Comparison

Jamming Player vs RasterFX

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

Head to head
About

Jamming Player

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Jamming Player turns your music library into a playground for ears that learn by playing. FREE TO ENJOY No subscription, no ads, no "pro" tier hiding the good stuff. Just download, drop in a song, and play. CAPO ANY SONG Shift the key up or down semitone by semitone without warping the pitch. Practice in your range, jam in your friend's. SLOW-MO TEMPO Drag the playback rate from 0.25x to 2x. That impossible solo? Suddenly very possible. LIVE CHORDS, KEY & BPM The app listens along and shows you the current chord, the song's key, and the tempo while it plays. No tabbing through forums. BRING YOUR OWN MUSIC MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, AAC, AIFF, ALAC - pull files straight from iCloud Drive or your device. Your playlist syncs across iPhone and iPad. AUDIO INSPECTOR Tap any track to see its sample rate, bit depth, format, and tags. The nerdy details, on tap. A NOTE ON ACCURACY The key, chord, and BPM readouts are smart estimates to help you start - your phone's best guess, not gospel. They're occasionally off, especially on busy or unusual recordings. Trust your own ears too. So grab your instrument, find a track you've been chasing, and play along.

About

RasterFX

This app is a playable modular multi-effects processor for music creation. It allows users to build complex audio effect chains, modulate any control with various sources, and perform patches live. Visualizers provide real-time feedback on sound changes.

Highlights
  • Modular multi-effects processor
  • Build custom effect chains
  • Modulate any control
  • Live performance features
  • Real-time visualizers
  • Record and share audio
Features
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Make any sound move. RasterFX is a playable modular multi-effects processor for iPhone and iPad. Use it standalone with a microphone, an imported audio file or built-in signals — or load it as an AUv3 audio effect in AUM, GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad, Loopy Pro, Cubasis and other Audio Unit hosts. BUILD YOUR EFFECT CHAIN Choose from Filter, Delay, Drive, Reverb, Grain, Repeat, Motion and Dynamics. Arrange up to six plates in series or split them into parallel A/B paths. Reorder the chain and the sound changes with it. MODULATE ANY CONTROL Patch LFOs, envelope followers, random and chaos sources, step sequencers, MIDI, macros, the XY pad or device tilt to any control. Create up to 16 modulation lines, with live arcs showing exactly how the sound is moving. PERFORM THE PATCH Morph between four snapshots on the XY pad. Turn eight macros. Hold four momentary throws for stutter, sweep, reverse and freeze. RasterFX is built to be played with one hand, not programmed and left alone. GENERATE, LOCK, EVOLVE Nudge a patch, reshape it or roll a new one. Lock the parts you want to keep, undo any result and save the seeds worth returning to. Evolve lets the patch drift over time while staying anchored to the sound you chose. SEE WHAT YOU HEAR Every effect has its own live visualizer. The CRT and halftone interface makes filters, delay taps, grains, dynamics and modulation visible without turning the screen into a wall of meters. RECORD THE RESULT Record the processed output to WAV, rename takes and share them from the app. FREE TO START. PRO ONCE. Free includes all eight effects, all modulation sources, every factory preset, three plates, four modulation lines and 60-second recordings. No ads, account, watermark or reduced audio quality. RasterFX Pro is a one-time purchase — not a subscription. It unlocks six plates, 16 modulation lines, split routing, XY snapshot morphing, Evolve, A/B compare, unlimited recording length and your own saved presets. Your saved sound always plays back exactly as created, even if it uses Pro features; Free limits editing, never playback. Made for headphones, late at night.

Screenshots

Jamming Player3 screens
RasterFX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RasterFX at 17.0 against Jamming Player's 26.2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jamming Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RasterFX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Jamming Player versus RasterFX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJamming PlayerRasterFX
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVina RiantiChih Han Lin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jamming Player

One-time1
  • Jamming Player Strawberry Jam Jar$3.99
1 purchases

RasterFX

One-time1
  • RasterFX Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Jamming Player free?
Jamming Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RasterFX free?
RasterFX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jamming Player or RasterFX have ads?
Neither Jamming Player nor RasterFX shows ads.

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