Comparison

Create A Riff vs iZotope Trash

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

Head to head
About

Create A Riff

Transform text into guitar riffs with accompanying tab notation. Add chords and choose drum styles to create unique musical pieces. Explore a new way to visualize and play musical ideas.

Highlights
  • Text to guitar riff conversion
  • Guitar neck and tab staff visualization
  • Mute guitar for playback
  • Add chords via strings or synth
  • Rock or progressive drum styles
Features
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'Create A Riff' is an app that lets you type in a name, word, phrase, etc... (max 16 letters), then watch it play as a riff on a guitar neck and tab staff, or you can mute the guitar and play along. You can also add chords via strings or a synth, and choose from rock or progressive drums. The app is the rock/guitar version of the app 'Play The Name'. App concept by Ron Jarzombek Graphics by Ron Jarzombek Programming by Gunpreet Singh Matharoo twitter/@itsmatharoo www.ronjarzombek.com www.ronjarzombek.com/rjapps.html Ron Jarzombek - - lead guitarist and composer of Blotted Science, Spastic Ink and WatchTower, as featured on the CDs… ‘Blotted Science – The Animation Of Entomology’, ‘Blotted Science – The Machinations Of Dementia’, ‘Spastic Ink – Ink Complete’, ‘Spastic Ink – Ink Compatible’, ‘Ron Jarzombek – Solitarily Speaking Of Theoretical Confinement’ 'Ron Jarzombek - PHHHP Plus!' ‘WatchTower – Control And Resistance’, 'WatchTower - 'Math Concepts: Book One' Digital singles... 'Frenetically Inconsistent Velocities Entwined' 'The Ink Panther' 'All Along The WatchTower' 'She Blotted Me With Science' Other apps: 'Play The Name' 'Beyond Life And Cosmic Kinetics' 'Razor Blade Babies' 'Kill The Digital Distortion' - featured in Joel McIver's '100 Top Metal Guitarists' book (#32)

About

iZotope Trash

This app brings an iconic distortion engine to iPad, offering over 300 distortion types and impulse responses to transform your sound. It allows for creative sound mangling with random generation, multi-band processing, and dynamic effects.

Highlights
  • Iconic distortion engine
  • Over 300 distortion types
  • Random sound generation
  • Multi-band frequency splitting
  • Envelope Follower
  • Scream Filter
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Trash’s iconic distortion engine, back by popular demand, is now on iPad. Have a blast mangling and transforming your sound with over 300 distortion types and impulse responses. Overcome creative blocks with a roll of the dice, randomly selecting unique combinations. Blend up to four distortion settings with the Trash module and up to four impulse responses with the Convolve module. Shape specific parts of your audio by splitting it into frequency bands of your choice. Add movement and depth with the Envelope Follower, and sprinkle some extra chaos with the Scream Filter. Embrace imperfection, and practice the art of distortion with Trash.

Screenshots

Create A Riff3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Create A Riff at none against iZotope Trash's 1. Create A Riff also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (60% vs 44%). On price, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. iZotope Trash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Create A Riff asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Create A Riff holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Create A Riff's written reviews are positive against 44% of iZotope Trash's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Create A Riff versus iZotope Trash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreate A RiffiZotope Trash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings) — better4.2 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1414
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRon JarzombekiZotope, Inc.

Customer experience

Create A Riff

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

iZotope Trash

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

None

Create A Riff

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

iZotope Trash

One-time1
  • Trash Upgrade$19.99

Questions

Is Create A Riff free?
Create A Riff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iZotope Trash free?
iZotope Trash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Create A Riff or iZotope Trash?
Create A Riff is rated higher. Create A Riff averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while iZotope Trash averages 4.2 from 14 ratings.

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