Afro Latin Percussion Machine vs Sightlines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Afro Latin Percussion Machine
Create and perform authentic Afro-Latin rhythms with a vast library of high-quality percussion sounds. Edit existing beats or compose your own, and integrate with other music apps for live sessions.
- Authentic Afro-Latin rhythms
- High-quality percussion sounds
- Rhythm editing and creation
- Live performance pads
- Song structure creation
- MIDI controls
- Audiobus and Inter-App compatibility
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Afro Latin Percussion Machine is your virtual Latin percussionist. Practice, create, and perform authentic Afro-Latin rhythms like never before. Free to download and keep, with every feature unlocked for the first 7 days. Designed for musicians, producers, and anyone who loves the rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean, now with AUv3 support. Play hot Latin rhythms with the highest sound quality: son, son montuno, guaguancó, columbia, yambú, bembé, cha-cha-chá, mambo, merengue, bachata, salsa, bolero, songo and bomba, with over 100 rhythms in total. So easy to use, you can edit and create your own in seconds. Key Features: Song Mode: turn your Afro-Latin rhythms into complete arrangements in seconds. Set groove, jam and intensity per part, double-tap to edit, long-press to reorder. Fast and simple. Jamming Tool & Randomizers: add human feel and spontaneity to every groove. No more flat, repetitive loops. Live Pads: trigger fills, switch rhythms and jam in real time with 8 assignable pads, intro and end buttons, and full MIDI control. Share by AirDrop, Mail or Files: send any groove, live pad set or song to another device or to a friend, with no account or cloud service needed. Standalone & AUv3 Compatible: use Afro Latin Percussion Machine inside your favorite DAW or as a standalone app. Latin Percussion Sounds: congas, bongos, timbales, güiros, claves, cowbells, maracas, shakers, shekeres, cajón, pandeiro, agogô, wood blocks and hand claps, all recorded for a true Latin feel. 100+ Authentic Rhythms: from the styles above to traditional Afro-Cuban toques like bembé, abakuá, makuta and yuka, not found anywhere else, all easy to edit or create your own. Groove sharing across Lumbeat apps: exchange grooves, live pads and songs with Pop Drummer, Soft Drummer and iBassist, standalone or in AUv3. Sound Module: use the full kit as a MIDI sampler, standalone or as an AUv3 plugin, triggered from your own MIDI tracks or pads. Percussion Setup View: see your full kit laid out on screen, instrument by instrument. Custom Rhythm Banks: save and organize your own patterns in your own banks. Advanced MIDI Setup: fully customizable MIDI control mapping, shareable MIDI maps, custom note octave naming, MIDI-controllable tempo, and MIDI Clock In/Out. Per-Track Reverb Send: dial in how much reverb each percussion instrument gets, for precise space and depth. Export Effects: export your grooves exactly as they sound, effects included. Ableton Link: sync tempo and transport with other apps and devices over Wi-Fi, and stay in time with the rest of your setup. External Keyboard Support: play, trigger fills, and control tempo from a connected keyboard. Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac: fully optimized for every screen size, with a dedicated vertical layout on iPhone. Try for Free Afro Latin Percussion Machine is free to download and keep, with every feature unlocked for the first 7 days. During the trial there are limits on exports, random grooves, sound changes and how long each session plays. After the trial you keep a reduced version, and a single one-time purchase unlocks everything for good. No subscription.
Sightlines
Shape sounds with a playable harmonic filter. Add motion, stereo spread, and unique textures to noise, samples, or synths. Tune it like a resonator or control it with MIDI for endless sonic possibilities.
