Rimeo vs Particle Chimes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rimeo
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Rimeo puts your Rekordbox DJ library on your iPhone, streamed from your own computer. Nothing is uploaded to a cloud: your audio files stay on your Mac or Windows PC. Install the free RimeoAgent app on the computer where Rekordbox lives and sign in. It finds your library by itself, so there is nothing to export: no XML, no USB stick, no copying files. Then sign in to Rimeo on your iPhone with the same account, and your playlists and tracks are there. YOUR LIBRARY, AS IN REKORDBOX • The full playlist and folder tree, with BPM, key, genre, label, artwork, play count and search • Waveforms: scrub any track by its waveform and find the part you need • MP3, WAV and AIFF, including 24-bit files LISTEN ANYWHERE • At home over Wi-Fi, or from anywhere through an encrypted connection to your own computer • Offline: download single tracks or whole playlists and play them with no signal. Downloads keep the original file PREPARE YOUR SETS • Sync to Rekordbox: build a playlist on your phone and it appears in Rekordbox with the same name, folder and track order. Rekordbox's database is backed up before every write • Similar Tracks: ideas for what plays next, picked from your own DJ library • Pulse: reads your set history back to you, such as which tracks are in rotation and which never made a set • Stems: split any track into vocals, drums, bass and more. Your computer does the work, and you listen to each part on your phone, with solo and mute. Works for audio files on your phone too FROM YOUR PHONE TO REKORDBOX • Add to my Rekordbox: got a track in Files, AirDrop or a chat? Send it to Rekordbox on your computer with its tags, then tap Show in Collection to find it • Check quality: open any audio file in Rimeo, or a downloaded track, and see its spectrogram. Spot fake lossless or upscaled files before they reach your DJ library. Nothing is saved on your phone IPHONE DUO • On the big screen your playlists, tracks and player sit side by side, and Rimeo works on the cover screen too GOOD TO KNOW • Streaming, Stems and Add to my Rekordbox need the computer with RimeoAgent to be on and online. Downloaded tracks play without it • Rimeo works with your Rekordbox library. It doesn't replace Rekordbox, and you don't DJ live with it RIMEO PREMIUM Some features need Rimeo Premium. Rimeo Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, offered monthly (USD 6.99) or yearly (USD 69.99). Prices may vary by region and are always shown on the purchase screen before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://rimeo.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://rimeo.app/privacy
Particle Chimes
Create generative ambient music and captivating visualizers with this sonic instrument. Explore diverse soundscapes, from gentle strings to glass bells, and customize your experience with various visual themes. Easily record and share your creations, or use it for relaxation and focus.
- Generative soundscapes
- Diverse instrument tones
- Interactive visualizers
- Performance ribbon control
- Auto-evolving melodies
- High-resolution audio/video export
- Sleep timer
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Particle Chimes is an instrument for your iPhone and iPad that is designed for touch, with sounds ranging from gentle strings to glass bells to cathedral organs. Press Auto and start an evolving melody in the key of your choice. Select visualizations like ink swirls, starfields, koi ponds, or stark black and white patterns to match your mood. Play notes or strum the performance ribbon to create a wide range of tones. It's easy to capture your performances with high resolution audio and video exports to share with friends. Set the sleep timer to relax and drift off to your own personal lullaby, or keep it playing in the background for focus time. Connect the app to your TV or projector and create your own personal interactive art installation. Under the hood, Particle Chimes has a deep generative synthesizer engine. The sound is the real Rings physical-modeling resonator and Clouds granular engine, the same open-source Mutable Instruments algorithms inside two of the most-loved Eurorack modules ever built. Play with the built-in performance ribbon or with external keyboards and sequencers within your favorite AUv3 host such as GarageBand or AUM. SOUNDS TO START FROM Thirty-nine sounds, from plucked strings and glass bells to choirs, organs, and slow, stretched washes. The sound browser is a doorway to a wide range of presets. THE RIBBON Particle Chimes has three distinct performance ribbons: note mode, texture board, and, in Studio, a theremin-like free mode. Drag across the textured ribbon and notes ring out in whatever scale and tuning you've set: 23 scales from pentatonic to Hungarian minor, tunings from standard 12-tone to Just, Pythagorean, and Bohlen-Pierce, or your own imported .scl file. PARTICLES Everything you play is saved in the recording buffer, and the particle engine plays it back in three different ways. GRAINS scatters it into a granular cloud. LOOP repeats a slice of it and can sync to the clock. STRETCH plays it as a slow, pitched loop, with speed and pitch set separately. Up to three playheads read the buffer at once, each at its own pitch. AUTO Turn on AUTO and Particle Chimes will begin playing a unique evolving melody. Use one of the three modes to fit your goals: a Turing-machine sequencer, an arpeggiator, and a slow drift generator all help to create soundscapes that don't become repetitive. MANY WAYS TO SEE THE SOUND Every visualizer skin responds to what's actually playing, 46 in all. Five are free to start, including Signal Flow, a living schematic that shows you how the instrument works underneath. The rest, including a new set of eight black and white looks, open up with Studio. USE IT IN YOUR HOST Particle Chimes loads as an instrument plugin (AUv3) in AUM, Loopy Pro, and Logic for iPad. Play it from a MIDI keyboard or a host piano roll, with parameters exposed for automation and MIDI learn, locked to your host's tempo. AUTO can also start and stop with your host's transport. FREE TO PLAY, ONE UNLOCK The full resonator, the full granular engine, reverb, AUTO sequencers, all 39 sounds, five visualizer skins, MIDI, and the AUv3 are included in the free version. One purchase unlocks Studio: the full editing surface for both engines, including the LOOP and STRETCH controls, laid out on a single screen on a full-screen iPad. Studio also brings a tempo-syncable ping-pong delay, a sleep timer that fades the whole mix to silence, your own saved presets, recording and exporting a performance as video, Hi-Res Visuals on supported devices, and every visualizer skin. No subscription. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Particle Chimes at every 5 days against Rimeo's monthly. Particle Chimes also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Rimeo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Particle Chimes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rimeo ships an update monthly, Particle Chimes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rimeo | Particle Chimes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ilia Okhrimenko | Plastic Factory LLC |
In-app purchases
Rimeo
- Rimeo Premium$6.991 Month
- Rimeo Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
Particle Chimes
- Unlock Everything$9.99









