Comparison

ARPJAM Studio vs 4trMTR

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

Head to head
About

ARPJAM Studio

This app offers a generative synthesizer experience focused on sound design without requiring keyboard skills. It allows users to shape waveforms, filters, and effects in real-time as music plays, offering a unique approach to music creation for those who enjoy sound sculpting.

Highlights
  • Generative arpeggios with multiple waveforms
  • Probability-based drum generation
  • Chord progression locking
  • Real-time XY pad parameter control
  • Assignable LFOs for dynamic sound shaping
  • Play pad for layering live input
  • Preset saving and sharing
Features
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No sequence. No play button needed. An instrument that keeps going without you programming anything. Two generative engines invent phrases endlessly inside the scale and chord you choose. What you shape is not a song — it is a way of sounding. Move a control and the sound changes shape without ever stopping. Density, contour, filter, tape movement. It is built so that nothing you touch can break it. And you can play it. On the key pad or from a MIDI keyboard, right on top of the stream it is generating. What you play can be captured into the looper. Now your own sound can go in too. Record a bar into SAMPLE, the fifth machine, and chopping it up and rearranging it is the app's job. ■ Generate • Two independent arpeggio engines (waveform, filter, envelope, effects) • Eight arpeggio types, chord progressions, ten time signatures • BASS — a bass machine of its own (STEP / COMPLEXITY / OMIT / PATTERN) • Drum machine • Six LFOs, XY pad, performance FX ■ Slice (SAMPLE) • Record one bar from a mic or line input, with count-in and click • Record the app itself (ARP A / ARP B / drums), and overdub onto it • Load audio files — and the audio from a video file • Up to 32 slices, ordered by the same rules as the arps: direction, reverse, octave, probability, groove • STRETCH (on by default) — change tempo without changing pitch • Its own filter, envelope and delay / reverb sends ■ Play • On-screen key pad — always in scale • MIDI keyboard input (damper pedal, pitch bend, standard control changes) • One-bar looper that records how hard you played ■ Sound • Piano — three velocity layers, stereo, damper release • Electric piano — harmonics shift with how hard you strike • Kalimba, handpan and chime — struck metal, measured from the real instruments and synthesised • Waveforms (sine / triangle / saw / square) plus an acid filter • Delay, reverb, Glitch, Granular, overdrive • DRIFT / FLUTTER — tape movement on the synth voices and the live input alike • Concert pitch A=415–444 Hz ■ Connect • AUv3 plug-in — as an instrument and as an effect • Ableton Link, MIDI Clock, MIDI out • External audio input (line / microphone) • WAV recording and export One-time purchase. No subscription.

About

4trMTR

Record and layer multiple musical performances one track at a time to create a complete song. Easily manage your projects by saving, loading, and creating new ones through a simple tap interface.

Highlights
  • Four-track recording
  • Layered performances
  • Project saving
  • Project loading
  • New project creation
Features
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iPhoneを、シンプルな4トラックMTRに。 4trMTRは、ギター、ベース、ボーカルなどを1トラックずつ重ねて録音できる、シンプルなマルチトラックレコーダーです。 曲のアイデアを思いついたとき。 バンドのデモを作りたいとき。 楽器や歌を重ねて録音したいとき。 複雑なDAWを立ち上げなくても、iPhoneですぐに録音を始められます。 【シンプルな4トラック録音】 4つのトラックを使って、演奏や歌を重ねて録音できます。 例えば、 Track 1:ギター Track 2:ボーカル Track 3:ベース Track 4:コーラス といった使い方ができます。 【パンチイン録音】 録り直したい部分だけを指定して再録音できます。 演奏の一部分を修正したいときにも、最初からすべて録り直す必要はありません。 【入力を選んで録音】 利用可能な入力から、録音に使用する入力を選択できます。 iPhoneだけで手軽に録音したり、対応する外部オーディオ機器を使った録音にも活用できます。 【プロジェクトとして保存】 録音した内容はプロジェクトとして管理できます。 曲のアイデアやデモを残し、あとから続きを録音できます。 【シンプルだから、すぐ録れる】 初めてのレコーディングはカセットでした。 大した機能はなかったけれど、何でも作れる気がしました。 4trMTRは、そんなシンプルな録音の楽しさをiPhoneで再現するためのアプリです。 たくさんの機能を覚えるより、まず録音する。 楽器を持って、RECを押して、音を重ねる。 4trMTRで、あなたの曲のアイデアを残してみてください。

Screenshots

ARPJAM Studio4 screens
4trMTR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 4trMTR at $0.99 against ARPJAM Studio's $12.99. ARPJAM Studio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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

ARPJAM Studio costs $12.99 and 4trMTR $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARPJAM Studio ships an update every 2 days, 4trMTR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ARPJAM Studio versus 4trMTR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARPJAM Studio4trMTR
Price$12.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakashi TsunodaYUKIO TOKIWA

Customer experience

ARPJAM Studio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

4trMTR

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ARPJAM Studio

No in-app purchases

None

4trMTR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARPJAM Studio free?
ARPJAM Studio costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 4trMTR free?
4trMTR costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ARPJAM Studio or 4trMTR have ads?
Neither ARPJAM Studio nor 4trMTR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARPJAM Studio or 4trMTR?
ARPJAM Studio ships an update every 2 days, and 4trMTR every 3 weeks. Most recently, ARPJAM Studio was updated on October 10, 2026 and 4trMTR on October 6, 2026.

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