MobMuPlat vs plugdata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MobMuPlat
Create custom audio software for iOS using Pure Data. Design interfaces and audio engines on your computer, then transfer them to your device for synthesis, sampling, and networking.
- Custom audio software creation
- Pure Data integration
- User-defined interfaces
- Synthesis and sampling
- OSC messaging
- Networked audio
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MobMuPlat (short for Mobile Music Platform) lets you create your own custom audio software for iOS, via the open-source audio environment PureData. MobMuPlat hosts a list of user-created documents, each of which defines a user interface and audio engine. MobMuPlat can do synthesis, sampling, networking via local wifi, OSC messaging, query and set hardware characteristics, display images/graphics, and much more. see www.mobmuplat.com for more info. Creating your own work consists of two parts, both done on your laptop/desktop. First, create the audio engine using the graphical programming language Pure Data (PD) Second, either use the native PureData GUI, or create a graphical user interface (GUI) with the MobMuPlat Editor. With PureData and the MobMuPlat Editor open, and data sent between the two, you can simulate the app behavior on your laptop/desktop. Once development is complete, just drag the two saved files into the "Documents" folder of iTunes, and they are uploaded to your device and can be opened in the MobMuPlat app... Download these tools from www.mobmuplat.com
plugdata
This app provides a visual programming environment for audio experimentation, prototyping, and education. It allows users to create and run audio patches on their mobile devices, enabling creative sound design on the go.
- Visual programming environment
- Audio experimentation
- Prototyping
- Educational tool
- Standalone application
- Audio plugins
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plugdata is visual programming environment for audio experimentation, prototyping and education. With plugdata for iOS, you can bring your plugdata patches with you everywhere you go. This app ships with a standalone application and audio plugins.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MobMuPlat at 5.0 against plugdata's 4.4. MobMuPlat also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 63%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MobMuPlat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of MobMuPlat's written reviews are positive against 63% of plugdata's.
MobMuPlat ships an update monthly, plugdata every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobMuPlat | plugdata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.4 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 63.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Iglesia Intermedia | Timothy Schoen |
Customer experience
MobMuPlat
plugdata
In-app purchases
MobMuPlat
No in-app purchases
plugdata
No in-app purchases
