Condukt vs PunchKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Condukt
Transform your iPhone, iPad, or Mac into a powerful, customizable MIDI controller for your synthesizers and music hardware. Easily connect and control parameters by name, eliminating the need for manual programming. Build unique control surfaces and recall settings instantly for seamless live performance.
- Plug and play USB-C MIDI connection
- Parameter control by name
- Customizable control surfaces
- Snapshot recall for live performance
- Multi-device simultaneous control
- Themable interface
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Turn your iPhone, iPad or Mac into a customizable MIDI controller. Plug in your synth, pick parameters by name, and start playing in seconds. Condukt connects to any class-compliant USB MIDI device. No adapters. No manual CC programming. Just plug in and go. ▸ PLUG AND PLAY Connect your synth via USB-C. Condukt recognizes it instantly. Pick parameters from a list, filter cutoff, oscillator pitch, envelope attack, and you're controlling it. No more digging through manuals for CC numbers. ▸ RUNS IN YOUR AUv3 HOST (NEW) Load Condukt as an Audio Unit inside AUM, Loopy Pro, Logic Pro for iPad, Cubasis or Drambo. It follows host transport and tempo, so every sequencer starts on the host's downbeat. Run as many instances as you like, each with its own board, clock and patch cables, and your host project saves and restores all of it. ▸ SEVEN SEQUENCERS Conduktor, Phrase, Drum, Arpeggiator, Turing Machine, Cartesian and Painter. Draw chords with a finger or Pencil, program a XOX drum grid with polyrhythmic track pages, or let a Turing Machine find the pattern for you. One clock runs them all. ▸ POWERED BY midi.guide Condukt uses the midi.guide open-source database with MIDI definitions for hundreds of synths, drum machines, and effects. Community-maintained and constantly growing. ▸ BUILD YOUR OWN BOARDS Create custom control surfaces tailored to your workflow. Sequencers, faders, crossfaders, recall buttons: arrange them however you want. Save multiple boards for different setups. ▸ DO WHAT YOUR HARDWARE CAN'T - Add multiple LFOs to synths that only have one - Shape any parameter with the new Step Modulator - Control the same parameter across multiple tracks with a single fader - Instant snapshot recall for live performance - Sophisticated generative sequencers ▸ MULTI-DEVICE CONTROL One board can control multiple synths simultaneously. A single "Filter" fader can adjust cutoff on your Minifreak, Digitakt, and Moog at the same time. ▸ PERFORMANCE LAYOUTS Switch between layouts on the fly. Page 1 for sound design. Page 2 for performance. Page 3 for mixing. All within the same board. ▸ SNAPSHOT RECALL Store and recall control settings instantly. Tap and hold to save. Quick tap to restore. Perfect for live sets. Add crossfaders and morph between saved scenes. ▸ FULLY THEMEABLE Condukt looks as good as it works. Custom themes make your controller visually distinctive, whether you're performing on stage or filming content. ▸ WORKS WITH Elektron (Digitakt, Syntakt, Octatrack, Analog Four, Model:Cycles, Model:Samples), Arturia (Minifreak, Microfreak, MiniBrute), Moog (Subharmonicon, DFAM, Mother-32, Matriarch), Teenage Engineering, Novation, Korg, Roland, Sequential, and hundreds more. ▸ MADE FOR MUSICIANS Built by synthheads for synthheads. We've been working on this project for 5+ years, and Condukt is the app we always wanted. Start free with the Hello board, subscribe monthly, or buy Lifetime once and be done. No account required. Just plug in and play. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PunchKit
This app serves as a local-first companion for specific music production devices, enabling users to build kits, manage samples, record audio, and perform live effects. It offers advanced features for MIDI sequencing, offline kit creation, and device management, all from an iPhone or iPad.
