CrateDive vs CRATE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrateDive
This app uses AI to quickly identify sample-worthy moments in any audio track, including loops, vocal chops, and melodic hooks. It offers features like interactive waveforms, AI loop ranking, and BPM/key detection to streamline the music production process.
- AI sample detection
- Interactive waveform visualization
- AI loop ranking
- BPM and key detection
- Stem separation (Pro)
- WAV export (Pro)
- AI sample descriptions (Pro)
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CRATE DIVE — AI SAMPLE DISCOVERY FOR PRODUCERS Drop any track. Crate Dive's AI finds every sample-worthy moment — loops, breaks, vocal chops, melodic hooks, transitions — in seconds. Cut a 20-minute crate dig down to 3. Built for hip-hop beatmakers, lo-fi producers, trap heads, EDM producers, DJs, and remixers who'd rather make beats than scrub waveforms. 3D WAVEFORM (NEW IN 2.0) A live 3D waveform that moves with the music. Pick a loop and the view frames it. Pinch to zoom, tap to seek, or switch back to 2D. PADS (NEW IN 2.0) Play any loop as 16, 8 or 4 chops. Flow mode keeps the loop running while you jump around; Chop mode plays each pad once. Tap a pad to drag its start and end, snapped to 1/16 notes or free. AI LOOP RANKING The algorithm scores every loop on boundary seamlessness, harmonic richness, and beat alignment — then surfaces the top 5, starting on the downbeat. The flip-ready ones first. BPM & KEY DETECTION 95%+ accurate BPM finder. Full key and scale detection. Manually adjust either with one tap. Perfect for harmonic mixing and matching samples to your project. SAMPLE POINT DETECTION AI marks every drum break, melodic hook, vocal chop, riser, build, and drop. Each detection comes with a reason tag so you know why it was flagged and a confidence score from 60–100%. STEM SEPARATION (PRO) Studio-grade stem splitter. Isolate vocals, drums, bass, and other instruments in one tap. Mute and solo stems on the pads, and see where each one comes in on its own waveform. Build acapellas, drumless beats, and instrumental versions instantly. WAV EXPORT (PRO) Export any loop, stem, or the full track as clean WAV files. Drag straight into FL Studio, Ableton, Logic, MPC, or any DAW or sampler. AI SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS (PRO) Plain-English context for every detection: "Warm trumpet loop, 4 bars, ~88 BPM, ideal for boom-bap flips." No more guessing what you grabbed. FOUR THEMES Glacier, Classic, Ember and Ruby. Each one recolors the waveform and the app icon. PRIVACY FIRST Audio is processed in memory and discarded immediately. No account required. No tracking. Your crates stay yours. FREE TO START Three analyses per day, free, no card required. Pro is $9.99/month with a 7-day free trial — unlimited analysis, stem separation, WAV export, and AI sample descriptions. PERFECT FOR • Hip-hop and boom-bap beatmakers • Lo-fi producers chasing seamless loops • Trap producers hunting vocal chops and 808s • EDM producers grabbing risers, builds, and drops • DJs and remixers searching for breakbeats and acapellas • Bedroom producers using FL Studio, Ableton, Logic, or any DAW Crate Dive: find the gold in any track. Support: cratedive.app/support Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://cratedive.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cratedive.app/privacy
CRATE
Describe a musical vibe, and this app generates a beat with drums, samples, and bass in seconds. You can then easily modify it using simple text commands or intuitive pad gestures, and even sample from your microphone or imported songs.
- Generate beats from text descriptions
- Modify beats with plain language commands
- Intuitive pad-based editing
- Live recording and step sequencing
- Punch-in effects
- Sample from microphone or imported audio
- Auto-chop and re-sequence samples
- Song arrangement and export
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CRATE is a sampler you talk to. Type or say a vibe — "dusty boom bap with rhodes", "NewJeans type beat", "dark plugg with bells" — and in a second the pads fill with drums, a chopped sample and a bass line, already playing. Then shape it the way producers do on an MPC or an SP-404, just faster. MAKE A BEAT IN SECONDS • Describe a beat and CRATE builds it from its sound library: drums, chops and bass in key. • Ask for changes in plain words — "add a sax line", "more hats", "punchier snare", "clear the bank". Only that part changes. • Drag a pad down and say what you want there. Swipe a pad left or right for another sound, up to remove it. PLAY IT LIKE A SAMPLER • 16 pads in four banks, a step sequencer and live recording that lands on the beat. • KEEP JAM saves what you just played over the loop. • Punch-in effects: hold FX and an effect pad, higher = more. • Sample from the mic straight onto a pad, or import a song and chop it into 16 pads. CHOP AND FLIP • Auto-chops land on real attacks, on the grid. • FLIP re-sequences the chops into something new while the drums keep playing. • Per-pad level, filter, attack, release, reverse, key shift and time stretch. FINISH THE SONG • Arrange intro, verse, hook and outro from your patterns, or let ARRANGE do it in one tap. • Change tempo, swing and key; export the song as audio to share. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO • On iPhone Duo the hinge is an effect: fold to build tension, snap open for the drop. The outer screen keeps the beat in view when it's folded. • Works great on iPhone and iPad too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CRATE at none against CrateDive's 2. CRATE also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). CrateDive's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. CrateDive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CRATE asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CrateDive against 5.0 for CRATE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
CrateDive ships an update every 6 weeks, CRATE daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | CrateDive | CRATE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jester Agustin | 书晗 张 |
In-app purchases
CrateDive
- CrateDive Pro$9.991 Month
- CrateDive Pro Annual$69.991 Year
CRATE
No in-app purchases









