Comparison

Nulltrack 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

Nulltrack

This mobile digital audio workstation offers a unique, grid-based approach to music creation, inspired by classic trackers. It includes built-in synths, a sampler, extensive modulation options, and mixing tools.

Highlights
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Two built-in synthesizers
  • Built-in sampler
  • Extensive modulation options
  • Mixing features with track faders
  • Groove tables for swing/playback
  • Pattern locking to scales
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Nulltrack! It's null when you start and a track when you finish! Nulltrack is a tracker and digital audio workstation app for your phone. A different way to make music inspired by LSDJ and the Dirtywave M8. Features: AUv3 plugin support - bring your external synths and effects into your track! Two built-in synthesizers -- A versatile two-oscillator Basic Synth and a feature-rich Bass Synth. A built-in sampler -- record your own samples with your phone's microphone, load your own, or use the built-in samples, set loop points, slice, reverse, etc. Modulation -- Modulate nearly anything with LFOs, AHD / ADSR / drum envelopes, velocity, randomness, and key tracking, filter, panning, and more. Mixing Features -- track faders with solo and mute, 13 built-in effects, sidechain compression Sends -- share effects between tracks Customize your swing/playback with groove tables! Lock your patterns to a built-in scale! ...and much more! New to trackers? They're a fast, grid-based way to write music. Try it out! No ads, no subscription, no in-app-purchases, and no account needed.

About

Chip's Jack Machine

Features
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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

Nulltrack4 screens
Chip's Jack Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chip's Jack Machine at $4.99 against Nulltrack's $7.99. 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

Nulltrack costs $7.99 and Chip's Jack Machine $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nulltrack versus Chip's Jack Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNulltrackChip's Jack Machine
Price$7.99$4.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDECTET LLCIrwin Eberhart

In-app purchases

None

Nulltrack

No in-app purchases

None

Chip's Jack Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nulltrack free?
Nulltrack costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chip's Jack Machine free?
Chip's Jack Machine costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nulltrack or Chip's Jack Machine have ads?
Neither Nulltrack nor Chip's Jack Machine shows ads.

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