Comparison

Resamplr vs Ispin Saturator

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

Head to head
About

Resamplr

This music creation app offers a hardware-inspired sampler and beatmaking experience. It allows users to quickly capture ideas, shape sounds on a 4x4 pad, and transition seamlessly between sampling, sequencing, and resampling. Version 2.0 expands functionality to include a full workstation with audio tracks, timeline arrangement, and AUv3 instrument hosting.

Highlights
  • 4x4 pad sampler workflow
  • Audio tracks with full timeline
  • Timestretch and keylock
  • Auto-warp loops
  • Host AUv3 instruments and effects
  • Mic and audio interface recording
  • Turntable-style deck for scratching
Features
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Resamplr is a fast, hardware-inspired sampler and beatmaking app for iPhone and iPad. Capture ideas quickly, shape them on a 4x4 pad workflow, and keep moving from sampling to sequencing to resampling without ever breaking flow. 2.0 turns Resamplr into a full workstation. Lay your beats and loops onto audio tracks with a proper timeline, record straight in through the mic or an audio interface, warp anything to tempo, and host your favourite AUv3 instruments and effects right inside the app. Load sounds from the built-in library, import your own files, or extract audio from video. Drop a loop in and it auto-warps to your project tempo at the right bar count — no manual correction. Record through the microphone or a connected audio interface with live input metering, threshold recording, and quick pad assignment. Chop samples non-destructively, build layered pads, tweak pitch, filters, envelopes, playback modes, and bus routing. Lock a pad's pitch independently of its speed with Sharp and Smooth timestretch modes, then sequence patterns with velocity, probability, ratchets, and live performance controls like 16 Levels and Roll. Scratch and perform on the deck, and when a pattern hits, resample it back to a pad and keep transforming it. Resamplr also includes flexible FX buses, output processing, song arrangement, project saving, skipback capture, a light/dark theme, and offline export for sequences, songs, audio tracks, or individual pads. Features: 4x4 pad sampler workflow built for fast beat making Audio tracks with a full timeline — record, arrange, loop, and trim clips Timestretch and keylock — independent pitch and tempo per pad, with Sharp and Smooth modes Auto-warp loops to tempo on import, at the right bar count Host third-party AUv3 instruments and effects Built-in sounds plus import from Files and video audio extraction Mic and audio interface recording with live meters and threshold capture Sample chopping, layering, trimming, and waveform editing Turntable-style deck for scratching and performance Pattern sequencing with velocity, probability, ratchets, and nudge Conditional trigs and polyrhythms / per-pad step lengths 16 Levels, Roll, resampling, and replay capture Bus FX, output processing, song mode, and WAV export Performance FX with automation per sequence and export Parameter locks per step, per sequence with export Effect automation MIDI in & out with fully custom mapping Audio Mixer to dial in your mix Play and sample from classic games Set Key, Scale and Chords per pad or project Deep Arpeggiaotor for samples and AUV3

About

Ispin Saturator

Enhance your audio tracks with a versatile saturation effect. Add warmth, grit, and distortion with simple controls. Includes presets and the ability to save your own.

Highlights
  • Adds weight, warmth, and grit
  • Compression and glue effects
  • Full distortion capabilities
  • Four intuitive controls
  • Adjustable harmonic color
  • Waveform distortion for edge
  • Output trim and bypass
  • Includes six presets
Features
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Ispín adds weight, warmth and grit to thin-sounding tracks. Push it gently for compression and glue, or drive it hard for full distortion. Four controls, no menus, nothing to set up. RICHNESS: Density and drive. Goes from subtle thickening to heavy saturation. COLOUR: Tilts the harmonics dark to bright, so the dirt sits where you want it. ROUGHNESS: Drives the waveform off-centre for buzz, grind and edge. OUTPUT: -18 to +6 dB of trim, for a level-matched A/B against your dry track. At zero, Ispín passes audio at unity gain — so bypass tells you what you added, not just what got louder. Six presets included: Grand So, A Bit of Dinner, The Crispy End, Hot Tea, Full Breakfast Consequences, and I Left the Immersion On. Save your own alongside them. The interface resizes to fit the space your host gives it, in portrait or landscape. Note: This is an Audio Unit Effect Plugin (AUv3), which requires a host such as AUM or Loopy Pro – or a DAW such as GarageBand, Logic Pro or Cubasis.

Screenshots

Resamplr4 screens
Ispin Saturator1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Resamplr at 83% against Ispin Saturator's 0%. Resamplr also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). Ispin Saturator's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). On ads 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

Ispin Saturator is free to download; Resamplr costs $4.99 up front. Resamplr sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Ispin Saturator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ispin Saturator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resamplr has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Resamplr's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ispin Saturator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Resamplr ships an update every 4 days, Ispin Saturator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Resamplr versus Ispin Saturator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResamplrIspin Saturator
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (22 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size330 MB14 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperScott PatersonTom Power

Customer experience

Resamplr

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Ispin Saturator

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Resamplr

One-time9
  • Compositions V1$3.99
  • Compositions V2$3.99
  • Jazz Style$3.99
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  • Forms$3.99
  • Forms Vol. 2$3.99
  • Killer Drums V1$3.99
  • Made For TV V1$3.99
  • Killer Drums V2$3.99
  • C Notes Vol 1$3.99
None

Ispin Saturator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resamplr free?
Resamplr costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ispin Saturator free?
Ispin Saturator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Resamplr or Ispin Saturator?
Ispin Saturator is rated higher. Resamplr averages 4.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Ispin Saturator averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Resamplr or Ispin Saturator have ads?
Neither Resamplr nor Ispin Saturator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Resamplr or Ispin Saturator?
Resamplr ships an update every 4 days, and Ispin Saturator every 2 weeks. Most recently, Resamplr was updated on November 7, 2026 and Ispin Saturator on November 6, 2026.

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