Comparison

Drone Pad mobile vs EP

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

Head to head
About

Drone Pad mobile

This app provides sustained reference tones for musicians and meditators. It offers customizable sound character with multiple oscillators, LFO modulation, and synthetic reverb for a living sound space. Ideal for tuning instruments, training the ear, and promoting stillness.

Highlights
  • Sustained reference tones
  • Customizable sound character
  • Equal and just intonation
  • Multiple oscillators per voice
  • LFO amplitude modulation
  • Synthetic reverb
  • 10 color themes
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Drone Pad generates one or more sustained reference tones — in equal or just intonation — with a fully customizable sound character. ◆ THREE REASONS MUSICIANS AND MEDITATORS CHOOSE DRONE PAD 1. It tunes your ear, not just your instrument. A continuous, pitch-perfect drone lets you hear immediately whether your fifths, thirds, and sevenths are in tune — no piano, no tuner required. Ideal for strings, winds, brass, and singers. 2. It breathes. Every single time. Unlike static drone apps, Drone Pad creates a living sound space: up to 7 oscillators per voice with natural beating frequencies, an LFO with individual phase offsets per voice, and a synthetically calculated reverb — the result is organic, never mechanical. 3. It holds space for stillness. A deep, slowly breathing fundamental tone helps the mind settle. Drone Pad runs stable for hours without interruption or repetition — trusted in sound healing, meditation, yoga, and bodywork. —— FEATURES - Concert pitch: 432, 440, 442 Hz or any custom pitch - 16 intervals from unison to perfect twelfth — each individually switchable - Equal and just intonation — switch and hear the difference instantly - Up to 7 oscillators per voice with continuous detune - 4 waveforms per voice: sawtooth, sine, triangle, square - LFO amplitude modulation with live wave animation - Synthetic reverb with adjustable mix and room size - Lowpass filter with resonance and attack envelope - 10 color themes — from black to pastel - 5 saveable presets - No account. No ads. No interruptions. Support: haakemusic.com

About

EP

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EP-PatchStudio builds sample kits and multisamples for Teenage Engineering's EP-series samplers, then sends them to your device over USB. It also backs up your projects and lets you manage the samples on your device from your iPhone or iPad. If you own an EP-133 K.O. II, EP-1320 Medieval or EP-40 Riddim, you know the squeeze: great sounds, a tiny screen and a slow road from a sample on your phone to a pad on your sampler. This app is the shortcut. Import audio, trim it, build a kit and load it onto the hardware. CHOP A BREAK INTO HITS Open a drum break and Chop Sample slices it by transients, into equal parts or to a grid. Keep the strongest 8 and they land on the pads, named and ready to play as an EP-40 kit. You can also turn them into a multisample or save them as separate WAV files. Free. ROOM FOR MORE SOUNDS On a K.O. II, Fit More makes a sample mono, lowers the rate and, where the pitch allows it, turns on Double Speed, in one tap. Undo puts it back. Free. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Import WAV and AIFF from Files, iCloud Drive or another app through the share sheet • Trim, fade, loop and tune samples by touch, in one-shot, key or loop mode • Create multisamples for the EP-40 Riddim, mapped across the keyboard • Normalise, trim and rename a whole batch of samples in one pass • Browse, preview and replace the samples on your device in the File Manager • Back up your device and keep every backup in a library you can restore from • Open a project to see its pads and patterns on a timeline, then export MIDI, stems or an Ableton Live set WORKS WITH • EP-133 K.O. II • EP-1320 Medieval • EP-40 Riddim Multisamples are for the EP-40 Riddim. No hardware to hand? You can still build and edit, then send it over when you plug in. FREE AND PRO The Sample Editor, Chop Sample and Fit More are free, with no ads and no account. Connecting your EP and checking its storage are free too. Pro adds sending to your device, the File Manager, the Batch Processor, backups, the Project Viewer and the Project Library. Every Pro tool is open for 14 days after you install, with no sign-up. After that, Pro is a one-off in-app purchase. Buy once, no subscription. Already bought EP-PatchStudio on Mac or Windows? Enter your licence key to unlock the same here. A NOTE FROM ME I'm a solo developer and a sampler nerd. I built EP-PatchStudio because I wanted grown-up software for these little machines, and I keep improving it based on what the community asks for. If something is missing or broken, tell me. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Teenage Engineering AB. EP-133 K.O. II, EP-1320 Medieval and EP-40 Riddim are trademarks of Teenage Engineering AB, used here only to describe compatibility.

Screenshots

Drone Pad mobile4 screens
EP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drone Pad mobile at none against EP's 4. Drone Pad mobile also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. EP sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Drone Pad mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Drone Pad mobile versus EP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrone Pad mobileEP
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB40 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperThomas HaakePhoton Consulting Limited

In-app purchases

None

Drone Pad mobile

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

EP

One-time4
  • Tip: Coffee$5.00
  • Tip: Lunch$10.00
  • Tip: Dinner$20.00
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  • EP-PatchStudio Pro$29.00

Questions

Is Drone Pad mobile free?
Drone Pad mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EP free?
EP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drone Pad mobile or EP have ads?
Neither Drone Pad mobile nor EP shows ads.

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