SDS vs Clon Minotaur Overdrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SDS
Create beats and play drum samples with this feature-rich drum machine app. It offers an intuitive sequencer, extensive sample manipulation, and professional audio output options. Suitable for beginners and experienced musicians alike.
- 30+ factory kits
- Intuitive 16-step sequencer
- Nearly 200 factory samples
- Drag and drop sample loading
- Mixer with FX
- AUv3 plugin support
- MIDI and Ableton Link support
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SDS-x is the most fun you’ll have with a drum machine on iOS! SDS-x is a drum machine that makes it easy to play drum samples and fun to make beats. SDS-x is also extremely feature rich, with advanced controls for crafting your sound and building complex sequences. Whether this is your first iOS music app or you are an avid AUv3 enthusiast, SDS-x has something for you. SDS-x can be played by tapping the pads or by using the sequencer to program a beat. Highlights: - Get started quickly with one of the 30+ factory kits. - Program beats with a fun and unique sequencer. - Build kits from nearly 200 factory samples. - Drag and drop samples over pads to load sounds. - Mix your pads and add effects with intuitive controls. - Host SDS-x in your favorite iOS DAW as an AUv3 plug-in. - Play with others using MIDI and Ableton Link - Export pattern audio as WAV file to use in any DAW! (PRO) Features: Sequencer - Make a beat using the intuitive, sixteen-step sequencer. - Add variation with “per step” controls for velocity and note multiplier. - Get the feel right with swing and quantize parameters. - Switch things up with 16 patterns per kit. - Make a song by chaining up to 128 patterns. - Create complex polymeters with “per track” sequence length. Pads - SDS-x has nine pads, each with two sample layers. - Custom name and color for each pad. - Per sample controls for: pitch, pan, and level. - Per pad controls for: trigger mode, sample mode, loop, mono/poly, mute group, velocity, MIDI receive, MIDI send. - Trigger modes: one-shot, gate, toggle, and retrigger 8th to 64th triplet. - Sample modes: mix, rotate, random, velocity switch, velocity mix. - Global velocity modes: top, center, fixed, pressure. Samples - SDS-x comes fully loaded with nearly 200 samples, recorded and edited by Simple Drum Samples. - Import your own sounds from the Files app to expand your sample library. (PRO) Perform - Control pad levels, pan, mute, solo, and effects sends with the in-app mixer. - Five FX types: delay (send), reverb (send), high pass filter, low pass filter, and “master” effect for getting LOUD. - Full screen pads mode for improved experience on smaller devices. - Hard pan option for metronome to run click and samples to FOH on separate channels. Workflow - Use one of the 30+ factory kits. - Save your work as a user kit. (PRO) - Drag and drop samples from your in-app library onto a pad to load samples. - Intuitive XY pad for controlling FX parameters. - Double tap and long press actions for most controls to speed up workflow. - Dual menu view on iPad. Connect - Comes with AUv3 plugin. Play SDS-x alongside your other music apps! - Keep time with other devices using Ableton Link. - Connect wirelessly using Bluetooth MIDI. - Pads can send and receive MIDI, so you can play with external gear! - Share user kits via AirDrop, iMessage, and more. (PRO) Privacy Policy: https://www.audiosymmetric.com/privacy-policy.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Clon Minotaur Overdrive
This app models a renowned guitar overdrive pedal, offering a clean boost or distorted tones. It can be used as a standalone application or integrated with other audio apps.
- Transparent overdrive emulation
- Clean boost functionality
- Distorted signal with germanium diodes
- Gain, treble, and volume controls
- Standalone app
- AudioUnit v3 effect
- Inter-App Audio effect
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Clon Minotaur Transparent Overdrive is modeled on The Klon Centaur* a guitar overdrive pedal developed between 1990 and 1994. The Clon Minotaur is characterized as a "transparent" overdrive, meaning it adds gain to the signal without significantly altering the tone of the guitar. Depending on the settings of the control knobs, the Clon Minotaur Transparent Overdrive can act mostly as a clean boost, adding mostly volume and minimal coloring to the sound. This can be used to drive the input valve stage of the virtual amplifier to use the characteristic distortion sound of an overdriven guitar amp. Clon Minotaur Transparent Overdrive controls can be set to distort the sound signal in the plugin, where two modeled germanium diodes can perform waveform clipping. The gain parameter controls the balance between the modeled diode clipping stage and the clean stage. The two signals are summed together before they interact with the other two controls, treble and volume. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect Legal Disclaimer: * Please note that all marks and models are all trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Nembrini Audio. These marks and names are used solely for the purpose of describing certain tones produced using Nembrini Audio’s modeling technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clon Minotaur Overdrive at none against SDS's 3. SDS's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (67 vs 22). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. SDS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Clon Minotaur Overdrive asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SDS against 5.0 for Clon Minotaur Overdrive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 22 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of SDS's written reviews are positive against 89% of Clon Minotaur Overdrive's.
SDS ships an update every 4 months, Clon Minotaur Overdrive every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SDS | Clon Minotaur Overdrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.4% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Robinson | Nembrini Audio |
Customer experience
SDS
Clon Minotaur Overdrive
Bugs and requests
SDS
Reported bugs
4 issues- App closes when saving or loading kits
- User kits vanish after app shutdown
- Subscription plans are mixed up (Forever Unlock vs. Yearly)
- Crackling sound when playing pads
Requested features
24 requests- Option for bigger Play/Stop button
- Separate Pitch and Tempo faders
- Display pitch fader numbers
- 12 or 16 pads option
- Customizable grids (e.g., 4x4)
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- MIDI learning for controllers
- Multi-sampled acoustic drum kit
- Drag and drop samples with split screen
- Recorded automation
- Change MIDI channel
- Background playback
- Reverse sample play
- More acoustic kits
- ADSR envelope control
- 3D Touch support for velocity
- Velocity switching between two samples
- More pads (scrollable or virtual)
- Record own loops directly
- AUv3 support
- MIDI sequencer looper with recording
- Bluetooth control device connection
- Sample folder management and sorting
- User-specified kit on launch
- Pads layout like 4x2 or 4x3 on iPad
Clon Minotaur Overdrive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SDS
- Pro Features Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Features Yearly$4.991 Year
- Pro Features$12.99
Clon Minotaur Overdrive
No in-app purchases
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