8 pole analog Phaser • Flanger • Four line chorus • Stereo/Ping-Pong delay with glitch free delay time change. • Hi end reverberation unit. Four part Polyrhythm Arpeggiator • Uses programmable sequences with up to 32 steps. • Trigger slices using 4 arpeggio parts with different settings • Unique randomizer generates Arpeggios with 100% usability. • Factory arpeggios included, unlimited user arpeggios possible. Global • AUv3 AudioUnit • Inter App Audio • Audiobus 3 support with state saving. • Play slices live with the onscreen keyboard. • Can use CoreMIDI compatible MIDI Keyboard. • Audio recorder with share function. • Share user presets. • Support for virtual MIDI input connections. • Multichannel MIDI Learn for external MIDI controllers. • MIDI Tempo sync. Start/Stop Arpeggio. • Ableton Link compatible.
GlitchScaper
Create unique glitchy patterns and soundscapes with a rhythm machine featuring six sound generators and a two-layer cycle sequencer. Explore random sequence and tone generation, advanced effects, and spatial audio processing.
- Six sound generators
- Two-layer cycle sequencer
- Random sequence and tone generation
- Advanced effects and envelopes
- Spatial audio processing
- MIDI support
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GlitchScaper is a rhythm machine with six sound generators, each controlled by a two-layer cycle sequencer, designed to easily create glitchy patterns and scapes. To quickly find new ideas, each generator has separate options for making sequences and tones. The parameters of the new sequences and tones are set randomly, but are guided by several user-defined options, which in outline define the steps of the sequence and the type of tone or noise. This allows you make a quick draft of a pattern and then simply tweak it to get the final sound. The advanced copy function gives you ability to quickly make a new preset by copying sequences and tones from existing ones. The tone generator makes bright and rich sounds based on 12 complex waveforms or various types of noise, and can also use an external input as a signal source. Effects transform the tone from smoothly varying to full of squeaks and rattles. Each effect is modulated by a special envelope generator with different shapes that change throughout the sequencer step. The sound generators have individual spatial effects, as well as a common reverb space for all generators that adds an ambient layer to the final mix. The final mix can be even brighter and heavy or pumping with the built-in harmonic exciter and bass enhancer. The intuitive interface and powerful sound design features make this application super convenient for creating your own, unique sound. GlitchScaper is great for creating simple beats with an interesting and unusual sound, but it was originally designed for digital distorted patterns with longer steps that blend perfectly with the rhythms of classic drum machines and sequencers. GlitchScaper is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). GlitchScaper works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, and supports Audiobus and Ableton Link. On MacOS, GlitchScaper can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters. GlitchScaper has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. A brief overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T50WVIPUPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeF3oBoXp80 You can find more information on GlitchScaper and other experimental audio processing apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ReSlice at $7.99 against GlitchScaper's $15.99. ReSlice also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). GlitchScaper's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (91% vs 72%). On ratings volume, 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
ReSlice costs $7.99 and GlitchScaper $15.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GlitchScaper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of ReSlice's written reviews are positive against 91% of GlitchScaper's.
ReSlice ships an update every 5 weeks, GlitchScaper every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReSlice | GlitchScaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 — better | $15.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harry Gohs | Igor Vasiliev |
Customer experience
ReSlice
GlitchScaper
Bugs and requests
ReSlice
Reported bugs
13 issues- Crashes in AUM with Koala sending MIDI
- Crashes in GarageBand (Audio Unit extension closed)
- Text field and text are black when saving session recording
- BPM automatically assigned is wrong (-1 of actual BPM)
- Slice detection inefficient
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- No way to mute speaker during live recording (feedback loop)
- Audio Unit version doesn't allow importing sounds directly
- Bug when using as Audio Units in GarageBand (project won't open)
- Cannot delete last patch of cut samples (app closes)
- ReSlice not working properly in Audiobus
- Keyboard reacts slowly or not at all on iPhone 5
- Temperamental and crashing a lot on iPhone 6
- Cannot adjust tempo speed of arp when effects app is connected in AUM
Requested features
39 requests- Manual/documentation
- Save FX rack configuration
- Save general preset while in arp edit mode
- Overlay of filename for loaded sample
- Session recording cache location
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- Double-tap input for tempo control
- Export MIDI with audio and FXP
- Zoom in for accurate chops
- Mute speaker during live recording
- Dice/randomization for iPhone version
- Scrolling cursor when playing slices
- Time stretching per slice
- Filters per slice
- Saturation per slice
- Velocity support
- Integrate with Audio Layer
- Export track 1 with loop (own pattern)
- Sustain knob feature
- Global transpose of arpeggio via keyboard
- Latch keyboard notes
- Import/export via Files app
- Global slices options for note length
- Download files via Files
- Loopable slices
- More presets
- Solo option to select and transpose one slice
- Ability to export slices as audio/midi to AudioShare directly
- More control via MIDI (sustain of slice triggered by sustain of key press)
- Mute group possibility
- Support .REX2 format
- Add multiple samples on the same scale
- Fix Audiobus compatibility
- Add pinch zoom function for better slice control
- More control via MIDI
- Mute group possibility
- Support .REX2 format
- Add multiple samples on the same scale
- Fix Audiobus compatibility
- Add pinch zoom function for better slice control
GlitchScaper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ReSlice
No in-app purchases
GlitchScaper
No in-app purchases









