Comparison

Playset vs TowerDub

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

Head to head
About

Playset

Create music instantly with this intuitive groovebox sequencer. Build songs layer by layer with drums, bass, and synths, then mix and arrange them in a timeline. Share your projects and explore demo songs.

Highlights
  • Multi-touch drum & synth sequencer
  • 50 original sample kits
  • Mixer with FX
  • Patterns & Timeline module
  • MIDI & Audio Unit AUv3 support
  • AudioBus & Ableton Link support
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Playset is Fingerlab's intuitive groovebox sequencer for iPad — designed for instant fun and live music making. Start with the drums, add a sneaky bass line, dress it with a fat lead and you've got your song. Adjust the mix, add some FX, arrange your patterns in the timeline and you're done. From the team behind DM1, Apple Design Award winner 2012. Playset is a premium app — no in-app purchases, no ads. Buy it once, it's entirely yours. Features: • Multi-touch drum & synth sequencer • 50 original sample kits (drum kits, bass & leads) • Mixer with mute, level, pitch, pan & custom kit per track • 2 FX per instrument (Reverb, Delay, Distortion, Chorus, Compressor and more) • Patterns & Timeline module • Fast bounce — master or separated tracks, mono or stereo • Share & import projects • Gallery with demo songs • Full MIDI & MIDI Mapping support • AudioBus & Ableton Link support • Audio Unit AUv3 support • Audio background mode Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: contact@fingerlab.net Have fun! The Fingerlab Team

About

TowerDub

Features
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TowerDub is an all-in-one groovebox for building reggae riddims and mixing dub, live. Program kick, snare, hats and perc as four independent drum voices, each with its own pattern, velocity and p-locks. Layer in Bass, Chords, Lead and Pads — warm, analog-style synths built for roots and dub, playable on a scale keyboard and recordable live with real quantized overdub. Record a vocal chop or a field sample straight into the built-in Sampler. Mix it down through a proper dub desk: send delay and reverb per instrument, sweep a King Tubby–style resonant filter across any bus, throw in siren stabs, and pass your mic straight through the board. Cut instruments in and out live, capture the whole pass with one-tap dub recording, and keep multiple mix versions of the same riddim. No subscriptions — just a warm, hand-tuned instrument built for the sound of the desk.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TowerDub at weekly against Playset's every 2 months. Playset's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Playset costs $9.99 and TowerDub $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playset ships an update every 2 months, TowerDub weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Playset versus TowerDub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaysetTowerDub
Price$9.99$9.99
Rating4.1 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFingerlabAdrien de Quatrebarbes

In-app purchases

None

Playset

No in-app purchases

None

TowerDub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Playset free?
Playset costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TowerDub free?
TowerDub costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Playset or TowerDub have ads?
Neither Playset nor TowerDub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playset or TowerDub?
Playset ships an update every 2 months, and TowerDub weekly. Most recently, Playset was updated on October 25, 2026 and TowerDub on November 1, 2026.

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