Comparison

puc+ vs Artisans Pedalboard

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

Head to head
About

puc+

This app enables wireless MIDI connectivity for iOS devices, allowing you to control music creation apps with your MIDI controllers. It monitors hardware status and facilitates Bluetooth connections to various MIDI-compatible instruments and devices.

Highlights
  • Wireless MIDI interface for iOS
  • Connects MIDI controllers to music apps
  • Monitors hardware battery status
  • Supports firmware updates
  • Bluetooth Smart (Low-Energy 4.0) communication
  • Connects to Mac for CoreMIDI control
Features
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The PUC is a wireless MIDI interface designed specifically for iOS devices. PUC Connect is the app designed to establish your iPad/iPhone connection to the PUC hardware. PUC Connect also monitors your PUC hardware for battery status, firmware updates, and connection protocol selection. If you have a MIDI keyboard controller, home digital piano, synthesizer, or computer controller, connect it to the PUC and play your musical instrument apps from your favorite MIDI controllers. The PUC allows you to wirelessly connect an iPad, iPhone or Mac to a variety of MIDI compatible devices such as a keyboard, DJ controller, drum pad, floor pedal controller, and more. The PUC can also work with other platforms that support MIDI connections over Bluetooth wireless. The PUC communicates directly to the iPad, iPhone, or Mac via Bluetooth Smart (Low-Energy 4.0) You have an iPad loaded with amazing synthesizer & music creation apps, but connecting your controller creates a tangled mess and no longer makes you mobile. The PUC and the PUC Connect app makes MIDI connectivity easy so you can get on with your business – making music. PUC also connects to your Mac for wireless CoreMIDI control. For more info, please visit www.mipuc.com Or to check out other products from Zivix LLC, head to www.zivix.net or www.jamstik.com

About

Artisans Pedalboard

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Your complete guitar rig. In your pocket. Professional guitar signal chain for iOS. Amp sims, cab loading, true stereo effects — build your rig and play it anywhere. No compromises. Free to try. Start immediately with Overdrive, Delay, and Chorus. Unlock the full rig with Foundation Package — every amp, every cab, every effect, the complete preset library. One purchase, no subscription. Build Your Rig Stack effects in any order, drag and drop to reorder, dial every parameter with precision knobs, and save complete setups as presets. Switch between full rigs instantly — amp, cab, all effects, all settings — in one tap. Amp Simulation Four amp models, each voiced for a distinct playing style: - Clean — warm, high-headroom response with natural compression - Crunch — aggressive midrange with harmonic density that builds with pick attack - Spring — clean amp with built-in spring reverb; presence knob controls reverb depth - Brit — open, bright voicing with a harder, faster clip response - Each amp has Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence, Gain, and Volume controls. Cabinet Simulation Seven cabinet impulse responses, convolution-processed on-device. Swap in real time: US Clean 2x12, Brit Chime 2x12, Brit Stack 4x12, US Brown 1x12, US Tweed 1x12, Modern Stack 4x12, Vintage Vibra 1x12 True Stereo Signal Chain Every pedal, every connection, every effect runs stereo end to end. Mono inputs upmix cleanly at the input stage. Effects like Chorus, Reverb and Rotary run independent per-channel processing for real spatial width — not duplicated mono. Effects - Overdrive — warm asymmetric breakup that cleans up with your volume knob - Fuzz — high-gain distortion that cuts through and sustains - Compressor — soft-knee dynamic control with automatic makeup gain - Delay — echo with Time, Feedback, Tone, and Mix - Reverb — algorithmic reverb with decorrelated stereo tails - Chorus — stereo chorus with 90 degree LFO offset between channels for real width - Tremolo — from gentle pulse to hard chop - Rotary Speaker — Leslie-style horn and drum modulation - Pitch Shifter — real-time shifting up to two octaves - Phaser - Flanger - Noise Gate - 6-Band EQ - Looper — record, overdub and loop live inside the chain - Auto Wah — envelope filter that opens with your pick attack and closes as the note decays Record, Import, Export Record your processed output directly to M4A from the output pedal. Export and import complete signal chains between devices. Ready-to-Play Presets Eight built-in rigs to get started immediately. Each fully editable. Works with any UAC1 USB audio interface — connects and plays automatically. Build your rig on the couch. Play it on the stage.

Screenshots

puc+1 screens
Artisans Pedalboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: puc+ at none against Artisans Pedalboard's 1. puc+ also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Artisans Pedalboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. puc+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
puc+ versus Artisans Pedalboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterpuc+Artisans Pedalboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZivix LLCArtisans 3D EOOD

In-app purchases

None

puc+

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Artisans Pedalboard

One-time1
  • Foundation Package$14.99

Questions

Is puc+ free?
puc+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Artisans Pedalboard free?
Artisans Pedalboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do puc+ or Artisans Pedalboard have ads?
Neither puc+ nor Artisans Pedalboard shows ads.

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