Attack Drums vs Oracle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Attack Drums
This app is a powerful sound engine and pattern sequencer inspired by a classic VST plugin. It excels at creating drum sounds but can also be used for vocals and other instruments, featuring a unique text-based vocoder.
- 24-part sound engine
- Pattern sequencer
- Phrase Vocoder (text-based)
- Versatile effects section
- Inter-App Audio & Audiobus 3 support
- MIDI Sync
- Export song to audio file
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Attack Drums is a synthesizer designed mainly for drum sounds, but the powerful sound engine can also be used for everything else - including vocals. Based on the Waldorf Attack VST PlugIn from 2001, it consists of a 24-part sound engine, now packed with a pattern sequencer and a versatile effects section. One highlight of the effects section is the new Phrase Vocoder, a vocoder that uses written text instead of spoken words. Lyrics in - song out, adjust gender as you have always wanted! Just like Waldorf Nave, Attack Drums is a seriously in-depth musical instrument - easy and fun to use, but a sonic beast at its core! Specifications: -24 Sounds -Four independent effect slots with selectable effect: *Delay *Equalizer *Overdrive *Phaser *Flanger *Chorus *Phrase Vocoder -Reverb -Compressor -Pattern Sequencer -999 Patterns -Polyphonic steps - up to 8 notes per step -Fractional track/step timing -Audiobus 3 -Inter-App Audio -MIDI Settings -MIDI Sync -Loop function -Export song to audio file -AudioCopy / AudioPaste -Content control via iTunes File Sharing -Trigger Pads -Mixer -Recording
Oracle
This app enhances control over a specific synthesizer, offering intelligent randomization for patches and parameters to aid in sound design. It allows for saving, loading, and morphing layers, as well as generating and humanizing sequencer data.
- Intelligent patch randomization
- Randomize programs, layers, and modules
- Sound design assistance
- Save and load programs/layers
- Generate and humanize sequencer data
- Morph layers for variations
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Oracle is an intelligent control surface for DSI's Prophet 12 Synthesizer. Unlock the full potential of your synthesizer with minimal effort and programming! Features: - Quickly populate layers with intelligently randomized patches of a certain type (Split, Stack, Seq, Pad, Keys, Bass, Arp, FM, DX, PWM, WAV, VTG) - Intelligently randomize Programs, Layers, Modules and Parameters - Various functions to aid in sound design - Save and Load Programs, Layers, and Modules - Generate, Morph and Humanize Sequencer Data - Program snapshots for install recall - Morph layers for sound variations - Control common parameters across both layers - WIFI + direct connection support
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oracle at 100% against Attack Drums's 34%. Oracle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and price ($12.99 vs $14.99). Attack Drums's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Attack Drums costs $14.99 and Oracle $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Oracle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Attack Drums has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Attack Drums's written reviews are positive against 100% of Oracle's.
Attack Drums ships an update every 2 weeks, Oracle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Attack Drums | Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $12.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Waldorf Music | Marcos Kohler |
Customer experience
Attack Drums
Oracle
Bugs and requests
Attack Drums
Reported bugs
21 issues- Crashes when loading own samples
- Lag with MIDI clock sync
- Inconsistent MIDI response and routing
- Low velocity response
- Transport controls not showing in DAWs
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- App crashes on startup
- App won't open on iOS 9
- Display scaling issues on iPad mini
- Sound designer page not working on iPad 2
- Copy bug
- Sequencer limited to one bar
- Random velocity on pads
- Crashes with Audiobus
- Screen doesn't fit on iPad mini
- Controls not working on iPad mini
- Sound cut out
- Locks up on iPad 2
- Not compatible with iPad 2
- Sluggish and slow performance
- App closes for no reason
- Display on iPad mini scaled incorrectly
Requested features
19 requests- Ableton Link support
- Improved MIDI sync
- Smoother IAA and MIDI integration
- More pattern steps (64+)
- Support for triplets and higher note divisions
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- Dropbox integration
- Disable opening animation
- Separate outputs in iOS
- Auto-envelope setting for samples
- Parameter automation
- MIDI CC parameter control
- MIDI port/channel selection
- Looping multiple patterns for jamming
- Subfolders for samples
- Interface facelift
- Live tweaking of FX, rolls, stutters
- Parameter locks
- Triplet grids option
- Ability to export MIDI patterns
Oracle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Attack Drums
No in-app purchases
Oracle
No in-app purchases
