Comparison

Echo Beach vs Rivet 01

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Rivet 01

This audio effect plugin adds saturation and drive to your music, perfect for techno and industrial genres. It can be used on drum, synth, or mix buses to enhance weight and grit, offering subtle warmth to aggressive crunch. It functions as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.

Highlights
  • Console-style saturation and drive
  • AUv3 plugin compatibility
  • Standalone app functionality
  • Oversampling for clean high-drive
  • High pass filtering
  • Pedal-style character
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Rivet 01 - Console is a console-style saturation and drive AUv3 built for techno and industrial. Put it on a drum bus, synth bus, or mix bus to add weight, grit, and “glue”, from subtle warmth to aggressive crunch. Console works both as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin. Console combines a fast, punchy drive stage with a console EQ + saturation circuit, plus oversampling for cleaner high-drive tones when you need it. KEY FEATURES • Pedal-style drive and character • Console-style overdrive and EQ • High pass filtering, pre and post EQs RIVET SERIES / OPEN SOURCE • Console is part of my Rivet series of AUv3 effects plugins targeting techno and industrial genres. Rivet plugins are based on the amazing open-source Airwindows DSP code and are made available free. AUv3 Effect • Works in AUv3 hosts such as AUM, Drambo, Logic, and Cubasis IN-APP PURCHASE Console includes In-App Purchases for optional tipping. Tipping does not unlock any additional features as all features are already available.

Screenshots

Echo Beach4 screens
Rivet 012 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rivet 01 at 100% against Echo Beach's 55%. Rivet 01 also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.8). Echo Beach's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rivet 01 is free to download; Echo Beach costs $9.99 up front. Echo Beach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rivet 01 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rivet 01 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Echo Beach's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rivet 01's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Beach ships an update every 5 days, Rivet 01 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Echo Beach versus Rivet 01: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho BeachRivet 01
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (12 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremiah KleinJoe Topjian

Customer experience

Echo Beach

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

Rivet 01

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Echo Beach

One-time1
  • Echo Beach Pro$9.99
3 purchases

Rivet 01

One-time3
  • Tip - Small$0.99
  • Tip - Medium$1.99
  • Tip - Large$3.99

Questions

Is Echo Beach free?
Echo Beach costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Rivet 01 free?
Rivet 01 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echo Beach or Rivet 01?
Rivet 01 is rated higher. Echo Beach averages 3.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Rivet 01 averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Echo Beach or Rivet 01 have ads?
Neither Echo Beach nor Rivet 01 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Beach or Rivet 01?
Echo Beach ships an update every 5 days, and Rivet 01 every 10 days. Most recently, Echo Beach was updated on September 19, 2026 and Rivet 01 on August 11, 2026.

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