Comparison

Record vs Riddiments

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

Head to head
About

Record

Capture song ideas instantly with a 4-track audio recorder. Overdub, mix, and export your creations, making it the perfect tool for songwriting on the go.

Highlights
  • 4 tracks of clean audio recording
  • Overdubbing with existing tracks
  • Per-track volume, pan, and delay
  • Stereo mix export
  • Individual stem export
  • Save and reload sessions
Features
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Your song ideas don't wait. Record-o-matic doesn't either. No mics to set up. No session to configure. Just pick up your phone, hit record, and catch the idea before it's gone. Record-o-matic is a 4-track recorder built for the way songs actually start — humming in the kitchen, strumming on the couch, hearing something in your head at 2am. Lay down a first take, overdub a harmony, add a rhythm, build it out. All from the phone already in your pocket. Version 5 allows for endless bounce down of mixed tracks to tracks 1 and 2. Now you can continue adding ideas. What you get: 4 tracks of clean audio recording Overdub while listening to your existing tracks Per-track volume, pan, and delay for tight alignment Stereo Mix — export your full mix as a stereo WAV Export individual stems to bring into Logic, GarageBand, or any DAW Save and reload your sessions Record-o-matic isn't a studio. It's the thing you use before the studio — the place where the song begins.

About

Riddiments

Features
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Riddiments is a rhythm instrument for your pocket — a practice tool with the precision of a metronome and the expressiveness of a drum machine. Most metronomes give you one click. Riddiments gives you up to four independent rhythmic voices, each with its own time signature, sound, and feel — all locked to a single tempo. Different time signatures don't drift apart; they interlock into polyrhythm. It's the difference between counting along and actually hearing how the parts fit together. SEE THE BEAT, NOT JUST HEAR IT Four visualizations, one tap to switch between them: • Circular — a beat wheel with a playhead sweeping the ring. The signature view. • Waterfall — notes rise toward a NOW line, so you can read what's coming. • Timeline — every voice as gems on one lattice. Tap to edit, even while playing. • Notation — real single-line percussion notation with sticking letters, accents, flams, and drags. STICKINGS YOU CAN TRUST The built-in library covers the PAS International Drum Rudiments plus hybrid rudiments, rolls, grooves, and ostinato exercises — every sticking verified against published sources. Flams and drags play as true grace notes, on the correct hand. BUILD REAL TECHNIQUE • Practice mode: timed sessions, count-in, gap click, and automatic tempo progression to push your speed up gradually. • Tempo Lock, lead-hand flipping, and Alternate Lead each bar. • 18 built-in percussion voices — snare, kick, hi-hats, toms, claves, and more. • Per-lane swing, volume, and mute. Every control is live — changes land instantly, without stopping. MADE TO LIVE ON A STAND Every control works while you play. Tempo, transport, session time, and mute state stay readable from drumstick distance. Light and dark appearance. Save your own patterns, and your last session is always waiting when you reopen the app. Designed in the spirit of good tools: useful, honest, and quiet until you need it. Universal — one app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Screenshots

Record4 screens
Riddiments4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Riddiments at Free against Record's $1.99. Record's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Riddiments is free to download; Record costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Record ships an update every 6 days, Riddiments every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Record versus Riddiments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecordRiddiments
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey CoppageJORGE HAZAEL ANAYA

In-app purchases

None

Record

No in-app purchases

None

Riddiments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Record free?
Record costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Riddiments free?
Riddiments is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Record or Riddiments have ads?
Neither Record nor Riddiments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Record or Riddiments?
Record ships an update every 6 days, and Riddiments every 2 months. Most recently, Record was updated on September 7, 2026 and Riddiments on September 8, 2026.

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