Comparison

Split Chaos by folina vs EchoSketch

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

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About

Split Chaos by folina

This app creates two distinct audio paths from your sound, allowing them to evolve independently through timing, pitch, and tone differences before merging. It offers controlled disagreement for unique sonic textures, width, and depth, transforming ordinary sounds into dynamic performances.

Highlights
  • Dual-path audio processing
  • Organic evolving motion
  • Timing, pitch, and tonal disagreement
  • Wide stereo textures
  • Intuitive six-control interface
  • AUv3 support for iOS and Mac
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Split Chaos creates two alternate realities of your sound. Your audio is duplicated into two identical paths. From there, each path gradually disagrees with the other through timing, pitch, tone, saturation, and continuously evolving movement before they collide back together into a single output. Instead of traditional chorus, delay, or modulation, Split Chaos focuses on controlled disagreement. Small differences create width, depth, and movement. Larger differences produce fractured doubles, unstable textures, warped stereo images, and beautifully imperfect parallel worlds. Every control shapes how the two realities drift apart: • Offset introduces timing disagreement between the paths. • Bend creates subtle pitch disagreement through delay modulation. • Color gives each path a different spectral character. • Friction applies different saturation characteristics to each path. • Drift continuously evolves every disagreement with slow organic motion. • Mix blends the processed signal with your original audio. From subtle widening and analog-style instability to surreal layered textures, Split Chaos transforms ordinary sounds into evolving, living performances that never stand completely still. Perfect for guitars, synths, vocals, drums, pads, percussion, and creative sound design. Features • Unique dual-path processing architecture • Organic evolving motion without obvious LFO modulation • Timing, pitch, tonal and saturation disagreement • Wide stereo textures and animated depth • Character-first interface with six intuitive controls • AUv3 support for iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Works in GarageBand, Logic Pro, Cubasis, AUM, Audiobus, and other compatible AUv3 hosts Split the signal. Create two realities. Choose how much they disagree.

About

EchoSketch

Shape delay and reverb effects in real-time with a playable X/Y performance surface. Explore four distinct delay types and multiple reverb options, with extensive parameter control for unique sound morphing. Works as a standalone app or an Audio Unit plugin.

Highlights
  • X/Y performance surface for real-time sound shaping
  • Four distinct delay types: digital, analog, reverse, ping-pong
  • Spring, plate, and hall convolution reverb
  • Modulation and tone control for echoes
  • HOLD, LIFT, FREEZE, and MOTION performance gestures
  • Standalone app and AUv3 plugin compatibility
Features
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EchoSketch turns delay and reverb into a live, playable instrument. Shape your sound in real time using a responsive X/Y performance surface designed for intuitive touch expression. At its core are four great-sounding delays: digital, analog, ping-pong, and reverse. The range for each parameter and the XY axes direction can be set independently, allowing you to easily morph between sounds. It works as an Audio Unit plugin or standalone — iOS or Mac. Comprehensive Delays • Digital (patterned after a legendary '80s rack delay), Analog (warm, with tape-style pitch glide), Reverse, and Left/Right Ping-Pong • Delay times can sync to tempo or be set in milliseconds • Feedback features delay-dependent tone shaping — bright for short delays and darker for long ones Convolution Reverb • Stereo or mono Spring, Plate, and Hall • Reverb path is separate from the delay (same as vintage tape echo units), so repeats don’t get washed out Modulation and Filter • Analog-style modulation for chorused, warbly pitch echoes • Tone control — darken or brighten delays, with a center detent for flat Designed for Hands-On Performance • HOLD / LIFT — leave the XY cursor in place, or touch the pad for momentary delay sounds • FREEZE — set the current feedback into an infinite loop and play over it • MOTION — record a gesture on the XY pad and loop it Presets and More • Presets are transferable between hosts • Two looks — light "Trail" and dark "Glow" • Works standalone with live audio or as an AUv3 plugin • Universal — iPad/iPhone also gets you the Mac version — one purchase • Mac: after installing, open EchoSketch once to use it as a plugin in your DAW • Works in AUM, AudioBus, GarageBand, Logic, and other AUv3 hosts

Screenshots

Split Chaos by folina1 screens
EchoSketch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Split Chaos by folina at $2.99 against EchoSketch's $7.99. Split Chaos by folina also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Split Chaos by folina costs $2.99 and EchoSketch $7.99 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 Split Chaos by folina against 5.0 for EchoSketch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Split Chaos by folina versus EchoSketch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit Chaos by folinaEchoSketch
Price$2.99 — better$7.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremy PhillipsAvi Bortnick

Customer experience

Split Chaos by folina

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

EchoSketch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Split Chaos by folina

No in-app purchases

None

EchoSketch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Split Chaos by folina free?
Split Chaos by folina costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EchoSketch free?
EchoSketch costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Split Chaos by folina or EchoSketch?
Split Chaos by folina and EchoSketch are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Split Chaos by folina or EchoSketch have ads?
Neither Split Chaos by folina nor EchoSketch shows ads.

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