GrimoHex vs Componere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GrimoHex
Create beats quickly with a tactile, hardware-inspired sampler and step sequencer. Record, shape, and sequence sounds for fast music production on your iPhone. Ideal for producers and beat makers on the go.
- Hardware-style pad workflow
- 128-step sequencing
- Sample recording and playback
- Sample editing tools
- Real-time sound shaping
- MIDI-focused sequencing
- Pattern-based music creation
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GrimoHex is a modern sampler and step sequencer built for fast, tactile beat creation on iPhone. Designed for producers, electronic musicians, and mobile beat makers, GrimoHex gives you a focused hardware-inspired workflow without the clutter of a full DAW. Record sounds, shape samples, build patterns, and perform ideas quickly from a compact pad-based interface. At its core, GrimoHex combines a hands-on sampler, drum machine, and step sequencer into one streamlined music production app. It is made for sketching beats, building loops, sequencing drums, triggering samples, and creating patterns wherever inspiration hits. Key features: • Hardware-style pad workflow for fast beat making • 128-step sequencing for detailed pattern creation • Sample recording and playback • Trim, zoom, and sample editing tools • Real-time sound shaping controls • MIDI-focused sequencing workflow • Pattern-based music creation • Clean interface designed for speed and focus • Built for mobile producers, beat makers, and electronic artists GrimoHex is ideal for making drum patterns, sample-based beats, loops, sketches, and performance-ready ideas on the go. Whether you are building rhythms from recorded samples, sequencing external gear, or creating patterns directly on your phone, GrimoHex keeps the process fast and musical. A focused sampler. A tactile sequencer. A compact groovebox for iPhone.
Componere
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Componere is a loop arranger for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Pick loops, paint them onto tracks, and hear a full song take shape. MATCHES TEMPO AND KEY AUTOMATICALLY Every loop is time-stretched to your song's tempo and transposed to its key as you work. Componere reads ACID-tagged WAV files and Apple Loops, and falls back to tempo and key hints in the file name. PAINT YOUR ARRANGEMENT • Draw loops onto tracks by the beat, bar or whole loop. • Drag a clip's edge to repeat it, or stretch it to fit. • Move clips along a track or between tracks. • Pinch to zoom, or fit the whole song and every track on screen. HEAR LOOPS BEFORE YOU ADD THEM Browse your loop folders and audition any loop at your song's tempo and key with a single tap. On the Mac, loops play as you highlight them in the file panel. MIX • Per-track volume, pan, pitch, mute and solo. • Loudness matching evens out loops from different libraries. • Export your song as a WAV mixdown. YOUR SONG, ON EVERY DEVICE Turn on Sync Song Across Devices and the song you're working on is saved to your iCloud Drive as you go. Pick it up on your iPad, iPhone or Mac exactly where you left off. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Componere works with your own loops and your own iCloud Drive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Componere at Free against GrimoHex's $12.99. 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
Componere is free to download; GrimoHex costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | GrimoHex | Componere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Draper | james Richards |
In-app purchases
GrimoHex
No in-app purchases
Componere
No in-app purchases









