Reggae Drummer vs GlitchScaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reggae Drummer
Create authentic Jamaican rhythms on your mobile device. Choose from three distinct drummers and explore various styles like Reggae, Ska, and Dub. Export audio and MIDI, add bass lines, and enhance your sound with built-in effects for a truly immersive experience.
- Multiple drumming styles (Reggae, Ska, Dub, Backbeat, Fusion)
- Three distinct drummer profiles (Modern, Classic, Contemporary)
- Audio and MIDI export (Multi-Track or Full Mix)
- Integrated bass lines bank
- Delay and Reverb effects
- Humanize Velocity for authentic sound
- Live Pads with rhythm and effects control
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Reggae Drummer brings warm Jamaican rhythms to your iPad and iPhone, with lot of new features. - Drums for Reggae, Ska, Dub, Backbeat, Fusion .... - Three drummers in one. Barret, Sly and Stewart. Modern, Classic and Contemporary reggae drums. Choose the drumming style that fits best in your music and change between them to get inspired. -New Audio - Midi Export feature. Get Multi-Track or Full Mix in seconds. - Adds a new Reggae bank to iBassist with more than 60 bass lines. - Delay and Reverb Send effects creates warm reggae and dub environments. - Jam Effects will add Delay And Reverb sends on the way depending on the level you can adjust. - Humanize Velocity to get more human authentic sound. - iCloud Backups. - Live Pads with Rhythm, jam and effects parameter to play live and control by MIDI messages. - Song Mode. --- MIDI CONTROLS --- Assignable Midi Controls. Default Controls : Play : G2 LivePads : C1 - G2 Fill + Play/Stop : A2 Fill : C2 Fill + Toggle Hats/Ride D2 Toggle Hats/Ride Db2 Fill with LivePad Change E2 Load Live Pad C3 Preview LivePad Db3 Next Live Pad D3 Select Live Pad Set Eb3 Tap Tempo Bb2 Crash Cymbal B2 Next Song Ab2 Previous Song Gb2 Jam CC 1 Intensity CC 2 Master Volume CC 7 Swing CC 11 Reverb Level CC 91 Bank CC 32 Rhythm CC 0 Soundset PC
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 ratings volume: Reggae Drummer at 165 against GlitchScaper's 22. GlitchScaper's advantage is price ($15.99 vs $17.99). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Reggae Drummer costs $17.99 and GlitchScaper $15.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Reggae Drummer against 4.8 for GlitchScaper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reggae Drummer has 165 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Reggae Drummer's written reviews are positive against 91% of GlitchScaper's.
Reggae Drummer ships an update every 2 months, GlitchScaper every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reggae Drummer | GlitchScaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | $15.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (165 ratings) | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 90.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 165 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lumbeat | Igor Vasiliev |
Customer experience
Reggae Drummer
GlitchScaper
Bugs and requests
Reggae Drummer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inability to save custom patterns on some devices
- Crashing issues after recent updates
Requested features
4 requests- MIDI export functionality
- More percussion sound options
- Ability to layer and mix different drum kits
- Improved song mode and pattern chaining
GlitchScaper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reggae Drummer
No in-app purchases
GlitchScaper
No in-app purchases









