KNOCK Clipper vs Vagabond Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KNOCK Clipper
This app offers a premium, adjustable hard and soft clipper effect for music production. It's inspired by the signature sound of a popular drum kit series, designed to shape the sonics of modern music.
- User adjustable hard clipper
- User adjustable soft clipper
- Premium quality audio effect
- Inspired by signature drum kit sounds
- Shapes modern music sonics
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KNOCK Clipper is a premium quality, user adjustable hard & soft clipper designed by DECAP. It is the CLIP module from his acclaimed plugin, KNOCK. It is inspired by the signature sound of his popular drum kit series DRUMS THAT KNOCK, which has helped shaped the sonics of modern music.
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 rating: Vagabond Synth at 5.0 against KNOCK Clipper's 4.2. Vagabond Synth also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 34 months). KNOCK Clipper's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vagabond Synth holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
KNOCK Clipper ships an update every 34 months, Vagabond Synth every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KNOCK Clipper | Vagabond Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plugins That Knock | Matthew Caldwell |
Customer experience
KNOCK Clipper
Vagabond Synth
In-app purchases
KNOCK Clipper
No in-app purchases
Vagabond Synth
No in-app purchases
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