Comparison

Continua vs Scatterbrain Audio Splitter

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

Head to head
About

Continua

This professional synthesizer for iPad offers a unique morphing sound design experience. Explore a vast sonic palette with versatile oscillators and continuously shifting filters. Deep modulation capabilities and an innovative patch evolution system allow for highly expressive and evolving musical textures.

Highlights
  • Morphing filters
  • Versatile oscillators
  • Deep modulation routing
  • Interactive patch evolution
  • Full MPE support
  • AUv3 plugin compatibility
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Continua is a professional synthesizer for iPad, built around a single idea: everything should move. Three oscillators with five modes each — Virtual Analog, Additive, Supersaw, Supersquare, and IXA — give you a palette that runs from warm analog warmth to aggressive digital textures to sounds that have no easy name. Stack 64 sine waves. Detune five sawtooths simultaneously. Explore phase modulation borrowed from a synthesizer most people have never heard of. The oscillators are just the beginning. Continua's filters don't switch between types — they morph between them. Low pass becomes band pass becomes high pass in a continuous sweep, with resonance and two- or four-pole slope selectable at any point. Two filters running in series or parallel, each one a moving target. Modulation is where Continua earns its name. Nearly every parameter is a destination. Every knob can receive up to five simultaneous modulation sources — envelope generators, flexible multi-point envelopes, four shapeable LFOs, sample and hold, and a random source that gives each voice its own personality. Right-click any knob to connect a source. The routing is as deep as you want it to be. New in version 1.2: the Genetics panel lets you evolve your patches through an interactive mutation tree. Start with any sound, explore branches of subtle variations, and drill down into whatever catches your ear. The arpeggiator adds eighteen patterns — from standard ascending runs to Brownian motion and probabilistic rests — all synced to your DAW tempo. Four new oscillator modes expand the raw material available from the ground up. Full MPE support means Continua responds to every dimension of expression from a Linnstrument, Osmose, Roli Seaboard, or any MPE controller. Or play it with a standard keyboard and automate everything else. Works as an AUv3 plugin in Logic Pro, AUM, Cubasis, Drambo, Garage Band, and any AUv3-compatible host. iPad only.

About

Scatterbrain Audio Splitter

This audio effect plugin chops incoming audio into rhythmic steps and routes them to multiple outputs. It offers sequencing and live mixing modes, along with buffer effects for added chaos and stuttering. Requires a compatible multi-output AUv3 host.

Highlights
  • Rhythmic audio slicing
  • Multiple output routing
  • Sequencing mode
  • Live mixing mode
  • Stutter and buffer effects
  • Tapeloop recording
Features
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Scatterbrain is a plugin audio effect (AUv3, Audio Unit), which chops up incoming audio into rhythmical steps and sends these slices out to multiple outputs in your plugin host. Scatterbrain has 2 modes: SEQ mode... You can sequence how the steps are scattered over the (maximum 4) different outputs, or leave that up to chance. MIX mode... You can live-mix (or automate) how steps are distributed over the 4 available outputs and trigger stutter repeats. Stutter and buffer effects: Scatterbrain records the incoming audio onto a hidden internal tapeloop. Using the buffer effects you can specify the probability of randomly triggering slicer or stutter effects for an extra seasoning of chaos and mayhem. Note: to use the multi-out effect, this AUv3 plugin requires an AU host which supports multiple outputs. If the host does not support multi-out, only the first channel will work. Also note that due to the multi-out nature of the plugin there is no meaningful standalone functionality. You will need a plugin host to make use of this plugin.

Screenshots

Scatterbrain Audio Splitter2 screens

Verdict

The call

Continua and Scatterbrain Audio Splitter both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Scatterbrain Audio Splitter's written reviews are positive against 55% of Continua's. Scatterbrain Audio Splitter also leads on price ($3.99 vs $9.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Continua costs $9.99 and Scatterbrain Audio Splitter $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Continua against 4.7 for Scatterbrain Audio Splitter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 50 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Continua's written reviews are positive against 86% of Scatterbrain Audio Splitter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Continua ships an update every 4 weeks, Scatterbrain Audio Splitter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Continua versus Scatterbrain Audio Splitter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContinuaScatterbrain Audio Splitter
Price$9.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.6 (13 ratings)4.7 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews86.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1350 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.Bram Bos

Customer experience

Continua

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral26.5%
Negative18.4%

Scatterbrain Audio Splitter

All ratings50 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Continua

No in-app purchases

None

Scatterbrain Audio Splitter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Continua free?
Continua costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scatterbrain Audio Splitter free?
Scatterbrain Audio Splitter costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Continua or Scatterbrain Audio Splitter?
Scatterbrain Audio Splitter is rated higher. Continua averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Scatterbrain Audio Splitter averages 4.7 from 50 ratings.
Do Continua or Scatterbrain Audio Splitter have ads?
Neither Continua nor Scatterbrain Audio Splitter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Continua or Scatterbrain Audio Splitter?
Continua ships an update every 4 weeks, and Scatterbrain Audio Splitter weekly. Most recently, Continua was updated on October 17, 2026 and Scatterbrain Audio Splitter on October 13, 2026.

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