Splat vs EG Nodes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Splat
Create hard-hitting urban beats with a vast library of drum sounds and advanced synthesis. Import your own samples, utilize built-in effects, and route audio for professional mixing. Perfect for aspiring and experienced producers alike.
- 10,000 Drum Sounds
- 750 Beat Chops & Kits with MIDI
- Import Your Own Samples
- Host Plugin Effects
- Full Synthesis for Pads
- Route Pads to Individual Outs
- Swing Groove Templates
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The Ultimate Urban Drum Rompler If you've always wanted to make the phattest urban beats with incredible hard-hitting drum sounds, but never spent the years being a beat chopper or crate digger, then this library is for you. It takes years to properly learn how to chop samples, rip breakbeats, create the right "swing", and run it all through the expensive hardware to get those perfect drums. This library does all of this for you. And for the experienced producer, you have access to advanced features like importing your own drums with MIDI and running them through our synthesis and incredible effects. Route pads to separate audio outs, use your own plugin FX inside the app, and get full access to synthesizer type programming to make for the ultimate urban drum rompler! Highlights: - 10,000 Combined Drum Sounds - 750 Beat Chops & Kits with MIDI - Load/Save your Own Samples - Host your own Plugin Effects - Insert FX, Global & Master Buss - Full Synthesis for Pads 1-12 - Route Pads to Individual Outs - Dedicated "Slug" Knob - Swing Groove Templates Factory Preset Style The factory presets come with Kits, Full Loops, and Chops from the Loops all in the style of Boom-Bap, Lo-Fi, Hip-Hop Soul, Vinyl and Chill-Hop. Similar to these artists: The Roots, J Dilla, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, and the Wu-Tang, etc.. Use Chops for Drums Any beat maker knows that loop chops represent the phatest sound. So along with the chops on each pad, you can tweak the chopped drums in order to create your own kits from the chops. Sampled from Hardware No drum sounds will ever sound good if they are not sampled from the correct hardware. We use all of the industry standard and our own secret gems in order to produce the hardest hitting drums. Secret Weapon Features: - Alias Name and Tagging for Drum Sounds - Route Drum Sounds to Separate Outputs - Load Your Own Plugins into FX Slots - Ability to Export MIDI Patterns - Save Presets with MIDI Data Embeded - Dedicated Knob to Lay Behind the Beat - Use Chops as Drum Sounds - 5-Insert FX Per Pad 1-12 Route Audio Outputs to any Channel Our app gives you the ability to route any drum pad sound to any output on your multi-channel audio device. This is paramount for mixing drums and separating them out for more flexibility when editing and mastering. Stacking and Layering With 36-pads, you can even stack and layer different drum sounds, which is a very popular producer trick. Simply assign the same MIDI Note to multiple sounds and stack as many drums as you want with one hit. This is how producers get those "out of this world" phat drum sounds. Amazing Effects In partnership with Overloud™, we have the full version of the famous Vintage Keyboard FX Suite of effects readily available. We also have licensed a ton of other high quality effects, all with very lush, warm, and vintage sounds. Each pad 1-12 can have up to 5 insert effects per pad, along with global and master busses. Every knob/fader can be MIDI learned, so you can adjust effects in real-time with a controller. Run the entire beat through a crazy reverb or phaser to instantly change the entire "feel" of the beat or drum sound. Our FX arsenal is so vast that you will spend months just exploring all of the possibilities.
EG Nodes
This app is a clip-based audio unit host and MIDI sequencer for creating musical projects. It offers a variety of built-in MIDI and audio nodes for generating sequences, recording, and sampling. Users can load external Audio Units and automate parameters for unique compositions.
