Ephemeral vs Sequencer Rack 1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ephemeral
Explore a collection of digital musical instruments playable in augmented reality. Unleash your creativity anytime and anywhere with immersive sound experiences.
- Augmented Reality instruments
- Digital music creation
- Playable anywhere
- Creative sound experiences
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Ephemeral is a playful music maker for iPhone and iPad. Tap out a beat, record your own samples, build a melody, and turn a small idea into a song!
Sequencer Rack 1
Create music and beats with a step sequencer that resembles a compact machine. It offers 16 voices across 16 patterns, with various sounds, effects, and playback controls.
- 16 voices and 16 patterns
- 16 diverse sounds (drums, synths, guitars)
- Chord and synthesizer pad functionality
- Phase and virtual speaker effects
- Export to WAV
- Sound pitch and playback control
- Tempo and volume management
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Sequencer Rack 1 is step sequencer app looking like a small machine. It has 16 voices that can be used in 16 patterns. It is very easy to create music and beats with it. However the sequencer has its limits. Features: - 16 different sounds including drums, synthesizers and guitars - Chords in D major - Syntesizer pads that can play the current chord - 2 effects (phase and virtual speaker) - export to .wav file - sound pitch control for every sound - can play sounds backwards - tempo BPM control - select beats per minute - volume control - can play in loop - pads volume control
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ephemeral at 50% against Sequencer Rack 1's 0%. Ephemeral also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Sequencer Rack 1's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, 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
Ephemeral is free to download; Sequencer Rack 1 costs $3.99 up front. Sequencer Rack 1 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ephemeral asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sequencer Rack 1 holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Ephemeral's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sequencer Rack 1's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ephemeral ships an update every 5 days, Sequencer Rack 1 every 91 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ephemeral | Sequencer Rack 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 91 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | phelgo | Aleksandar Mlazev |
Customer experience
Ephemeral
Sequencer Rack 1
In-app purchases
Ephemeral
No in-app purchases
Sequencer Rack 1
- Sequencer Rack 1 unlock export$1.99
Questions
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