Comparison

Dropophone vs Pegboard

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

Head to head
About

Dropophone

Compose minimalist melodies by tapping multi-colored raindrops. Each drop triggers a unique note that loops, allowing you to create soothing, rain-like soundscapes. Includes a metronome for timing.

Highlights
  • Minimalist melody creation
  • Raindrop sound effects
  • Looping musical notes
  • Multi-colored raindrops
  • Metronome included
  • Simple interface
Features
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Create your own minimalist melodies with this exciting new app. Based on Lullatone's album "Little Songs About Raindrops," this app allows you to make songs that sound like drips and drops falling on a tiny orchestra of instruments. Pressing the multi-colored raindrops triggers notes that loop every six seconds. Combine different colored drops and notes to compose your own rainy-day melodic backdrops. A metronome is also included to help you keep time. This app is super simple on purpose. Simple is magic! Tell us what you think: hello@lullatone.com

About

Pegboard

This app offers an intuitive mobile wavetable synthesizer with a virtual analog filter. It features a harmonic table keyboard layout that highlights scales for easy improvisation and chord playing. The free version provides extensive sound design capabilities, while a pro upgrade unlocks MIDI controller functionality.

Highlights
  • Harmonic table keyboard layout
  • Scale highlighting for improvisation
  • Virtual analog filter
  • 8-voice polyphony
  • 7 effect modules
  • 16-row modulation matrix
  • MIDI over USB (Pro)
Features
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Pegboard is a mobile synth designed to make playing music more intuitive. The app is a full-featured mobile subtractive synthesizer with a virtual analog filter. Use it as a melody writing app, music scale finder, or just as a MIDI keyboard controller. How you use it is completely up to you. The keyboard is arranged in a harmonic table layout. Scales you choose are highlighted for easy improvisation. Each chord has a simple shape that is the same in every key. This layout greatly simplifies playing chords, borrowing chords, and modulating between keys. Music theory apps tend to impose constraints and can be uninspiring. Pegboard will give you an intuitive feel for harmony and allow you to come up with your own amazing riffs all through improvisation. Most of the app features are free. The synth is fully playable and programmable in the free version. Included in the free version: • Over 400 unique scales. • 70 factory presets. • 16-voice polyphony. • 4 oscillators. • 7 effect modules. • 16-row modulation matrix. • Unlimited use, no ads. Included in the pro version: • Unlimited saved presets. • MIDI over USB. The pro version is available as an in-app purchase. It will allow you to use the app as a MIDI controller. You can then connect the app to your DAW or another synthesizer.

Screenshots

Dropophone2 screens
Pegboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dropophone at none against Pegboard's 1. Dropophone also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 56%) and iOS requirement (8.3 vs 15.0). Pegboard's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 67 months) and rating (4.3 vs 3.9). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pegboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dropophone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pegboard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Dropophone's written reviews are positive against 56% of Pegboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dropophone ships an update every 67 months, Pegboard weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dropophone versus Pegboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropophonePegboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (12 ratings)4.3 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 67 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHAUS K.K.Brandon Murray

Customer experience

Dropophone

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.6%

Pegboard

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Dropophone

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pegboard

One-time1
  • Pegboard Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Dropophone free?
Dropophone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pegboard free?
Pegboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dropophone or Pegboard?
Pegboard is rated higher. Dropophone averages 3.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Pegboard averages 4.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Dropophone or Pegboard have ads?
Neither Dropophone nor Pegboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dropophone or Pegboard?
Dropophone ships an update every 67 months, and Pegboard weekly. Most recently, Dropophone was updated on September 21, 2026 and Pegboard on September 30, 2026.

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