MPC Legend vs Synthwave Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MPC Legend
This app transforms your iPad into a virtual music production tool, teaching beat-making fundamentals through engaging call-and-response gameplay. It offers progressive challenges and practice modes for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced producers.
- Virtual MPC pads for beat creation
- Call-and-response rhythmic challenges
- Three beat styles: Dirty South, East Coast, West Coast
- 9 levels per beat style
- Practice Mode for freestyle improvisation
- Game Center integration for scores
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The MPC Legend app is a virtual music production call-and-response game that shows you the basics of making beats and pushes your rhythmic limits. It will teach you and it will test you, with tons of fun along the way. Whether you’ve never created a beat before or can’t remember a time when you weren’t hitting the pads, the MPC Legend app has something for you. MPC Fly 30 Available Now from Akai Pro: http://www.akaipro.com/mpc-fly-30 Turn your iPad into a real MPC. Pound out beats and play MPC Legend on 16 backlit genuine MPC pads. Use MPC Fly 30 as a travel case for your iPad. Its multifunctional, double-hinged design gives you the flexibility to produce tracks anywhere, while also acting as a protective case between sessions and giving you total access to your iPad for normal uses. Key Features: -Match each beat and try to keep up as the patterns become more complex -Three beat styles to choose from: Dirty South, East Coast, and West Coast -Advance through 9 levels per style, unlocking new levels as your skills improve -Enter Practice Mode at anytime to play freestyle and improvise -Integrates with Apple’s Game Center to automatically post your scores -Hone your timing and beat-making ability with easy, medium, and hard levels
Synthwave Escape
Embark on a retro rhythm puzzle platformer adventure with an 80s synthwave aesthetic. Guide a team of robots with unique physics to escape a neon bunker and defeat an antagonist. Solve challenges through 60 stages with an original soundtrack and a humorous storyline.
- 60 Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer Stages
- 8 All-New Synthwave Tracks
- 4 Escaping Robots with Super Duper Physics
- Robot Storyline
- Dad Jokes
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Synthwave Escape is a Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer game with an 80s inspired Synthwave Soundtrack & Aesthetic. Join Doc Grits' team of robots as they attempt to escape the Neon Bunker and defeat the heinously infamous Red Hawk. Use the Escape Bots' skills together to overcome challenges and make it safely to safety! Features • 60 Retro Rhythm Puzzle Platformer Stages • 8 All-New Synthwave Tracks • 4 Escaping Robots with Super Duper Physics • 1 Most Triumphant Robot Storyline • A Plethora of Dad Jokes Oh, you're still reading! Alright, I'll continue. Here's the situation: this dude Grits is locked away in a Neon Bunker by this other bogus dude named Red Hawk. Grits is forced to make deadly contraptions, but manages to build a robot team to help him escape. They almost make it, but then they get caught. Then they get away. Yada, yada - just play the game already! If you enjoy the game please consider leaving a review. And if you really, really enjoy it, tell a friend. Then next time you see that friend, the two of you can do a jumping high five. Thanks for playing! Your Friend, Nick Culbertson Moby Pixel http://www.mobypixel.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Synthwave Escape at 4.6 against MPC Legend's 3.6. Synthwave Escape also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 52%) and device support (3 vs 1). MPC Legend's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Synthwave Escape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MPC Legend asks for nothing beyond the download.
Synthwave Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 219 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of MPC Legend's written reviews are positive against 83% of Synthwave Escape's.
| Parameter | MPC Legend | Synthwave Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (59 ratings) | 4.6 (219 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 219 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Akai Professional | Moby Pixel |
Customer experience
MPC Legend
Synthwave Escape
Bugs and requests
MPC Legend
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Synthwave Escape
Reported bugs
3 issues- Audio option doesn't work
- No invincibility stage after getting hit
- Game won't download
Requested features
5 requests- Longer game or sequel
- More levels
- New music
- PC version
- More cutscenes
In-app purchases
MPC Legend
No in-app purchases
Synthwave Escape
- 20 Coins$0.99
- 50 Coins$1.99
- Unlimited Coins$4.99
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- Unlimited Coins Deal$4.99








