C.HOP vs Vagabond Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
C.HOP
This portable tool allows musicians to create vintage vocal chops by automatically chopping audio based on a set threshold. Users can export their creations to a DAW or play them directly within the application, blending old-school inspiration with modern audio editing.
- Portable vocal chopper
- Automatic audio chopping
- Adjustable threshold
- Export to DAW
- In-app playback
- Vintage sound inspiration
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From C.ARP development team: C.HOP is your portable, old-fashioned, vocal chopper. Just set the threshold and chop automatically everything you listen to. Create your chops and export them into your DAW. Or just play right in the app! Useful tool for musicians. Inspired by old machines it is combined with modern techniques of audio editing.
Vagabond Synth
This is a free wavetable synthesizer app that can be used standalone or as an AUv3 instrument. It offers 16 voice polyphony, multiple oscillators, a switchable filter, modulation, and effects. It also includes a MIDI processor for generating musical sequences.
- Standalone or AUv3 instrument
- 16 voice polyphony
- Multiple oscillators per voice
- Switchable filter
- Modulation and effects
- Generative MIDI processor
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Vagabond is an idiosyncratic wavetable synthesiser, running standalone or as an AUv3 instrument in compatible hosts such as GarageBand, AUM, Loopy Pro or Cubasis. It features 16 voice polyphony, 4 unison oscillators per voice plus a sub-oscillator, switchable filter, a bit of modulation and some effects. Also built in is a MIDI processor plugin, Twelve, a generative music toy that creates 12-bar blues sequences. Vagabond uses this for demo purposes, but you can load it in other hosts if you like. It's kind of a one trick pony, but one trick is better than none. As always, Vagabond is 100% free, no IAPs, no subs, no spyware, no nag screens. We don't want your money and we don't want your data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vagabond Synth at 100% against C.HOP's 0%. Vagabond Synth also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.0). C.HOP's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, 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
Vagabond Synth is free to download; C.HOP costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vagabond Synth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of C.HOP's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vagabond Synth's.
C.HOP ships an update every 15 months, Vagabond Synth every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | C.HOP | Vagabond Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paolo Giorgi | Matthew Caldwell |
Customer experience
C.HOP
Vagabond Synth
In-app purchases
C.HOP
No in-app purchases
Vagabond Synth
No in-app purchases
