Comparison

pUnKGeN vs The Centrepiece

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

Head to head
About

pUnKGeN

Create heavy rock, thrash metal, punk, and goth style sequences and loops with a 6-channel pattern groovebox and guitar riff generator. Features independent effects, filters, tuning, and ducking for each track, with options to generate, modify, or manually enter riff patterns.

Highlights
  • 6-channel pattern groovebox
  • Guitar riff generator
  • Independent track effects
  • Manual note entry
  • Scale and shuffle patterns
  • Arpeggiate function
  • MIDI and Ableton Link support
Features
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Punk Syn Gen A 6 channel pattern groovebox and guitar riff generator for creating heavy rock, thrash metal, punk, and goth style sequences and loops. HEAVY METAL! Create mysterious 80s dark metal loops or create random riffs and drum loops with bass guitar licks. With 2 dedicated guitars, bass, synth and also drum tracks. Whether you play the guitar or not, use this app to come up with new ideas, ideas that you would never have dreamed of. ROCK ON! You can use this app as a guitar riff generator to make whole interesting goth or punk /thrash style sample loops. Every track has independent effects, filter, tuning and ducking ( similar to side chain compression) Generate, modify or manually enter riff patterns with "power" levels. Many different ways to generate or modify patterns that intelligently conform the patters for each instrument. Adding a note manually is easy. Place a note and adjust the power level from small strum, to powerchords for guitars. Power level in Guitar 1 allows you to add single note, single muted or power chords to create thrash riffs. Power level in synth gives you different pad type sounds. Two duplicate drum tracks with some basic drum kit sounds to give you some backing Bass Guitar power level goes from soft touch to slap bass. You can simply generate all day long with one button and it will create a scale, and riffs for every track. If you like the pattern but not the notes, choose your scale and rescale one or many tracks at the same time If you dont like the riff, shuffle it If you want an arpeggio but using a riff, make a riff pattern then press arpeggiate, cycles through arpeggio modes You can freely transpose the entire composition You can play one bar at a time or chain up to 4 bars Half or quarter the playback speed independently on each track so 64 steps plays slower equivalent to 256 steps. Thrash algorithm patterns have been influenced from bands like Metallica and Faith no More. In Fact Faith No More inspired us to use synth strings. Create ideas you wouldn't think of using scales and riffs. Whether you are a fan of Metallica riffs or punk, you can never tell what you'll get when it generates all tracks. Some chaos is also added to the generation of riffs. Many affects can be added from purposely adding bend, echo, reverb, extra distortion for even more thrash metal sound and resonating low pass filters to create mysterious and moody goth style patterns. This app is part of a family of apps: 6x808 - a drum sequencer, 2xb303 a TB303 sequencer, 7XdXfm - a 7 track-4 operator FM synth, 7XWave - a sample manipulation groovebox. Unique to this, the step edits are removed, and replaced with a dedicated piano roll for placing notes in a grid representing pitch and time. Like all the other apps, MIDI is included for sync as well as Ableton Link and Inter App Audio so you can route the audio to Audiobus/AUM Output note data on each channel too. You can sample whats playing anytime and it will record a sampled loop you can export to Audioshare or clipboard/email

About

The Centrepiece

Features
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Welcome to The Centrepiece App, your gateway to the global Sacred/Circle/Traditional dance community! Dive into our extensive dance database featuring videos and step notations to master various dances. Easily locate local dance groups and presenters from around the world. Whether you prefer online or in-person sessions, our events page helps you connect with fellow dance enthusiasts. The App also offers talks on the history of Sacred Dance and access to related magazines. Immerse yourself in the rich tradition of Sacred, Circle, and Traditional dances while becoming part of our vibrant community. The best part? You no longer need to worry about time zones as they automatically adjust based on your current location. Bring a candle and join our events directly from the App. The Centrepiece connects you to the Sacred Circle dance community, helping you Step In and Share Your Light with dancers globally. Discover the joy of dance and community, all at your fingertips. Download The Centrepiece app now and start your journey!

Screenshots

pUnKGeN4 screens
The Centrepiece3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Centrepiece at Free against pUnKGeN's $1.99. pUnKGeN's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

The Centrepiece is free to download; pUnKGeN costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

pUnKGeN ships an update every 3 days, The Centrepiece every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
pUnKGeN versus The Centrepiece: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpUnKGeNThe Centrepiece
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRob WilmotEmma Logan

In-app purchases

None

pUnKGeN

No in-app purchases

None

The Centrepiece

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is pUnKGeN free?
pUnKGeN costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Centrepiece free?
The Centrepiece is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do pUnKGeN or The Centrepiece have ads?
Neither pUnKGeN nor The Centrepiece shows ads.
Which is updated more often, pUnKGeN or The Centrepiece?
pUnKGeN ships an update every 3 days, and The Centrepiece every 3 months. Most recently, pUnKGeN was updated on November 3, 2026 and The Centrepiece on November 4, 2026.

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