Comparison

Jambé vs RRS Ivoks

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

Head to head
About

Jambé

This app translates touch and nuance from a connected electronic percussion instrument into sound using a sample-based synthesizer and effects. It allows users to edit and create custom sound kits, and can also function independently to explore its sound engine.

Highlights
  • Sample-based synthesizer
  • Multiple effects processors
  • Customizable sound kit editor (iPad)
  • Share and download kits
  • Accelerometer/gyroscope modulation
  • Live audio input combination
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The Jambé app is the companion to the Jambé electronic percussion instrument. Every nuance and touch on the Jambé is communicated to the app where it is translated into sound. The Jambé app features a sound engine comprised of a unique sample-based synthesizer and multiple effects processors, all designed around the continuous data from the Jambé percussion instrument. The iPad version adds a complete editor allowing you to customize and create your own kits. The iPhone version only contains the sound engine. The Jambé app can function without the Jambé electronic percussion instrument attached. This allows you to edit kits from the couch or explore the capabilities of Jambé’s sound engine before purchasing hardware. Additional features: • Easily share kits and download new ones. • Support for landscape and portrait modes. • Over 45 modulation sources including your iOS device’s accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, magnetometer, and altimeter. • Over 175 modulation destinations. • Number of voices limited only by the processing power of your iOS device. • Supports professional USB audio interfaces. • Can combine samples with live audio input.

About

RRS Ivoks

This app emulates analog synthesizers, offering a range of sound shaping tools including oscillators, filters, and amplifiers. It supports AUv3 hosting for integration with music production apps and provides extensive MIDI control.

Highlights
  • Analog Emulation
  • AUv3 Compatible
  • Dual Oscillators
  • Filter Block with ADSR
  • Amplifier Block with ADSR
  • Modulation (LFO) Controls
  • MIDI CC Implementation
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RRS Ivoks AUv3 instrument — comes as time-limited Demo-version for you to try. It gives you 5 minutes of Free play time. (You can reload the RRS Ivoks AUv3 instrument as many times as you want, thereby you get the Demo period again and again.) Unlimited version of RRS Ivoks AUv3 instrument comes as In-App Purchase. Features: • Analog Emulation; • Undo/Redo; • A/B comparison; • 2x/4x/8x Upsampling; • Macro controllers; • Scalable GUI. On the centre panel are located two audio-frequency oscillators: • OSC1 offers frequency Band regulator, five Waveforms and controls for LFO Modulation level plus OSC2 Cross-modulation; • OSC2 offers the same frequency Band and Waveforms, an independent control for Modulation depth, plus Detuning. Underneath these located the mixer, which offers level controls for the two Oscillators, the Noise generator, and Saturation Drive. To the right of these, located the filter block. The top half is a standard ADSR envelope — until you flip the switch «Envelope mode», when it becomes a repeating AD-envelope instead. The four controls at the bottom adjust Cut-off, Resonance, LPF to BPF switch, Modulation level and Envelope level. Next after the filter is the amplifier block, it also has ADSR envelope along with another Modulation level and Velocity sensitivity control. Again, the envelope can be switched to a Repeating Mode that generates a triangular waveform determined by the Attack and Decay settings, providing some of the instrument’s most distinctive effects. The leftmost panels house the Modulation (LFO) controls (top), Mode which offers four waveforms, including noise, and a stepped Function for sample & hold (S&H) effects, well as Speed control. And global settings such as the master Tune, master Volume, Legato mode, Monophonic and Duophonic operation and Unison switches, and the Glide control. To use Ivoks as an instrument, you need an AUv3-compatible host app like GarageBand, Auria, AUM, Cubasis and more — RRS Ivoks will appear in the list of Audio Unit instruments in the host app. MIDI CC Implementation Chart: • CC#003 => HQ • CC#009 => Saturation Drive • CC#014 => Modulator Speed • CC#015 => Modulator Mode • CC#020 => Filter Attack • CC#021 => AMP Attack • CC#022 => Filter Decay • CC#023 => AMP Decay • CC#024 => Filter Sustain • CC#025 => AMP Sustain • CC#026 => Filter Release • CC#027 => AMP Release • CC#028 => Filter Envelope Mode • CC#029 => AMP Envelope Mode • CC#030 => OSC1 Band • CC#031 => OSC2 Band • CC#085 => OSC1 Waveform • CC#086 => OSC2 Waveform • CC#087 => OSC1 XMod • CC#089 => OSC2 Detune • CC#090 => MOD to OSC1 • CC#102 => MOD to OSC2 • CC#103 => OSC1 Level • CC#104 => OSC2 Level • CC#105 => Noise Generator • CC#106 => Global Tune • CC#107 => Global Glide • CC#108 => Global Volume • CC#109 => Global Voice • CC#110 => Global Unison • CC#111 => Global Retrig • CC#112 => Filter Cut-off • CC#113 => Filter Resonance • CC#114 => Filter Mode • CC#115 => MOD to Filter • CC#116 => Filter Envelope • CC#117 => MOD to AMP • CC#118 => Velocity Sensitvity

Screenshots

Jambé1 screens
RRS Ivoks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Jambé at 5.0 against RRS Ivoks's 4.4. Jambé also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). RRS Ivoks's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RRS Ivoks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jambé asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jambé holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RRS Ivoks has 46 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Jambé versus RRS Ivoks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJambéRRS Ivoks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.4 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews—63.3% of reviews
Number of ratings346 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSensorPoint, Inc.RRS, OOO

Customer experience

Jambé

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RRS Ivoks

All ratings45 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Jambé

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

RRS Ivoks

One-time1
  • RRS Ivoks Unlimited$8.99

Questions

Is Jambé free?
Jambé is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RRS Ivoks free?
RRS Ivoks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jambé or RRS Ivoks?
Jambé is rated higher. Jambé averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while RRS Ivoks averages 4.4 from 46 ratings.
Do Jambé or RRS Ivoks have ads?
Neither Jambé nor RRS Ivoks shows ads.

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