Comparison

PunchKit vs Pumpumts

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

Head to head
About

PunchKit

This app serves as a local-first companion for specific music production devices, enabling users to build kits, manage samples, record audio, and perform live effects. It offers advanced features for MIDI sequencing, offline kit creation, and device management, all from an iPhone or iPad.

Highlights
  • Build and manage 12-pad kits offline
  • Layer MIDI machines for chords, melody, and bass
  • Record and process audio from microphone or USB inputs
  • Perform live effects with stackable Color and Motion options
  • Separate audio stems into vocals, drums, bass, and other
  • Backup and restore device banks, projects, and complete devices
  • Convert short videos into pixel-art backgrounds
Features
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PunchKit is a local-first companion for the Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II, EP-1320 Medieval, and EP-40 Riddim. Build kits, manage samples, record and process audio, separate stems, perform live effects, and create dependable backups from your iPhone or iPad. MIDI PLAYGROUND - Layer independent Chords, Melody, and Bass machines beside a connected EP - Follow EP MIDI clock with retained-BPM fallback if pulses stop - Use Auto Key or choose key, scale, harmony, voicing, inversion, octave, and expression manually - Shape chord feel with strum order, groove, timing, humanization, velocity, and release - Build melody and bass phrases on 16-step note grids, with octave transposition while playing OFFLINE KIT BUILDER - Build and save 12-pad kits without connecting an EP - Browse and preview samples from Files, then assign them to pads - Trim or convert samples for EP limits - Import, export, duplicate, rename, and share kit archives - Connect later to upload a kit to a chosen project and group DEVICE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT - Automatically detect compatible EP devices over USB MIDI - Browse projects, groups, pads, assignments, sounds, and memory slots - Browse one shared local Sample Shelf across Library, Projects, and Kit Builder - Drag a complete folder, including nested folders, to a Library slot - Review each file's path, duration, source size, converted device size, and memory before upload - Remove or edit individual pending samples without changing shelf files - Choose free-slot or sequential placement and explicitly confirm overwrites RECORD, EDIT, AND PUNCH - Record from the microphone or compatible USB audio inputs in WAV or M4A - Use signal-activated recording, waveform trimming, playback controls, and original/rendered versions - Monitor processed USB audio live with adjustable level and latency - Capture beat-synced loops using MIDI, detected audio, or tap tempo, then scratch and perform them from the cassette - Apply stackable Color and tempo-synced Motion effects with Direct or XY controls - Build a custom 12-slot Punch It page PIXEL BACKGROUND STUDIO - Turn short videos from Photos into pixel-art backgrounds - Trim, frame, process, and arrange clips locally - Available with Lifetime Pro LOCAL STEM SEPARATION - Separate a take into vocals, drums, bass, and other - Choose Fast, Balanced, or Best quality - Download the optional model once, then process locally - Mix, save, share, bounce, or upload stems BACKUP AND RESTORE - Back up banks, projects, or the complete device - Add PunchKit ZIPs and TE Sample Tool PAKs to the library without an EP - Opt in to iCloud Drive backup sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Review source-device compatibility warnings before restoring MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD - Adaptive portrait and landscape layouts - System, Light, and Dark appearances FREE TO START, PRO FOR UNLIMITED WORKFLOWS PunchKit is free to download. Connecting, browsing, previewing, playing, sharing, renaming, deleting, restoring backups, and using existing files remain available without limits. The free tier includes three successful take creations, one local kit creation and one complete kit upload, three successful sample writes, one stem separation, and one bank, project, and complete-device backup. Allowances count only after an operation succeeds. One optional Lifetime Pro purchase removes these limits. There is no subscription, and Pro supports Apple Family Sharing. On iPhone and iPad, people who first downloaded PunchKit before version 1.3 receive Lifetime Pro automatically as founding users. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN No PunchKit account, ads, third-party analytics, or tracking. Optional iCloud Drive backup sync uses your Apple account. Other content stays local unless you share or export it. Diagnostic reports are sent only when you choose and exclude audio, sample and project contents, and filenames. DISCLAIMER PunchKit is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Teenage Engineering.

About

Pumpumts

Features
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Pumpumts is a simple metronome and drum machine for iPhone. METRONOME • Accurate native audio timing • Tempo from 30 to 240 BPM • Quick 10 BPM steps or Exact Tempo mode • Tap Tempo • Multiple time signatures • Clear visual beat indication DRUM MACHINE • Simple 16-step sequencer • Kick, snare, closed hat, and clap • Built-in rhythm presets • Create and save your own beats • Shared tempo with the metronome Pumpumts is designed to be fast, lightweight, and distraction-free. No account. No ads. No analytics.

Screenshots

PunchKit4 screens
Pumpumts2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PunchKit at 3 against Pumpumts's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. PunchKit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Pumpumts sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PunchKit versus Pumpumts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPunchKitPumpumts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (58 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKristaps DreijaAndrey Makeev

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PunchKit

One-time4
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$5.99
  • Huge Tip$12.99
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  • PunchKit Pro Lifetime$14.99
3 purchases

Pumpumts

One-time3
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Big coffee$4.99
  • Huge Thanks$9.99

Questions

Is PunchKit free?
PunchKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pumpumts free?
Pumpumts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PunchKit or Pumpumts have ads?
Neither PunchKit nor Pumpumts shows ads.

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