Drift Audio vs SplitStage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drift Audio
Record sounds and transform them into interactive landscapes. Play back your recordings by touching a dynamic terrain that responds to your gestures, creating unique sonic experiences. Explore multi-finger playback for layered sounds.
- Record up to 10 seconds of sound
- Interactive touch-based playback
- Multi-finger sound layering
- Terrain visualization of recordings
- Dynamic, breathing sound surface
- Automatic sound naming
- Built-in reverb and delay
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Record any sound, then play it back by dragging across a living terrain. Your recording becomes the landscape — loud moments rise into ridges, quiet moments stay flat. Touch the surface and it transforms your sound into something new. HOW IT WORKS Record from the microphone — voice, instruments, ambient noise, anything up to 10 seconds. Drift listens and names your recording automatically. Each sample appears with a miniature terrain preview showing its unique shape. Tap a recording to enter the canvas: a reactive surface that deforms under your touch. Drag horizontally to move through your sample. Drag vertically to shift pitch — high at the top, slow and deep at the bottom. Press harder for a thick, layered wash. Press lighter for delicate, scattered fragments. The surface responds like a physical material. Your finger pushes into it, surrounding lines ripple outward and spring back. A trail follows your gesture and fades. When you're not playing, the terrain breathes — peaks sway, flat areas drift — so it always feels alive. Put down a second finger and a second voice appears. Hold a sustained tone with one hand while exploring with the other. Each finger has its own position, pitch, and intensity. FEATURES · Record up to 10 seconds from the microphone · Play back by touch — position, pitch, and intensity all respond to your finger · Two fingers, two independent voices · Terrain shaped by your recording — every sample looks different · The surface ripples, breathes, and springs back · Automatic naming using on-device sound recognition · Built-in reverb and delay · No account, no internet, everything stays on your device
SplitStage
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Build a complete performance, one part at a time. SplitStage is a local-first multitrack studio for musicians. Record your first video or audio part, listen through headphones, then add vocals, guitar, keys, percussion or any other performance while the earlier parts play back. CREATE LAYERED PERFORMANCES - Record video or high-quality audio inside the app - Add up to four audio or video layers - Add multiple clips to the same layer and choose where each clip begins - Monitor earlier parts through headphones while recording a new one - Use count-in, metronome and timing compensation tools EDIT THE RESULT - Choose layouts for two, three or four video layers - Reorder layers and select which performance appears in each tile - Trim clips non-destructively or match every layer to a duration - Adjust each clip's timing while previewing the full mix - Control volume, mute and audio effects per layer - Shape the sound with reverb, room size, compression and brightness EXPORT AND SHARE - Export a social-ready 1080p MP4 video - Save the result to Photos - Share through the native iOS share sheet PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required. SplitStage does not show ads or send your recordings to the developer. Projects, recordings and effect settings stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them. The free version includes one saved project and two unique exports. A one-time SplitStage Pro purchase unlocks unlimited saved projects and exports. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drift Audio at none against SplitStage's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. SplitStage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drift Audio asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Drift Audio | SplitStage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Consumer Therapy | Mertcan Gokkaya |
In-app purchases
Drift Audio
No in-app purchases
SplitStage
- SplitStage Pro$3.99









