Comparison

Raw Byte Audio Machine vs Wreck

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

Head to head
About

Raw Byte Audio Machine

This app generates complex musical patterns using a single sawtooth wave and a powerful expression engine. It supports binary and bitwise operations to create rhythms, harmonies, and melodies. Operates as a standalone app or an AUv3 instrument plugin.

Highlights
  • Sawtooth wave synthesis
  • Expression engine for sound design
  • Binary and bitwise operations
  • Rhythm, harmony, and melody generation
  • Standalone app
  • AUv3 instrument plugin
Features
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The Raw Byte Audio Machine allows the user to operate on a constant sawtooth wave that is calculated against the assigned sample rate and bit-depth. With each sample, the counter "t" increments by 1. Your expression is evaluated and the lowest bits become a PCM audio sample. Expressions allow for binary arithmetic like addition, subtraction, division, and modulo; and bitwise operations like AND/OR/NOT and bit shifting. With these combinations of tools, a single expression can yield tremendous musical results in complex rhythms, harmonies, and melodies, all while operating on a single sawtooth wave. Operates as a standalone app or AUv3 instrument plugin.

About

Wreck

This audio effect app offers a suite of tools for digital sound degradation, including bitcrushing, sample rate reduction, and wavecycle mangling. Achieve everything from subtle sonic smearing to complete audio collapse with flexible controls and parallel processing options.

Highlights
  • Bit depth reduction (1-24 bit)
  • Sample rate decimation
  • Wavecycle mangling
  • Drive and bias controls
  • Pre and post filters
  • AUv3 plugin support
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WRECK destroys audio in the most musical ways possible. Reduce bit depth down to 1-bit dust. Decimate the sample rate to dial frequencies. Smear jitter across the clock. Mangle wavecycles at the zero-crossing level. WRECK puts every form of digital degradation in one place. Clean destruction or full collapse — it's yours. — BITCRUSHER — Bit Depth from 24 down to 1. Dead Zone and Dither shape the quantization character. Quant Mode selects the rounding algorithm. — SAMPLE RATE REDUCER — Decimate the sample rate from full down to aliased chaos. Tempo sync locks it to your host BPM. Jitter adds clock instability. — CYCLE MANGLER — Operates on individual wavecycles. Amount controls how aggressively cycles are reshaped. Shape blends between cycles. Sens sets the zero-crossing detection threshold. — DRIVE SECTION — Drive pushes the signal. Bias offsets the waveform asymmetrically. Alias adds deliberate aliasing artifacts. Oversample when you need clean destruction instead. — FILTERS — Pre and post filters (cutoff + Q) bracket the destruction. Shape what goes in, shape what comes out. — MIX & OUTPUT — Dry/wet blend for parallel destruction. Output gain to compensate. — AUv3 PLUGIN — Run WRECK inside AUM, ApeMatrix, Audiobus, or any AUv3 host. Multiple instances, each with independent settings. — WORKS ON — iPhone and iPad, all modern screen sizes.

Screenshots

Raw Byte Audio Machine4 screens
Wreck3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Raw Byte Audio Machine at $0.99 against Wreck's $3.99. Wreck's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Raw Byte Audio Machine costs $0.99 and Wreck $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Raw Byte Audio Machine against 5.0 for Wreck. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Raw Byte Audio Machine ships an update every 6 days, Wreck weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Raw Byte Audio Machine versus Wreck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaw Byte Audio MachineWreck
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCallback Audio, LLCStephan Bolch

Customer experience

Raw Byte Audio Machine

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wreck

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Raw Byte Audio Machine

No in-app purchases

None

Wreck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Raw Byte Audio Machine free?
Raw Byte Audio Machine costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wreck free?
Wreck costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Raw Byte Audio Machine or Wreck?
Raw Byte Audio Machine and Wreck are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Raw Byte Audio Machine or Wreck have ads?
Neither Raw Byte Audio Machine nor Wreck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Raw Byte Audio Machine or Wreck?
Raw Byte Audio Machine ships an update every 6 days, and Wreck weekly. Most recently, Raw Byte Audio Machine was updated on September 23, 2026 and Wreck on October 11, 2026.

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