Pads K/01 vs GLYPHTONE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pads K/01
Transform your iPhone into a professional beat-making studio. This app offers customizable pads, advanced effects, and real-time audio playback for creating music on the go. Load your own samples and loops for unlimited creative possibilities.
- 12 customizable pads
- Loop & Shuffle modes
- Advanced effects (Fade In/Out, Pitch, Speed, Delay)
- Real-time audio engine
- Load custom samples and loops
- Pad volume, pan, and effects customization
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Transform your iPhone into a professional beat-making studio with Pads K/01 - the ultimate music creation app for producers, DJs, and musicians. * Professional Features: 12 customizable pads with full control over your sounds Loop & Shuffle modes for endless creative possibilities Advanced effects: Fade In/Out, Pitch, Speed, Delay Real-time audio engine for instant playback Multiple banks to organize your sound library Visual feedback with color-coded indicators * Complete Control: Load your own samples and loops Customize each pad's volume, pan, and effects Create complex layered beats with shuffle mode Perfect loops that never stop until you're ready Professional-grade audio quality * Why Choose Pads K/01: Zero learning curve - start creating immediately No subscriptions - one-time purchase, lifetime access Professional results - studio-quality output Portable creativity - make beats anywhere Unlimited possibilities - your sounds, your style Perfect for: Music producers and beat makers DJs and live performers Songwriters and composers Music students and educators Anyone who loves creating music Download Pads K/01 today and unleash your musical creativity. Your iPhone is now your studio!
GLYPHTONE
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GLYPHTONE is a pocket-sized step sequencer built around one simple idea: tap a grid, hear a pattern. — 16×16 GRID — Sixteen steps across, sixteen pitches down. Tap a cell to place a note, tap again to remove it. Watch the playhead sweep across as your pattern plays back. — 9 TIMBRES — Bell, Piano, Organ, Strings, Brass, Lead, Pad, Bass, and a dedicated Drum voice with nine distinct percussion sounds built in — all synthesized live, no samples to download. — SOLO OR ENSEMBLE — Solo mode keeps one timbre per cell, so switching instruments recolors your whole pattern instead of stacking new sounds on top. Ensemble mode lets you layer multiple timbres in the same cell. — GENERATE — Stuck for ideas? Generate builds a fresh phrase in one of ten shapes — Up, Down, Wave, Zigzag, Random, Drum, and more. Keep pressing Generate to reroll variations, or Undo up to five steps back. — SCALES & OCTAVES — Ten scales (Major, Minor, Dorian, Blues, In Sen, Ryukyu, and more) and a ±2 octave range, so the same grid pattern can sound completely different. — FOUR BARS — Work across four separate bars, each auto-saving as you go. Chain any combination of them together for longer arrangements that loop in order. — EXPORT — Render your pattern to a WAV audio file, or save it as a Standard MIDI File to bring into your DAW. No account. No ads. No internet connection required. Everything happens on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pads K/01 at Free against GLYPHTONE's $4.99. GLYPHTONE's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Pads K/01 is free to download; GLYPHTONE costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pads K/01 | GLYPHTONE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serge Kornew | Takayoshi Ogihara |
In-app purchases
Pads K/01
No in-app purchases
GLYPHTONE
No in-app purchases