- Harmonic filter bank
- MIDI control
- Sample loading
- Noise and synth sound sources
- Modulation capabilities
- Built-in chorus, delay, and reverb
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Make noise, texture, and percussion sing. Add motion and stereo spread to basic sounds. Load samples and sculpt them endlessly. Leave your mark on any sound with harmonic filtering. Sightlines is a playable harmonic filter. Built from a collection of resonant bandpass filters tuned to the harmonic series, designed to bring out a customizable set of musical frequencies in any sound. Tune it to a fixed frequency like a resonator, or send it MIDI to make it come alive as an instrument. Sightlines can be loaded as an instrument or an audio effect. As an instrument, use it with samples, noise, or oscillators to construct sounds never heard before. As an effect, add movement and interest to any sound, and even impart tonality onto unpitched input. SOUND SOURCES • Noise – filter variable color noise and random noise bursts for Sightlines’ simplest and quickest output. • Samples – send samples through resonant filters as one-shots or infinite looping versions of themselves, great for found sound and tonal samples alike. • Synth – skip the filters entirely and use Sightlines as a harmonic synth, where you can customize and modulate the proportion of each harmonic in the signal. • Audio effect – use Sightlines as an audio effect on any track. MOVEMENT AND EFFECTS • Manipulate overtones – stretch, bend, and reimagine the harmonic series to retune Sightlines’ output into realistic or indescribable sonic spaces. • Quantize frequencies – snap all of Sightlines’ filters to a scale, to impart that key quality onto any sound. • Balance bands – maneuver through the harmonic space by scanning, tilting, or spreading Sightlines’ bands. • End of chain – make your output shine with a built-in chorus, BBD-style delay, and reverb. FEATURES • Modulation – modify any control in Sightlines with multiple LFOs, sequencers, smooth random sources, and performance effects. • Presets – full preset control over every parameter in Sightlines. Cross-platform preset format for sharing with friends. • Waymaker – connect to Sightlines’ sibling application, Waymaker, for direct sequencing of Sightlines’ without MIDI routing. Also available for macOS and Windows in VST3 / AU / AAX formats from Aqeel Aadam Sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Afro Latin Percussion Machine at Free against Sightlines's $7.99. Afro Latin Percussion Machine also leads on ratings volume (134 vs 6). Sightlines's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On ads, monetization model 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
Afro Latin Percussion Machine is free to download; Sightlines costs $7.99 up front. Afro Latin Percussion Machine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sightlines asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sightlines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Afro Latin Percussion Machine has 134 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Afro Latin Percussion Machine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sightlines's.
Afro Latin Percussion Machine ships an update every 6 weeks, Sightlines weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Afro Latin Percussion Machine | Sightlines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (134 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lumbeat | Aqeel Aadam |
Customer experience
Afro Latin Percussion Machine
Sightlines
Bugs and requests
Afro Latin Percussion Machine
Reported bugs
18 issues- Problems with sync
- MIDI Sync unstable
- Glitches where song doesn't save
- App crashes when saving
- No sound after phone call
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- App doesn't respond in Audioshare
- Audiobus not working
- App gets locked up with Audiobus
- Rhythms not staying with drum kit
- Steps not highlighted in groove sequencer
- iPhone sounds have lower pitch than iPad
- No sound output (crackling)
- App keeps crashing
- Tempo slider unresponsive
- Plus/minus tempo keys spotty
- Doesn't connect properly with Audiobus
- Not controllable from Audiobus 2 and 3
- Sounds drowned out in reverb
Requested features
22 requests- Add swing options from Hip Hop drummer
- Add export function to Logic Pro X
- Add tutorial or manual
- Add piano and horns for true Latin effect
- Add MIDI control for live pad control
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- Add export MIDI file option
- Add export audio option
- Add a way to activate/deactivate with a pedal
- Add more instrument sounds and banks
- Add groove or shuffle effect option
- Add ability to input own sounds
- Add salsa templates
- Add martillos in bongo patterns
- Add more mixer slots for instruments
- Add a constant metronome option
- Add a help file
- Add more variation to rhythms
- Add envelope setting for tuning
- Add Matanzas style guaguanco
- Add plena preset
- Add more Bomba presets
- Add ability to organize user sounds
Sightlines
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Afro Latin Percussion Machine
- Afro Latin Full Access$22.99
Sightlines
No in-app purchases
Questions
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