Comparison

Julienne 2 vs CRATE

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

Head to head
About

Julienne 2

This app allows users to chop, manipulate, and export audio samples. It features automatic tempo and transient detection, flexible pad-based playback, and advanced warping capabilities. Users can also split songs into stems and integrate their creations into other music production software.

Highlights
  • Automatic tempo and transient detection
  • Tap-based chopping with snap to transient
  • Pad-based sample playback
  • Spin, brake, and scratch platter simulation
  • Time-stretch and warp to grid
  • Split songs into drums, bass, vocals, and other stems
  • Export sampler projects, DAW sessions, and WAV files
Features
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Julienne is a record you can cut. Load a sample and Julienne finds its tempo and its transients on its own. Chop it where you hear it, play the chops from the pads, spin and scratch the platter with your finger, and warp anything onto a grid without touching its pitch. Then take the whole session — chops, tempo and order — into wherever you finish tracks. CHOP • Tap the waveform to lay a chop; SNAP pulls it onto the nearest transient • Nudge, trim, reverse and rearrange — a pad is a slot, not a fixed chop • GATE, NOTE and NEEDLE decide what a pad does while you hold it • LOCK CHOPS keeps your chops in place while you play them PLAY • Drag the platter to spin, brake and scratch, with the weight of a real one • 33 and 45, varispeed, reverse • Time-stretch and warp to a grid with the pitch left alone STEMS • Split any song into drums, bass, vocals and other, right on your iPhone or iPad (iOS 16 or later) • Play while it splits; mute and solo stems on the deck, and chop and export what you hear EXPORT • Sampler projects, DAW sessions and plain WAV — the export sounds like the session, because both come out of the same engine • Add your chops straight into a project on your MPC Sample's card • Everything lands in Files, or goes straight out through the share sheet CRATES • Keep records in crates, and send them between your computer and your phone over Wi-Fi PLUGIN • Julienne runs as an Audio Unit (AUv3) inside AUM, Koala, Logic and other hosts, so the deck lives in your session MIDI • Play the pads and turn the controls from any MIDI controller, wired or Bluetooth • Learn any control by moving it FREE AND PRO Julienne is free to load, chop, play and run as a plugin. One purchase, once, unlocks stems, exporting and crates — and it follows your account onto every device you sign into, phone and computer alike.

About

CRATE

Describe a musical vibe, and this app generates a beat with drums, samples, and bass in seconds. You can then easily modify it using simple text commands or intuitive pad gestures, and even sample from your microphone or imported songs.

Highlights
  • Generate beats from text descriptions
  • Modify beats with plain language commands
  • Intuitive pad-based editing
  • Live recording and step sequencing
  • Punch-in effects
  • Sample from microphone or imported audio
  • Auto-chop and re-sequence samples
  • Song arrangement and export
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CRATE is a sampler you talk to. Type or say a vibe — "dusty boom bap with rhodes", "NewJeans type beat", "dark plugg with bells" — and in a second the pads fill with drums, a chopped sample and a bass line, already playing. Then shape it the way producers do on an MPC or an SP-404, just faster. MAKE A BEAT IN SECONDS • Describe a beat and CRATE builds it from its sound library: drums, chops and bass in key. • Ask for changes in plain words — "add a sax line", "more hats", "punchier snare", "clear the bank". Only that part changes. • Drag a pad down and say what you want there. Swipe a pad left or right for another sound, up to remove it. PLAY IT LIKE A SAMPLER • 16 pads in four banks, a step sequencer and live recording that lands on the beat. • KEEP JAM saves what you just played over the loop. • Punch-in effects: hold FX and an effect pad, higher = more. • Sample from the mic straight onto a pad, or import a song and chop it into 16 pads. CHOP AND FLIP • Auto-chops land on real attacks, on the grid. • FLIP re-sequences the chops into something new while the drums keep playing. • Per-pad level, filter, attack, release, reverse, key shift and time stretch. FINISH THE SONG • Arrange intro, verse, hook and outro from your patterns, or let ARRANGE do it in one tap. • Change tempo, swing and key; export the song as audio to share. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO • On iPhone Duo the hinge is an effect: fold to build tension, snap open for the drop. The outer screen keeps the beat in view when it's folded. • Works great on iPhone and iPad too.

Screenshots

Julienne 24 screens
CRATE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CRATE at none against Julienne 2's 1. CRATE also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). Julienne 2's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Julienne 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CRATE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Julienne 2 against 5.0 for CRATE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Julienne 2 ships an update every 4 days, CRATE daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Julienne 2 versus CRATE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJulienne 2CRATE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developervictor borges书晗 张

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Julienne 2

One-time1
  • Julienne 2$24.99
None

CRATE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Julienne 2 free?
Julienne 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CRATE free?
CRATE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Julienne 2 or CRATE?
Julienne 2 and CRATE are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Julienne 2 or CRATE have ads?
Neither Julienne 2 nor CRATE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Julienne 2 or CRATE?
Julienne 2 ships an update every 4 days, and CRATE daily. Most recently, Julienne 2 was updated on October 31, 2026 and CRATE on October 31, 2026.

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