GlitchBreaks vs Italizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GlitchBreaks
This app is a powerful tool for manipulating breakbeats and creating new sounds. It offers real-time audio manipulation, loop editing, and effects for electronic musicians. Record your creations and export them for further use in other applications.
- Real-time audio manipulation
- Loop point editing
- Four audio channels
- Performance tool
- Granular sound destruction
- Recording and export
- Auto-BPM detection
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Glitchbreaks is an iOS Universal manipulation tool for “Glitching” breakbeats. Manipulate beats to create new beats and record them. ● "Glitchbreaks is a sick sample loop glitching app with a groovy interface and nice instant touch control of real time audio. It's capable of seriously twisting sounds out, is one of the most modern audio apps I've seen yet and Ninjas will love it" -Ninja Tune Records ● GlitchBreaks is an addictively fun and very useful app that will appeal to electronic musicians in a variety of settings. it’s a serious tool for manipulating audio loops. - iosmusicandyou.com ● I've spent many hours playing with Glitch Breaks, cutting, and modulating my way to pure glitch bliss. It's unmistakable high quality, effortless interface makes it easy to forget the world outside and go full tilt boogie to your hearts content. -smitematter.com Glitchbreaks uses four audio channels setup like mute groups. You can quickly switch between them to construct new beats, or manipulate loop points to “Cut” or “Glitch” the breaks. Glitchbreaks can be used as a performance tool to juggle breaksbeats or destroy sounds at a granular level. You can make interesting effect-like-sounds by manipulating pitch, loop start, length, and cutting the beats with fluid responsive controls. You can record your performance and bring it into iTunes through file sharing, or copy it out into another iOS application via Audio Copy and Paste. You pre determine the length of your recording by bars to easily make pieces to bring into a song without the need for further sample editing. Auto-BPM detection will detect the tempo of a sample you copy into Glitchbreaks (you just need to specify the bars between 1-4). You can turn this feature off in order to manipulate audio that doesn’t have tempo, this is especially useful for manipulating voice samples. Glitchbreaks contains a 4 channel mixer to adjust the levels of each sample, as you change the levels the sounds are combined into the mix, on the iPad version this is displayed graphically with a rendered waveform that is combined to give you an indication of what the entire sound looks like. All of this is very easy to operate and even a beginner will be glitching and juggling breaks like a pro in minutes. Features : ● 130 high quality factory beat loops ● Audiobus Support: Now you can stream live audio from Glitchbreaks directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps. ● Audio Copy and Paste and General Pasteboard support ● Full MIDI support, Virtual MIDI, MIDI Clock Sync In and Out, MIDI Learn ● 4 continuous looping channels with 4 channel mixer ● Dynamic Effects ● Auto-BPM detection / with on/off setting ● Set the BPM up to 2.9 times the original sample BPM ● Touchable Waveform Display with accurate position indicator ● Large Waveform view for iPad ● XY-Pad Loop Modulation (Loop Length, Loop Start) ● Cut Editor / Sequencer with 4 user save slots ● XY-Pads for selecting 4 Glitch or Cut styles ● Index Tracking keeps the beat on time ● Retrigger pads with quantize ● Pitch Shift ● Pitch Reset ● Independent time settings Whole, Half, Quarter ● Quantize for Cut and Glitch operations ● Recording to 44.1khz 16bit Wav files ● Set custom record length in bars ● Background Audio supports mixing with other apps ● iTunes File Sharing ● Mute ● Reverse ● Mixer view with volume faders per channel. ● Master volume ● Universal app ● Supports the New iPad retina display / iPhone retina display ● Load sounds while playing without hitting stop ● Preset Loading and Saving ● Background Audio Tracks ● Snap to Index System Requirements and Recommendations Glitchbreaks requires iOS 8.1 or higher It is recoomended to run Glitchbreaks on : iPad/iPhone4/iPod Touch 4th Gen higher.
