Echo Beach vs Lattice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo Beach
This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful sampler and sequencer, allowing you to capture, chop, and arrange audio with a modern workflow. Easily export your creations as stems, MIDI, or a full mix to any Digital Audio Workstation.
- 8-Pad Sampler
- Smart Slice Detection
- Built-In Step Sequencer
- Groove Engine
- Studio FX Suite
- DAW Export (Stems, MIDI)
- Offline Operation
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Sample anything. Sequence anything. Play anywhere. Echo Beach turns your iPhone into a professional-grade sampler and AUv3 Instrument plugin. Inspired by the tactile workflow of classic hardware like the SP-1200 and MPC, Echo Beach lets you capture, chop, and sequence ideas in seconds as a standalone or directly inside your favorite DAW. AUV3 PLUGIN POWER Echo Beach is now a full AUv3 Instrument. Host it inside Logic Pro, Ableton, Cubasis, or GarageBand. - Seamless Integration: Follows host transport, BPM, and timeline. - Deep Automation: Every knob, fader, and effect is exposed as an AUParameter for smooth DAW automation. - Shared Library: Samples recorded in standalone are instantly available in the plugin via a shared App Group. CORE FEATURES - 8-Pad Sampler: Load, trim, loop, and play with high-fidelity, low-latency performance. - Smart Slice Detection: Auto-chop audio based on transients or edit markers manually. - Built-In Step Sequencer: Program complex rhythms instantly with per-step velocity. - Custom Effects Engine: - Inserts: Reverse, 5-Band EQ, Oberheim inspired Tone filter, Transient Shaper, 2 pitch modes, 5 Distortion models, Stutter, Grain, Room reverb, and Duck. - Sends: Juno-106 inspired Chorus, Stereo Widener, 4 Custom Delay, Plate Reverb, and Lo-Fi. - Master: 5 Distortion models, 2 compressor models (Fet and Opto), Limiter, Master Out fader. - Groove Engine: Interpolate between 8 groove templates, from perfect quantization to human, Dilla-esque swing. - Professional Factory Bank: High-quality sample library included to start making beats immediately. - DAW Export: Send stems, full mix, and MIDI with embedded BPM and time-signature metadata. - MIDI Learn: Full MIDI controller support with a dedicated Map mode to customize your hardware setup. WORKFLOW Record → Slice → Sequence → Automate - Import audio from your library, Files, or even Video files with the new synchronized preview. - Tap the waveform to slice audio or drag slices to any pad. - Sequence your pattern and use P-Locks (Parameter Locking) to automate effects per-step. - Host the plugin in your DAW to add the Echo Beach sound to your full production. WHY ECHO BEACH? Most samplers make you choose: simple or powerful. Echo Beach is both. It breaks the trade-off with features that work like you think: - Musical Timing: Slices become MIDI notes and grooves apply musically, not mechanically. - Real-Time Safety: Hardened for live performance and high-pressure studio sessions. - No Friction: Slices and sequences move with you from standalone sketching to final DAW mixing. TECH SPECS - Supports WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, CAF. - Export stems, full mix, and MIDI. - Professional-grade DSP with near-zero latency. - Fully offline operation. Stop scrolling YouTube for 'how to make beats.' Start making them with Echo Beach.
Lattice
Generate dynamic drum patterns with this MIDI instrument. Explore and capture ideas, create variations, and arrange them into evolving grooves. Ideal for live performance and music production workflows.
- XY pad and intensity controls for pattern shaping
- Capture eight patterns and two fills
- Edit step strength and hat types
- Build evolving patterns with chained banks
- Per-lane MIDI routing and retrigger options
- Deterministic output for reliable recall
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Lattice is a drum-pattern MIDI instrument for iOS and iPadOS that generates grooves live in your host. It works both as a standalone app and as an AUv3 plugin. Lattice helps you find strong drum ideas quickly: * Explore: shape patterns with an XY pad and intensity controls * Populate Banks: capture eight patterns plus two fills from the generator * Variations: edit strength per step (Off/Normal/Hard) and toggle hats between CH/OH * Arrange: build chains from your captured banks for evolving patterns * MIDI Routing: set per-lane note + channel, use routing templates, and enable Force Retrigger for tricky MIDI chains * Deterministic output: the same controls produce the same results, so you can reliably recall what you liked * Lattice is designed for performance workflows: changes apply at bar boundaries, playback can follow the active tab, and you can pin the top bar to lock playback to Live, a specific Pattern slot, or Chain. AUv3 MIDI Effect - Works in AUv3 hosts such as AUM, Drambo, Logic, and Cubasis - MIDI-only design compatible with any synth or sampler
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lattice at 100% against Echo Beach's 55%. Lattice also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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
Echo Beach costs $9.99 and Lattice $6.99 up front. Echo Beach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lattice asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lattice holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Echo Beach's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lattice's.
Echo Beach ships an update every 5 days, Lattice every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo Beach | Lattice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremiah Klein | Joe Topjian |
Customer experience
Echo Beach
Lattice
In-app purchases
Echo Beach
- Echo Beach Pro$9.99
Lattice
No in-app purchases








