Comparison

Dawnbeat vs reaper

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 .

About

reaper

Features
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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。

Screenshots

Dawnbeat4 screens
reaper3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dawnbeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. reaper asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dawnbeat versus reaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDawnbeatreaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (115 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings115 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size504 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuis Rivas菊姣 李

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dawnbeat

One-time1
  • Dawn Beat Complete$5.99
None

reaper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dawnbeat free?
Dawnbeat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is reaper free?
reaper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dawnbeat or reaper have ads?
Neither Dawnbeat nor reaper shows ads.

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