Comparison

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave vs Drambo

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

Head to head
About

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave

Create state-of-the-art dance music with this powerful music software. Featuring a wavetable sound source, intuitive sequencer, and a convenient chord pad, it allows for easy composition of genres like EDM, Future Bass, and Trap, even for beginners.

Highlights
  • Powerful wavetable sound source
  • Quick Input sequencer
  • One-finger chord pad
  • Motion Sequence for sound changes
  • KAOSS PAD integration
  • Song mode for pattern combination
Features
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The next evolution in music software. Powerful wavetable sound. The next generation ELECTRIBE produces state-of-the-art dance music. The ELECTRIBE series first appeared in 1999. Since then each generation has inherited the iconic, intuitive operability of the original while incorporating the most up-to-date sounds and styles. The ease of use, accessibility, sound and musicality of the ELECTRIBE reach new heights in this latest software version which features a powerful wavetable sound source, a “Quick Input” sequencer and a convenient chord pad that allows you to play a chord with one finger. Even if you aren't a musical virtuoso, with ELECTRIBE Wave you can create state-of-the-art dance music like EDM, Future Bass, and Trap. • Powerful wavetable sound suitable for the latest in EDM ELECTRIBE Wave has a sound wavetable featuring sounds widely used in the latest music creation. Unlike a PCM synth, the wavetable allows you to repeatedly play fragments of short waveforms, and change the waveform position during playback. By combining the wavetable (which features a rich variety of presets) with a powerful filter and two modulation units, you can create an infinite number of innovative and sharp sounds that cannot be produced using standard PCM synths. Even without a deep knowledge of synthesis techniques, the carefully selected parameters make it easy to craft your sound. • Improved user interface for quick composition The familiar 16-step pad in the ELECTRIBE series enables speedy rhythm production. The ELECTRIBE Wave also features a new keyboard to play chords and scales. Even without musical knowledge, you can have fun making tracks without worrying about wrong notes. The sequencer features Groove, which can be used to breathe life into rhythm parts, as well as a special keyboard to enable smooth step input for synth parts on the graphical user interface. • Convenient chord pad that allows you to play a chord with one finger ELECTRIBE Wave features a chord pad that allows you to play chords with one finger. If you use the "Fetch" function, it will automatically extract the chords from the song that you are in in the middle of creating and assign those chords to the pad for fast and easy song creation. You can also easily assign and save your favorite chords. In addition you can use the arpeggiator to create new phrases! • Motion Sequence records and plays temporal changes in sounds and effects The ELECTRIBE series introduced a powerful motion sequence function that remembers and reproduces the movements of the knobs. ELECTRIBE Wave now offers this function for the synthesizer/drum parts so you can create a flow of sound overflowing with originality. If you use the built in KAOSS PAD you can change the sound to drastically with a single fingertip, easily storing and reproducing temporal changes. Remember the wave table POSITION to make real time minute changes to the sound performance. • Song mode can combine patterns into finished songs Use song mode to create a new track by simply arranging the order of existing patterns. Using only the ELECTRIBE Wave, you can take a song all the way from inspiration to completion. With audio file export, you can send a complete song or individual patterns to your favorite DAW, or upload to services like SoundCloud. More info at korg.com

About

Drambo

This app offers a flexible sound design experience, allowing users to build beats, create synthesizers, and process audio with effects. Its innovative modular system simplifies connections and organization, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians. It functions as a standalone application or a plugin within a DAW.

