Comparison

Echo Beach vs jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer

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

jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer

Features
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Most ear training apps ask you to click the right answer. jAMSKOOL makes you sing it back. Your microphone scores every note in real time. Sing the interval. Sing the chord tone. Sing the scale degree. Get it right and move on. Miss it and try again. No multiple choice. No guessing. Just your voice and your ear, getting better every day. WHAT YOU'LL TRAIN - Intervals — recognize and sing the distance between two notes - Chord tones — identify and sing individual notes within a chord - Scale degrees — hear where you are in a key and sing your way home - Sight singing — read a melody and sing it back - Guess the note — identify pitches by ear - Party Mode — multiplayer ear training for groups HOW IT WORKS Sing into your mic. The app detects your pitch in real time and scores every note. You don't tap an answer — you produce one. That's the difference between knowing music and being able to do it. WHO IT'S FOR Singers, musicians, music students, and anyone who wants to develop a reliable musical ear. Whether you're just starting or already performing, the gap between hearing something and being able to reproduce it is exactly what this app trains. One-time purchase. Keep it forever.

Screenshots

Echo Beach4 screens
jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer at Free against Echo Beach's $9.99. jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Echo Beach's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Beach ships an update every 5 days, jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Echo Beach versus jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho BeachjAMSKOOL Ear Trainer
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremiah KleinMike Binnendyk

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Echo Beach

One-time1
  • Echo Beach Pro$9.99
1 purchases

jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer

One-time1
  • Unlock Ear Trainer$14.99

Questions

Is Echo Beach free?
Echo Beach costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer free?
jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echo Beach or jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither Echo Beach nor jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Beach or jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer?
Echo Beach ships an update every 5 days, and jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Echo Beach was updated on October 7, 2026 and jAMSKOOL Ear Trainer on October 5, 2026.

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