Comparison

Bruno Drum Synth vs Braindance

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

Head to head
About

Bruno Drum Synth

This app allows users to create layered drum sounds using multiple synthesis engines. It offers intelligent randomization and a context-aware tweak system for effortless sound design, suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians.

Highlights
  • Four synthesis engines per drum
  • Six voice types (Kick, Snare, Hat, Clap, Tom, Pluck)
  • Intelligent randomization
  • Context-aware tweak system
  • Master FX bus with multiple effects
  • Deep MIDI mapping and AUv3 plugin support
Features
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Here is the secret behind every great drum: the professionals build them in layers. A kick is a sub, a click, and a body. A snare is a tone, a crack, and a wash of noise. The traditional way means juggling samples, plugins, and routing to pull it off. Bruno makes that professional technique effortless. Bruno is built around three ideas: • Four synthesis engines per drum, layered in parallel, each with its own complete signal chain • Six voice types that reconfigure all four engines for the right frequency range • Intelligent randomization and a context-aware tweak system The result is punchy kicks, cracking snares, shimmering metal, evolving percussion and twangy plucks. Whether it is your first drum synth or your fortieth, Bruno meets you where you are. Hit the dice for an instant new sound. Roll a single engine or nudge one tab at a time. Or dive deep into per-engine sound design when you are ready. SIX VOICE TYPES • Kick, Snare, Hat, Clap, Tom, and Pluck • Each voice retunes all four engines for its own frequency range and parameters • Parameter values are preserved when you switch voices, so happy accidents carry across • String-model Pluck with pickup comb, stiffness, and modal resonance FOUR INDEPENDENT ENGINES • Analog, FM, Fold, and Resonant, summed in parallel • Every engine has its own tune, decay, and volume plus pitch envelopes • Filters: 8 types with cutoff, resonance, bipolar envelope, and decay • Three LFOs per engine: Cutoff, Pitch, and Character, with sync, gate, phase, and range • Per-engine compressor, drive with 4 saturation types, delay with 4 types, and 3-band EQ • Per-Engine noise, includes independently controlled noise decay, with white, pink and crackle noise. • ON and OFF per engine, so a drum can be one engine or a dense four-layer stack SHAPE THE TRANSIENT • Dedicated Vol Env tab with click amount, click tone, decay curve, and tail • Per-engine Body Peak EQ for tuned resonance and thump • Voice-specific controls like Kick Tick, Snare BP wires, and Pluck stiffness and hum MASTER FX BUS • Saturator, Compressor, Transient Shaper, Reverb, Stereo width, and Limiter • Global 3-band EQ with quick presets • Copy to All across filter, compressor, delay, EQ, and every LFO INTELLIGENT RANDOMIZATION • Musical preset generator tuned per voice for usable drums, not noise • Generate by style and target by category for each of the six voices • Roll a whole preset, a single engine, or one tab at a time • Tweak system for subtle, context-aware variations • 100-entry history you can step forward and back through • One-tap dice for instant inspiration SAMPLE EXPORT • Export Any Sound – Turn your Bruno creations into reusable audio samples. • Single-Sample Export – Quickly export drums, percussion and other non-chromatic sounds as individual samples. • Chromatic Multisample Export – Automatically create complete multisample sets from pitched sounds. • Flexible Multisample Mapping – Choose the root note, octave range, and semitone spacing for your multisample exports. • Flexible Audio Export – Choose sample rate, bit depth, and mono or stereo format to suit your app or hardware. • Instant App Export – Send Bruno sounds directly into Koala or Loopy Pro with no editing required. • Build Your Own Sample Libraries – Export sounds for hardware samplers, drum machines, DAWs and grooveboxes to create custom kits and multisample instruments. EFFORTLESS WORKFLOW • Consistent layout across all four engines • Live scope with per-engine spectrum feedback • Per-tab hints explaining the controls plus production tips BUILT FOR REAL MUSIC • Factory presets including curated Signature sounds • Preset import and export • Master Preset import and export • Deep MIDI: full Note and CC mapping (CC mapping AUv3 only) • Clock-synced LFOs lock to host tempo • AUv3 plugin that works in AUM, Loopy Pro, Drambo, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis, and more

About

Braindance

This app allows real-time audio manipulation with buffer-glitch effects. Create complex rhythmic patterns, apply various audio transformations, and perform live with intuitive controls. It can be used as a standalone application or as an Audio Unit within other hosts.

Highlights
  • Real-time buffer-glitch audio manipulation
  • Step sequencer with Euclidean patterns
  • Multiple audio effects (bitcrush, flanger, delay, reverb)
  • Master filter with various modes
  • Live performance controls (XY pad, macros)
  • AUv3 and MIDI support
Features
Currently charting
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Braindance is a buffer-glitch effect for iOS. Feed it audio and cut, stutter, repitch and mangle it in real time. SEQUENCE Build glitch patterns on a step sequencer with gate, repeat, reverse and pan lanes. Fill rhythms with Euclidean patterns, set step size and length, and capture what you just played onto the history tape. EFFECTS Shape the result with bitcrush, flanger, delay and reverb, then a master filter with switchable SVF, ladder, comb and resonator modes. Automate any parameter with per-slot shapes and depth over a chosen number of bars. PERFORM Play the effect live. Morph between settings on an XY pad, hold macros like Fire, History, Forget and Freeze, and fire launch pads including Trance Gate, Half-Time, Tresillo, IDM Chop, Stutter, Machine Gun, Glitch Walk, Reverse Rain, Ping Pong, Repitch, Dub Siren and Clicks + Cuts. AUv3 Run Braindance as an Audio Unit inside your host to process tracks in place, or play it standalone. A MIDI variant is included for triggering glitches from a keyboard or sequencer. Three themes: Ark, Candy and Clarity.

Screenshots

Bruno Drum Synth4 screens
Braindance4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bruno Drum Synth and Braindance both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Bruno Drum Synth's written reviews are positive against 83% of Braindance's. Braindance's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Bruno Drum Synth costs $4.99 and Braindance $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bruno Drum Synth against 5.0 for Braindance. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Bruno Drum Synth's written reviews are positive against 83% of Braindance's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bruno Drum Synth ships an update every 8 days, Braindance weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Bruno Drum Synth versus Braindance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBruno Drum SynthBraindance
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlenn Vassallofourtrack.fm LLC

Customer experience

Bruno Drum Synth

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Braindance

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Bruno Drum Synth

No in-app purchases

None

Braindance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bruno Drum Synth free?
Bruno Drum Synth costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Braindance free?
Braindance costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bruno Drum Synth or Braindance?
Bruno Drum Synth and Braindance are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Bruno Drum Synth or Braindance have ads?
Neither Bruno Drum Synth nor Braindance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bruno Drum Synth or Braindance?
Bruno Drum Synth ships an update every 8 days, and Braindance weekly. Most recently, Bruno Drum Synth was updated on September 26, 2026 and Braindance on October 7, 2026.

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