Scape vs moodscaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scape
This app generates original music that evolves and reacts intelligently. Explore and recombine musical elements to create new sonic spaces. It offers a unique, generative album experience from renowned artists.
- Generates original, evolving music
- Recombines musical elements intelligently
- Offers deep access to sonic elements
- Includes 15 original scapes
- Save scapes to gallery and playlist
- Background playback
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Scape makes music that thinks for itself. From Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers, creators of Bloom, Scape is a new form of album which offers users deep access to its musical elements. These can be endlessly recombined to behave intelligently: reacting to each other, changing mood together, making new sonic spaces. Can machines create original music? Scape is our answer to that question: it employs some of the sounds, processes and compositional rules that we have been using for many years and applies them in fresh combinations, to create new music. Scape makes music that thinks for itself. - Brian Eno, Peter Chilvers Includes 15 original scapes Scapes can be saved into a gallery and added to a playlist Plays in background of other apps (excluding iPad 1) Generates random scapes Scapes can be shared by email Supports AirPlay and Retina display Headphones or external speakers recommended
moodscaper
This app generates unique, evolving ambient music for relaxation, study, or sleep. It can also function as a creative instrument for crafting atmospheric pads and effects, offering a dynamic and evocative soundscape.
- Generative atmospheric sample-based instrument
- Sleep timer
- Five scale-based moods
- Variable dynamics
- Four loopers with optional sync
- Realtime auto-accompaniment
- Effects section (filter, delay, reverb)
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"Part instrument, part interactive ambience, part subtly-changing New Age album, moodscaper's autoplay button is a wonderful introduction to its charms. With a single touch, it generates a musical artwork that's different every time." "A worthy and lush-sounding musical companion." Sound On Sound Magazine - Aug 2016 Moodscaper is a generative music app and a great personal companion for studying, providing non-intrusive headphone music at work, relaxing, meditating and even sleeping. Just launch the app, tap automatic play, and moodscaper will produce melodic, atmospheric and evocative ambient music in a “light”, “dark”, “space”, "happy" or “sad” mood. Moodscaper is also an easy to use instrument for creating epic-sounding pads and effects as part of a larger iPad-based music-making setup. Main features: · Unique generative atmospheric sample-based instrument · Simple user interface · Sleep timer · Five scale-based moods · Variable dynamics - from mellow and sparse to full-on drama! · Four loopers with optional sync · Provides tasteful auto-accompaniment to your playing in realtime or in loops · Hints displayed on keys that should sound good with root notes or chords · Samples are randomly stacked for a bigger sound with more variation · Effects section with filter, dual-delay and reverb · Effects tweaks can be recorded in loopers · Additional 20 key instrument for each mood · IAA support (as a generator) with no special setup required *** Please note that this app is now in maintenance / bug fixes only mode as it relies on "deprecated" (by Apple) technology such as IAA. ***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: moodscaper at $1.99 against Scape's $11.99. moodscaper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 21 months). Scape's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Scape costs $11.99 and moodscaper $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
moodscaper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Scape's written reviews are positive against 94% of moodscaper's.
Scape ships an update every 21 months, moodscaper every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scape | moodscaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.6% of reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 247 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Opal Limited | Rob Jackson |
Customer experience
Scape
moodscaper
Bugs and requests
Scape
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on iPad Pro and older devices
- Crashes after iOS updates
- Freezes when loading playlists
- Crashes on startup for some users
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
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- Lost scapes and elements after iOS upgrade
- Playback doesn't match recorded composition
- Cannot add elements in intro mode
- App doesn't allow bypassing introduction mode
Requested features
15 requests- Ability to name and rename scapes and playlists
- Export/record audio as WAV or MP3 files
- Edit existing scapes after creation
- Sleep timer or duration control
- Audiobus integration
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- iPhone version of the app
- Ability to import custom sounds and elements
- Cloud storage for user compositions
- Social sharing features (Facebook, etc.)
- More detailed documentation and tutorials
- Combine multiple moods together
- Ability to specify scape duration
- Repeat/loop functionality for playlists
- More sound variety and elements
- Wave editor for custom waveforms
moodscaper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scape
No in-app purchases
moodscaper
No in-app purchases








