Comparison

Pocket Talkbox vs Dawnbeat

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Talkbox

Transform your music with a professional talkbox effect. This app allows you to mimic iconic vocal sounds by shaping the sound with your mouth. Explore multiple tones, customizable scales, and pitch bending for creative musical expression.

Highlights
  • 6 professional tones
  • Customizable scale presets
  • Pitch bend control
  • Vibrato effect
  • Key transposition up to two octaves
  • Mouth-shaped sound effects
Features
Currently charting
Read full description

Now you can sound like Daft Punk, Stevie Wonder, Frampton and Zapp! This is the pro version of Pocket Talkbox, featuring 6 tones, customizable scale presets, pitch bend, vibrato, and the ability to change keys up to two octaves higher or lower. ***If you have never used a talkbox before, be sure to watch the tutorial and try the lite version first*** HOW DOES IT WORK?!? Play a tune or a tone, pointing the speaker directly into your mouth. The SHAPE OF YOUR MOUTH creates the effect (not your voice). Start by giving the keyboard a wah-wah effect by mouthing (not speaking) "wah-wah-wah" over the speaker. PRO TIP: Point the SPEAKER (not the MICROPHONE) into your mouth while you play the notes. Move your mouth but do not use your voice! Please make an effort to understand how a talkbox works before saying it doesn't. Every musical instrument takes a certain amount of practice and this is one of them. Have fun! For additional info and full tutorials, please visit http://vbiliti.com/pockettalkbox

About

Dawnbeat

This app lets you create music by sampling and sequencing audio. It offers advanced features like multi-touch pads, an always-recording buffer, and flexible routing for creative sound manipulation. Integrate with external MIDI devices and apply a wide range of built-in and AUv3 effects.

Highlights
  • Multi-touch and draggable pads
  • Always-recording buffer (Memorizer)
  • Advanced loop manipulation (BRIIKS)
  • Flexible mixer with assignable busses
  • Polyphonic pads for chords
  • MIDI IN/OUT for external control
  • AUv3 effects and instrument support
  • Auto-slicer for audio chopping
Features
Read full description

Dawnbeat inherits the best part of the classic hardware samplers and takes it further by adding features only possible on a multi-touch device.  Create more natural patterns by tapping and swiping pads.  Focus on creativity, you don't need to select a tempo before hit record to finally play a pattern until you get the right take, just play and forget about to record! Dawnbeat is always recording! Multi-touch and draggable pads: - Pads are multi-touch, play a single pad with two fingers at the same time! - Pads are individually configurable, allowing re-triggering when dragging for amazing fills, tone variations . - Mute and Solo buttons for pads available. - Mute groups. Memorizer: - DawnBeat is always recording pad events, you'll never miss a beat, play and experiment and when you hear something you like, it's already recorded! simply go to Memorizer and select the desired events. BRIIKS sampler: - Advanced loop manipulator. Rearrange and combine your loops. Also available as standalone, AUv3 and MacOS. Mixer: - 4 assignable BUSSES and one MAIN BUS. Assign pads to busses, assign internal effects or AUV3 effects to busses.  - Mute and Solo buttons. Polyphonic pads: - Pads can be turned polyphonic, import a piano-like sample and play and sequence chords with a single pad. MIDI IN and MIDI OUT: - Trigger samples from a MIDI controller, play melodies from a MIDI piano. - Sequence hardware drum machines and synths from Dawnbeat. - Use Dawnbeat as an intermediary between a midi keyboard and a synth, save the sequences you are playing. Dawnbeat can save poliphonic sequences! Pattern sequencer with piano editor. - Swing, count-in, metronome. Audio Units: - Dawnbeat support AUv3 effects and instruments! Built in Effects: - Reverb, Delay, Compressor, Flutter, Gate, Tremolo, Noise, Filter, Chorus, Equalizer, Stutter and Tape slow motion. - Effects can be rearranged. Built-In sample browser: - 6 drum kit sample libraries, and 1 bass sample library. Selectable internal sample rate: - Internal sample rate can be changed, choose between HI-FI and LO-FI sample rates. AUTO-SLICER: - AutoSlicer detects hit points and slices audio into individual files minimizing the need for manual editing. Chop up any audio file in a few seconds. Recording sample rate can be selected. Export movies with images and animated GIFs .

Screenshots

Pocket Talkbox4 screens
Dawnbeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dawnbeat at Free against Pocket Talkbox's $0.99. Dawnbeat also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months). Pocket Talkbox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

Dawnbeat is free to download; Pocket Talkbox costs $0.99 up front. Dawnbeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pocket Talkbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawnbeat holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dawnbeat has 112 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Pocket Talkbox's written reviews are positive against 70% of Dawnbeat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Talkbox ships an update every 13 months, Dawnbeat every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Pocket Talkbox versus Dawnbeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket TalkboxDawnbeat
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)4.2 (112 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.6% of reviews70.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#126 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB504 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVito BilitiLuis Rivas

Customer experience

Pocket Talkbox

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive42.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative50.8%

Dawnbeat

All ratings112 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral18.8%
Negative10.9%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Talkbox

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App does not make any noise
  • Sound does not play
  • Headphone glitch
  • Crashing on iPhone X
  • App force closes on iPhone 6
Show 8 more
  • App does not open
  • Crashes right away
  • Sound only works with headphones plugged in
  • Click on note-on
  • 音が出なくなった (Sound stopped coming out)
  • App closes upon opening on iPhone 5s/iOS 8.1.1
  • Keeps crashing on 5c
  • Does not work on iPhone X

Requested features

11 requests
  • Change the design to a wheel for easier note selection
  • Add a loop function for practicing tunes
  • Allow focusing on playing a tune and then looping it
  • Design the app to accommodate not looking at the screen
  • More notes available
Show 6 more
  • Ability to change octaves with a button tap
  • Individual note pitch control
  • Major and minor key options
  • Octave shifts
  • Bluetooth connectivity to external speakers
  • Inclusion of E-guitar sounds

Dawnbeat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Talkbox

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dawnbeat

One-time1
  • Dawn Beat Complete$5.99

Questions

Is Pocket Talkbox free?
Pocket Talkbox costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dawnbeat free?
Dawnbeat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Talkbox or Dawnbeat?
Dawnbeat is rated higher. Pocket Talkbox averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Dawnbeat averages 4.2 from 112 ratings.
Do Pocket Talkbox or Dawnbeat have ads?
Neither Pocket Talkbox nor Dawnbeat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Talkbox or Dawnbeat?
Pocket Talkbox ships an update every 13 months, and Dawnbeat every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Talkbox was updated on October 19, 2026 and Dawnbeat on October 19, 2026.

Other comparisons