Comparison

Egoist vs Gestrument Pro

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

Head to head
About

Egoist

This app lets you extract grooves from any audio file, transforming your music library into a sound source. It offers tools for sketching tracks with sample slicing, basslines, beats, and effects, suitable for both studio and on-the-go use.

Highlights
  • Audio Unit v3 & Standalone
  • Sample slicing and manipulation
  • Onboard bass and beat synthesizers
  • Effect sequencer
  • Pattern chaining for song creation
  • Slice keyboard functionality
  • iCloud synchronization
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Egoist is a groove instrument. Load any audio file and squeeze the groove out of it! Try your mp3 library and use it as a sound source! The additional onboard bass, beat and fx units make Egoist the perfect track sketch tool in the studio and on the road. • Audio Unit v3 & Standalone • Quick + Easy track sketching, based on sample slicing • Minimal, yet effective bass line • Unique beat box with more than 1000 drums from vintage to electronic • Effect Sequencer • Randomizers in all areas • iCloud Synchronization of Presets and Samples • AudioShare • Mixdown / Bounce • Full Midi Support (Virtual, Network, Bluetooth, Extern) • Music Library Access SLICER: The Slicer arranges up to 16 slices of the loaded sample. Apply different parameters like Reverse, Attack, Decay, Level and pitch with the sequencer. Using the 16 available patterns, up to 16 different samples can be used at any time. BASS & BEAT: Egoist includes a great sounding bassline synthesizer/sequencer. The bassline synth offers a mean and strong sound, with different lowpass filter flavors and overdrive. The versatile sequencer is capable of notes and pitch bends of any length. The internal beat box offers kick, snare and hihat, along with a simple sequencer. If you imagine, that you can change the drum sounds with each pattern, limitations start to get you inspired! EFFECTRIX INSIDE: The Effect unit brings funky hickups to your tracks. Engage tapestop, looper, reverb or filter at any time to give your beats that otherworldly feel and create stunning breaks! SONG SEQUENCER: Chain your patterns! Or create stunning breakbeats by changing patterns quickly! The internal Part/Song sequencer lets you sketch your pattern progressions and line out your next track. ALWAYS SPECIAL: The very special Slice Keys turn Egoist into a slice keyboard! Play the sequencer steps on the keyboard, with all their settings and effects, you will not believe how cool that is!

About

Gestrument Pro

Create music with complex systems and fingertip motion. This interactive instrument allows for deep personal expression in playing, improvising, and composing. Experiment with advanced musical concepts and real-time improvisation.

Highlights
  • Interactive gesture-based music creation
  • Real-time improvisation and composition
  • Modular musical generators
  • Advanced microtonal scale editor
  • MIDI output and Inter-App Audio/Audiobus support
  • Recordable automations
Features
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The Interactive Gesture Instrument Create music based on complex systems of musical rules and interactions. Using the motion of your fingertips, Gestrument Pro lets you play, improvise and compose with deeper levels of personal expression than ever before. Play your music your way Gestrument Pro lets you create something in-between a bespoke instrument and written piece of music. In other words, it’s an instrument made to play your own music in your own way. Widen your musical comfort zone Experiment with simple and advanced musical concepts such as microtonality, polyrhythms and much more using our modular system of highly tweakable musical generators. A next level Improvisational tool By building patches based on the musical rules and properties of your own music, Gestrument Pro lets you improvise to it in real-time. Our Pitch and Rhythm generators make sure you’re always on time and always on pitch, no matter how you play. Powered by the Gestrument Engine Gestrument Pro is completely powered by our revolutionary Gestrument Engine, a system for generating music based on user interactions in real-time. Based on the revolutionary Gestrument app from 2012, award-winning composer Jesper Nordin and leading iOS developer Jonatan Liljedahl (Kymatica) have completely re-invented their unique instrument and taken the concept to the next level. Gestrument PRO takes everything we loved about the original Gestrument app and improves on its unique functionality while introducing a host of new features such as multi-touch, recordable automations, advanced scale editing and a unique system of highly tweakable modular generators that define rhythms and pitches. Features: • Powered by the Gestrument Engine. • Up to 16 individual Instruments. • Each Instrument can be controlled by any of up to 8 Cursors. • Instruments can use internal high quality sounds or play other synthesizers or apps via MIDI. • Modular swappable Generators for producing the rhythms and pitches per Instrument, each with their own set of tweakable parameters and settings. • 8 performance sliders that each can control one or more parameters in the Instruments and their Generators. • A highly flexible modulation system allows assigning Sliders and Cursor position/pressure to any parameter in the Instruments. • Advanced microtonal Scale editor with several standard scales included. • 8 Scale Slots for fast switching between scales and tonalities during performance. • Sliders, Cursors and Scale Slots can be recorded into automated loops, or controlled via MIDI. They can also send MIDI. • Supports Inter-App Audio and Audiobus, including host sync for following the hosts transport and tempo. Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Gestrument Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Egoist at 4.6 against Gestrument Pro's 3.8. Egoist also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Gestrument Pro's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Egoist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gestrument Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Egoist holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 66 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Egoist's written reviews are positive against 57% of Gestrument Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Egoist ships an update every 2 months, Gestrument Pro every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Egoist versus Gestrument Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEgoistGestrument Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (65 ratings) — better3.8 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better57.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6566 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.611.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size437 MB338 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSugar Bytes GmbHGestrument AB