- Clip-based Audio Unit host
- Built-in MIDI generators (Note/Chord, Arpeggio, Sequencer)
- Audio recording and sampling
- Load external AU3 instruments and effects
- Scene and automation control
- Flexible MIDI routing
- Standalone and AUv3 modular sequencer
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EG Nodes is a clip based Audio Unit host with sequencing capabilities to play external instruments, Audio Unit or MIDI hardware and create a complete audio project. A powerful and flexible groovebox to perform or create musical projects from scratch in a fast and easy way. BUILTIN MIDI GENERATOR Use the builtin nodes to play instruments, apply effects and perform. NOTE/CHORD - generates a single note or a chord ARPEGGIO - generates chord arpeggios SEQUENCER - to play a note sequence RHYTHM - to play drums, percussion or rhythmic instruments PIANO ROLL - to write more complex MIDI part in a classic piano roll editorFEATURES GENERATIVE - to continuously generate sequences evolving in time MIDI FX - to host external MIDI FX Audio unit like sequencers, piano rolls and others MIC/INPUT NODE a simple node input audio from your device mic or an external usb interfaces. You can play your guitar or any instrument together with your song and record it using the Audio/Sampler node. BUILTIN AUDIO/RECORDER/SAMPLER Use the Audio Sampler node to import audio files (wav, mp3, mov, mp4, caf or aiff). Audio node is capable of sync the loop to your project tempo using pitch shifting algorithm to stretch the audio without changing its pitch. You can create your own instrument, adding a sample and playing it via the MIDI sequencer nodes. You can also use the Audio node to record the output from any node in your project or from a mic/line (using the MIC node). SONG NODE to link scenes and create a song structure. You can add how many song nodes you like and assign each one to a different section. MIX GROUP NODE to create mixing busses and group nodes. An easy way to apply effects and automation to multiple nodes at the same time. AU3 INSTRUMENTS, FX AND MIDI FX Load your favorite Audio Units to unlock an infinite palette of sounds. SCENES & AUTOMATIONS Save and recall up to 8 main scenes to control your song structure and nodes combination - each node can save its configuration, parameters and notes Automate parameters to add sparkle to your compostions. PROBABILITY - FREQUENCY - RANDOMIZATION AND MORE... Each node has additional controllers to make your performance unique, original and unpredictable. FLEXIBLE MIDI ROUTING & MIDI LEARN Send MIDI and receive it from external hardware, software or apps. Configure soruces and destination for each node and record directly into piano roll. Almost each button, know or slider can be assigned and controlled by your extenal MIDI controllers via a super easy MIDI learn setup AU3 MODULAR SEQUENCER EG Nodes can be loaded in other DAW/Hosts as MIDI FX generator to create MIDI sequences in a fast and easy way MIXER/COMPACT VIEW Adjust nodes level in a compact and optimised view UNIVERSAL Run EG Nodes on iPad or iPhone and share your project with other musicians. ADDITIONAL FEATURES STANDALONE VERSION - 8 recallable scenes to save nodes configurations - History Undo/Redo - Project MIDI scale transposition - Save and recall your favorite nodes - Duplicate and rename nodes - Import and export MIDI into Piano Roll nodes - Individual clip length, speed and steps number - Individual swing for each Sequencer or Rhythm node - AU3 Parameters automation - Multiple MIDI input sources assignable - Record from MIDI input or builtin keyboard into Piano Roll clips - Record AU instruments MIDI Out into Piano Roll clips - Import/Export presets - Record and export your performance - Ableton link sync support - MIDI in & out with midi channel filter for each node - Flexible internal MIDI routing to send MIDI from one node to other ones - MIDI learn to control app with external controllers and MIDI surfaces AU3 MIDI PROCESSOR VERSION - MIDI processor Audio Unit to be hosted into other DAWS - includes all the sequencing features of the standalone app - send MIDI notes out to your host - control AU3 parameters of other AU3 instruments or effects hosted with the app and automate them
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EG Nodes at 4.8 against Splat's 4.2. EG Nodes also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (92% vs 64%). Splat's advantage is price ($14.99 vs $19.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On 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
Splat costs $14.99 and EG Nodes $19.99 up front. Splat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EG Nodes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
EG Nodes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 93 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Splat's written reviews are positive against 92% of EG Nodes's.
Splat ships an update every 5 months, EG Nodes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splat | EG Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (31 ratings) | 4.8 (93 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 341 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MIDIculous LLC | Elliott Garage |
Customer experience
Splat
EG Nodes
Bugs and requests
Splat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
EG Nodes
Reported bugs
14 issues- Sampler won’t play correctly
- Sampler features don’t work consistently
- Scenes getting armed and recordings going into them despite disabling them
- Crashes with some apps
- Crashing results in losing work
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- Accidentally refreshed instead of saving
- Can’t sequence all AU parameters
- Chord module seems weird
- Rhythm module labeling is hard to understand
- Pads option for iPhone could be better
- Sustain pedal input issue (resolved)
- Pan bug (resolved)
- Teething problems being sorted
- Some bugs reported (quickly fixed)
Requested features
12 requests- Easy way to report bugs without login/account
- Keep save/refresh options on screen
- Audio recording or looping module
- Audio clip module, like a looper
- 16 steps per page for sequencers
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- Sequence all AU parameters
- Follow chord mode to control other nodes
- Pads option for iPhone in portrait mode
- Tie notes together/ sustain notes
- Automate bending notes, lead guitarist style
- More specific randomization, such as bass pattern generation
- Multi Track export
In-app purchases
Splat
- Splat-to-Click Vol 1$12.99
EG Nodes
- Small tip$1.99
- Medium tip$3.99
- Large tip$14.99








