Comparison

Ripple Drum Synth vs Sequentia

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

Head to head
About

Ripple Drum Synth

Shape unique drum sounds with a versatile synthesizer. Control sonic character via an XY pad, LFOs, and randomization. Enhance your creations with a selection of built-in effects.

Highlights
  • Shapeable drum sound engines
  • XY pad for sonic control
  • LFO modulation
  • Randomization options
  • Built-in effects
Features
Currently charting
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Ripple is a shape-able drum synth. Use the XY pad to dial in the sonic character of 4 custom drum sound engines. Use the LFOs and randomization options to keep things interesting. Add finishing touches with a choice set of effects

About

Sequentia

This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful MIDI sequencer for hardware synthesizers and drum machines. Generate complex musical patterns, control parameters, and integrate with your DAW. Save and export your creations for further editing.

Highlights
  • Generative MIDI patterns
  • Hardware synth control
  • DAW integration
  • Customizable modules (Drums, Acid, Chords, Arp, LFO)
  • Live pattern editing
  • MIDI export (.mid)
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Sequentia is a generative MIDI sequencer for synths, drum machines and modular. Add a module and it writes its own part: drums, basslines, arps, chords, melodies. Press Random and a full pattern is playing. Turn on Mutate and it keeps evolving while it runs. The pattern libraries are written for techno and acid, and the generative modules go further out than that. Seven finished demo tracks come with the app, to open and take apart. WHAT WRITES THE PARTS Drums, eight lanes, with the swing each genre actually has. Bass, sixteen styles from techno to dub to EBM. Acid, 303 lines that really slide. Chords and Arp, in your key, following each other. Stabs, from skank to rave. Piano, drawn by hand or written for you. Euclid, three rings at different lengths, drifting apart and landing together bars later. Rain, notes falling from a drizzle to a downpour. Bounce, physics balls playing your key off the walls. Sampler, your own loop, warped to the tempo and the key. Mod, LFOs that sweep your synth's knobs on their own. Vinyl, a record that turns while the rack plays. Mixer, to solo, mute and balance live. ONE STUDIO, YOUR WHOLE RIG Every module picks its own MIDI device and channel, so each machine gets its own part. MIDI over USB-C, Bluetooth or network. MIDI Clock keeps the gear in time. In Logic, Ableton and any other DAW the app is a MIDI source you can record straight onto a track. Leave the app and the music keeps playing, with the controls on your Lock Screen. MODULATE AND CONTROL YOUR HARDWARE Pick your machine from the library and its control map loads, ready to turn: over a hundred and thirty synths, grooveboxes and drum machines, every map read out of its own manual. Put an LFO on any of those knobs and it sweeps in time with the pattern. Arm the red R, turn a knob by hand, and the move becomes a loop locked to the bar. CC coming in works too, so a controller fires Random, Mutate, mutes and the transport. LIVE JAM Every module keeps pattern slots. Fill them as you go and switch on the bar, like clips. Live Performer is one pad for the whole rack: move a finger and every module answers at once with more density, new variations or a break. Fills, swing and humanize are a tap each, while everything runs. SCENES, AND A SET YOU CAN PLAY Save a section as a scene, put the scenes in order, and the timeline plays the set. Or switch scenes by hand while it runs. A project holds several racks, each with its own key and tempo, so a breakdown can sit lower and slower than the drop. ONE PROGRESSION, EVERYTHING FOLLOWS Write the chords once. The basslines, arps and stabs follow the changes. NO HARDWARE YET Every module plays through the app's own synth, free, so a whole track works with nothing attached. Load your own samples into the Sampler, or build a drum kit out of them. EVERYTHING IN ONE PROJECT Notes, patterns, scenes, samples, routing and arrangement live in one project that saves itself. Take the whole thing out in one step: the rack as MIDI, or every scene as its own folder, named so the session opens in your DAW making sense. Samples come with it if you want them. ON IPHONE AND IPAD One app for both. On the tablet the rack becomes a grid of cards you page through, three across on a 13 inch. Menus come in from the right and leave the instrument where it is. Open a module and it steps into the middle of the screen with its settings beside it. Landscape, for a stand and two hands. Turn iCloud on and the same projects, presets and samples are on both devices, in a Sequentia folder you can see in Files. Off until you switch it on. Sequentia is free, and so is the built in sound, Live Performer and CC Control. Sequentia Pro adds pattern slots, scenes, several racks, every drum style, your own libraries, unlimited projects and MIDI export. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sequentia.studio/privacy

Screenshots

Ripple Drum Synth3 screens
Sequentia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sequentia at Free against Ripple Drum Synth's $4.99. Sequentia also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). Ripple Drum Synth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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

Sequentia is free to download; Ripple Drum Synth costs $4.99 up front. Sequentia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Ripple Drum Synth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ripple Drum Synth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ripple Drum Synth ships an update monthly, Sequentia every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Ripple Drum Synth versus Sequentia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRipple Drum SynthSequentia
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.7 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings710 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian HurlowYahor Kamarou

Customer experience

Ripple Drum Synth

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sequentia

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ripple Drum Synth

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sequentia

Subscriptions2
  • Sequentia Pro Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Sequentia Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sequentia Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Ripple Drum Synth free?
Ripple Drum Synth costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sequentia free?
Sequentia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ripple Drum Synth or Sequentia?
Ripple Drum Synth is rated higher. Ripple Drum Synth averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Sequentia averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Ripple Drum Synth or Sequentia have ads?
Neither Ripple Drum Synth nor Sequentia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ripple Drum Synth or Sequentia?
Ripple Drum Synth ships an update monthly, and Sequentia every 8 days. Most recently, Ripple Drum Synth was updated on August 22, 2026 and Sequentia on September 25, 2026.

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