Shape Beats vs Recursion by folina
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shape Beats
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Unleash your inner beat maker! Shape Beats is the fun and easy drum pad app that puts professional music creation at your fingertips. Create epic beats and play along he moment inspiration strikes, no matter your skill level. WHY SHAPE BEATS IS YOUR GO-TO DRUM MACHINE: - PLAY ALONG & LEARN FAST Want to play that cool beat? Each sound pack includes a demo of the original track. Just listen to learn the pattern and tap along on the pads. You’ll be mastering awesome beats in no time! - BUILD DYNAMIC SONGS (A/B CHANNELS) Ready to go beyond simple loops? Select advanced sound packs feature A/B channels, letting you switch between different parts of a song. These packs use a 24-pad layout to give you the creative control needed to build a full, structured track. - PRO SOUNDS IN EVERY PACK Forget generic sounds. Every kit is loaded with high-quality, professionally produced samples. Each pad has a purpose, giving you everything you need to build a complete beat from scratch. You'll find: Booming Drums & Kicks | Sharp Snares, Claps & Percussion | Catchy Melodies & Synths | Creative Vocal Chops & Chants | Crisp Hi-Hats & Cymbals - MASTER YOUR TIMING WITH A SMART METRONOME Never lose the rhythm. The built-in metronome is automatically synced to the tempo of every song in our library. Your timing will always be perfect, helping you stay tight and learn new patterns with precision. - EXPLORE GENRES FOR EVERY VIBE: Our massive, growing library is packed with royalty-free kits. Find your sound in genres like: Hip Hop & R&B | Trap & Drill | EDM & Dubstep | Lofi & Chillhop | House & Techno | ...and more ! DESIGNED FOR CREATIVITY, NOT CONFUSION: -Simple & Clean Interface: Just open the app and start making music. -Optimized Pad Layouts: From simple 12-pad kits to complex 24-pad layouts. -High-Quality Audio: Crystal-clear samples that make your beats stand out. -Regular Updates: New sound packs and features are added all the time. Ready to drop the beat? Download Shape Beats now and start making the music you love today!
Recursion by folina
This app creates evolving echoes and feedback effects by mutating sound over generations. It offers unique control over timing, memory, and signal degradation for creative sound design. Explore subtle echoes to unstable ambient spaces.
- Self-mutating recursive delay
- Generational sound evolution
- Independent control over recursion depth
- Continuous drift and instability
- Smearing for evolving washes
- Tear events for abrupt mutations
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Recursion is a delay and feedback effect built around inherited mutation. In a conventional delay, a sound repeats. In Recursion, it evolves. Each generation passes through a changing recursive system before becoming the source for the next. Timing drifts. Memories smear together. Sudden tears disturb the signal. Those disturbances are then inherited by everything that follows. The result can move from subtle animated echoes and strange doubling to deteriorating rhythmic patterns, unstable ambient spaces, and dense halls of increasingly distant memories. Seven controls keep the process immediate. Memory determines the spacing between generations. Recursion determines how deep the family tree grows. Decay determines how long those generations survive. Smear, Drift, and Tear determine how faithfully—or badly—the signal remembers its past. Recursion isn't designed to be a perfectly behaved delay. It's designed to remember. Incorrectly. Features: Self-mutating recursive delay and feedback processing Each generation inherits changes from the generation before it Independent control over recursive depth, memory spacing, and decay time Continuous bounded drift and instability Smearing that transforms distinct echoes into evolving washes Tear events introduce abrupt mutations into the recursive history From subtle animated echoes to deeply unstable feedback structures Designed for drums, synths, guitars, vocals, sound design, and ambient processing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Behavior Note: Recursion is intentionally less predictable than a conventional delay. At high Mix settings, more of the immediate dry attack is replaced by the delayed recursive signal. Short sounds may therefore seem quieter as Mix approaches fully wet. Around 50% Mix is recommended when you want to preserve the original attack. Recursive processing can also produce occasional abrupt transient or crackle-like textures as generations mutate and interact, particularly with sustained material, aggressive settings, or parameter movement. These behaviors are part of Recursion's unstable character.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shape Beats at Free against Recursion by folina's $3.99. Recursion by folina's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Shape Beats is free to download; Recursion by folina costs $3.99 up front. Shape Beats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Recursion by folina asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Shape Beats | Recursion by folina |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oktay Shakirov | Jeremy Phillips |
In-app purchases
Shape Beats
- Shape Beats Full Unlock$3.99
Recursion by folina
No in-app purchases









