Wrist Pipe vs Create A Riff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wrist Pipe
This application provides a portable pitch pipe with extensive customization, a variety of instruments, and setlist support for musicians. It allows users to quickly access pitches via watch complications and offers themes for specific musical groups.
- Customizable appearance
- Large selection of instruments
- Setlist support for songs
- Watch face complications
- Themes for musical groups
- Real pitch pipe samples
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Wrist Pipe is the best app to keep you in tune on the go! With its extensive customization options, large selection of instruments, and support for set lists, you’ll never need another pitch pipe again! Show Your True Colors! Wrist Pipe can be customized to match your style. So you can go for an understated look, match your pipe to your outfit, or show your pride! No More Memorizing Pitches Fumbling with a pitch pipe can slow down your performance. With Wrist Pipe, you can create predefined set lists. Then just tap the name of the song to hear the correct pitch! Instruments Wrist Pipe is equiped with several midi instruments and octave controls so you can pick the sound that works best for you! Wrist Pipe also features samples from a real pitch pipe for a natural tuning experience! Wrist Pipe on your Watch Face When a song strikes, you need a pitch as quickly as possible. Wrist Pipe’s complications allow you to jump right into the app, and look great on any watch face! It's Great to be a Barbershopper! Wrist Pipe comes with over 100 hand-designed themes for the top BHS choruses!
Create A Riff
Transform text into guitar riffs with accompanying tab notation. Add chords and choose drum styles to create unique musical pieces. Explore a new way to visualize and play musical ideas.
- Text to guitar riff conversion
- Guitar neck and tab staff visualization
- Mute guitar for playback
- Add chords via strings or synth
- Rock or progressive drum styles
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'Create A Riff' is an app that lets you type in a name, word, phrase, etc... (max 16 letters), then watch it play as a riff on a guitar neck and tab staff, or you can mute the guitar and play along. You can also add chords via strings or a synth, and choose from rock or progressive drums. The app is the rock/guitar version of the app 'Play The Name'. App concept by Ron Jarzombek Graphics by Ron Jarzombek Programming by Gunpreet Singh Matharoo twitter/@itsmatharoo www.ronjarzombek.com www.ronjarzombek.com/rjapps.html Ron Jarzombek - - lead guitarist and composer of Blotted Science, Spastic Ink and WatchTower, as featured on the CDs… ‘Blotted Science – The Animation Of Entomology’, ‘Blotted Science – The Machinations Of Dementia’, ‘Spastic Ink – Ink Complete’, ‘Spastic Ink – Ink Compatible’, ‘Ron Jarzombek – Solitarily Speaking Of Theoretical Confinement’ 'Ron Jarzombek - PHHHP Plus!' ‘WatchTower – Control And Resistance’, 'WatchTower - 'Math Concepts: Book One' Digital singles... 'Frenetically Inconsistent Velocities Entwined' 'The Ink Panther' 'All Along The WatchTower' 'She Blotted Me With Science' Other apps: 'Play The Name' 'Beyond Life And Cosmic Kinetics' 'Razor Blade Babies' 'Kill The Digital Distortion' - featured in Joel McIver's '100 Top Metal Guitarists' book (#32)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Create A Riff at Free against Wrist Pipe's $0.99. Create A Riff also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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
Create A Riff is free to download; Wrist Pipe costs $0.99 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 — 4.6 for Wrist Pipe against 4.5 for Create A Riff. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Wrist Pipe's written reviews are positive against 60% of Create A Riff's.
| Parameter | Wrist Pipe | Create A Riff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | 4.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Freeman | Ron Jarzombek |
Customer experience
Wrist Pipe
Create A Riff
In-app purchases
Wrist Pipe
No in-app purchases
Create A Riff
No in-app purchases





