Comparison

GlitchBreaks vs isxynth

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio manipulation
  • Loop point editing
  • Four audio channels
  • Performance tool
  • Granular sound destruction
  • Recording and export
  • Auto-BPM detection
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

isxynth

This music effect plugin allows spectral cross synthesis and morphing between two input signals. It separates noise and tone components, offering controls for blending, freezing, and time-based delays. Gestures on controls can be recorded and played back for dynamic sound shaping.

Highlights
  • Spectral cross synthesis
  • Morphing between two input signals
  • Noise and tone component blending
  • Freeze control for spectral blurring
  • 3-second delay lines per input
  • Gesture recording and playback
Features
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isxysnth is spectral cross synthesis / morphing plugin it gets two input signals, splits each one into 2 parts containing noise and tone components and then allows morphing between all these elements. Freeze control allows spectral blurring-like effect for both input signals, two 3 second delay lines allow selection of different signal in time and also provide "freeze" effect you can process left and right channels on stereo source or use this effect as multi-input AUv3 - in that case it will use 2 stereo inputs. Standalone mode currently works only in "mono" mode - three XY controls set balance between tone and noise components, amount of freeze and set up morphing - both inputs have 3-second delay line; freeze button ("*") toggles off recording. - gestures on all the main controls (3 xy pads and two sliders) can be recorded and played back when appropriate button with ">" label is toggled on - in current version standalone app supports only mono (L + R as inputs I and II) processing

Screenshots

GlitchBreaks3 screens
isxynth3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GlitchBreaks at 4.4 against isxynth's 3.7. GlitchBreaks also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 34 months) and price ($4.99 vs $7.99). isxynth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

GlitchBreaks costs $4.99 and isxynth $7.99 up front. GlitchBreaks sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. isxynth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GlitchBreaks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GlitchBreaks has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of GlitchBreaks's written reviews are positive against 100% of isxynth's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GlitchBreaks ships an update every 5 weeks, isxynth every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
GlitchBreaks versus isxynth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlitchBreaksisxynth
Price$4.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.4 (20 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 34 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#188 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex MatheuAlexey Nadzharov

Customer experience

GlitchBreaks

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative17.4%

isxynth

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

isxynth

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GlitchBreaks

One-time2
  • BreakLoops Volume 1$1.99
  • BreakLoops Volume 2$1.99
None

isxynth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GlitchBreaks free?
GlitchBreaks costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is isxynth free?
isxynth costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GlitchBreaks or isxynth?
GlitchBreaks is rated higher. GlitchBreaks averages 4.4 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while isxynth averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do GlitchBreaks or isxynth have ads?
Neither GlitchBreaks nor isxynth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GlitchBreaks or isxynth?
GlitchBreaks ships an update every 5 weeks, and isxynth every 34 months. Most recently, GlitchBreaks was updated on October 13, 2026 and isxynth on October 2, 2026.

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