Comparison

PhaseRings vs Echo Pitch

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

Head to head
About

PhaseRings

Create expressive music with intuitive touch gestures. Explore various sound schemes and generative composition tools to craft unique musical pieces. Supports MIDI and Audiobus for advanced integration.

Highlights
  • Expressive touch gesture music creation
  • Seven unique sound schemes
  • Generative composition engine
  • Customizable pitch compositions
  • Core MIDI support
  • AudioBus and Inter-App Audio support
Features
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PhaseRings is a musical instrument for performing expressive music with touch gestures. Anyone can create a beautiful piece of music with our sound schemes and generative composition engine! Each ring on the screen represents a different pitch, and you can tap and swirl on each ring to create combinations of long and short notes. The angle and size of your tap will change the timbre of the notes you create! New in version 3.0, PhaseRings is also an AUv3 Audio Unit plugin. Load it as an instrument in hosts like AUM, GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad, and Cubasis — play the rings inside your host, run several instances at once, drive it from MIDI tracks, and record it through your host's effects. PhaseRings includes seven expressive "sound schemes" featuring percussive sounds like marimba and singing bowls as well as pure synth sounds like phase and string synthesis. Four "compositions" of pitches are included in the app, but you can also create your own custom composition by choosing three base notes and scales. PhaseRings will do the rest, generating a series of great setups from the harmony you choose! Features: - AUv3 Audio Unit instrument for AUM, GarageBand, Logic Pro, Cubasis, and other hosts - 7 sound schemes - 4 built-in compositions - Custom generative composition - 11 scales and modes - Core MIDI in and out for iOS MIDI accessories and MIDI-enabled apps - VoiceOver support and light/dark appearance

About

Echo Pitch

This app offers a multi-delay effect with pitch-shifting capabilities, allowing for harmonized sounds and ambient textures. It includes a looper, amp simulator, and reverb for creative sound design. Optimized for iOS devices with audio interface support.

Highlights
  • Pitch-shifting delays
  • 4-voice harmonizer
  • Built-in looper
  • Amp simulator
  • Reverb effect
  • Inter-delay routing
Features
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Echo Pitch pitch-shifting multi-delay for iPad and iPhone! Echo Pitch has 4 delays where each delayed signal can be pitched one octave up or down in 1/2 steps, and can function as a 4-voice harmonizer. Echo Pitch also has a built-in freeze loop, amp simulator and reverb. Each of the four delays can be routed into the other for incredible, swirling, ambient washes and otherworldly sounds. Echo Pitch works best with an iOS-compatible audio interface. Echo Pitch is also AUM/Audiobus compatible - as Inter-App Audio or Audio Unit. (Please note that the standalone/IAA version of Echo Pitch is now legacy. While the AU Echo Pitch has the same functionality, the pitch shifting is far superior. In addition, there are sonic differences between the Reverb, Master Delay EQ, Delay drives in the AU vs the Standalong/IAA version. But you get both updated AU and legacy IAA. Use whichever you prefer!) Brought to you by Avi Bortnick and Maximos Kaliakatsos-Papakostas.

Screenshots

PhaseRings3 screens
Echo Pitch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PhaseRings at Free against Echo Pitch's $4.99. PhaseRings also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 68%). Echo Pitch's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

PhaseRings is free to download; Echo Pitch costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo Pitch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of PhaseRings's written reviews are positive against 68% of Echo Pitch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhaseRings ships an update every 5 months, Echo Pitch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PhaseRings versus Echo Pitch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhaseRingsEcho Pitch
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.4 (16 ratings)4.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better68.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1616
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles MartinAvi Bortnick

Customer experience

PhaseRings

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

Echo Pitch

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative21.1%

In-app purchases

None

PhaseRings

No in-app purchases

None

Echo Pitch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhaseRings free?
PhaseRings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echo Pitch free?
Echo Pitch costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PhaseRings or Echo Pitch?
Echo Pitch is rated higher. PhaseRings averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Echo Pitch averages 4.9 from 16 ratings.
Do PhaseRings or Echo Pitch have ads?
Neither PhaseRings nor Echo Pitch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhaseRings or Echo Pitch?
PhaseRings ships an update every 5 months, and Echo Pitch every 2 weeks. Most recently, PhaseRings was updated on October 15, 2026 and Echo Pitch on October 7, 2026.

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