Comparison

Phonolyth Cascade vs TATAT

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

Head to head
About

Phonolyth Cascade

This app offers a versatile reverb and diffusion processor with an experimental edge. It allows for the creation of expansive modulated spaces, stereo widening, and hybrid delay/reverb effects. Explore unique sonic territories with a wide range of controls and randomized modulation.

Highlights
  • Expansive modulated supernatural spaces
  • Stereo widening and transient smearing
  • Hybrid delay/reverb effects
  • Chorus, flanger, and resonator-like effects
  • Randomized modulation
  • Infinity and Freeze buttons
  • Mix Lock for preset switching
Features
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Cascade is a versatile reverb and diffusion processor with an experimental edge. Designed first and foremost with expansive modulated supernatural spaces in mind, it features an extensive set of controls to explore other sonic territories such as stereo widening, transient smearing, hybrid delay/reverb and chorus/flanger/resonator-like effects. Features: - Wide range of diffusion textures spanning from subtle smearing and widening to otherworldly reverberation - Lush randomized modulation - Infinity and Freeze buttons for never-ending reverb bliss - Mix Lock for switching presets while keeping the dry/wet mix constant - Freely resizable UI with light and dark color schemes - Cross-platform preset format for sharing across plugin formats and OSes - 30 factory presets to get you started - Includes an AudioUnit v3 plugin for use in host apps such as GarageBand and AUM, and a standalone app

About

TATAT

Generate endless, ever-changing musical sequences and sketch new song ideas quickly. This app allows you to define moods and parameters to create unique note streams, which can then be recorded, tweaked, and played along with.

Highlights
  • Infinite note sequence generation
  • Mood and parameter customization
  • Real-time stream intervention
  • MIDI data enrichment (Thru function)
  • Melodic, harmonic, and percussive support
  • Multiple time resolutions
  • Velocity, delay, and length processing
Features
Currently charting
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TATAT is a MIDI FX designed to create always-changing sequences, to quickly sketch music ideas, to add unexpected events to fixed patterns. If you’re looking for new ways of generating musical ideas, then look no further than TATAT! Set up your parameters, define a mood and listen to an endless flow of notes which you can then record, tweak, and play along to. HOW IT WORKS /// TATAT generates infinite and always changing sequences of notes. You cannot say exactly what TATAT will do, but you can suggest a path to it: by setting up its parameters you can create what we call a mood for TATAT. A mood is a configuration of notes, intervals, time fragmentation, velocity fluctuation, and other factors. Once you set a mood that you are happy with, you’ll listen to an infinite stream of events, always changing, all staying in the mood. 
At this point, according to your needs, you can: - Let TATAT play its stream, and make some intervention to control it: to add silence (Less), to obtain smooth accelerando and ritardando (Ratio), to control how TATAT generates intervals. You can enable Key In function to change notes on the fly. - Add some stability by controlling/automating the Liv/Mem slider, moving between the generated stream and frozen patterns. - Use TATAT to send its notes to enrich (by enabling Thru) existing/incoming MIDI data/parts. TATAT gives you excellent results both with melodic/harmonic and percussive parts! MULTIPLE TIME RES /// Set chance for each time resolution to rule the stream, and scale results with main ratio to create organic time fluctuations. NOTES /// Set chance for each notes to get triggered, enable the keys toggle to change the notes on the fly, giving a different color to the stream. DOUBLE HIT /// Set two intervals and the probability they got triggered, adding harmonic weight to the stream. LET’S PROCESS THE STREAM! /// You can process the generated notes with several parameters: add a velocity variation, a delay, set the length, randomize, and mute some notes. It’s easy and intuitive. FLOW VS PATTERN /// LIV/MEM parameter has a 0-100% range. When is set on 0%, a buffer with given length continuously records the stream; when it’s different than 0%, the buffer got locked, and you set the chance to get live or buffered notes. When you set 100% you always have the buffer content as a static pattern. You add the stability you want to the lunatic stream! 2 FLAVOURS: DARK AND LIGHT SKIN *** Please note: TATAT is an Audio Unit extension (AUv3) – it only works in an AUv3 host app compatible with MIDI FX like AUM, Logic Pro, Cubasis, etc... ***

Screenshots

Phonolyth Cascade2 screens
TATAT3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TATAT at $3.99 against Phonolyth Cascade's $7.99. TATAT also leads on chart position (#180 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (10.13 vs 12.0). Phonolyth Cascade's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). 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

Phonolyth Cascade costs $7.99 and TATAT $3.99 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 — 4.9 for Phonolyth Cascade against 4.8 for TATAT. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 22 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Phonolyth Cascade's written reviews are positive against 90% of TATAT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phonolyth Cascade ships an update every 7 months, TATAT every 19 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Phonolyth Cascade versus TATAT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhonolyth CascadeTATAT
Price$7.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.9 (30 ratings) — better4.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#180 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.13 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuri TurovK-Devices

Customer experience

Phonolyth Cascade

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TATAT

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Phonolyth Cascade

No in-app purchases

None

TATAT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phonolyth Cascade free?
Phonolyth Cascade costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TATAT free?
TATAT costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phonolyth Cascade or TATAT?
Phonolyth Cascade is rated higher. Phonolyth Cascade averages 4.9 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while TATAT averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Phonolyth Cascade or TATAT have ads?
Neither Phonolyth Cascade nor TATAT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phonolyth Cascade or TATAT?
Phonolyth Cascade ships an update every 7 months, and TATAT every 19 months. Most recently, Phonolyth Cascade was updated on November 3, 2026 and TATAT on November 3, 2026.

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