Comparison

Drum Pad Sampler vs GranSample

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

Head to head
About

Drum Pad Sampler

Create jungle, breakbeat, and DnB music with this intuitive drum pad app. It offers a vast library of samples and allows for unlimited customization of pads and layouts. Enjoy low-latency performance for a seamless music-making experience.

Highlights
  • Jungle, breakbeat, and DnB focus
  • Minimal tap-to-play latency
  • 799 built-in samples
  • Unlimited pad customization
  • Save and load custom layouts
  • Category-sorted library with fast navigation
Features
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Jungle / Intelligent / Liquid DnB Drum Pad / Launchpad. Specifically designed for minimal tap-to-play latency. In practice the delay is barely perceptible when using wired headphones. 799 samples—including kicks, snares, hi-hats, bass, loops, effects, and more—are available with no limits in the built-in library, so nothing needs to be downloaded. Build your own collection by adding samples to Favorites for quick access. The library is category-sorted with fast navigation. You can add and remove pads and assign sounds to them without any limits, then save your custom layouts and load them later. Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/udevwork/docs/refs/heads/main/DrumpadPrivacyPolicy Terms of Use: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/udevwork/docs/refs/heads/main/DrumpadTermsofUse udevwork@gmail.com

About

GranSample

This app offers a 16-pad sampler with a powerful granular engine for sculpting unique audio textures and sequencing patterns. It functions as a standalone application and an AUv3 plugin for popular DAWs. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • 16-pad granular sampler
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Step sequencer
  • Modulation matrix
  • Sample chopping
  • Kit sharing
  • Per-pad effects
Features
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A 16-pad sampler with a granular engine underneath. Standalone app + AUv3 plugin for GarageBand / Logic / AUM / Drambo / Loopy Pro. Tap pads, sculpt textures, sequence patterns, chain songs. Same instrument either way. Free to try. One purchase unlocks GranSample Pro — everything listed at the bottom. No subscription, no ads, no telemetry. NEW IN 1.5 Swing, in the app and in your host. Choke groups: hi-hats that cut each other off. Resample (Pro): record your beat back onto a pad as a bar-locked loop. A rebuilt AUv3 plugin editor. PATTERN BANK & SONG MODE Eight patterns per project (A–H). Switch live — the change waits for the bar end so the groove never stumbles. Then chain them into a song: tap letters to build, set repeats per section, loop or play once (song mode is Pro). Patterns, song and BPM save with the project. MODULATION MATRIX (PRO) LFO + ADSR envelope on 8 destinations per pad: grain position / size / pitch / density, volume, pan, pitch, playback start. Drag the envelope chart, set depth per lane — host-automatable in AUv3. SAMPLE CHOP (PRO) Slice any sample across the pads — equal grid, transient detection, or manual markers you drag. Audition before you commit; the grid shows where every slice lands. KIT SHARING Export any kit as a single .gskit file — samples, settings, effects, patterns. Send it anywhere. Importing is free for everyone; exporting is Pro. PAD NAMES, COLORS & CHOKE GROUPS Name your pads, pick from 8 colors, set one of 8 choke groups. AUv3 PLUGIN Load "nono.audio: GranSample" under AU Instruments in any AUv3 host. Same grid, Kits and engine, with Sound, Grain and Sequence tabs. 900 host-automatable parameters. Load your own samples without leaving the host. Sequencer locks to host transport; everything persists in the host project. LIBRARY Factory Kits + your Projects in one place — load, tweak, save. GRANULAR ENGINE Eight knobs per pad. Position scans the sample; grain size + density set the texture from pebbles to glass. Pitch + jitter, spray + stereo spread, four window shapes, an ADSR cloud envelope, Freeze for infinite sustain. 128 grains per voice — and you can watch them fire. CHROMATIC MODE Any pad becomes the root; the grid plays chromatically. STEP SEQUENCER Per-pad patterns at 16/32/64 steps, per-step velocity, drag-to-paint, swing. SAMPLE EDITOR Waveform view — drag the grain region, trim playback range, loop, reverse, normalize per pad. LINEAR or GRAN preview. Works inside the plugin too. EFFECTS Per-pad AND master bus. Reverb, Delay, Distortion, EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Filter — up to 8 per chain, automatable from any DAW. Hand-tuned presets; save your own. IPAD Pads bigger than an MPC; recorder, properties and sequencer get their own column. MIDI USB, Bluetooth (built-in browser), or virtual MIDI. MIDI Learn on every knob standalone, per-pad channel routing. The plugin routes MIDI in through the host and emits MIDI out for pad taps. RECORDING 60 seconds from the mic straight into a pad with a live waveform. Resample the master onto a pad, free or locked to 1–8 bars (Pro). Master bounces to WAV/M4A (Pro). 10 FACTORY KITS, 16 SAMPLES Late Night Room, Outer Space, Neon City, Midnight Dub, Tape Machine, Crystal Cave, and more — each with bespoke granular settings. FREE TIER Pads 1–8 — drums and melody, enough to finish a track — with the full granular engine, effects, pattern bank, mixer, MIDI in/out. Same in standalone and AUv3. Kit import (.gskit) is free too. GRANSAMPLE PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION All 16 pads unlocked everywhere — standalone AND AUv3 plugin Song mode — chain patterns into an arrangement Modulation matrix — LFO + envelope on 8 destinations per pad Sample chop to pads Resample to pads Kit export (.gskit) Per-pad ADSR envelope editor Custom backgrounds — wallpapers or your own photo, with dim and pad-opacity WAV / M4A export Made by one person who wanted a granular beat pad that fit on a phone — and in their DAW.

Screenshots

Drum Pad Sampler4 screens
GranSample4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GranSample at 4.6 against Drum Pad Sampler's 1.0. GranSample also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drum Pad Sampler sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and GranSample sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GranSample holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GranSample has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Drum Pad Sampler's written reviews are positive against 40% of GranSample's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drum Pad Sampler ships an update every 9 months, GranSample every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drum Pad Sampler versus GranSample: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrum Pad SamplerGranSample
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenys KotelnykovChih Han Lin

Customer experience

Drum Pad Sampler

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

GranSample

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Drum Pad Sampler

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Year$4.991 Year
1 purchases

GranSample

One-time1
  • GranSample Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Drum Pad Sampler free?
Drum Pad Sampler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GranSample free?
GranSample is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drum Pad Sampler or GranSample?
GranSample is rated higher. Drum Pad Sampler averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while GranSample averages 4.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Drum Pad Sampler or GranSample have ads?
Neither Drum Pad Sampler nor GranSample shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drum Pad Sampler or GranSample?
Drum Pad Sampler ships an update every 9 months, and GranSample every 5 days. Most recently, Drum Pad Sampler was updated on October 6, 2026 and GranSample on October 14, 2026.

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