Comparison

055U4RY vs Jungle Breaks

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

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About

055U4RY

This app is a unique polyphonic synthesizer designed to evoke horror-themed soundscapes. It features a distinctive visual interface resembling a haunted DOS terminal with a skull motif, offering a variety of synthesis engines and effects for creating unsettling audio.

Highlights
  • 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer
  • 15 synthesis engines
  • Twin chaotic LFOs
  • Shepard-Risset layer
  • State-variable filter
  • Sample-rate reducer and bit-depth crusher
  • Real-time stutter buffer (GLTCH)
Features
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055U4RY (say it: "ossuary") is an 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer sealed inside a haunted DOS terminal — and, since 1.30, a second plug-in that turns the same machine loose on any audio you feed it. A photographic ASCII skull is the front panel: its jaw hinges open with the amplitude envelope, its eye sockets ignite with the output level, and the whole interface tears, melts and reassembles itself while you play. THE VOICE - 15 synthesis engines: detuned saw/square/triangle unison stacks, sine and sub-oscillators one and two octaves down, two-operator FM, ring modulation and inharmonic partials. Every factory preset is a different engine. - Twin chaotic LFOs that cross-modulate each other's RATE, so pitch and filter drift never repeats. Held notes stay alive and slightly wrong. - A Shepard-Risset layer tuned beneath every note: five windowed partials in an endless downward glissando - the bottomless-pit illusion of classic horror scoring, fused into the oscillator core. - A 19 Hz infrasonic tremolo at the edge of perception. On headphones it is a shiver; on a big system it is pressure. THE CHAIN - State-variable filter, low-pass or band-pass per engine, with resonance that will scream - Sample-rate reducer and bit-depth crusher for terminal-grade lo-fi - Saturating drive stage - GLTCH: a real-time stutter buffer that seizes and re-loops your signal - CRYPT: a damped, pitch-black comb/allpass reverb - GLIDE: exponential portamento up to 1.5 seconds - DOOM: one macro that leans the chaos, the descent and the tremor deeper into the signal PERFORM - 14 knobs, all ASCII, every one audible on every preset - 15 factory presets with per-preset patch memory: your tweaks persist for each preset, and [RESET] restores the factory sound - Two-octave on-screen keyboard with octave transpose and note names - Hardware MIDI in (all sources auto-connect), built-in Bluetooth MIDI pairing, pitch bend, MIDI 2.0 aware - The skull is your meter: jaw = envelope, eyes = level, decay = how hard you push GLTCH 055U4RY FX - THE EFFECT The same app installs a second, separate plug-in. Put it on a drum loop, a guitar, a vocal or a whole mix and run it through the machine: - The full destruction chain as an insert - drive, bit crusher, sample-rate reducer, stutter, filter and the CRYPT reverb - in true stereo - HAUNT: a cross-fed delay whose repeats rot as they decay, with MURK controlling how fast they turn to mud - SYNC: stutters and echoes locked to your host's tempo, 1/16 through 1/1, or free-running - DOOM as an injector: the endless Risset descent and the 19 Hz tremor printed underneath your audio, so anything you feed it gains a bottomless falling drone that was never in the source - Fifteen presets sharing the instrument's names, each a different topology - Wet/dry MIX, output trim, and a skull that reacts to whatever passes through AUv3 + STANDALONE The synth runs standalone with zero setup. Both plug-ins install into your host: AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, apeMatrix, WBTRK and any AUv3-compatible DAW, with full parameter automation - "hejluxom: 055U4RY" under instruments, "hejluxom: 055U4RY FX" under effects. One purchase, every platform: iPhone, iPad and Mac. No accounts, no ads, no data collected - your patches never leave the device.

About

Jungle Breaks

Create and perform electronic music with a powerful live groovebox. Features MPC-style pads, loopers, and a vast collection of classic breakbeats and basslines. Ideal for on-stage performances or studio sessions.

