Comparison

Borderlands Granular vs rymdigare

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

Head to head
About

Borderlands Granular

Explore and transform sounds by layering tiny audio fragments. Sculpt evolving timbres and textures using touch, gravity, or by loading your own audio files. Save and recall complex soundscapes for live performance or studio work.

Highlights
  • Granular synthesis engine
  • Touch and accelerometer control
  • Load and export custom audio
  • Audiobus and Audioshare integration
  • Real-time input and re-sampling
  • Preset and scene saving
  • Looping and automation recording
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Touch, transform, and explore sound with granular synthesis, a technique involving the superposition of tiny fragments of sound, or “grains," to create complex, evolving timbres and textures. “The best app for exploring sound just got better... This is 'go out and buy an iPad to run it' good stuff.“ -Peter Kirn, Create Digital Music “Borderlands has floored us. It is very rare that we find an app that is not only fun to use, but extremely useful. It is truly inspiring. The interface is stunning, the sounds are so evocative: they're a film composer's dream.” Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian, Film Composers (Tsotsi, Rendition, Eye in the Sky) “It’s beautiful, it’s absolutely great. It goes in a completely new direction. I wish software companies would make more [programs] like that for the computer and not only for the iPad.” Christian Fennesz, Experimental Musician. Interview from Tiny Mix Tapes, May 2014 “When I first saw the demo video for Borderlands Granular in 2012, my jaw hit the floor. My first thought was ‘THIS is what making music on an iPad should be.’” Sean Garland, iOSMars.com About ------------ Create, drag, and throw pulsing clouds of grains over a landscape of audio files, or use the built-in accelerometer to sculpt sound with gravity. Borderlands comes ready to play with default sample content included, but you can also load and export your own sounds via Audiobus, Audioshare, and real time input from the mic or external audio interfaces. Re-sample recordings made within the app on-the-fly for layers-upon-layers of granulation. You can also improvise alongside the app - touches and parameters may be recorded, looped, stored, and duplicated. Entire configurations of clouds, sounds, and automation can be saved into presets, or “scenes,” that may be recalled at a later time, allowing Borderlands to seamlessly transition between the studio and the stage. More information is available at www.borderlands-granular.com Instagram: borderlands_granular Twitter: @BorderlandsiPad Facebook: BorderlandsGranular

About

rymdigare

This app is a versatile audio processing tool that combines reverb, noise generation, and sound degradation effects. It offers extensive control over reverb parameters, LFO modulation, and includes a resonant filter and octave shifter. It can be used as a standalone application or integrated with other music apps.

Highlights
  • Five reverb boxes with detailed control
  • Noise and drone machine
  • Level and speed degrader
  • Resonant filter
  • Octave shifter
  • LFO modulation
  • AUv3, Inter App Audio, AudioBus support
Features
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During a routine mining expedition in the outer regions of the galaxy five mysterious boxes of unknown origin were found. Rumours among the workers spread quickly that there was a strange feeling being around these boxes, as if time flows in a different way, not just forward but sometimes also folding back on itself. The miners nicknamed them, the five boxes of reverberation. After the excavation process, to study them more closely, it was decided to transport them back to earth. Rymdigare is part reverb, part noise and drone machine, part quality degrader and part wave shaper. The reverb is built from 5 reverberation boxes where you can control the sound with length and ratio parameters, tail and weight skew parameters and an internal feedback parameter, that could be used to create swelling tails. There is also a built in octave shifter, resonant filter, speed and level degrader and 4 LFO sources for modulating a selected set of parameters, including the LFO speeds themselves. The app can run stand-alone, connecting to other apps through Inter App Audio or AudioBus or it can run as an AUv3 plugin. Map and control any parameter with MIDI using Core MIDI, Bluetooth MIDI, Inter App Audio MIDI or AUv3 MIDI. + Resonant filter (low, band or high pass) + Noise and drone machine + Level and speed degrader + Wave shaper (input and output gain) + Reverb (length, ratio, skew, tail, feedback and type: free, bpm, tuned) + Reverb random variation controls + Octave shifter up and down + Planet orbits (LFO: double tap on parameter controls to map) + Inter App Audio, AudioBus and AUv3 + Map Midi CC using Core MIDI, Bluetooth MIDI, IAA Midi or AUv3 MIDI.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: rymdigare at $4.99 against Borderlands Granular's $19.99. rymdigare also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 79%). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Borderlands Granular costs $19.99 and rymdigare $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Borderlands Granular against 4.7 for rymdigare. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 57 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Borderlands Granular's written reviews are positive against 88% of rymdigare's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Borderlands Granular ships an update every 16 months, rymdigare every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Borderlands Granular versus rymdigare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBorderlands Granularrymdigare
Price$19.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.8 (124 ratings) — better4.7 (57 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings124 — better57
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris CarlsonErik Sigth

Customer experience

Borderlands Granular

All ratings124 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral12.0%
Negative9.1%

rymdigare

All ratings57 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Borderlands Granular

No in-app purchases

None

rymdigare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Borderlands Granular free?
Borderlands Granular costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is rymdigare free?
rymdigare costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Borderlands Granular or rymdigare?
Borderlands Granular is rated higher. Borderlands Granular averages 4.8 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while rymdigare averages 4.7 from 57 ratings.
Do Borderlands Granular or rymdigare have ads?
Neither Borderlands Granular nor rymdigare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Borderlands Granular or rymdigare?
Borderlands Granular ships an update every 16 months, and rymdigare every 2 weeks. Most recently, Borderlands Granular was updated on October 17, 2026 and rymdigare on October 16, 2026.

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