Comparison

Echo Guitar™ Lite vs Egoist

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

Head to head
About

Echo Guitar™ Lite

This app helps you compose guitar music by offering tools like automatic arpeggios, chord tapboards, and pattern libraries. Easily record and playback your songs with animated visuals and access a comprehensive chords library.

Highlights
  • Automatic arpeggio generation
  • Chord and pattern tapboards
  • Record and playback songs
  • Animated song playback
  • Real-time chord fingering hints
  • Extensive chords and patterns library
  • AudioBus and Inter-App Audio support
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Echo Guitar™ is a convenient tool for composing guitar songs. You can quickly record musical inspirations with it's unique features such as "Automatic-arpeggio" "Chords Tapboard" "Patterns Tapboard"... Main Features 1. Automatic arpeggio. 2. Velocity strings. 3. Record / Playback your songs. 4. Songs playback with animations. 5. Hints the selected guitar chord's fingering by real time. 6. Chords library. 7. Patterns library . 8. Supports AudioBus and Inter-App Audio. 9. Four guitar sounds optional : Classical acoustic, Steel string acoustic, Clean electric, Muted electric. 10.Virtual MIDI Out.

About

Egoist

This app lets you extract grooves from any audio file, transforming your music library into a sound source. It offers tools for sketching tracks with sample slicing, basslines, beats, and effects, suitable for both studio and on-the-go use.

Highlights
  • Audio Unit v3 & Standalone
  • Sample slicing and manipulation
  • Onboard bass and beat synthesizers
  • Effect sequencer
  • Pattern chaining for song creation
  • Slice keyboard functionality
  • iCloud synchronization
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Egoist is a groove instrument. Load any audio file and squeeze the groove out of it! Try your mp3 library and use it as a sound source! The additional onboard bass, beat and fx units make Egoist the perfect track sketch tool in the studio and on the road. • Audio Unit v3 & Standalone • Quick + Easy track sketching, based on sample slicing • Minimal, yet effective bass line • Unique beat box with more than 1000 drums from vintage to electronic • Effect Sequencer • Randomizers in all areas • iCloud Synchronization of Presets and Samples • AudioShare • Mixdown / Bounce • Full Midi Support (Virtual, Network, Bluetooth, Extern) • Music Library Access SLICER: The Slicer arranges up to 16 slices of the loaded sample. Apply different parameters like Reverse, Attack, Decay, Level and pitch with the sequencer. Using the 16 available patterns, up to 16 different samples can be used at any time. BASS & BEAT: Egoist includes a great sounding bassline synthesizer/sequencer. The bassline synth offers a mean and strong sound, with different lowpass filter flavors and overdrive. The versatile sequencer is capable of notes and pitch bends of any length. The internal beat box offers kick, snare and hihat, along with a simple sequencer. If you imagine, that you can change the drum sounds with each pattern, limitations start to get you inspired! EFFECTRIX INSIDE: The Effect unit brings funky hickups to your tracks. Engage tapestop, looper, reverb or filter at any time to give your beats that otherworldly feel and create stunning breaks! SONG SEQUENCER: Chain your patterns! Or create stunning breakbeats by changing patterns quickly! The internal Part/Song sequencer lets you sketch your pattern progressions and line out your next track. ALWAYS SPECIAL: The very special Slice Keys turn Egoist into a slice keyboard! Play the sequencer steps on the keyboard, with all their settings and effects, you will not believe how cool that is!

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo Guitar™ Lite at none against Egoist's 1. Echo Guitar™ Lite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 17.6). Egoist's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Egoist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Echo Guitar™ Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo Guitar™ Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Egoist has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Echo Guitar™ Lite's written reviews are positive against 73% of Egoist's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Guitar™ Lite ships an update every 7 months, Egoist every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Echo Guitar™ Lite versus Egoist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho Guitar™ LiteEgoist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings265 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS6.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB437 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSupertintin Co., LtdSugar Bytes GmbH

Customer experience

Echo Guitar™ Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Egoist

All ratings64 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative16.9%

Bugs and requests

Echo Guitar™ Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Egoist

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Import crashes the library
  • Drums not working with AUv3 release
  • MIDI learn menu shows up too quickly and sticks
  • Saved works are inconsistent (tempo changes, patterns disappear)
  • Error Audiocopy - File of zero bytes when bouncing
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  • Dropbox not working
  • App is laggy and sluggish on iPad Pro
  • Slicer portion is very sluggish with bad latency
  • App is sluggish and jerky on older iPads
  • Does not work well in Audiobus or AUM

Requested features

14 requests
  • Allow users to delete included samples
  • Put user files at the top of the list
  • Support 'Files App' storage
  • Add preference to turn off MIDI learn menu
  • Add more filters
Show 9 more
  • Needs export to desktop version
  • Add another slicer track
  • Add own samples to drum and bass sections
  • Release 'Factory' App on iOS
  • Add Ableton Link (if not already present)
  • Update effects
  • Improve storage options
  • Fix import crashes
  • Allow preset sharing between Mac and iOS versions

In-app purchases

None

Echo Guitar™ Lite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Egoist

One-time1
  • Egoist Full Version$29.99

Questions

Is Echo Guitar™ Lite free?
Echo Guitar™ Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Egoist free?
Egoist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echo Guitar™ Lite or Egoist?
Echo Guitar™ Lite is rated higher. Echo Guitar™ Lite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Egoist averages 4.6 from 65 ratings.
Do Echo Guitar™ Lite or Egoist have ads?
Neither Echo Guitar™ Lite nor Egoist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Guitar™ Lite or Egoist?
Echo Guitar™ Lite ships an update every 7 months, and Egoist every 2 months. Most recently, Echo Guitar™ Lite was updated on November 1, 2026 and Egoist on November 1, 2026.

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