ShadowPlayKA vs Briiks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShadowPlayKA
This app transforms light and shadow patterns into music as you cycle through outdoor spaces. It uses your smartphone's brightness sensor and a Bluetooth speaker to create a unique auditory experience based on your surroundings.
- Light and shadow as musical score
- Bicycle-mounted smartphone sensor
- Bluetooth speaker integration
- Exploration of urban architecture
- Unique soundscape generation
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ShadowPlay is an exploration of the architecture and light in outdoor spaces through sound. Using a bicycle-mounted smartphone as a brightness sensor and a bluetooth speaker, the mottled patterns of light and shadow become the musical score as one rides along city streets. Supported through the UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe as well as through the City of Karlsruhe. Scene contributions by Sofy Yuditskaya and Damian Stewart.
Briiks
Manipulate audio loops non-destructively with this sampler. Rearrange, combine, and modify slices on the fly using various tools for pitch, time, and position adjustments. Features include multiple tracks, a built-in mixer, and bus effects.
- Non-destructive sample slicing
- Rearrange and combine loops
- On-the-fly modification of slices
- Up to 6 tracks
- Built-in mixer
- Delay and compressor on buses
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AUv3 and standalone sample-loops manipulator. BRIIKS is non destructive sample slicer, you can rearrange and combine your loops on the fly. Modify start points, slice length, pitch, time stretch on the fly. - Up to 6 tracks to rearrange slices. - Built in mIxer. - 4 busses and main output. - Delay and compressor on every bus. 6 tools: - SELECT Change slice position, start point and length. Change slice track. - STRETCH Change pitch and time stretch by dragging start and end point. - HAND Change sample start point without change the slice position. - SLICER Chop from the source sample or form the selected slice. - PENCIL Replicate selected slice, Snap to slice and zero cross.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShadowPlayKA at none against Briiks's 1. ShadowPlayKA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Briiks's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Briiks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShadowPlayKA asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShadowPlayKA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Briiks has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ShadowPlayKA ships an update every 25 months, Briiks every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadowPlayKA | Briiks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Wilcox | Luis Rivas |
Customer experience
ShadowPlayKA
Briiks
In-app purchases
ShadowPlayKA
No in-app purchases
Briiks
- Briiks Complete$6.99
