Comparison

Orbita vs FIELD KIT Playback Engine

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

FIELD KIT Playback Engine

Transform audio recordings into evolving textures, rhythms, and atmospheres. Create up to four independent playback windows with customizable speed, direction, and effects. Explore new sonic material from your recordings.

Highlights
  • Up to four independent playback windows
  • Variable playback speed and direction
  • Drive and filtering per window
  • Routable modulation sources
  • Save and recall .fieldkit files
  • Standalone app and AUv3 Audio Unit
Currently charting
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FIELD KIT is an audio playback instrument built for turning recorded sound into evolving texture, rhythm, and atmosphere. Load an audio file and create up to four independent playback windows across the recording. Each window can move through a different section of the source with its own playback speed, direction, crossfade, drive, filtering, level, and pan. Use FIELD KIT to pull overlapping textures from long field recordings, transform environmental sound into ambient beds, create asynchronous loops, or find entirely new material hidden inside a recording. Three modulation sources can be routed independently across the playback windows, allowing parameters to drift, pulse, and evolve over time. Features include: - Up to four independent playback windows - Forward, reverse, and ping-pong playback - Variable playback speed - Adjustable loop crossfade - Drive and filtering per window - Independent level and pan controls - Three routable modulation sources - SPLICE for working with multiple audio sources - Save and recall .fieldkit files to share across platforms - Internal recording in Standalone mode - Standalone app and AUv3 Audio Unit - Host transport support in compatible AUv3 hosts FIELD KIT was designed around a simple idea: a recording doesn't have to be played from beginning to end. It can be a place to explore.

Screenshots

Orbita1 screens
FIELD KIT Playback Engine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FIELD KIT Playback Engine at $9.99 against Orbita's $19.99. FIELD KIT Playback Engine also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Orbita's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 FIELD KIT Playback Engine $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbita holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Orbita's written reviews are positive against 80% of FIELD KIT Playback Engine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbita ships an update monthly, FIELD KIT Playback Engine every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Orbita versus FIELD KIT Playback Engine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitaFIELD KIT Playback Engine
Price$19.99$9.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#66 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Field Tone Audio, LLC

Customer experience

Orbita

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

FIELD KIT Playback Engine

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Orbita

No in-app purchases

None

FIELD KIT Playback Engine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbita free?
Orbita costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FIELD KIT Playback Engine free?
FIELD KIT Playback Engine costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbita or FIELD KIT Playback Engine?
Orbita is rated higher. Orbita averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while FIELD KIT Playback Engine averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Orbita or FIELD KIT Playback Engine have ads?
Neither Orbita nor FIELD KIT Playback Engine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbita or FIELD KIT Playback Engine?
Orbita ships an update monthly, and FIELD KIT Playback Engine every 2 weeks. Most recently, Orbita was updated on October 16, 2026 and FIELD KIT Playback Engine on October 5, 2026.

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