Comparison

Skratcher vs Skym

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

Head to head
About

Skratcher

Transform your device into a professional DJ setup. Load music, scratch vinyl, apply effects, and mix beats with realistic physics and low-latency audio. Record your sets and even connect with another device for a synchronized dual-deck experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic virtual turntable with touch scratching
  • Real-time audio effects suite
  • Sound effects pad with custom import
  • Crossfader with adjustable curves
  • Beat loop import and playback
  • Tempo and pitch control with Key Lock
  • Mix recording to WAV
Features
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Skratcher turns your iPhone or iPad into a full-featured DJ turntable. Load songs from your music library, scratch vinyl, mix beats, and perform live -- all with realistic turntable physics and low-latency audio. TURNTABLE & SCRATCHING Spin a realistic virtual platter with accurate 33-1/3 RPM rotation and touch-based scratching. Choose from three platter feel presets -- Snap, Medium, or Heavy (Technics 1200-style momentum) -- and switch between Smooth or Raw scratch texture to dial in your sound. A circular waveform display at the center of the jog wheel shows your position in the track in real time. EFFECTS & EQ Shape your sound with a suite of real-time audio effects: - Digital Delay with adjustable time, feedback, and mix - Bandpass Filter with an interactive 4-point curve editor - 10-Band Graphic EQ with LED-lit vertical faders - 3-Band EQ (Bass, Mid, Treble) - Reverb with 13 factory presets from Small Room to Epic Cathedral - Decimator (Bitcrusher) with 16 lo-fi presets including 8-Bit, AM Radio, and Broken Glitch SOUND EFFECTS PAD Trigger 12 built-in retro sound effects -- Horn, Stinger, Scratch, Backspin, Siren, Laser, Explosion, Alarm, Phone, Pew, Phaser, and Warp -- all generated by a procedural audio synthesis engine. Import your own sounds into custom SFX slots. CROSSFADER & TRANSFORMER Mix between your track and scratch samples using four crossfader curves: Scratch, Cut, Linear, and Constant Power. Enable Hamster Switch for reversed fader direction. The Transformer (XFRM) button provides instant audio cuts for advanced scratch techniques with sub-millisecond response. BEAT LOOPS Five built-in beat loops span Hip Hop (90 BPM), Boom Bap (85 BPM), Trap (140 BPM), House (120 BPM), and Breakbeat (100 BPM). Import your own loops from your music library or the Files app. SCRATCH SAMPLES Two built-in scratch samples (subject to change) plus the ability to import your own. Toggle between scratching the built-in/custom scratch samples or the main deck's audio. TEMPO & PITCH Automatic BPM detection analyzes every track on load. Key Lock lets you adjust tempo up to +/-50% while preserving pitch. Fine-tune pitch independently for beatmatching. RECORDING Record your DJ mixes to WAV using the built-in REC button. Load and replay your recordings directly in the app. MICROPHONE Connect a microphone for live DJ announcements and voice mixing with adjustable volume control. APPLE MUSIC Apple Music subscribers can browse, search, and load songs from the full Apple Music catalog. Non-subscribers can load 30-second preview clips for mixing. SHAZAM Identify the currently playing song with one tap. Shazam fetches the track title, artist, and album artwork automatically. LYRICS View time-synced lyrics as your track plays, powered by LRCLIB. Supports synced scrolling, plain text fallback, and instrumental track detection. P2P DUAL DECK MIXER Connect two iPhones on the same Wi-Fi network and turn them into a synchronized dual-deck DJ setup. Each device runs an independent turntable while sharing live audio, playback position, crossfader state, and cue points in real time. Hand one phone to a friend and mix back to back. CARPLAY Full CarPlay support lets you browse your library, select tracks, and control playback from your car's display. IMPORT & FILE SUPPORT Load audio from your music library or import files from Downloads, iCloud Drive, or other locations. Supports MP3, WAV, AIFF, M4A, FLAC, CAF, AC3, and more. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE & IPAD Landscape-optimized layout on iPhone with a center jog wheel and side control panels. Expanded iPad layout with a full mixer panel, larger touch targets, and dedicated effects controls. 46 LANGUAGES Fully localized in 46 languages. SCRATCH. MIX. CREATE.

About

Skym

Control your Ableton devices with expressive touch gestures. This MIDI controller app lets you manipulate four parameters simultaneously, offering instant variability and interest to your sounds. It requires Ableton on macOS and does not generate sound on its own.

Highlights
  • Touch control for Ableton devices
  • Control 4 parameters simultaneously
  • X, Y, Speed, and Gate parameters
  • USB or Bluetooth connection
  • Free starter Ableton project included
  • Expressive sound design
Features
Currently charting
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Touch control for your Ableton devices. Skym is a MIDI controller app that allows you to control 4 parameters of your Ableton devices at once. Simply download the app, and install our Ableton script on Mac, and you can connect over USB or Bluetooth to perform expressive sound design. Our free starter Ableton project has some sounds to get you up and running. Skym sends 4 parameters at once. X, Y, Speed (how fast your touch is moving), and Gate (flips on and off with touch). These parameters automatically map to macros 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively. Combining these layers of control on synths, samplers, effects, gives you access to instant variability and interest in your sounds. Note Skym is a controller and not a sound generator, so the app does not make sound on its own. We only support connection and integration with Ableton on Mac. Mac OS must be 10.11 or later Ableton must be 11.0.0 or later

Screenshots

Skratcher4 screens
Skym4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Skratcher at 5.0 against Skym's 4.3. Skratcher also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and price ($4.99 vs $7.99). Skym's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 92 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 65%). On ratings volume, ads, monetization model 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

Skratcher costs $4.99 and Skym $7.99 up front. Skym sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Skratcher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skratcher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Skratcher's written reviews are positive against 80% of Skym's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skratcher ships an update every 92 months, Skym monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Skratcher versus Skym: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkratcherSkym
Price$4.99 — better$7.99
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.3 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings922 — better
Update frequencyEvery 92 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#187 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindArray Labs LLCResGuide LLC

Customer experience

Skratcher

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.3%

Skym

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Skratcher

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Skym

One-time4
  • Heat Map$4.99
  • Warp Speed$9.99
  • Pulse Cell$9.99
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  • Life Flower$9.99

Questions

Is Skratcher free?
Skratcher costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skym free?
Skym costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skratcher or Skym?
Skratcher is rated higher. Skratcher averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Skym averages 4.3 from 22 ratings.
Do Skratcher or Skym have ads?
Neither Skratcher nor Skym shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skratcher or Skym?
Skratcher ships an update every 92 months, and Skym monthly. Most recently, Skratcher was updated on September 20, 2026 and Skym on September 8, 2026.

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