Comparison

TXT sampler vs PHASE Connect

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

Head to head
About

TXT sampler

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TXT sampler is a sampler app for iPhone and iPad that lets you play recorded sounds and imported samples on pads, allowing you to create beats using sequences and effects. Features include microphone recording, file import, waveform trimming, ADSR, pitch adjustment, effects, and swing settings. By upgrading to the one-time purchase Premium Plan, you will unlock 64 pads across 4 banks, multiple projects, up to 8-bar sequences, long sample support, pad color customization, and WAV file export.

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PHASE Connect

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PHASE Connect is the phone companion to PHASE, the TrevBeats Multimedia DAW for Mac - and a full pocket studio on its own. Run your Mac session from across the room, or make a whole beat on the phone and send it to PHASE when you get home. THE STUDIO - ONE SCREEN The recorder and the instruments are the same screen. One counter and one transport across the top - REC, PLAY, STOP, back to the top, and the click - then a single switch: TRACKS for the timeline, PLAY for the instrument. The lane you pick is the lane the keyboard plays, so you pick it once. Everything that isn't "make a sound" or "capture it" sits in two bars along the bottom, and each one reads out where you stand before you ever tap it - TRACK for the instrument, input, FX, quantize and pocket; SESSION for tempo, count-in, record mode and the mix. 8 audio + 8 MIDI tracks, growing to 16 + 16, no Mac required. ARM and REC with a count-in, overdub or replace, quantize with TIGHT or SOFT feel, and the POCKET - push or drag a track off the grid so the beat breathes. THE INSTRUMENTS THUMP bass, FINGAZ keys, TWANG guitars, TRAPS drums and FLIP the sampler, across eight MIDI tracks. Ember-lit pads on a charcoal deck that compress and glow on the hit, with the closed hat choking the open hat like real hardware - or a keyboard that got bigger when the duplicate controls went away. Play the pads, the keys, or any Bluetooth / USB-C MIDI controller. THE TREVBEATS KIT The stock kit is the TREVBEATS KIT - 16 signature drum sounds on the pads - plus three more built in: PHASE 808, PHASE LOFI and PHASE ACOUSTIC. Step through kits from the kit bar, trim any pad, save your own. SET TEMPO FROM THIS TAKE A performance is almost never at a whole number. Tell PHASE Connect how many bars your take is and it sets the session tempo to the take's own tempo, to the hundredth of a BPM - so the click lands on the groove instead of walking off it a little more every bar. Tempo nudges in hundredths too. MIX - THE DESK IN YOUR POCKET Tap the AUDIO and MIDI bank chips to pull up every strip - faders, pan, mute/solo, three FX slots (comp, reverb, tempo-synced delay), live meters, and a MASTER with a safety limiter. STEMMINGWAY LITE exports a MIXDOWN or full STEMS in 24-bit/48k WAV, and SEND TO PHASE packs the whole session for the Mac. CONSOLE - RUN PHASE FROM YOUR PHONE Pair once with a six-digit code (Wi-Fi, or USB-C hotspot when Wi-Fi is flaky). Tape-style transport, bars/timecode, loop, click, count-in, tap tempo, undo/redo, save - plus banks of mixer strips with faders, pan, mute, solo, arm, and live meters. MIC THE KIT Turn the phone into a drum mic rig - room, overhead, kick - and fly real drums into the session. Everything lands where you can see it, and everything travels to PHASE untouched. Made by TrevBeats Multimedia. PHASE CHART MAKR The band's charts, on your phone. Seven charts off one arrangement, drawn by the same engraver PHASE uses on the Mac: - ROAD MAP: the form, bar counts and cues. Free. - CHORD CHART: chord symbols over rhythm slashes. - NASHVILLE NUMBERS: the same chart in numbers, so it transposes to any key. - DRUM CHART: the groove written once, then only what changes. - BASS PART: real notation, because an 808 line is composed. - SAMPLE CHOP CHART: for plugins where one key fires a whole phrase. The sample name sits where a chord symbol would. - MD CHART: every part braced on one page, barlines running through the band. Two ways in. Link to PHASE and GET FROM PHASE hands you the chart for the session that's open. Or PLAY IN: pick DRUMS, BASS, KEYS or GUITAR, set a count-in, tap REC and play the part on the phone against the click, then BUILD CHART turns what you played into the chart. No Mac needed. Charts stay on the phone, so they work at rehearsal with the Mac switched off. The ROAD MAP is free; the six notated charts and PLAY IN are a single in-app purchase, no subscription.

Screenshots

TXT sampler3 screens
PHASE Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PHASE Connect at every 4 days against TXT sampler's every 9 days. PHASE Connect also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. TXT sampler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PHASE Connect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TXT sampler ships an update every 9 days, PHASE Connect every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
TXT sampler versus PHASE Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTXT samplerPHASE Connect
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.615.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKei KashinoTrevor Lawrence

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TXT sampler

One-time1
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1 purchases

PHASE Connect

One-time1
  • PHASE CHART MAKR$9.99

Questions

Is TXT sampler free?
TXT sampler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PHASE Connect free?
PHASE Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TXT sampler or PHASE Connect have ads?
Neither TXT sampler nor PHASE Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TXT sampler or PHASE Connect?
TXT sampler ships an update every 9 days, and PHASE Connect every 4 days. Most recently, TXT sampler was updated on October 11, 2026 and PHASE Connect on September 29, 2026.

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