SEQTRAK vs PunchKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SEQTRAK
This app enhances your music production experience with a dedicated interface for real-time control and visual feedback. Manage projects, expand your sound library, and create dynamic visualizers that sync with your music. Learn new techniques with interactive tutorials.
- Real-time GUI editor for device control
- Project and sound backup/reload
- Cloud sound library expansion
- 3D object and visual effect creation
- AR mode for real-world footage integration
- Dynamic, interactive tutorials
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The dedicated app for Music Production Studio SEQTRAK. ※SEQTRAK device required. [ MAIN FEATURES ] ・GUI Editor Interact with the SEQTRAK device, and watch as the app's screen responds to your actions in real time, providing a more intuitive and visual way to control the device. Utilize the app to fine-tune your sound design and adjust track patterns. ・PROJECT/SOUND MANAGER Back up projects created on the SEQTRAK device to this app and reload backed up data onto your device whenever needed. Plus, expand your sound library by downloading additional sounds from the cloud. ・VISUALIZER Create 3D objects and visual effects that respond to MIDI from SEQTRAK, and record and save your performances as videos. Plus, an AR mode, leveraging your smart device's camera to display 3D objects and effects onto real-world footage. *Please note, certain app settings may cause lights to flash intensely. ・DYNAMIC TUTORIAL Interact with the SEQTRAK device, and real time explanations and instructions display on the app. This feature allows you to learn and explore the functionalities of SEQTRAK while actively using it. ---- NOTES : At least 4GB of memory (RAM) is required to use the VISUALIZER function.
PunchKit
This app enhances your music production workflow with a compatible hardware device. It allows instant access to projects, sounds, and memory, plus recording, editing, and backup capabilities. Streamline your creative process and manage your music projects efficiently.
- Automatic device connection
- Browse projects, sounds, and memory
- Record USB audio and iOS input
- Signal-activated recording
- Bundle recordings for backup
- Add effects to recordings and samples
- Backup and restore projects
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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 a bank, project, or everything on your EP - Include assigned samples or create complete device archives - Restore PunchKit ZIP or user-supplied TE .pak backups with preflight 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 PunchKit has no account, advertising, third-party analytics, crash-reporting SDK, or tracking. Audio and EP content stay under your control. Issue reports are sent only when you choose. Optional diagnostics may include redacted app activity and Apple-provided crash information, but exclude audio, samples, 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 in-app purchases: SEQTRAK at none against PunchKit's 4. PunchKit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (96% vs 79%). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. PunchKit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. SEQTRAK asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SEQTRAK against 4.9 for PunchKit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PunchKit has 51 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of SEQTRAK's written reviews are positive against 96% of PunchKit's.
SEQTRAK ships an update every 5 months, PunchKit weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SEQTRAK | PunchKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) | 4.9 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yamaha Corporation | Kristaps Dreija |
Customer experience
SEQTRAK
PunchKit
In-app purchases
SEQTRAK
No in-app purchases
PunchKit
- Small Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$5.99
- Huge Tip$12.99
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- PunchKit Pro Lifetime$14.99








