Comparison

PixiTracker vs Moby Chip

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

Head to head
About

PixiTracker

Create musical sketches, chiptunes, and sound experiments quickly with this simple and fun tool. No extensive musical knowledge is required, making it accessible for all users. Enjoy a warm pixel interface and a pattern-based sequencer with high-quality samples.

Highlights
  • Pixel interface
  • Pattern-based sequencer
  • High quality sampler
  • Sound recorder
  • MIDI keyboard support
  • WAV export/import
  • XM export
Features
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No time to delve into the big and serious music apps? PixiTracker is what you need! It is a simple and fun tool to quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and sound experiments. Without requiring a lot of musical knowledge! [ Key features ] • true warm pixel interface; • pattern-based sequencer (tracker) with high quality sampler; • several packs with unique sounds; • sound recorder (from microphone or line-in); • MIDI keyboard support; • WAV export/import; • export to XM - this file can be loaded by any modern music tracker/player (for example, SunVox); • Wi-Fi export/import, iTunes File Sharing, audio copy/paste; • Audiobus and IAA support; • PixiTracker is also available for other systems (see the site); • PixiTracker player is open source, so you can freely use it in your own Pixilang applications.

About

Moby Chip

Create old-school 8-bit chiptune music with this four-track sequencer. Design custom sounds using wavetables or noise, and edit notes with detailed controls for instruments, effects, and timing. Export your creations in various formats for use in other applications or games.

Highlights
  • Four-track chiptune sequencer
  • User-definable wavetable oscillators
  • Random pitched noise for SFX
  • Sample-based timing with accurate tempos
  • Per-note editing of instrument, volume, glide, pan
  • Multiple export formats (WAV, AAC, CAF, M4R)
  • Live playing with onscreen keyboard
Features
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"Fantastic" - Obo Wurx "Instant buy!" - Marco Herrarte "It’s absolutely amazing. It’s perfect." - scooba17 "This is awesome. You've done an amazing job with this!" - Nico Reuel "I spent hours making music on my AMIGA, back in the day. Thanks for this APP." - alleykat "A masterpiece of its kind. - The complete package: sexy, smart, funny, and an excellent cook." - littlewoodg "Holy jeebus, I just found this app and it’s insane. It’s EXACTLY what I’ve been craving on iOS. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!" - cenz music "Best chip app. - Is a great sounding, great looking, and great quality app. Everything is intuitive. Congratulations!!!!!! I’ll be telling everyone so know about this." - Always Don't Mess With Me Moby Chip is a four track, easy to use, chiptune, music sequencer. It was designed to recreate that old-school 8-bit video game sound. Each track is monophonic and generates sound from user definable, 4-bit 32 sample wavetables, or random pitched noise for drums and sound effects. The wavetable oscillators are bandlimited, using a proprietary algorithm, calculated in real time, and modeled somewhat after the original GameBoy’s wavetable channel. Moby Chip was design with professionals in mind. It’s great for creating chiptune songs or sound effects. It has sample based timing with accurate tempos. Export options include full song or phrase with selectable tracks and four file formats: wav, AAC/m4a, caf, ringtone/m4r. Exported audio files are ready to use without editing. Drop them into your favorite App such as Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro X, or use them in a video game. These files can be accessed outside the Moby Chip App in the Apple Files App or accessed through iTunes File Sharing or in the Finder (MacOS 10.15 and newer). Moby Chip can be played live. Plunk out a tune on the onscreen keyboard with accompanying music provided by the Notes Grid (main screen) or the Song Editor. And like the music trackers of old, each note of each track can be individually edited. The instrument, octave, volume, glide (portamento), pan (including old-school delay stereo effect), arpeggiated chords, and trill effects, can all be adjusted per note. And one of my favorites, the Notes Grid supports triplets. You can find in-depth information in the included manual. But don’t let that keep you from jumping in and trying it out. Also, eight song examples are included in the app to learn from. Have a whale of a time!

Screenshots

PixiTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Moby Chip at every 3 weeks against PixiTracker's every 4 months. PixiTracker's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $7.99) and ratings volume (152 vs 8). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

PixiTracker costs $2.99 and Moby Chip $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PixiTracker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PixiTracker has 152 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of PixiTracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moby Chip's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PixiTracker ships an update every 4 months, Moby Chip every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PixiTracker versus Moby Chip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixiTrackerMoby Chip
Price$2.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.9 (152 ratings) — better4.8 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews96.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings152 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander ZolotovBinary Square, Inc.

Customer experience

PixiTracker

All ratings152 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive96.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.0%

Moby Chip

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PixiTracker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes reported
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more sound packs and sample libraries
  • Implement support for additional time signatures
  • Improve pitch/tuning controls for more precise adjustments
  • Allow for layering/stacking of track sets
  • Implement better export options (e.g. MIDI, MP3)

Moby Chip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PixiTracker

No in-app purchases

None

Moby Chip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PixiTracker free?
PixiTracker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moby Chip free?
Moby Chip costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PixiTracker or Moby Chip?
PixiTracker is rated higher. PixiTracker averages 4.9 out of 5 from 152 ratings, while Moby Chip averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do PixiTracker or Moby Chip have ads?
Neither PixiTracker nor Moby Chip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PixiTracker or Moby Chip?
PixiTracker ships an update every 4 months, and Moby Chip every 3 weeks. Most recently, PixiTracker was updated on October 1, 2026 and Moby Chip on June 4, 2026.

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