Comparison

Stone Echo vs PolyrhythmLab

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

Head to head
About

Stone Echo

This app creates a unique echo effect with adjustable frequency modulation, inspired by Mayan pyramid acoustics. It offers musical and experimental soundscapes, functioning as a standalone application or an AUV3 plugin.

Highlights
  • Frequency changing echo effect
  • Phase modulated frequency
  • Standalone app and AUV3 plugin
  • Adjustable time, feedback, and level
  • UFO mode for experimental sounds
Features
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Echo effect Audio Unit V3 inspired by the mayan pyramids acoustic echo. I come up with a complex phase modulated frequency of the echo so you can change it’s frequency signature. It is kind of changing the material of the reflective surface and I called it “Stone F”. I have made the echo to sound more music friendly to me but there is button called “UFO” and if you press it the effect is more close to the mayan just shifting the frequency backwards (I liked that better). You can also control the feedback of the phase modulation. The effect can work as a stand alone app and as an audio unit AUV3 plug-in. Stone Echo is an effect that is heavy on the CPU Controls: - Time - time offset of the echo - Stone F - frequency response of the echo - Feedback - echo feedback - Level - the volume of the echo - UFO - heavy modulated echo

About

PolyrhythmLab

Create complex, evolving musical rhythms and dynamic visual performances. This app offers a unique polyrhythmic engine for sound layers and a live visual mixer with customizable effects and camera controls. Export audio, MIDI, or video of your creations.

Highlights
  • True polyrhythm engine with independent step/pulse counts per layer
  • AUv3 plugin support for DAWs like GarageBand and Logic
  • Live MIDI output for driving external synths
  • Integrated VJ mixer with audio-reactive visuals and effects
  • Song mode for arranging patterns into full tracks
  • Save and reload groovebox patterns and VJ setups as presets
  • Export audio, MIDI, and video recordings
Features
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PolyrhythmLab is a groovebox built around true polyrhythms: every sound layer gets its own step count, pulse count, and rotation, so layers of different lengths interlock and drift in and out of phase instead of locking to one shared grid. NEW IN 2.0 — AUv3 PLUGIN Use PolyrhythmLab as a real instrument inside GarageBand, Logic, AUM, and any other AU-compatible host. Four independent polyrhythmic layers, each exposed as automatable parameters, real MIDI output so your performance actually records as a MIDI region, and its own compact control panel with a live pattern wheel, a randomizer, and optional sync to your session's tempo. NEW IN 2.0 — LIVE MIDI OUTPUT Send a real Note On/Off for every layer hit straight from the main app — one MIDI channel per layer, over a virtual MIDI connection — to drive another synth, app, or piece of hardware in real time, not just sync tempo. NEW IN 2.0 — CAST VJ MIX Send the VJ Mix visuals to a TV or projector over AirPlay or a wired adapter, while your device keeps the full set of live controls. Save and reload VJ Mix setups — visual styles, effects, camera moves, and their LFOs — as named presets, same as patterns. GROOVEBOX • Euclidean-style rhythm engine — set steps, pulses, and rotation per layer • Drums, glitch/textural one-shots, classic synth voices (piano, bell, pad, bass), and melodic synth patches • Per-layer filter, reverb, delay, pitch, and LFOs on every parameter • Randomize engine biased toward musical, playable combinations • Chord modes, scales, and modal note selection for melodic layers SONG MODE Arrange your saved patterns into sections and chain them into a full song. VJ MIX A live visual performance surface: blend two audio-reactive visualizations, layer on real-time color and shader effects — RGB split, kaleidoscope, pixelate, glow, trail — and a 3D camera with zoom, pan, orbit, and tilt, each with its own LFO. Randomize the whole look by hand, or hand it to an autonomous "robot" that keeps remixing itself. Record the performance in real time via ReplayKit, or export a styled video clip. PRESETS Save and reload both groovebox patterns and VJ Mix setups as named presets. EXPORT Render your patterns and songs to audio, or export them as MIDI. No account, no ads, no analytics. Everything is stored locally on your device.

Screenshots

Stone Echo2 screens
PolyrhythmLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stone Echo at 50% against PolyrhythmLab's 0%. Stone Echo also leads on rating (2.8 vs 1.0) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). PolyrhythmLab's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 38 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Stone Echo costs $2.99 and PolyrhythmLab $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stone Echo holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Stone Echo's written reviews are positive against 0% of PolyrhythmLab's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stone Echo ships an update every 38 months, PolyrhythmLab fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stone Echo versus PolyrhythmLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStone EchoPolyrhythmLab
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB401 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandar MlazevMartin Adler

Customer experience

Stone Echo

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

PolyrhythmLab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stone Echo

No in-app purchases

None

PolyrhythmLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stone Echo free?
Stone Echo costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PolyrhythmLab free?
PolyrhythmLab costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stone Echo or PolyrhythmLab?
Stone Echo is rated higher. Stone Echo averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while PolyrhythmLab averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stone Echo or PolyrhythmLab have ads?
Neither Stone Echo nor PolyrhythmLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stone Echo or PolyrhythmLab?
Stone Echo ships an update every 38 months, and PolyrhythmLab fortnightly. Most recently, Stone Echo was updated on October 7, 2026 and PolyrhythmLab on October 7, 2026.

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