Patatap vs Relic Waves
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patatap
Create music and animations with a touch. This app offers a portable sound and animation kit, allowing users to generate melodies accompanied by dynamic visual shapes. It's an offline version of a popular web-based tool.
- Portable animation and sound kit
- Create melodies with moving shapes
- Touch-based interaction
- Offline functionality
- Visualizer
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Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger create melodies charged with moving shapes. Warning: contains flashing images. This is the official offline port of the popular website http://www.patatap.com/ —————————— By buying this app you're supporting the makers who publish and host this website to millions of people to enjoy for free. Thank you for your support and happy music making!
Relic Waves
Generate unique Lo-Fi sounds, pads, and effects using advanced synthesis algorithms. Explore billions of sonic possibilities with intuitive controls and real-time recording. Perfect for musicians and sound designers seeking experimental audio.
- Billions of unique Lo-Fi sounds
- Random sound generation with search
- Multiple keyboard input options
- Real-time audio recording to WAV
- Export to WAV, SunVox, and clipboard
- MIDI control and processing
- iOS Audio Unit Extension (AUv3)
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Relic Waves is a generator of Lo-Fi noises, pads and effects based on unique synthesis algorithms from NightRadio. More than 4 billion samples from the depths of the Mathematical Universe! Features: * search for new sounds with three buttons: next random set, edit code, previous set; each set of 12 sounds corresponds to a code of 8 characters; * three types of keyboards for live performing: on-screen buttons, PC keyboard, MIDI input; * several processing parameters + control via MIDI; * real-time audio recording to WAV (32-bit); * export to: WAV (one file or a set), SunVox (samples + effects in one file), text clipboard; * the LCK button freezes individual samples - they will not change during the search for new sets; * iOS Audio Unit Extension (AUv3). Double clicking on a parameter opens a window for setting the exact value. If you enable the Hold option, the notes will play endlessly, without reacting to key release (noteOff) events; turning the note on again works like turning it off; there are two ways to enable this option: 1) using the Hold parameter in the "MIDI Mapping" window; 2) by pressing the HOLD button, which appears in place of LCK while playing the musical keyboard: press HOLD, release the desired notes - then the released notes will continue to play.
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Verdict
Patatap and Relic Waves both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Relic Waves's written reviews are positive against 66% of Patatap's. Relic Waves also leads on update cadence (every 11 months vs every 36 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.2). 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
Patatap costs $1.99 and Relic Waves $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Patatap against 5.0 for Relic Waves. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 43 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Patatap's written reviews are positive against 100% of Relic Waves's.
Patatap ships an update every 36 months, Relic Waves every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patatap | Relic Waves |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jono LLC | Alexander Zolotov |
Customer experience
Patatap
Relic Waves
In-app purchases
Patatap
No in-app purchases
Relic Waves
No in-app purchases
