Patterning vs Ringo Beats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patterning
This music creation app offers a circular drum machine with a powerful sequencer. It's free to download and includes a vast library of drum kits and effects. Unlock advanced production and sync tools through an in-app purchase or a monthly subscription.
- Circular drum machine interface
- Powerful sequencer engine
- Extensive drum kit library
- Built-in effects and mixing
- Song mode for arrangement
- Audio and MIDI export options
- Ableton Link and MIDI sync
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Patterning is a circular drum machine that is both intuitive and deep. Built on the powerful sequencer engine of "Patterning 3: Drum Machine," this new iPhone version bottles the energy and excitement of our flagship instrument for the small screen. Free to download and make music with. The full sequencer, drum kits and sampler, effects and mixing, project saving, and access to nearly 800 drum kits are all included. "Patterning Studio" is an in-app purchase that unlocks production and sync tools for life : - AUv3 : Run Patterning as an instrument plugin. - Song Mode : chain patterns into full songs - Unlimited access to over 800 free drumkits. - Audio export as stereo or multitrack stems (WAV or AIFF) - Ableton Live Set export, with a free Ableton Live 12 Lite license - MIDI file export - MIDI output to hardware and your DAW - Ableton Link - Link Audio : send stereo or multitrack audio wirelessly to Ableton Live. - MIDI clock send/receive Patterning Studio is offered at a discounted price for existing owners of "Patterning for iPhone." Alternately, you can subscribe to Patterning+ and unlock all current and any future features on a monthly basis.
Ringo Beats
This app generates unique drum patterns using chaotic systems and AI. Explore diverse sound kits and real-time visualizers. Export your creations as MIDI files for further editing.
- AI-driven beat generation
- Multiple chaotic systems
- 8 distinct drum kits
- Live policy grid control
- Real-time chaos visualization
- MIDI file export
- AUv3 instrument and MIDI processor
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Ringo Beats writes its own drum parts. Three chaotic systems propose hits - a Lorenz attractor drives kick, snare and clap, a Hénon map flickers the hi-hats, a logistic map detonates fills. A per-voice Markov policy then decides what actually plays, learning from its own output and rewarding patterns that groove. Chaos proposes, the policy disposes. Slide BLEND to choose who wins. Nothing is pre-recorded and nothing loops. Every run is new. WHAT YOU GET • 8 kits - Neon 808, Dust & Wood, Glitch Lab, Techno Bunker, Trap Haze, Boom Bap, Industrial, Bit Arcade • 6 synthesised voices: kick, snare, clap, closed hat, open hat, tom • Live policy grid - watch hit probability build across 16 steps, and tap any cell to lock it on or off • Chaos scope - the attractors driving your beat, drawn in real time • Deep control: tempo, swing, blend, heat, density, Lorenz rho, chaos R, fills, humanise, per-voice mixer • Record a take and export it as a standard MIDI file to the Files app TWO AUDIO UNITS Ringo Beats ships as an instrument AUv3 and as a MIDI processor AUv3, so it can either play its own drums or sequence any other instrument in your host. Both follow your host's transport and tempo - hit play in AUM, GarageBand, Logic, Cubasis or Zenbeats and it locks to the grid. One install registers both. No account. No ads. No subscription. Works entirely offline.
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Verdict
Patterning and Ringo Beats both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Ringo Beats's written reviews are positive against 67% of Patterning's. Ringo Beats also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (4 vs 1). Patterning's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Patterning sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Ringo Beats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Patterning against 5.0 for Ringo Beats. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Patterning's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ringo Beats's.
Patterning ships an update every 3 days, Ringo Beats weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patterning | Ringo Beats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olympia Noise Co. | Soft Brew Mobile |
Customer experience
Patterning
Ringo Beats
In-app purchases
Patterning
- Patterning+$1.991 Month
- Patterning Studio Upgrade$7.99
- Studio Pack (Lifetime)$12.99
Ringo Beats
- Unlock AUV3 Instrument & Midi$1.99









