TinyRiff vs ManifesTone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TinyRiff
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TinyRiff is a performance pad app for triggering chords, backing patterns, and layered sampler performances from a single pad—ideal for practice, songwriting, and live performance. (The app has been renamed from TinyTone to TinyRiff as of version 1.5) Use TinyRIff as a MIDI pad for GarageBand, synthesizers, electric pianos, samplers, and other MIDI gear. With the built-in “TinyTone” sound engine, you can also play instantly without any external devices or MIDI connections. TinyTone can also be used as a chord input pad within Mac DAW environments. Chords can be entered not only from external MIDI input, but also directly on the app screen. Up to four key transpose settings (key shift / octave shift) can be stored within a single pad set, allowing you to switch chord arrangements for intros, verses, choruses, outros, and other musical sections from the same pad layout. TinyRIff can also load sound data created with the separate “TinyTone” app, allowing you to use original sounds directly inside TinyRIff. With TinyRIff Yearly (annual subscription), you can save, share, and import up to 100 pad layout sets. The free version supports saving up to 5 sets. [Added in version 1.5] New “Riff-Pattern” and “Step Sequencer” modes have been added. • Riff Pattern: Freely assign notes across 16 steps, including upper, middle, and lower notes within a chord. TIE input is also supported. • Step Sequencer: Create 16-step patterns with support for ties and rests. • Each mode includes 4 slots that can be switched during performance. • Supports real-time performance together with slider control and transpose. • Created patterns can be imported and exported together with pad presets, and shared via AirDrop. Improved MIDI connectivity with GarageBand and AUM. • To use GarageBand or AUM, select "VIRTUAL MIDI" as the MIDI output. • "VIRTUAL MIDI" sends MIDI data to all connected host apps. When using GarageBand and AUM simultaneously, disable TinyRiff MIDI input on the host you do not want to control.
ManifesTone
This app identifies songs and then constructs a complete guitar rig based on the music. It selects appropriate amp captures and effects, arranging them logically and explaining its choices. Users can then fine-tune the rig with simple voice commands or swap out individual components.
- AI song-based rig generation
- Automatic amp and pedal selection
- Voice-controlled tone adjustments
- Swappable rig components
- Neural amp and pedal captures
- Cross-platform rig syncing
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Name the song. ManifesTone builds the whole rig. Not a preset — a rig. The right amp capture, the right pedals in the right order, the delay, the EQ. Then it tells you exactly what it chose, and why. HOW IT WORKS Type a song, or tap Shazam and it names the record playing in the room. Say what you're playing — rhythm, lead, clean verse — and CAPO goes to work. Capture, Amp, Pedal, Output: the four links of a guitar rig. It searches thousands of neural captures of real amps and pedals, picks gear that suits the song, sets the gain and EQ for the part you're actually playing, and places the effects in the order they belong in. Gate on the high-gain. Slapback on the lead. A room for the cleans. Then it writes out what it did, and credits whoever made the captures. SAY WHAT YOU WANT "Bit more bite." "Kill the reverb." "Tighter." Say it plainly and the rig changes. Most tweaks land instantly, on device. SWAP ANY PART Not sold on the amp it picked? Open the block, browse the capture library right there, and drop in a different one. The chain updates and the credits follow it. REAL CAPTURES, REAL MAKERS The amps and pedals are neural captures from TONE3000 — made by people who owned the gear and put the work in. ManifesTone connects to your own TONE3000 account. PLAY ANYWHERE Plug a USB audio interface into your iPhone or iPad and you're playing. The whole rig, pocket-sized, no laptop and nothing to boot up. Hear a tone you love out in the wild? Shazam it on the spot, CAPO builds the rig, and it saves to your library. Every rig syncs. Sit down at the desk and the same rig is waiting in the ManifesTone plugin for macOS and Windows — free with every account, including the free one. WHAT IT COSTS Free — one rig build a month, one guitar in your arsenal. No card. Plus — 18 builds a month, 5 guitars. $9.99/month or $89.99/year. Pro — 40 builds a month, 20 guitars, and an unlimited rig library. $19.99/month or $179.99/year. Prefer not to subscribe? Build packs are bought outright — 8, 18 or 40 builds. They never expire and there's nothing to cancel. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://manifestone.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ManifesTone at daily against TinyRiff's every 3 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. TinyRiff sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and ManifesTone sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TinyRiff ships an update every 3 days, ManifesTone daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TinyRiff | ManifesTone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KEISUKE TONE | BIGSOFT LLC |
In-app purchases
TinyRiff
- JPad Yearly1 Month trial$4.991 Year
ManifesTone
- ManifesTone Plus$9.991 Month
- ManifesTone Pro$19.991 Month
- ManifesTone Plus$89.991 Year
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- ManifesTone Pro$179.991 Year
- Starter Pack$4.99
- Plus Pack$9.99
- Power Pack$19.99









