Tako Kick vs FloWeave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tako Kick
This app is an eight-voice generative drum machine that creates complex polyrhythms. Users can independently shape each voice's rhythm and sound, build evolving grooves, and explore synthesized kits. It offers performance controls and the ability to save and share presets.
- Eight-voice generative drum machine
- Independent voice shaping
- Synthesized drum kits
- Evolving groove creation
- Performance and mixing controls
- Preset saving and sharing
- AUv3 instrument support
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What if an octopus could play drums? Tako Kick is an eight-voice generative drum machine excelling in musical polyrhythms. Shape each voice independently, tuning its rhythm and sound across a range of synthesized kits. Build evolving grooves with pattern, density, pitch, accents, and feel controls. Explore each kit’s timbre, and add movement with built-in modulation sources. Keep rhythm and sound independent in each voice's left and right columns - change the timbre without affecting the beat, or change both at once. Performance controls allow interactive mixing/soloing/muting, and global control over drum assignments and pitch. Save and share complete presets to recall your rhythm, tuning, modulation, kit, and mix settings. Presets can be dynamically loaded for another element of in-time performance. Play Tako Kick standalone on iPhone and iPad, or load it as an AUv3 instrument in AUM and other compatible hosts. Sync to the host and use it with MIDI. Tako Kick is a tactile rhythm instrument for finding grooves. Use it to practice drums, get ideas, make beats, or just to have fun.
FloWeave
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FloWeave helps DJs turn music discovery into a coherent set. Search for tracks, understand their musical characteristics, and discover what could play next. FloWeave combines BPM, key, energy, genre and your DJ DNA to make track exploration more intentional. FEATURES • Search and explore tracks • Discover compatible next-track ideas • Understand your personal DJ DNA • Organize favorites and search history • Build AI-assisted set ideas • Save and revisit your sets FLOWeave PRO Upgrade to FloWeave Pro to unlock advanced search, AI Set Builder, Dig Deeper, My AI Sets and additional professional tools. Monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscription options are available. FloWeave is designed for DJs who want to spend less time searching and more time shaping the flow of a set. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tako Kick at none against FloWeave's 2. Tako Kick also leads on ads (none vs shown). FloWeave's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. FloWeave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Tako Kick asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tako Kick ships an update monthly, FloWeave every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tako Kick | FloWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Radii Research | MIng Yang Chen |
In-app purchases
Tako Kick
No in-app purchases
FloWeave
- FloWeave Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- FloWeave Pro Yearly$59.991 Year









