plugdata vs jAmp Bleep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
jAmp Bleep
This app is an AUv3 audio plugin that recreates the Bleep Bloop Machine. It offers MIDI control for its knobs, allowing users to manipulate sound and create music.
- AUv3 plugin
- Bleep Bloop Machine remake
- MIDI knob control
- Sound manipulation
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Remake as AUv3 plugin of Mike Moreno's Bleep Bloop Machine. The knobs can be controlled with MIDI. Turn the knobs and enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: plugdata at free against jAmp Bleep's paid. plugdata also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). jAmp Bleep's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 4 days 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.
jAmp Bleep holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of plugdata's written reviews are positive against 89% of jAmp Bleep's.
plugdata ships an update every 3 months, jAmp Bleep every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | plugdata | jAmp Bleep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — 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 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Schoen | Jan Maes |
Customer experience
plugdata
jAmp Bleep
In-app purchases
plugdata
No in-app purchases
jAmp Bleep
No in-app purchases