Highlights
  • Dual-scene live performance groovebox
  • MPC-style sampler pads
  • Quantized pad loopers
  • Iconic 90s jungle breakbeats
  • Independent DSP routing with 16 effects per group
  • 32-step live sequencer
  • Scene snapshots for instant recall
Features
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Jungle Breaks is a dual-scene live performance groovebox built as the mobile workflow for old-school jungle, drum 'n' bass, and breakcore music enthusiasts. Built as the powerful successor to the Amen Break Generator app, it expands on its original concepts by introducing MPC-style sampler pads, quantized pad loopers, and a comprehensive set of iconic samples: era-defining 1990s jungle breakbeats, chord pads and subbasses. The dual-scene layout allows to run two complete, independent 16-pad setups in parallel — 32 pads total — each with its own samples, effects, and snapshots. With this you can easily blend two arrangements, build transitions, or extend a set on the fly. The app features state-saving snapshots for instant performance recall and runs standalone or as a synchronized AUv3 plugin inside an iOS host DAW. Whether you're chopping the amen break on stage or building a session in the studio, Jungle Breaks keeps your hands on the sound instead of buried in menus. Key features: * Sampler playback modes: Choose between standard One-Shot Mode (with +/- 12 semitone tuning) and Sliced Mode, which auto-chops loops into user-defined clips. * Independent DSP Routing: Group individual pads into 4 color-coded sub-mixes, running each through an independent sequential chain of DSP effects. * Free-Play Mode — Jam over your samples with automatic tempo quantization, so live-triggered loops and effects always land on the beat (or lock to your host's MIDI clock as an AUv3). * 32-Step Live Loopers: Capture and overdub live taps across integrated 16 loopers with three distinct launch modes (Start on Tap, Start Immediately, and Count-In) with adjustable tempo (60-240 BPM). * Live loopers pattern editor: Edit your recorded midi events, step-by-step with 32-steps grid-style editor. * 16-Effect DSP Chain per Group — Every group runs its own independent signal chain of 16 tempo-synced effects, including a segment-shuffling Scrambler, a randomized-loop Juggler, a stutter Repeater, rhythmic Gater, Bitcrusher, Flanger, stereo Ping-Pong Delay, sweeping filters, vinyl-style Slowdown, and tempo-locked Reverse — 64 effect slots in total across all 4 groups. * Scene Snapshots: Store and recall 4 snapshot slots per scene on the fly to capture exact sample maps, active looper patterns, and effect parameters perfectly quantized to the global tempo. * Scene Snapshots — Capture your full pad, effect, and looper state into 4 instant-recall slots per scene, with automatic synced transitions between them. * Save & Load Scenes — Store and reload complete performance setups as files, and swap them live mid-set without interrupting playback. * AUv3 & MIDI Integration: Run natively or as an AUv3 plugin inside iOS host DAWs, utilizing full MIDI note maps for pad triggers, snapshot recalls, MIDI Transport, and dedicated scene stop/panic notes. * Import your own loops and one-shots samples. App accepts custom WAV files (16/24 bit, mono/stereo)

Screenshots

055U4RY4 screens
Jungle Breaks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 055U4RY at every 6 days against Jungle Breaks's monthly. 055U4RY also leads on chart position (#55 vs unranked) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

055U4RY costs $1.99 and Jungle Breaks $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 055U4RY against 5.0 for Jungle Breaks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

055U4RY ships an update every 6 days, Jungle Breaks monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
055U4RY versus Jungle Breaks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter055U4RYJungle Breaks
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (28 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#55 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB227 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLASZLO DOBROVOLSZKIAleksandra Wienclawska

Customer experience

055U4RY

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Jungle Breaks

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

055U4RY

No in-app purchases

None

Jungle Breaks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 055U4RY free?
055U4RY costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jungle Breaks free?
Jungle Breaks costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 055U4RY or Jungle Breaks?
Jungle Breaks is rated higher. 055U4RY averages 5.0 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Jungle Breaks averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do 055U4RY or Jungle Breaks have ads?
Neither 055U4RY nor Jungle Breaks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 055U4RY or Jungle Breaks?
055U4RY ships an update every 6 days, and Jungle Breaks monthly. Most recently, 055U4RY was updated on October 31, 2026 and Jungle Breaks on October 29, 2026.

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