Dawnbeat vs reaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dawnbeat
This app lets you create music by sampling and sequencing audio. It offers advanced features like multi-touch pads, an always-recording buffer, and flexible routing for creative sound manipulation. Integrate with external MIDI devices and apply a wide range of built-in and AUv3 effects.
- Multi-touch and draggable pads
- Always-recording buffer (Memorizer)
- Advanced loop manipulation (BRIIKS)
- Flexible mixer with assignable busses
- Polyphonic pads for chords
- MIDI IN/OUT for external control
- AUv3 effects and instrument support
- Auto-slicer for audio chopping
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Dawnbeat inherits the best part of the classic hardware samplers and takes it further by adding features only possible on a multi-touch device. Create more natural patterns by tapping and swiping pads. Focus on creativity, you don't need to select a tempo before hit record to finally play a pattern until you get the right take, just play and forget about to record! Dawnbeat is always recording! Multi-touch and draggable pads: - Pads are multi-touch, play a single pad with two fingers at the same time! - Pads are individually configurable, allowing re-triggering when dragging for amazing fills, tone variations . - Mute and Solo buttons for pads available. - Mute groups. Memorizer: - DawnBeat is always recording pad events, you'll never miss a beat, play and experiment and when you hear something you like, it's already recorded! simply go to Memorizer and select the desired events. BRIIKS sampler: - Advanced loop manipulator. Rearrange and combine your loops. Also available as standalone, AUv3 and MacOS. Mixer: - 4 assignable BUSSES and one MAIN BUS. Assign pads to busses, assign internal effects or AUV3 effects to busses. - Mute and Solo buttons. Polyphonic pads: - Pads can be turned polyphonic, import a piano-like sample and play and sequence chords with a single pad. MIDI IN and MIDI OUT: - Trigger samples from a MIDI controller, play melodies from a MIDI piano. - Sequence hardware drum machines and synths from Dawnbeat. - Use Dawnbeat as an intermediary between a midi keyboard and a synth, save the sequences you are playing. Dawnbeat can save poliphonic sequences! Pattern sequencer with piano editor. - Swing, count-in, metronome. Audio Units: - Dawnbeat support AUv3 effects and instruments! Built in Effects: - Reverb, Delay, Compressor, Flutter, Gate, Tremolo, Noise, Filter, Chorus, Equalizer, Stutter and Tape slow motion. - Effects can be rearranged. Built-In sample browser: - 6 drum kit sample libraries, and 1 bass sample library. Selectable internal sample rate: - Internal sample rate can be changed, choose between HI-FI and LO-FI sample rates. AUTO-SLICER: - AutoSlicer detects hit points and slices audio into individual files minimizing the need for manual editing. Chop up any audio file in a few seconds. Recording sample rate can be selected. Export movies with images and animated GIFs .
reaper
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这是一款在 iPhone 和 iPad 上运行的本机音乐编辑应用。导入、录音、剪辑、效果和导出都在这台设备上完成,不用注册,也不会把音频上传到服务器。 打开就能用「示例工程」试听,也可以导入已有音频,或直接进入录音页采录人声和乐器。 你可以做的事 • 多轨编排:在时间线上拖移、切开、循环片段,给工程起名并保存在本机 • 快速开始:空白工程、人声 + 伴奏(适合翻唱)、节拍铺底 • 均衡 / 混响:8 段参数均衡,以及房间混响 • 变速变调:速度和音高分开调节 • 变声:套用预设后再微调 • 降噪:噪声门,把不想要的底噪压下去 • 频谱分层:按低频 / 中频 / 高频拆成三条新轨道(这是按频段分开,不是人声和伴奏分离) • 混音导出:导出 WAV 无损、M4A 分享或 CAF 归档,文件留在本机「文件」App 录音只在你点「开始录音」时使用麦克风。可开节拍器对拍;外放时建议戴耳机,避免点声进麦。拒绝麦克风后,仍可导入、编辑和导出。 不收集账号,不做广告追踪,不接入分析 SDK。工程、录音和导出结果只保存在这台设备上。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: reaper at none against Dawnbeat's 1. Dawnbeat's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Dawnbeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. reaper asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Dawnbeat | reaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (115 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 504 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Rivas | 菊姣 李 |
In-app purchases
Dawnbeat
- Dawn Beat Complete$5.99
reaper
No in-app purchases









