plugdata vs Briiks
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.
Briiks
Manipulate audio loops non-destructively with this sampler. Rearrange, combine, and modify slices on the fly using various tools for pitch, time, and position adjustments. Features include multiple tracks, a built-in mixer, and bus effects.
- Non-destructive sample slicing
- Rearrange and combine loops
- On-the-fly modification of slices
- Up to 6 tracks
- Built-in mixer
- Delay and compressor on buses
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AUv3 and standalone sample-loops manipulator. BRIIKS is non destructive sample slicer, you can rearrange and combine your loops on the fly. Modify start points, slice length, pitch, time stretch on the fly. - Up to 6 tracks to rearrange slices. - Built in mIxer. - 4 busses and main output. - Delay and compressor on every bus. 6 tools: - SELECT Change slice position, start point and length. Change slice track. - STRETCH Change pitch and time stretch by dragging start and end point. - HAND Change sample start point without change the slice position. - SLICER Chop from the source sample or form the selected slice. - PENCIL Replicate selected slice, Snap to slice and zero cross.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: plugdata at none against Briiks's 1. plugdata also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Briiks's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (73% vs 63%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Briiks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. plugdata asks for nothing beyond the download.
Briiks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of plugdata's written reviews are positive against 73% of Briiks's.
plugdata ships an update every 3 months, Briiks every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | plugdata | Briiks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Schoen | Luis Rivas |
Customer experience
plugdata
Briiks
In-app purchases
plugdata
No in-app purchases
Briiks
- Briiks Complete$6.99
