BREAKBOLT · PRESS KIT

BreakBolt
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BreakBolt is a sample-chopping beatmaker for iPhone and iPad: chop any sound into 16 pads, tap out a beat, and export a loop. It's in public beta on TestFlight. Everything here is free to use in coverage.

Download images · ZIP 0.8 MB Contact
64Pads, 4 banks
2,235Sounds included
0In-app purchases
iOS 17iPhone & iPad
The BreakBolt app icon: a pink lightning bolt on black
App icon · PNG 1024 × 1024

01FACT SHEET

BreakBolt at a glance

NameBreakBolt (App Store listing: "BreakBolt: Beat Maker")
DeveloperMarian Vrtik, Apps by Marian · Horsens, Denmark
StatusPublic beta on TestFlight since November 2026 · App Store release date not set
PlatformiPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later
CategoryMusic
PriceOne-time purchase, every sound pack included · free during the beta; launch price not set
In-app purchasesNone
AccountNone required
Data collectedNone · privacy policy
InternetOnly to download optional sound packs
Sound library2,235 sounds: 24 built in and 72 downloadable packs, all CC0 (public domain)
LanguageEnglish
Linksappsbymarian.dk/breakbolt · Guide · TestFlight

02DESCRIPTIONS

Ready-to-use copy

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One line

Chop any sound into 16 pads, tap out a beat, and export a loop, on iPhone or iPad.

Short · about 50 words

BreakBolt is a sample-chopping beatmaker for iPhone and iPad. Record any sound and it's sliced across 16 playable pads. Chop, pitch, sequence, resample, and export a one-bar loop that drops into any DAW. It all runs on the device, with no account and no subscription.

Medium · about 100 words

BreakBolt is a sample-chopping beatmaker for iPhone and iPad, built around one workflow: record a sound, chop it into 16 pads, tap out a beat, export it. It detects key and tempo, slices on transients or on the beat grid, and gives every pad its own pitch, stretch, trim and reverse. Four banks make 64 pads playable at once. A 16-step sequencer with swing and per-step velocity, master effects, and resampling let a loop be bounced onto a pad and built on again. Over 2,200 sounds are included, with no in-app purchases. The app has no account and no server, so nothing is uploaded.

03FEATURES

What's in version 1.0

  • Record from the microphone, or import any audio file up to 60 seconds
  • Automatic chopping: equal, on transients, or on the beat grid
  • Key and tempo detection, with Scale Lock to keep pitched pads in key
  • 4 banks × 16 pads, all 64 playable at once
  • Per pad: volume, pan, pitch (±12 semitones), time-stretch (0.5×–2×), reverse, name, and a trim of its start and end
  • Chop markers you drag by hand, with zoom up to 8×
  • 16-step sequencer, 60–180 BPM, with swing, gate, per-step velocity, randomise and a metronome with count-in
  • Master distortion, low/high-pass filter, tempo-synced delay and reverb
  • Resample the whole mix onto one pad and keep building
  • Export a one-bar WAV loop, a live recording, or a vertical MP4 video
  • 2,235 included sounds: 24 built in plus 72 packs downloaded one at a time
  • Unlimited projects, 50 steps of undo, continuous autosave and crash recovery
  • Keeps playing in the background and with the screen locked
  • iPad layout with an inspector beside the page, in all four orientations
  • A 60-second walkthrough on first launch and one-time tips for 15 controls
  • Light, dark and system appearance

04IMAGES & VIDEO

Screenshots and the promo video

iPhone screenshots at full resolution (1206 × 2622), in the app's dark appearance. The ZIP above has all four plus the icon.

BreakBolt's PADS page: a waveform chopped into 16 slices above a 4 by 4 pad grid
Pads and chopJPG · 0.4 MB
The ALL PADS grid: 16 rows of pads by 16 steps, with a jungle pattern lit in pink
All pads sequencerJPG · 0.4 MB
A pad's settings with the TRIM waveform cut down to its first 0.187 seconds
Pad settings and trimJPG · 0.3 MB
The MIX panel with distortion, filter, tempo-synced delay and reverb
Mix effectsJPG · 0.4 MB
Play the BreakBolt promo video (MP4)

Promo video · 28 seconds

A 172 BPM jungle beat made in the app in four moves: step in a break, add a sub, resample and trim a roll, then run it through the effects. Every sound and screen in it is the app. Vertical, 1080 × 1920, H.264 with sound.

Download MP4 · 8.5 MB

05BACKGROUND

Design decisions

The reasons behind the choices reviewers ask about most.

Workflow

One workflow, not a studio

A general-purpose music app starts by asking what you want to make. BreakBolt starts from a sound: record or pick one, and the 16 pads are ready to play.

Price

Every pack in the price

Selling sound packs separately is common in this category. In BreakBolt every pack, including packs added later, is part of the one purchase.

Privacy

Nothing leaves the device

No account, no server, no analytics. Recordings leave the phone only through the share sheet.

Timing

Scheduled on the audio clock

Steps are timed against the audio clock rather than the screen, so the beat stays in time while you scroll, open panels or switch apps.

06CONTACT

Press and review requests

BreakBolt is made by Marian Vrtik, a solo developer in Horsens, Denmark, under Apps by Marian. For interviews, a TestFlight invite, or a promo code once the app is on the App Store, email:

marian@appsbymarian.dk

Using the material

The icon, screenshots and video may be used in coverage of BreakBolt. Please don't alter the icon.

Company

Apps by Marian · Marian Vrtik
Horsens, Denmark · CVR 46671872