pads. vs Selah Pads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
pads.
Create and play custom sounds on your iPhone or iPad. This music app offers a unique way to generate and interact with audio.
- Playable sound pads
- Controllable audio
- iPhone and iPad compatible
- Custom sound creation
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Pad sounds you can play and control on your iPhone or iPad
Selah Pads
Create warm, cinematic textures and evolving soundscapes with this ambient pad instrument. Easily build beautiful pad layers for music production, worship, or sound design. Features include a playable note grid, sound shaping filters, and preset saving.
- Playable 12-note pad grid
- Layer multiple soundscapes
- Dual filters for tone shaping
- Movement controls for modulation
- Save and browse presets
- MIDI support
- Standalone and AUv3 instrument
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Selah Pads is an expressive ambient pad instrument for creating warm, cinematic textures, soft drones, and evolving soundscapes. Designed for musicians, producers, worship teams, composers, and sound designers, Selah Pads makes it easy to build beautiful pad layers without interrupting your creative flow. Play rich atmospheric pads from a simple note grid, shape the sound with layers and filters, add movement with modulation, and save your favorite combinations as presets. Features: - Playable 12-note pad grid - Built-in Default Pack included - Layer multiple soundscapes - Shape tones with dual filters - Add motion with movement controls - Reverb, stereo width, pad transition, and metronome settings - Save and browse presets - MIDI support - Works as a standalone app and AUv3 instrument Selah Pads is built for fast, musical inspiration: open the app, choose a preset, press a note, and start creating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Selah Pads at 100% against pads.'s 22%. Selah Pads also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and device support. pads.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). On price and iOS requirement 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. Selah Pads sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. pads. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Selah Pads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: pads. has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of pads.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Selah Pads's.
| Parameter | pads. | Selah Pads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wook Rhyu | Benjamin D'urso |
Customer experience
pads.
Selah Pads
In-app purchases
pads.
No in-app purchases
Selah Pads
- Strings Pack$4.99
- Voices Pack$4.99
- Waves Pack$4.99
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- Selah Bundle$9.99
