Comparison

Dials vs GlitchScaper

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

Head to head
About

Dials

This app digitally recreates vintage 1950s electronic music hardware, offering the rich sound and experimental spirit of early studios. It functions as an AUv3 plugin and a standalone application.

Highlights
  • Digital translation of 1950s electronic music hardware
  • Rich sound and experimental spirit
  • AUv3 plugin compatibility
  • Standalone application mode
  • Inspired by early electronic music studios
Features
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Dials is a detailed digital translation of a unique combination of 1950s electronic music hardware from composer and YouTuber Hainbach’s studio. It is made with the rich sound and experimental spirit of early electronic music studios in mind. Available as AUv3 plugin and Standalone.

About

GlitchScaper

Create unique glitchy patterns and soundscapes with a rhythm machine featuring six sound generators and a two-layer cycle sequencer. Explore random sequence and tone generation, advanced effects, and spatial audio processing.

Highlights
  • Six sound generators
  • Two-layer cycle sequencer
  • Random sequence and tone generation
  • Advanced effects and envelopes
  • Spatial audio processing
  • MIDI support
Features
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GlitchScaper is a rhythm machine with six sound generators, each controlled by a two-layer cycle sequencer, designed to easily create glitchy patterns and scapes. To quickly find new ideas, each generator has separate options for making sequences and tones. The parameters of the new sequences and tones are set randomly, but are guided by several user-defined options, which in outline define the steps of the sequence and the type of tone or noise. This allows you make a quick draft of a pattern and then simply tweak it to get the final sound. The advanced copy function gives you ability to quickly make a new preset by copying sequences and tones from existing ones. The tone generator makes bright and rich sounds based on 12 complex waveforms or various types of noise, and can also use an external input as a signal source. Effects transform the tone from smoothly varying to full of squeaks and rattles. Each effect is modulated by a special envelope generator with different shapes that change throughout the sequencer step. The sound generators have individual spatial effects, as well as a common reverb space for all generators that adds an ambient layer to the final mix. The final mix can be even brighter and heavy or pumping with the built-in harmonic exciter and bass enhancer. The intuitive interface and powerful sound design features make this application super convenient for creating your own, unique sound. GlitchScaper is great for creating simple beats with an interesting and unusual sound, but it was originally designed for digital distorted patterns with longer steps that blend perfectly with the rhythms of classic drum machines and sequencers. GlitchScaper is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). GlitchScaper works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, and supports Audiobus and Ableton Link. On MacOS, GlitchScaper can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters. GlitchScaper has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. A brief overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T50WVIPUPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeF3oBoXp80 You can find more information on GlitchScaper and other experimental audio processing apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

Dials1 screens
GlitchScaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GlitchScaper at every 4 months against Dials's every 27 months. GlitchScaper also leads on price ($15.99 vs $19.99). Dials's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On ratings volume, 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

Dials costs $19.99 and GlitchScaper $15.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dials holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dials's written reviews are positive against 91% of GlitchScaper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dials ships an update every 27 months, GlitchScaper every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dials versus GlitchScaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDialsGlitchScaper
Price$19.99$15.99 — better
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better4.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Igor Vasiliev

Customer experience

Dials

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GlitchScaper

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Dials

No in-app purchases

None

GlitchScaper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dials free?
Dials costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GlitchScaper free?
GlitchScaper costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dials or GlitchScaper?
Dials is rated higher. Dials averages 5.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while GlitchScaper averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Dials or GlitchScaper have ads?
Neither Dials nor GlitchScaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dials or GlitchScaper?
Dials ships an update every 27 months, and GlitchScaper every 4 months. Most recently, Dials was updated on October 24, 2026 and GlitchScaper on October 24, 2026.

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