Comparison

UGroove vs Chip's Jack Machine

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UGroove

Features
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Take a deep dive into our selection of radio stations. No accounts, no ads, no subscriptions. Just listen and groove!

About

Chip's Jack Machine

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Chip's Jack Machine is a pocket-sized classic house drum machine — 16 voices, a 16/32-step sequencer, and the hands-on knob-per-function workflow of the original hardware, with no menus to dig through. Most of the kit is synthesized live rather than played back from a sample library, so every knob genuinely reshapes the sound instead of filtering a recording. A few voices are built from recordings where a real one simply sounded better. FEATURES • 16 voices — bass drum, snare, low/mid/hi tom, clap, closed and open hat, cowbell, rim shot, maracas, low/mid/high conga, claves, and cymbal. • Per-voice TUNE, DECAY, TONE, SNAPPY, LEVEL, PAN and VERB — every one of them live. • 4 scenes (A/B/C/D) with instant switching, copy and paste. Each scene keeps its own pattern, bar length, mute/solo state and knob settings. • 8, 16 or 32-step patterns with swing. • Step recording — arm RECORD and play the pads in. • Load your own audio into any voice with SAMPLE. • Low-latency audio engine built for playing, not just playback. • Export a pattern as WAV, or export every voice separately as stems. • Save and load projects as .house files and move them between your devices — the same format the whole Architect Series uses. Runs on iPhone and iPad. Buy it once and it's yours. No subscription, no account, no ads, no in-app purchases, and no network connection — the app works entirely offline, forever. Part of the Time2Jack Architect Series.

Screenshots

UGroove4 screens
Chip's Jack Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: UGroove at Free against Chip's Jack Machine's $4.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

UGroove is free to download; Chip's Jack Machine costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
UGroove versus Chip's Jack Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUGrooveChip's Jack Machine
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIVAN ANGELOV ANGELOVIrwin Eberhart

In-app purchases

None

UGroove

No in-app purchases

None

Chip's Jack Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UGroove free?
UGroove is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chip's Jack Machine free?
Chip's Jack Machine costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do UGroove or Chip's Jack Machine have ads?
Neither UGroove nor Chip's Jack Machine shows ads.

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