Comparison

bitcrust vs AllGoRhythmics

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

Head to head
About

bitcrust

This application offers a polyphonic synthesizer with a SID-style voice architecture, featuring multiple oscillators, ring modulation, and hard sync. It provides extensive modulation capabilities and a post-synthesis effects rack, extending its sonic range beyond traditional chip synths.

Highlights
  • 12-voice polyphony
  • 3 oscillators per voice with SID-style behavior
  • Extensive modulation matrix
  • 6-slot post-SID FX rack
  • 16-step sequencer and arpeggiator
  • AUv3 and Standalone support
Features
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bitcrust is a polyphonic synthesizer built around a SID-style voice architecture: three oscillators per voice, up to twelve voices, with ring mod, hard sync, and the pulse-width behaviour that defined a generation of 8-bit sound. The DSP is an in-house, clean-room implementation written from the public MOS 6581 register map and general DSP literature. It's not an emulator port, so bitcrust sounds SID-adjacent without inheriting the license constraints that keep most SID-inspired tools off the major app stores. Sonically it sits between a chip synth and a modern subtractive. The voice core still does gritty arp basses, zap leads and 8-bit percussion, but the architecture around it (three LFOs, a per-voice mod envelope, an 8-slot modulation matrix, and a 6-slot post-SID FX rack with drive, bitcrusher, tempo-synced delay, chorus, reverb, compressor and limiter) pushes it into pad, keys and texture territory. WHAT THIS PURCHASE INCLUDES Universal Purchase: one price buys the Mac app plus the iPad version (Standalone and AUv3). On the Mac, the App Store build is the Standalone app only. No AU, no VST3: the Mac App Store doesn't distribute plugin formats. AU and VST3 versions are available separately; details at anode-labs.com/bitcrust. The iPad build is a co-equal target, not a downscale. The full 179-preset factory library, all 14 themes, and the complete mod matrix and FX rack ship on both platforms. • Voice core: 12-voice polyphony, 3 oscillators per voice, SID-style triangle / saw / pulse / noise with hard sync and ring mod, per-VCO ADSR • Filter: global VCF (LP / BP / HP) with live curve, selectable 6581 / 8580 chip model, Vintage vs. Modern oscillator mode • Modulation: 3 global LFOs (7 shapes, host-sync or Hz), per-voice mod envelope, 8-slot matrix, MIDI sources (velocity, poly AT, channel AT, mod wheel, pitch bend) • FX rack: 6 slots, drag-to-reorder, per-slot bypass / mix; Drive (5 modes), Bitcrusher, Delay (tempo-sync), Chorus, Reverb, Compressor, Limiter. Every FX parameter is a modulation destination. • MIDI: 16-step sequencer, arpeggiator (Up / Down / UpDown / Random, 6 rate divisions, octave range), MIDI Learn on every knob, note Hold • Presets: 179 factory patches across 10 groups, full-metadata save (author, description, tags), Preset Preview audition without committing, A/B snapshot compare, XML import / export • UI: 6-tab navigation, 14 themes with optional phosphor / CRT overlays, monitor strip (oscilloscope, vectorscope, FFT spectrum, 3D spectrogram, stereo field), QWERTY note typing from any tab Mac: Standalone app, universal binary (Apple Silicon + Intel), macOS 12 (Monterey) or later. iPad: AUv3 extension plus a Standalone for headphone jamming. In-DAW use on iPad needs an AUv3 host (GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, Cubasis and so on). Support: https://anode-labs.com/bitcrust · support@anode-labs.com Privacy policy: https://anode-labs.com/privacy

