Comparison

Punchline Drum Machine vs Gatefold

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

Head to head
About

Punchline Drum Machine

Create beats with a powerful yet intuitive iOS drum machine. Record live tweaks, automate effects, and integrate with your DAW using AUv3 plugins. Import custom sounds and export your creations.

Highlights
  • 16-step sequencer with live recording
  • 16 drum sounds with adjustable parameters
  • 16 punch-in effects with tweakable parameters
  • Real-time automation of knobs and effects
  • Import WAV files for custom kits
  • Export patterns and chains as WAVs
  • AUv3 plugin integration for DAWs
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The drum machine that punches above its weight. Punchline is a playful iOS drum machine and sequencer packed with power. Create beats, record live tweaks, and automate effects. Use AUv3 plugins for integrated drum patterns, or transform live audio with rhythmic gates and punch-in effects. Features • 16-step sequencer with live recording, retrigs, probability, and pattern chaining • 16 drum sounds with pitch, length, filter, and level controls • 16 punch-in effects: reverb, delay, distortion, filters, modulation, and more, each with their own tweakable parameters • Real-time automation of knobs and effects • Import WAV files to build our your custom kit library • Export your patterns or your whole chain as WAVs for use in your favorite DAW • Additional free kits at charles.pizza/apps/punchline/kits Audio Unit Integration Use Punchline in your DAW with full AUv3 plugins: • Punchline Player: Full drum machine and sequencer • Punchline FX: Step-based rhythmic gate and effects processor for live audio • Full MIDI implementations for controlling steps, parameters and triggering effects Why Punchline? From quick sketches to full performances, Punchline makes advanced tools intuitive. Fast, musical, and always fun. Headphones recommended.

About

Gatefold

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Gatefold is a social listening journal for album lovers. Log what you listen to, rate it, write about it, and build a wall of the albums that mean the most to you. - Log listens: Rate albums and write reviews - Track moments: mark the parts of individual tracks that hit you - Your wall: a curated shelf of albums, your taste on the Wall - Connections: curated sets that link the albums in your collection by finding the thread that connects them (producers, studios, etc.) - Follow friends, browse their walls, see what they're listening to - Missing an album? Submit it and help expand the database of our growing community! Built for people who still listen to albums front to back.

Screenshots

Punchline Drum Machine4 screens
Gatefold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gatefold at Free against Punchline Drum Machine's $4.99. Gatefold also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Gatefold is free to download; Punchline Drum Machine costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Punchline Drum Machine versus Gatefold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPunchline Drum MachineGatefold
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles VestalLUCAS EMILIO CU UNJIENG

In-app purchases

None

Punchline Drum Machine

No in-app purchases

None

Gatefold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Punchline Drum Machine free?
Punchline Drum Machine costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gatefold free?
Gatefold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Punchline Drum Machine or Gatefold have ads?
Neither Punchline Drum Machine nor Gatefold shows ads.

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