Comparison

Orbita vs Braindance

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

Head to head
About

Orbita

Create evolving, interlocking grooves with a circular sequencer. Distribute beats across eight sample tracks to explore polyrhythms and shifting accents. Shape sounds, load custom samples, and generate hypnotic, organic rhythms.

Highlights
  • Circular sequencer
  • Eight sample tracks
  • Polyrythm exploration
  • Accent and offset shifting
  • Custom sample loading
  • Sound shaping controls
Features
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Orbita is a Euclidean Rhythm Drum Machine plugin designed for creating evolving, interlocking grooves with ease. Built around a circular sequencer, it lets you distribute beats across eight sample tracks and instantly explore polyrhythms, shifting accents, offsets, swing, etc. Shape each sound with flexible controls, load your own samples, and transform simple pulses into organic, hypnotic rhythms that keep moving in unexpected ways.

About

Braindance

This app allows real-time audio manipulation with buffer-glitch effects. Create complex rhythmic patterns, apply various audio transformations, and perform live with intuitive controls. It can be used as a standalone application or as an Audio Unit within other hosts.

Highlights
  • Real-time buffer-glitch audio manipulation
  • Step sequencer with Euclidean patterns
  • Multiple audio effects (bitcrush, flanger, delay, reverb)
  • Master filter with various modes
  • Live performance controls (XY pad, macros)
  • AUv3 and MIDI support
Features
Currently charting
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Braindance is a buffer-glitch effect for iOS. Feed it audio and cut, stutter, repitch and mangle it in real time. SEQUENCE Build glitch patterns on a step sequencer with gate, repeat, reverse and pan lanes. Fill rhythms with Euclidean patterns, set step size and length, and capture what you just played onto the history tape. EFFECTS Shape the result with bitcrush, flanger, delay and reverb, then a master filter with switchable SVF, ladder, comb and resonator modes. Automate any parameter with per-slot shapes and depth over a chosen number of bars. PERFORM Play the effect live. Morph between settings on an XY pad, hold macros like Fire, History, Forget and Freeze, and fire launch pads including Trance Gate, Half-Time, Tresillo, IDM Chop, Stutter, Machine Gun, Glitch Walk, Reverse Rain, Ping Pong, Repitch, Dub Siren and Clicks + Cuts. AUv3 Run Braindance as an Audio Unit inside your host to process tracks in place, or play it standalone. A MIDI variant is included for triggering glitches from a keyboard or sequencer. Three themes: Ark, Candy and Clarity.

Screenshots

Orbita1 screens
Braindance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Braindance at $4.99 against Orbita's $19.99. Braindance also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 40%) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Orbita costs $19.99 and Braindance $4.99 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 Orbita against 5.0 for Braindance. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Orbita's written reviews are positive against 83% of Braindance's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbita ships an update monthly, Braindance weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Orbita versus Braindance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitaBraindance
Price$19.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.fourtrack.fm LLC

Customer experience

Orbita

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Braindance

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Orbita

No in-app purchases

None

Braindance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbita free?
Orbita costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Braindance free?
Braindance costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbita or Braindance?
Orbita and Braindance are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Orbita or Braindance have ads?
Neither Orbita nor Braindance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbita or Braindance?
Orbita ships an update monthly, and Braindance weekly. Most recently, Orbita was updated on October 25, 2026 and Braindance on October 25, 2026.

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