About

AllGoRhythmics

Features
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AllGoRhythmics is a professional rhythm-notation tool for musicians, students, teachers, and composers who want to SEE the rhythm — not just hear it. Most metronome apps give you a click. AllGoRhythmics gives you a living score. Every pattern you build renders in real Bravura music notation — the SMuFL standard used by professional engraving software — with intelligent rest merging, beam grouping, tuplet brackets, and an animated comet playhead that tracks your place through the bar. • REAL MUSIC NOTATION Notes, rests, beams, and brackets render with the Bravura font. Smart rest merging keeps the score clean: four sixteenth rests collapse to one quarter, three to a dotted quarter, and so on. Dorico-style compact spacing keeps even dense bars readable. • TUPLETS, ANY RATIO Place any tuplet straight on the dial — triplets, quintuplets, septuplets, and beyond — engraved with proper brackets and X:Y ratio labels. Nest a tuplet inside a tuplet member when you need it. Notation and playback follow exactly what you build. • LIVE EDIT, ZERO FRICTION Tap any beat to silence it. Drag the time signature to change meters. Tap-tempo a feel by hand. Edit a pattern during playback — your changes land on the next loop. • PROFESSIONAL TIMING & SOUNDS Sample-accurate audio scheduling on a high-precision clock and AVAudioEngine — no drift, no jitter. Choose from eight sound sets, from claps and percussion to marimba, piano, 808, and a clean sine. • TRAINER + PRACTICE LOG (free for everyone) Tap along and get scored against any rhythm, with adjustable tolerance and a results summary. Every session is logged automatically with aggregate stats and a 7-day accuracy trend. • RHYTHM GENERATORS Binary Rhythms builds every 2ⁿ on/off permutation of a beat as one playlist, instantly. The new AMD (Additive / Aksak) generator builds aksak meters from 2s and 3s on a clean dotted grid at a steady pulse — a serious tool for odd-meter practice. • PLAYLISTS, BUILT FOR PRACTICE Chain presets into practice sessions. Lock BPM or RPM across the whole playlist, set per-entry repeats, and play in order, shuffled once, or reshuffled every loop. Sort your playlists, Select-All when adding presets, and Export or Import a whole playlist as a single shareable file. • EXPORT AND SHARE Render any pattern to MIDI or audio and drop it straight into your DAW or notation software. Share presets and whole playlists as files over AirDrop, Messages, or Files — and import what others send you. FREE — full power, no trial timer • All notation, comet playhead, eight sound sets, and audio • Trainer mode and Practice Log, unlimited • Time signatures and subdivisions up to 5 • 5 presets, 2 playlists of 5 entries each • 2 Binary and 2 AMD generations; 5 MIDI and 5 audio exports UNLOCK PRO — one purchase, forever • Time signatures up to 32 and subdivisions up to 16 — quintuplets, septuplets, odd meters • Tuplets with any X or Y above 5, including nested tuplets • Unlimited presets and playlists • Export and import whole playlists as shareable files • Unlimited MIDI and audio export • Unlimited Binary and AMD generation • iCloud sync across your devices WHO IT'S FOR Drummers working through Stick Control or Syncopation, jazz students feeling odd meters, composers sketching rhythms, teachers presenting in class — anyone who's wanted a metronome that shows what they're playing. BUILT FOR THE LONG RUN Made by Çağlayan Yıldız at Puja Music Productions, alongside MathRonome, Aquadrum Pro and Elvin's Numbers. Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One developer, no ads, no subscriptions, no tracking. Buy it once, own it forever. Privacy policy: https://www.pujamusic.com/privacy Support: support@pujamusic.com

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AllGoRhythmics at Free against bitcrust's $1.99. bitcrust's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On ads, 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

AllGoRhythmics is free to download; bitcrust costs $1.99 up front. AllGoRhythmics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bitcrust asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bitcrust ships an update every 3 days, AllGoRhythmics every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
bitcrust versus AllGoRhythmics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbitcrustAllGoRhythmics
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichele CasertaPUJA MUZIK PRODUKSIYON ORGANIZASYON TURIZM TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

In-app purchases

None

bitcrust

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AllGoRhythmics

One-time1
  • AllGoRhythmics Pro$3.99

Questions

Is bitcrust free?
bitcrust costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AllGoRhythmics free?
AllGoRhythmics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do bitcrust or AllGoRhythmics have ads?
Neither bitcrust nor AllGoRhythmics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bitcrust or AllGoRhythmics?
bitcrust ships an update every 3 days, and AllGoRhythmics every 9 days. Most recently, bitcrust was updated on October 17, 2026 and AllGoRhythmics on October 7, 2026.

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