Highlights
  • Modular sound design
  • Intuitive cable-less connections
  • Advanced sequencer
  • Standalone and AUv3 plugin
  • Over 140 modules
  • Polyphonic stereo processing
Features
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"Drambo changes the face of iOS music apps." Cult of Mac Drambo is your all-in-one sound laboratory that adapts to your workflow: build beats as a groovebox, design synths, or transform audio with effects, standalone or inside your favorite DAW. At the core of Drambo is a fresh approach to modular design that makes creating with modules easy, fun, and accessible. Connections happen automatically as you add or move modules, so there are no messy cables to slow you down. The interface adapts to your workflow, generating modulation controls when you need them, and even lets modules contain other modules for perfect organization. You’re always free to override the automatic connections, but most of the time, you can just dive in, experiment, and shape sounds without getting tangled in wires. Use a deep and innovative sequencer to compose patterns and whole tracks, for production or live performance. Go beyond simple looping sequences with parameter locking, conditional step components, parameters automation and powerful scene morphing. Drambo works equally well as a self-contained standalone app or audio unit plugin with audio and MIDI connectivity as an AUV3 instrument, audio effect and MIDI effect. You can use Drambo as • A Complete Studio: Produce entire tracks and perform live in a self-contained, multitrack environment. • An Endless modular playground, that allows you to build, modify and store custom instruments and effects. For instance: build a custom synth, sample and resample, build a Theremin using a gyroscope module, or turn your table into a playable surface, by processing microphone input with physical modelling modules. • An Advanced MIDI Sequencer: Control hardware or AUv3 instruments. Generate custom MIDI CC messages or send modulation signals to physical modular synths via DC-coupled interfaces. • The Ultimate AUv3 Plugin: Load Drambo inside other DAWs as an instrument, audio effect, or MIDI processor. Replace dozens of standard plugins by building your own complex modular delays, reverbs, decimators, or modulators in seconds. • A Unified Audio-Visual Studio (Drambo Visual IAP): Arts united. Step into another realm of modular visual synthesis to build complex generative video art, or seamlessly patch your audio and visual engines together for deeply integrated performances. Features: • Polyphonic, stereo processing and audio-rate modulation. All signals are equal. Up to 16 voices per modular instrument rack. • Unique modular concept: cable-less, drag'n'drop, color coding dynamic interface, automatic connections, and customizable compact, rack views. • Directional flow makes Drambo routing and patching straightforward. Signal flows only left to right, so there are no instant feedback routings in Drambo. Delayed feedback is possible using certain modules. • Simple and clean interface, that scales to every size and device orientation • Over 140 modules available, such as: oscillators, samplers, physical modelling modules, LFOs, envelope generators, filters, audio effects, mixers, MIDI processors, sequencers and math functions. (Includes a macro oscillator based on the famous Eurorack Plaits module, with 24 synth engines) • Custom modular racks that can be nested, with presets at the track, rack, and module level. • Clip launcher / song arrager. • 16-tracks, polyphonic sequencer with parameter locks, automation and step components. 8 dedicated step sequence editor types, piano-roll, powerful automation designer with drawing modes and cubic Bezier curves. • Audio Units hosting ( standalone app only ) • Morph groups: you can morph many parameters using a single slider. • Available as a standalone app, AUv3 instrument, effect and MIDI effect. • MIDI and Ableton Link support Drambo is all about control. Control things that other apps don’t even give you access to. Visit the BeepStreet page for help and tutorials, and Patchstorage for community content.

Screenshots

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave4 screens
Drambo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drambo at $24.99 against KORG ELECTRIBE Wave's $29.99. Drambo also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 72%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). KORG ELECTRIBE Wave's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave costs $29.99 and Drambo $24.99 up front. KORG ELECTRIBE Wave sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Drambo sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drambo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 415 and 325 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of KORG ELECTRIBE Wave's written reviews are positive against 87% of Drambo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave ships an update every 2 months, Drambo monthly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KORG ELECTRIBE Wave versus Drambo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKORG ELECTRIBE WaveDrambo
Price$29.99$24.99 — better
Rating4.6 (415 ratings)4.8 (325 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings415 — better325
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size399 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKORG INC.BeepStreet

Customer experience

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave

All ratings415 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral12.6%
Negative15.6%

Drambo

All ratings325 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative10.2%

User reviews

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave

From 415 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fluid workflow
  • 🎨 Powerful wavetable synth
  • 🎶 Great sound quality
  • 🎛️ Intuitive user interface
  • 🧠 Inspirational for music creation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 No undo function
  • 🔇 Limited drum samples
  • 🔀 Inability to change sequencer length per part
  • 🔀 Lack of sample/wavetable import
  • 🔀 Single effect per part limiting

Drambo

From 325 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Incredibly powerful and flexible
  • 🎨 Endless creative possibilities
  • 👍 Intuitive and well-designed interface
  • 🔧 Modular synth capabilities
  • 🎛️ Excellent sequencing and groove box features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and stability issues
  • 🔒 Limited undo/redo functionality
  • 🔊 Audio export issues (pitch/tempo problems)
  • 🔀 Lack of dedicated audio track support

Bugs and requests

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when changing drums
  • Inability to export patches
  • Incompatibility issues with iOS 14

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to import custom samples and wavetables
  • Multiple effects per part
  • Metronome with customizable settings
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Deeper synth editing options
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  • Integration with Korg Gadget

Drambo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Audio cutting out after 5 minutes of use
  • Presets and patches not loading properly
  • Incompatibility with certain iOS devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Stem/track export functionality
  • MIDI CC learn and external control
  • Ableton Link support
  • More parameter control and modulation options
  • Improved piano roll and sequencing tools

In-app purchases

2 purchases

KORG ELECTRIBE Wave

One-time2
  • Solid Waves$4.99
  • Atmospheric Waves$4.99
5 purchases

Drambo

One-time5
  • Granular extension$4.99
  • Waves extension$4.99
  • Formants extension$4.99
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  • DSP extensions 1$4.99
  • Visual extension$14.99

Questions

Is KORG ELECTRIBE Wave free?
KORG ELECTRIBE Wave costs $29.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Drambo free?
Drambo costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KORG ELECTRIBE Wave or Drambo?
Drambo is rated higher. KORG ELECTRIBE Wave averages 4.6 out of 5 from 415 ratings, while Drambo averages 4.8 from 325 ratings.
Do KORG ELECTRIBE Wave or Drambo have ads?
Neither KORG ELECTRIBE Wave nor Drambo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KORG ELECTRIBE Wave or Drambo?
KORG ELECTRIBE Wave ships an update every 2 months, and Drambo monthly. Most recently, KORG ELECTRIBE Wave was updated on October 17, 2026 and Drambo on October 17, 2026.

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