TATAT vs Combustor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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... ***
Combustor
This audio effect extension transforms tracks with a unique time-bending resonator. Create vibrant textures, subtle resonances, and dynamic sweeps. It's designed for electronic musicians and producers seeking to add wild or organic qualities to their sounds.
- Time bending resonator effect
- Creates distorted textures and physical resonance
- Envelope follower for dynamic control
- MIDI input for melodic control
- Performative interface
- AUv3 compatible
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*** Note: Combustor is an Audio Unit effect extension and requires an AUv3 compatible host app, like Logic Pro, Drambo or GarageBand. It does not run as a standalone app *** Combustor is a unique, wild resonating body fashioned to spice up or extremely transform your tracks. At the heart of Combustor is a custom time bending resonator that doesn't sound like anything you have heard before. You can create anything from vibrant, distorted texture, perfectly suited for "hardcore" electronic musicians, to subtle physical resonance, which is often lacking in synthesized sounds. Combustor contains an envelope follower, to create dynamic-controlled pitch or filter sweeps. It also has MIDI input, that controls resonator's pitch, to make something melodic and organic out of non-melodic sounds, like drums. With just a few knob turns, a boring sound can be turned into screaming madness that sounds like it went out of control. A simple and straightforward interface makes Combustor a performative tool that allows you to directly interact with your sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Combustor at every 2 months against TATAT's every 19 months. TATAT's advantage is chart position (#185 vs unranked) and review sentiment (90% vs 80%). 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
TATAT costs $3.99 and Combustor $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for TATAT against 4.7 for Combustor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of TATAT's written reviews are positive against 80% of Combustor's.
TATAT ships an update every 19 months, Combustor every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | TATAT | Combustor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better | 4.7 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.13 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | K-Devices | BeepStreet |
Customer experience
TATAT
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In-app purchases
TATAT
No in-app purchases
Combustor
No in-app purchases