- Build and manage 12-pad kits offline
- Layer MIDI machines for chords, melody, and bass
- Record and process audio from microphone or USB inputs
- Perform live effects with stackable Color and Motion options
- Separate audio stems into vocals, drums, bass, and other
- Backup and restore device banks, projects, and complete devices
- Convert short videos into pixel-art backgrounds
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PunchKit is a local-first companion for the Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II, EP-1320 Medieval, and EP-40 Riddim. Build kits, manage samples, record and process audio, separate stems, perform live effects, and create dependable backups from your iPhone or iPad. MIDI PLAYGROUND - Layer independent Chords, Melody, and Bass machines beside a connected EP - Follow EP MIDI clock with retained-BPM fallback if pulses stop - Use Auto Key or choose key, scale, harmony, voicing, inversion, octave, and expression manually - Shape chord feel with strum order, groove, timing, humanization, velocity, and release - Build melody and bass phrases on 16-step note grids, with octave transposition while playing OFFLINE KIT BUILDER - Build and save 12-pad kits without connecting an EP - Browse and preview samples from Files, then assign them to pads - Trim or convert samples for EP limits - Import, export, duplicate, rename, and share kit archives - Connect later to upload a kit to a chosen project and group DEVICE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT - Automatically detect compatible EP devices over USB MIDI - Browse projects, groups, pads, assignments, sounds, and memory slots - Browse one shared local Sample Shelf across Library, Projects, and Kit Builder - Drag a complete folder, including nested folders, to a Library slot - Review each file's path, duration, source size, converted device size, and memory before upload - Remove or edit individual pending samples without changing shelf files - Choose free-slot or sequential placement and explicitly confirm overwrites RECORD, EDIT, AND PUNCH - Record from the microphone or compatible USB audio inputs in WAV or M4A - Use signal-activated recording, waveform trimming, playback controls, and original/rendered versions - Monitor processed USB audio live with adjustable level and latency - Capture beat-synced loops using MIDI, detected audio, or tap tempo, then scratch and perform them from the cassette - Apply stackable Color and tempo-synced Motion effects with Direct or XY controls - Build a custom 12-slot Punch It page PIXEL BACKGROUND STUDIO - Turn short videos from Photos into pixel-art backgrounds - Trim, frame, process, and arrange clips locally - Available with Lifetime Pro LOCAL STEM SEPARATION - Separate a take into vocals, drums, bass, and other - Choose Fast, Balanced, or Best quality - Download the optional model once, then process locally - Mix, save, share, bounce, or upload stems BACKUP AND RESTORE - Back up banks, projects, or the complete device - Add PunchKit ZIPs and TE Sample Tool PAKs to the library without an EP - Opt in to iCloud Drive backup sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Review source-device compatibility warnings before restoring MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD - Adaptive portrait and landscape layouts - System, Light, and Dark appearances FREE TO START, PRO FOR UNLIMITED WORKFLOWS PunchKit is free to download. Connecting, browsing, previewing, playing, sharing, renaming, deleting, restoring backups, and using existing files remain available without limits. The free tier includes three successful take creations, one local kit creation and one complete kit upload, three successful sample writes, one stem separation, and one bank, project, and complete-device backup. Allowances count only after an operation succeeds. One optional Lifetime Pro purchase removes these limits. There is no subscription, and Pro supports Apple Family Sharing. On iPhone and iPad, people who first downloaded PunchKit before version 1.3 receive Lifetime Pro automatically as founding users. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN No PunchKit account, ads, third-party analytics, or tracking. Optional iCloud Drive backup sync uses your Apple account. Other content stays local unless you share or export it. Diagnostic reports are sent only when you choose and exclude audio, sample and project contents, and filenames. DISCLAIMER PunchKit is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Teenage Engineering.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Condukt at free against PunchKit's free with in-app purchases. PunchKit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (56 vs 8). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Condukt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PunchKit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Condukt against 4.9 for PunchKit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PunchKit has 56 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Condukt's written reviews are positive against 96% of PunchKit's.
Condukt ships an update every 4 weeks, PunchKit weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Condukt | PunchKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.9 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 96.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pencil Research | Kristaps Dreija |
Customer experience
Condukt
PunchKit
In-app purchases
Condukt
- Condukt Unlimited$4.991 Month
- Unlock Condukt$39.99
PunchKit
- Small Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$5.99
- Huge Tip$12.99
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- PunchKit Pro Lifetime$14.99