Customer experience

Egoist

All ratings64 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative16.9%

Gestrument Pro

All ratings64 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative26.6%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative36.2%

User reviews

Egoist

From 65 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Fun and creative app
  • 🎵 Great for sample-based music
  • 💡 Powerful and flexible
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🚀 Fast idea sketching

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Storage options messed up
  • 🗑️ Included samples can't be deleted
  • 🐛 Crashes on import
  • 💩 Waste of money
  • 🔊 Dated effects

Gestrument Pro

From 66 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Innovative music creation
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 🚀 Powerful music making capabilities
  • 🎶 Great for live performance
  • ✨ Unique musical expression

Room to improve

  • 🤔 User interface dated
  • ⚠️ Incomplete interface
  • 📉 Fear of no further support
  • 🚫 No AUV3 support
  • 💸 Expensive for unknown concept

Bugs and requests

Egoist

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Import crashes the library
  • Drums not working with AUv3 release
  • MIDI learn menu shows up too quickly and sticks
  • Saved works are inconsistent (tempo changes, patterns disappear)
  • Error Audiocopy - File of zero bytes when bouncing
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  • Dropbox not working
  • App is laggy and sluggish on iPad Pro
  • Slicer portion is very sluggish with bad latency
  • App is sluggish and jerky on older iPads
  • Does not work well in Audiobus or AUM

Requested features

14 requests
  • Allow users to delete included samples
  • Put user files at the top of the list
  • Support 'Files App' storage
  • Add preference to turn off MIDI learn menu
  • Add more filters
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  • Needs export to desktop version
  • Add another slicer track
  • Add own samples to drum and bass sections
  • Release 'Factory' App on iOS
  • Add Ableton Link (if not already present)
  • Update effects
  • Improve storage options
  • Fix import crashes
  • Allow preset sharing between Mac and iOS versions

Gestrument Pro

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • GestrumentPro not working in AUM as IAA
  • Interface not fixed when selecting CC or CHANNEL
  • App crashes when hitting MIDI controls in settings
  • Audio pops with multiple instruments and reverb
  • User Manual getting stuck open
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  • Pops mentioned by another reviewer
  • All instruments play the same note suddenly

Requested features

11 requests
  • Preset folders
  • Additional features
  • Improved AUv3 support
  • More training videos
  • Ability to display note length/rates divisions at the top of the screen
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  • Control more than one synth at a time (separate channels)
  • Hold function for holding down the loop
  • Ableton Link integration
  • Inbuilt facility to record music
  • Ability to record or share music
  • Redo the user interface for instruments

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Egoist

One-time1
  • Egoist Full Version$29.99
2 purchases

Gestrument Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$1.491 Month
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$14.99

Questions

Is Egoist free?
Egoist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gestrument Pro free?
Gestrument Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Egoist or Gestrument Pro?
Egoist is rated higher. Egoist averages 4.6 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Gestrument Pro averages 3.8 from 66 ratings.
Do Egoist or Gestrument Pro have ads?
Neither Egoist nor Gestrument Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Egoist or Gestrument Pro?
Egoist ships an update every 2 months, and Gestrument Pro every 7 months. Most recently, Egoist was updated on November 1, 2026 and Gestrument Pro on October 22, 2026.

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