Thesys vs Tutunes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thesys
This app is a powerful and intuitive MIDI step sequencer for creating complex musical patterns. It offers extensive control over MIDI devices, enabling organic bass lines, leads, and pads for studio or live performance. Advanced features allow for real-time pattern manipulation directly from a MIDI keyboard.
- MIDI Step Sequencer
- Pattern Creation
- Live Performance Options
- Real-time Pattern Manipulation
- Integrated Synth
- Action Section (Gatetime, Looper, Slowdown)
- Ableton Link Support
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Thesys is an extremely powerful and intuitive MIDI Step Sequencer app, giving you control over just about all aspects of your favorite MIDI devices. Use Thesys to create varied and organic bass lines, screaming leads, pulsating chords, and organic pad sounds in the studio or on stage. For live musicians, Thesys provides an extremely versatile palette of performance options which can be triggered right from your MIDI keyboard: you can transpose, manipulate, twist up, mutate, and mangle your patterns without even getting near your iPad. No other MIDI sequencer plugin offers you the ease and power of Thesys. It is 100% MIDI compliant and therefore provides the ultimate MIDI sequencing solution. iPad Edition Features: • Integrated Synth • Action Section (Gatetime, Looper, Slowdown...) • Pattern Sequencer • Standalone & Audio Unit v3 • Ableton Link Support • MIDI file Export • MIDI Support (Virtual, Netzwerk, Extern, Bluetooth), MIDI Learn & Host Automation • MIDI Clock Sync (Master & Slave) • Preset iCloud Sync • Preset Share • Zoom
Tutunes
Create chip tune sound effects for games and other projects with simple operations. Easily share your creations as .wav files.
- Chip tune sound generation
- Simple operation
- Game sound effect creation
- WAV file export
- Sound sharing
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This app will make a sound, such as a chip tune with a simple operation. It will help you create the sound effects of the game and the like. (.wav)File of sound made with this app, you can share.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tutunes at 100% against Thesys's 59%. Tutunes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Thesys's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 2). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Thesys sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tutunes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tutunes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thesys has 85 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Thesys's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tutunes's.
Thesys ships an update every 3 months, Tutunes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thesys | Tutunes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sugar Bytes GmbH | Koji Mori |
Customer experience
Thesys
Tutunes
In-app purchases
Thesys
- Thesys Full Version$19.99
Tutunes
No in-app purchases