Italizer
This app is a monophonic synthesizer with authentic tape echo emulation. It offers performance-oriented touch controls, tempo sync, and extensive connectivity for live and studio use. Supports Audio Unit V3, Audiobus, Inter-App Audio, MIDI, and Ableton Link.
- Monophonic Virtual Analog Synth Voice
- Authentic Tape Echo emulation
- Performance oriented touch controls
- Tempo Sync
- Audio Unit V3 Extension support
- Ableton Link integration
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Designed to deliver authentic dub sounds and effects, iTALIZER at it's heart is a monophonic synthesizer paired with an authentic tape echo emulation. iTALIZER comes with customizable X/Y pad and standalone application, making it a complete solution for live sets and performances. What's more, with full support for Audio Unit V3 Extensions, Audiobus, Interapp-Audio, MIDI and Ableton Link, iTALIZER is equally suited for live as well as studio use. Overview: * Monophonic Virtual Analog Synth Voice * Authentic Tape Echo emulation * Performance oriented touch controls * Tempo Sync (syncs both LFOs & Delay Time) * Standalone operation support for USB audio interfaces * Audio Unit Extension * Inter App Audio support * Audiobus support * MIDI Remote Control * Ableton Link * Tap Tempo Synth Voice * 5 Waveforms (Sine, Saw, Square, Triangle, Noise) * 4 Pole Lowpass Filter for further sound shaping * 2 LFOs ranging from 0.01Hz to 25Hz (1x Sine, 1x Square) * Fixed Env/VCA triggers via touchpad, MIDI or manually Tape Echo * Authentic Tape Echo Emulation * Effect Send control * Delay Time and Feedback controls * Loop mode * Capable of self-oscillation * 8x oversampled Touch Controls * X/Y Pad Performance Control * Both axis can be mapped to any parameter * Voice triggers automatically when using the touchpad Requirements: * iOS9+ * iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Italizer at none against GlitchBreaks's 2. Italizer also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). GlitchBreaks's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 47%) and price ($4.99 vs $9.99). On ratings volume, 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
GlitchBreaks costs $4.99 and Italizer $9.99 up front. GlitchBreaks sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Italizer asks for nothing beyond the download.
GlitchBreaks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of GlitchBreaks's written reviews are positive against 47% of Italizer's.
GlitchBreaks ships an update every 5 weeks, Italizer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GlitchBreaks | Italizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (20 ratings) — better | 4.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 46.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Matheu | Kai Aras |
Customer experience
GlitchBreaks
Italizer
Bugs and requests
GlitchBreaks
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes on launch after importing samples
- Crashes when changing presets
- White noise output when importing custom audio
- Incompatibility with Audiobus 3
- Cut editor buttons disappear after saving
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- Cut values not saving properly
- Sample stops snapping back to real time on iPad
- Cut button indicator states incorrect
- App crashes with three-finger glitch input
- Preset loading causes crashes
- Audio playback freezes during certain operations
- Crashes on iOS 5.1.1 and older devices
- App closes immediately after opening on some iOS versions
- Memory warnings causing sample loss
- Incompatible with BeatMaker 2 audio paste
- Imported samples play at different BPM
- NanoStudio pasted audio cut in half
Requested features
15 requests- Ability to record own audio directly into app
- Custom sound import without white noise conversion
- Working manual and documentation
- Transport control and MIDI clock synchronization
- Hardware version of the app
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- Multi-screen interface similar to Akai i-MPC
- Ambient record mode for live audio capture
- Parameter automation recording
- Better sample preview before assignment
- Support for longer audio files (3+ minutes)
- WAV editor integration
- Improved cut editor with proper swiping controls
- Support for 24-bit audio quality
- Step sequencer functionality
- Simultaneous playback of multiple loops
Italizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GlitchBreaks
- BreakLoops Volume 1$1.99
- BreakLoops Volume 2$1.99
Italizer
No in-app purchases









