Comparison

Pitch Kit vs VU202

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

Head to head
About

Pitch Kit

Explore and understand music harmony with this compositional tool. Visualize scales and chords as sheet music, transpose them, and discover their properties. Offers intuitive input, playback, and advanced tools for musicians of all levels.

Highlights
  • Visualize scales and chords as sheet music
  • Intuitive input with virtual keyboard
  • Playback and manipulation of musical creations
  • Advanced pitch-class set theory tools
  • Customizable instrument playback
  • Built-in glossary of music theory terms
Features
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Pitch Kit is a powerful compositional tool designed to help musicians of all levels explore and understand harmony like never before. Inspired by the need to analyze complex harmonies, Pitch Kit fills the gaps left by other music theory apps. View scales and chords as beautiful sheet music on the staff, freely transpose them, and dive deep into their properties. Key features: Intuitive Input: Tap pitches on the virtual keyboard to build scales or chords. The app instantly displays them as notation and reveals detailed information, including the colloquial name, intervals, unique transpositions, and more. Playback & Manipulation: Hear your creation with a tap of the play button. Easily transpose, shift modes, adjust the bass note, or change enharmonic spellings. Advanced Tools: Input Forte and Spread numbers directly for pitch-class set theory. Differentiate inversion pairs and explore exotic scales effortlessly – like transposing a mystic chord up a tritone in one tap. For Everyone: Beginners get clear, common names for scales, while pros access in-depth set theory charts and terminology explanations. Customization: Choose instruments for playback, view comprehensive set charts, and learn about every term used in the app via the built-in resources. Whether you're a novice discovering scales or a seasoned composer experimenting with modern harmony, Pitch Kit makes music theory accessible, interactive, and inspiring. Start exploring today!

About

VU202

Create beats and design sounds with this performance-focused sampler. Import or record audio, shape sounds with extensive editing tools, and build rhythms and song structures. Customize the interface and export your creations.

Highlights
  • Import, record, and resample audio
  • Sample editing with trim, attack, decay
  • Pattern and song arrangement modes
  • Per-step nudge timing
  • Pad, bank, and master effects
  • Export WAV or stems
  • UI customization
Features
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VU202 is a performance-focused sampler for iPhone and iPad, built for fast sound design, pattern creation, and hands-on beat making. VU202 now can export it projects into my newest creation - VU Studio Desktop - mini daw for OSX and Windows that will help You to finish Your VU202 projects. Look for a discount code in the app! Import your own samples or unlock included drumkits, record directly into pads, or resample processed sounds to create new layers and textures. Shape every sound with trim, attack and decay editing, pitch control, reverse playback, loop modes, trigger or gate playback, and multiple effect stages. Build rhythms in Pattern Mode, switch between patterns instantly, and arrange full ideas in Song Mode. Push grooves further with per-step nudge timing, quick pattern tools like rename, duplicate, erase, and double, and fast pad and bank actions including mute and solo. Use pad effects for detailed sound design, then process groups and the full mix with bank and master FX. Bounce effected sounds into new samples, export full mixes or stems, and keep building without breaking your flow. Make the instrument your own with UI customization, including background images, opacity control, and editable interface colors. Features: Import, record, and resample audio directly into pads Trim samples and edit attack, decay, and release shape Use trigger or gate playback per pad Create patterns, duplicate them, erase them, rename them, and double their length Add per-step nudge timing for looser, off-grid grooves Arrange full song chains in Song Mode Use pad, bank, and master effects Mute and solo pads or full banks for fast performance control Export projects as WAV or stems Save projects and continue where you left off Customize the look of VU202 with colors and background images Use zoom support for a more comfortable editing view VU202 is made for drums, chops, textures, and fast musical sketches, with a workflow that stays direct, creative, and playable.

Screenshots

Pitch Kit4 screens
VU2023 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pitch Kit at none against VU202's 9. Pitch Kit also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). VU202's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (34 vs 9). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VU202 sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Pitch Kit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pitch Kit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pitch Kit's written reviews are positive against 94% of VU202's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pitch Kit ships an update every 2 weeks, VU202 weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pitch Kit versus VU202: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPitch KitVU202
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.8 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.1% of reviews
Number of ratings934 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB157 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWave Technology Group IncorporatedDariusz Chynek

Customer experience

Pitch Kit

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VU202

All ratings33 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%

In-app purchases

None

Pitch Kit

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

VU202

One-time9
  • MPC 2000 Drumkit$0.99
  • SP202 Drumkit$0.99
  • SP1200 Drumkit$0.99
Show 6 more
  • S2400 Drumkit$0.99
  • S900 Drumkit$0.99
  • EMAX$0.99
  • MPC3000 Drumkit$0.99
  • MPC 2000 2$0.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Pitch Kit free?
Pitch Kit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VU202 free?
VU202 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pitch Kit or VU202?
Pitch Kit is rated higher. Pitch Kit averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while VU202 averages 4.8 from 34 ratings.
Do Pitch Kit or VU202 have ads?
Neither Pitch Kit nor VU202 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pitch Kit or VU202?
Pitch Kit ships an update every 2 weeks, and VU202 weekly. Most recently, Pitch Kit was updated on October 24, 2026 and VU202 on October 24, 2026.

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