Comparison

Echo Cube vs 8

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

Head to head
About

Echo Cube

This app offers a unique dual delay effect inspired by analog hardware. It features independent control over two delay lines with various sound models and flexible routing options for creative sound design.

Highlights
  • Dual independent delay lines
  • Time Cube, Garden Hose, Corrugated models
  • Adjustable time, feedback, and level
  • Serial, parallel, ping pong routing
  • Mono sum and mid-side processing
  • Stereo image shaping
Features
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Echo Cube is a dual delay inspired by the Cooper Time Cube, a rare analog unit that created echo using long coiled tubes instead of tape or electronic circuits. The delay time was defined by the physical travel of sound through air. Echo Cube recreates and expands this concept with two independent delay lines, each with time, feedback, and level controls. Choose between Time Cube for authentic hardware tone, or the experimental Garden Hose and Corrugated models for creative sound design. Flexible routing modes including serial, parallel, ping pong, mono sum, and mid side give you full control over delay interaction and stereo image shaping.

About

8

Create fast 8-bit and electronic music with this step sequencer. Program drums and melodies, arrange song structures with custom playback flows, and export your audio. Use it as an AUv3 instrument in compatible hosts.

Highlights
  • Step sequencer for drums and melodies
  • Customizable playback flows for song structure
  • AUv3 instrument extension
  • Save and export audio
  • One-tap randomization for idea sketching
Features
Currently charting
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Whether you are exploring chiptune for the first time or quickly capturing a retro electronic idea, 8-bit Music Master offers a straightforward, lightweight workflow. In the standalone app, program drums, Melody 1, and Melody 2 one step at a time. Switch octave ranges, reveal semitone notes, or use random generation as a starting point, then edit every note and hit yourself. Custom playback flows let you arrange the page order and repeat count of each part separately, turning short patterns into longer sections. Save your projects and export a finished mix, MIDI file, or separate stems for further production and sharing. Four AUv3 plugins are included: • Chip Synth — retro waveforms, presets, arpeggiation, sound shaping, and step sequencing • Six-Voice Drum Machine — kick, snare, closed and open hats, clap, and tom, with swing, presets, and a host-synced 16-step pattern sequencer • 8-bit FX — bit-depth and sample-rate reduction, drive, digital noise, stereo width, and tempo-synced delay • Chip Seq MIDI — a host-synced 16-step MIDI generator with pitch, velocity, gate, length, and swing controls Use the suite in compatible hosts such as Loopy Pro. The instruments and audio effect can also run in GarageBand; Chip Seq MIDI requires a host that supports AUv3 MIDI routing. The app is designed to help you begin quickly while leaving every pattern open for hands-on editing, so generated ideas can still become your own.

Screenshots

Echo Cube1 screens
84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 8 at $1.99 against Echo Cube's $14.99. 8 also leads on chart position (#193 vs unranked). Echo Cube's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Echo Cube costs $14.99 and 8 $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Echo Cube against 5.0 for 8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Echo Cube's written reviews are positive against 67% of 8's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Echo Cube versus 8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho Cube8
Price$14.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#193 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.宁 徐

Customer experience

Echo Cube

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

8

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Echo Cube

No in-app purchases

None

8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo Cube free?
Echo Cube costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 8 free?
8 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echo Cube or 8?
Echo Cube and 8 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Echo Cube or 8 have ads?
Neither Echo Cube nor 8 shows ads.

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