Thesys vs jAmp Bleep
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
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 in-app purchases: jAmp Bleep at none against Thesys's 1. jAmp Bleep also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (89% vs 59%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. jAmp Bleep asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Thesys against 4.7 for jAmp Bleep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Thesys's written reviews are positive against 89% of jAmp Bleep's.
Thesys ships an update every 3 months, jAmp Bleep every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thesys | jAmp Bleep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (85 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sugar Bytes GmbH | Jan Maes |
Customer experience
Thesys
jAmp Bleep
In-app purchases
Thesys
- Thesys Full Version$19.99
jAmp Bleep
No in-app purchases
