Woodulator vs PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Woodulator
This app offers advanced audio manipulation with analog-inspired delay and pitch shifting. It features versatile modulators, customizable filters, and extensive MIDI control for creative sound design. Presets can be saved and synced across devices via iCloud.
- Analog bucket brigade delay emulation
- Dual pitch shifters (up/down, harmonic, chorus)
- Versatile internal/external sidechain modulators
- Customizable delay line color and filters
- BPM sync and MIDI control
- Stereo width enhancement
- iCloud preset storage
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The Woodulator is a delay and pitch shifter inspired by analog bucket brigade delays. It also includes 2 versatile modulators. Pitch shifting is obtained by increasing or decreasing the clock in the delay line and not by FFT calculations. - Has 2 pitch shifters which can go up or down according to a harmonic scale or in chorus mode - Modulator source can be internal LFO or external side chain - Modulator destination can be pitch frequency, pitch amplitude, delay amplitude, panning, feedback amounts or Moog filter frequencies. - Modulation of pitch frequency can be up, down or both. - Delay line color can be set with LP/HP/BP/Moog filter and Saturation level. - Includes HP and LP filters on the input signal - Includes Moog filter on pitch out signals. - Pitch shifters have Reverse mode. - BPM can be set, tapped or synced by the DAW host. - LFO Square has slew-rate control. (control at 100% generates triangle waveform) - LFO’s have convenient beat/bar timing popup. - Delay and pitch signals can be panned L-R on a stereo bus/track. - Delay and pitch shifter timing can be synced to the bar or re-synced manually (playing live) - Stereo diff mode can create wide stereo from mono sources. - Presets can be stored in iCloud Drive (makes them available on all your devices). - Presets can be switched with Midi Program Changes. - Major controls can be set with Midi CC messages.
PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer
Create complex musical sequences with multiple polyrhythmic tracks. Control note, velocity, gate, and MIDI CC parameters with independent step lengths and rates. Route MIDI output to your favorite synths and AUv3 hosts.
- Multitrack polyrhythmic MIDI sequencing
- Note and MIDI CC tracks
- Configurable step lengths per mode
- Independent track rates
- Assignable MIDI channels
- Ramp value for CC smoothing
- AUv3 plugin support
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PolyBud is a multitrack polyrhythmic AUv3 MIDI sequencer. You can add multiple note or MIDI CC tracks to the each pattern. The note tracks has the note, velocity, gate, ratchet, probability and randomisation modes. You can set different step lengths to the each mode which would introduce polyrhythmic variations immediately. Another great feature is the each track can run in a different rate which is great for creating unique polyrhythmic sequences. Also, you can assign different MIDI channels to the each track so that you can control multiple synths within a single PolyBud pattern. The MIDI CC tracks is great for modulating the synth parameters. You can introduce polyrhythmic modulations by setting the different step lengths and different rates to your MIDI CC tracks. Also, you can set a ramp value for smoothing up the CC value changes per step. If you set the ramp value to 0% then you can have the classic sample and hold modulation. PolyBud is a MIDI app and it don't produce any sound of its own. You need to route PolyBud's MIDI out to your audio apps in order to run PolyBud. For the AUv3 plugin, you need an AUv3 host app such as AUM, Cubase, NanoStudio, ZenBeats, BeatMaker, apeMatrix etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer at every 2 weeks against Woodulator's every 4 months. PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer also leads on price ($5.99 vs $10.99). Woodulator's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Woodulator costs $10.99 and PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer $5.99 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 Woodulator against 4.9 for PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Woodulator ships an update every 4 months, PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Woodulator | PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio | Cem Olcay |
Customer experience
Woodulator
PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer
In-app purchases
Woodulator
No in-app purchases
PolyBud Polyrhythmic Sequencer
No in-app purchases
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