Echo Beach vs Rivet 02
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.
Rivet 02
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Rivet 02 - Room is a room-style reverb with drive built for techno and industrial. Put it on drums, synths, or any bus to add space, texture, and character—from clean rooms to vintage digital crunch. Room works both as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin. Room is an AUv3 audio effect and requires a compatible host app. It does not run as a standalone instrument. Room combines the CrunchCoat reverb engine (16-delay Householder matrix network) with pre-filters, saturation, and optional gated reverb—plus an underlay layer with tempo-synced ducking for kick pumping effects. KEY FEATURES • 17 room modes (clubs to halls) • Pre-filters, predelay, and gated reverb • Optional underlay with tempo-synced auto-duck RIVET SERIES / OPEN SOURCE • Room is part of my Rivet series of AUv3 effects plugins targeting techno and industrial genres. Room uses the CrunchCoat algorithm by Chris Johnson (Airwindows), made available under MIT license. AUv3 Effect • Works in AUv3 hosts such as AUM, Drambo, Logic, and Cubasis IN-APP PURCHASE Room includes In-App Purchases for optional tipping. Tipping does not unlock any additional features as all features are already available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rivet 02 at Free against Echo Beach's $9.99. Rivet 02 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). Echo Beach's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). 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
Rivet 02 is free to download; Echo Beach costs $9.99 up front. Echo Beach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rivet 02 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rivet 02 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo Beach has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo Beach | Rivet 02 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremiah Klein | Joe Topjian |
In-app purchases
Echo Beach
- Echo Beach Pro$9.99
Rivet 02
- Tip - Small$0.99
- Tip - Medium$1.99
- Tip - Large$3.99









