Comparison

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD vs GlitchScaper

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

Head to head
About

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD

This app emulates a classic 80s hardware drum machine with a realistic interface. Create your own rhythms, save patterns, and control drum kit parameters. It offers advanced features like AU3 support, Inter App Instrument, and Core MIDI.

Highlights
  • Realistic 80s interface
  • 16-step sequencer
  • Programmable rhythm and fill patterns
  • Drum kit parameter control
  • AU3 support
  • Core MIDI and Audiobus integration
Features
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EGDR808 v3.0 is here with full AU3 Audio Unit support! ElliottGarage presents EGDR808, a drum machine that emulates the vintage hardware from the 80's. Its realistic and clear interface recalls the analog machine from the past, for all the vintage fanatics. You can play with the rythm presets included or you can create your own pattern. "Love That Classic '808 Drum Machine? EMULATE the '808 w/ EGDR808" - iOSsociety "...attention to detail in recreating the vintage look is uncanny, and faithfully emulated. More importantly the sound is spot on. Elliott Garage really put some love into this going for the same functionalities and feel of the old machine. It's love you can hear, and music lovers as well as vintage enthusiasts should agree this is one of the best 808s on iOS. " - SmiteMatter.com Features: - Interface like the real drum machine from the 80's - 16 steps sequencer - 12 programmable rythm patterns and 4 fills patterns - Auto fill in every 2, 4, 8, 12 or 16 pattern - Save the pattern you've created and play your songs - Manual Play, Pattern Write and Pattern Clear mode - Drumkit pieces parameters control (tuning, decay and snappy) - Song Mode page (swipe to left to open) - Swing and tap tempo - Inter App Instrument - Core MIDI (network session, controller esterni, inter app midi) - Audiobus - Ableton Link - Export with iTunes, mail or MAPI Audio Copy - AU3 support Check the videos on http://www.youtube.com/ElliottGarage support: info@elliottgarage.com

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

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD4 screens
GlitchScaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GlitchScaper at 91% against EGDR808 Drum Machine HD's 43%. GlitchScaper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). EGDR808 Drum Machine HD's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $15.99) and ratings volume (175 vs 22). On update cadence, 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

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD costs $5.99 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

GlitchScaper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EGDR808 Drum Machine HD has 175 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of EGDR808 Drum Machine HD's written reviews are positive against 91% of GlitchScaper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD ships an update every 3 months, GlitchScaper every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EGDR808 Drum Machine HD versus GlitchScaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEGDR808 Drum Machine HDGlitchScaper
Price$5.99 — better$15.99
Rating4.6 (175 ratings)4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.6% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings175 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElliott GarageIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD

All ratings175 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive42.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative46.3%

GlitchScaper

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

Bugs and requests

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Stops playing after reopening AUv3
  • Missing instruments on iPhone XR
  • No open hat decay
  • Settings not retained when reopening songs
  • Lost all saves after iCloud restore
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  • App crashes on launch
  • Tempo fluctuates and is inconsistent
  • Touch input is incorrect
  • Fills always playing when building patterns
  • Claps re-triggering unexpectedly
  • Microphone access prevents calls
  • Buffer under runs
  • Tempo changes when editing parameters
  • Tempo defaults to 120 bpm
  • Tempo changes when pattern is changed
  • Clears save patches when closing app from app bar

Requested features

22 requests
  • Preset saving
  • Update features overall
  • Export or send MIDI
  • AudioShare implementation
  • Make conga sounds available
Show 17 more
  • Add Audiobus support
  • Update interface to look like TR808
  • MIDI support for sequencers
  • Panning for each instrument
  • Save kits for reuse
  • Longer decay for sounds
  • Support for 12/8 time signature
  • Triplet functionality
  • Fix app crashing on launch
  • Improve usability and functionality
  • Fix tempo issues
  • Fix issues with fills and re-triggering
  • Fix microphone access issues
  • Fix buffer under runs
  • Fix tempo changing with pattern changes
  • Fix saving patches after closing app
  • Allow saving beats

GlitchScaper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

EGDR808 Drum Machine HD

No in-app purchases

None

GlitchScaper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EGDR808 Drum Machine HD free?
EGDR808 Drum Machine HD costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GlitchScaper free?
GlitchScaper costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EGDR808 Drum Machine HD or GlitchScaper?
GlitchScaper is rated higher. EGDR808 Drum Machine HD averages 4.6 out of 5 from 175 ratings, while GlitchScaper averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do EGDR808 Drum Machine HD or GlitchScaper have ads?
Neither EGDR808 Drum Machine HD nor GlitchScaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EGDR808 Drum Machine HD or GlitchScaper?
EGDR808 Drum Machine HD ships an update every 3 months, and GlitchScaper every 4 months. Most recently, EGDR808 Drum Machine HD was updated on October 16, 2026 and GlitchScaper on October 9, 2026.

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