ARPJAM Studio vs Fuse Void Drum Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Fuse Void Drum Machine
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FUSE VOID MK1 Designed for real-time creativity. Everything is instant. Fuse Void MK1 is a professional, offline-first iOS groovebox engineered for zero-latency live performances. With 113 high-fidelity one-shot samples, micro-timing precision, and chaos-driven FX, it transforms your iPad and iPhone into a standalone hardware-class drum machine. No menu diving. Zero latency. Touch optimized. FULL TECHNICAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE: / CORE SEQUENCING • Sequencer: 16-Step High Precision Engine • Micro Timing: Per-step groove offset and swing control • Patterns: 126 save/load slots • Chaining: A–H Bar-aligned pattern linking • Switching: Bar-aligned Quantized Transitions • Assignment: Per-step sample / sound assignment / AUDIO & PERFORMANCE • Samples: 113 One-shot High Quality Library (Silicon Native) • Mixer: 11-Channels with Per-Channel Mute • Chaos FX: Kaos-style XY Pad with Reset behavior (lo-fi crush, sidechain pump, filtered delays) • Dynamics: Swing control & Accent system • Matrix: Full pattern multi-track editor • Integration: MIDI Export & Real-time REC Engineered for Apple Silicon. Core Audio integration ensures 0ms latency. No subscriptions. No tracking. Just pure rhythm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fuse Void Drum Machine at $4.99 against ARPJAM Studio's $12.99. ARPJAM Studio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On 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
ARPJAM Studio costs $12.99 and Fuse Void Drum Machine $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ARPJAM Studio ships an update every 2 days, Fuse Void Drum Machine every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARPJAM Studio | Fuse Void Drum Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takashi Tsunoda | CEM OZAN DUZENCI |
In-app purchases
ARPJAM Studio
No in-app purchases
Fuse Void Drum Machine
No in-app purchases
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