Comparison

PowerPlay5 vs skippodisk

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

Head to head
About

PowerPlay5

This app functions as a MIDI controller, allowing users to play musical power chords by moving their iPhone and tapping the screen. It requires a separate synthesizer app to produce sound, offering a unique, choreography-like approach to music creation.

Highlights
  • MIDI controller functionality
  • Power chord playing
  • Motion-based input
  • Requires external synthesizer app
  • Interactive choreography-like gameplay
Read full description

This app is a unique MIDI controller, and fun to play, but there are three concepts to understand first. Concept 1 - POWER CHORDS - There is a musical chord, called a power chord, usually associated with guitar playing. Think of yourself as a guitar player on stage, but instead of holding a guitar you're moving around while holding an iPhone. Concept 2 - MIDI CONTROLLER - PowerPlay5 is a midi controller app. It doesn't create any sound on its own. Instead it tells another app which notes to play. The other app (a synthesizer app) then creates the sound of the chord being played. Concept 3 - THE SETUP - Usually you will open the synthesizer app first, choose a sound, and then make sure "Background Audio" is on. After that, open PowerPlay5 and start playing. (Note that some synthesizer apps also require a MIDI bridge app. See the instructions at the support website for more information.) This app is interesting because you play chords by aiming the iPhone in different directions while tapping with your thumb on the screen. It's almost like a form of choreography. Learning what direction to aim the phone to get the chord you want next is part of the fun of playing. The best way to understand where all the chords are is to look at the instructions pdf found at the support website.

About

skippodisk

This music app simulates the sound of a compact disc skipping and glitching. It offers a 2D slider for controlling delay time and feedback, with options for automatic skipping and silence dropouts to create unique audio effects.

Highlights
  • Simulates CD skipping and glitching
  • 2D slider for delay time and feedback
  • Automatic CD skipping
  • Silence dropout effect
  • Comb filtering effect
  • Bypass and volume controls
Features
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skippodisk is a free AUv3 plugin and standalone app. It features algorithm that imitates compact disc reading errors and adds feedback for some comb filtering. controls: * main control is a 2-dimensional slider that changes delay time / buffer size using value on X axis and feedback (positive and negative, -0.997 to 0.997) on Y axis. This control adds some creative comb-like effect. * algorithm settings: 
[ auto ] enables automatic cd skipping. 
[ dropout ] enables adding silence. Use both [auto] and [dropout] with zero feedback value (in the centre of touch control) to achieve the effect of a CD audio glitch * [ bypass ] control and volume control. This slider is in low value state by default.

Screenshots

PowerPlay53 screens
skippodisk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: skippodisk at every 2 weeks against PowerPlay5's every 23 months. skippodisk also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1). PowerPlay5's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PowerPlay5 against 4.9 for skippodisk. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: skippodisk has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerPlay5 ships an update every 23 months, skippodisk every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PowerPlay5 versus skippodisk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerPlay5skippodisk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMalcolm MugglinAlexey Nadzharov

Customer experience

PowerPlay5

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

skippodisk

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PowerPlay5

No in-app purchases

None

skippodisk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerPlay5 free?
PowerPlay5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is skippodisk free?
skippodisk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerPlay5 or skippodisk?
PowerPlay5 is rated higher. PowerPlay5 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while skippodisk averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do PowerPlay5 or skippodisk have ads?
Neither PowerPlay5 nor skippodisk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PowerPlay5 or skippodisk?
PowerPlay5 ships an update every 23 months, and skippodisk every 2 weeks. Most recently, PowerPlay5 was updated on November 1, 2026 and skippodisk on October 30, 2026.

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