PixiTracker 1Bit vs Skulptur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixiTracker 1Bit
Create unique musical sketches and chiptunes with authentic 1-bit sound. This pattern-based sequencer requires no prior musical knowledge and offers various sound packs and recording capabilities. Export your creations in multiple formats for use in other music software.
- True 1-bit sound generation
- Pattern-based sequencer (tracker)
- Multiple sound packs
- Sound recorder
- MIDI keyboard support
- WAV and XM export
- Audiobus and IAA support
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PixiTracker 1BIT is a simple and fun tool to quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and experiments with TRUE 1-BIT SOUND (like on old microcomputers). No musical knowledge required! [ Key features ] • true 1-bit sound: only 1 and 0 in the final mix; • pattern-based sequencer (tracker); • 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); • iTunes File Sharing, Wi-Fi Export/Import, 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.
Skulptur
This interactive filter instrument offers a unique way to manipulate sounds with touch-centric controls. Animate and sculpt your audio using 10 surgical filters with kinetic sliders and innovative gestures.
- 10-band surgical filters
- Kinetic sliders
- Touch-centric innovations
- Built-in noise generator
- LFO mode
- Multiple UI modes
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Skulptur is a highly interactive Performance Filterbank designed by Bram Bos and Berlin-based musician Hainbach. It's a 10-band filter instrument unlike any other filterbank you've ever used. Designed for touch with kinetic sliders and other touch-centric innovations, it brings lots of different ways to interact with your sounds. Swipe, throw, slide, push, pull and draw the 10 surgical filters to animate and manipulate your sounds in ways that no other plugin allows. Comes with plugins for iOS, iPadOS and MacOS (13+, Intel and ARM) - Multiple UI modes to play with your sounds - 10 steep, surgical 48dB filters (1 LP + 8 BP + 1 HP) with filter feedback - 4 Filterbank model configurations - Built-in noise generator and high quality input signal saturator - LFO mode, optionally tempo-synchronised - Real world tested as an instrument in numerous live performances by Hainbach Find the manual on ruismaker.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PixiTracker 1Bit at $2.99 against Skulptur's $12.99. PixiTracker 1Bit also leads on ratings volume (47 vs 8). Skulptur's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). 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
PixiTracker 1Bit costs $2.99 and Skulptur $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PixiTracker 1Bit against 5.0 for Skulptur. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PixiTracker 1Bit has 47 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of PixiTracker 1Bit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Skulptur's.
PixiTracker 1Bit ships an update every 7 months, Skulptur every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PixiTracker 1Bit | Skulptur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Zolotov | Bram Bos |
Customer experience
PixiTracker 1Bit
Skulptur
Bugs and requests
PixiTracker 1Bit
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cannot save songs, overwrites existing ones
- Notes not in correct places
- Default samples regions weren't trimmed properly
- File exported via Wifi Export can't be read
- Some sounds increase duration as they drop in pitch
Requested features
18 requests- More step-length options for odd time signatures
- Option to change lengths per pattern
- Link support
- Add a save button
- More sounds
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- Email songs feature
- Optimized for iPhone 5
- Midi sync
- Work on self-explaining UI with pop-up explanations
- Better labeling
- .MOV export
- Track solo/mute options
- Customize visualizations
- Draw own pixel art for visualizations
- Control visualization display
- In-app purchase for visualization features
- Export customized visualizations to video files
- Use multiple different sound packs in one project
Skulptur
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PixiTracker 1Bit
No in-app purchases
Skulptur
No in-app purchases
