Comparison

Sceneboard vs Chiptune Sequencer

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

Head to head
About

Sceneboard

Features
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Sceneboard is a private, custom soundboard for your own sounds. Import an audio file, pull the audio out of a video, or record straight into the app — trim it, normalize its loudness, drop it on a big colourful pad, and fire it the instant you touch it. Built for tabletop game masters running ambience and effects at the table — and just as at home in a classroom, a podcast session, or anywhere you need your own sounds on cue. YOUR SOUNDS, NOT A CATALOGUE • Import audio files, extract the audio from videos, or record with the microphone • Trim on a waveform and normalize loudness — one tap makes a quiet clip as loud as the rest • Nothing is bundled and nothing is uploaded: every sound on your board is yours INSTANT, RELIABLE PLAYBACK • Pads fire the moment you touch them — no spinner, no confirmation, no delay • The live grid never scrolls and hides no gestures, so a tap in the dark always means play • Four per-pad modes: Restart, Interrupt, Overlap, and Loop (tap again to stop) • Smooth, click-free stops and seamless loops — even for clips that weren't made to loop • Loops keep playing with the screen off or the app in the background • Stop all in one tap; the Playing tray shows everything sounding — and stops any one sound, from any page MADE FOR THE TABLE • Big, legible pads with your labels, colours and icons — readable in a dim room at arm's length • Fixed pages with names and colours, switched from a permanent strip — never by a gesture that could misfire a pad • One app for iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape; pad positions are remembered per device and orientation • Your board shows your pads — not a screen padded out with empty cells; rotate the device and the same pads are simply rearranged • VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion supported throughout FAIR AND PRIVATE • Free forever: one board with 8 pads and the complete toolset — import, video extraction, recording, trim, normalize, every playback mode • A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited boards and pads, hardware keyboard shortcuts, and board export & sharing • Share a whole board — sounds included — by AirDrop or Messages; importing a shared board is free • No ads. No subscription. No account. No tracking. Your clips never leave your device. Your sounds. One tap. No ads.

About

Chiptune Sequencer

Create authentic chiptune music with a four-channel sequencer and a vintage handheld console sound. Arrange songs, design patterns, and shape sounds with intuitive controls and a retro interface. Export your creations as WAV or MIDI.

Highlights
  • Four-channel chiptune sequencing
  • Vintage handheld console sound emulation
  • Pattern-based note entry
  • Intuitive sound shaping controls
  • MIDI keyboard support
  • WAV and MIDI export
  • Retro pixel art interface
Features
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C.H.I.P. is a Chiptune Handheld Instrument Player: sequence and build four channel chiptune, the sound of a 1989 handheld console. Arrange is your song. Sections stack top to bottom and play in order. Drag one to move it, or drag its right edge to loop it. Pattern is where notes go. Four lanes down, time across. Tap a cell, then play a key or a drum pad to fill it. Effects come from a menu you can read, so you pick Arpeggio, major instead of memorising a code. Sound is the synth. Every control has a plain name, a sentence saying what it does, and a button to hear the result. There is a preset library if you would rather start from something that already works. Song is everything else. Tempo, tuning, the mixer, saving, and export. The whole interface is drawn a pixel at a time, in the style of an early nineties desktop. Have it in grey, or behind a green LCD. Every sound is made as you play. Nothing streams, and there is no sample pack hiding in the background. Two pulse channels, a wave channel you can shape, and a noise channel, emulated at the register level so the controls mean what they meant on the original chip. Plug in a MIDI keyboard to play the instrument you are editing, and write notes straight into the grid. Export a mix as a WAV, or the song as a MIDI file to carry into whatever studio you use. There is a compare screen for the curious. Load a recording of real hardware and it lines the two up to the sample, matches their levels, and tells you how far apart they are and where. You can listen to just the difference. Songs and save files read and write in their original layouts, byte for byte, so something you write here can go back to the device it came from. Whether you want a quick lofi beat or a finished song, it is a music maker for sitting down and actually writing. Made for people who like retro sound and do not want a manual to get going.

Screenshots

Sceneboard4 screens
Chiptune Sequencer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chiptune Sequencer at none against Sceneboard's 1. Sceneboard's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Sceneboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chiptune Sequencer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sceneboard ships an update daily, Chiptune Sequencer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sceneboard versus Chiptune Sequencer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSceneboardChiptune Sequencer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaksym TsaplinTech with you LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sceneboard

One-time1
  • Everything unlock$5.99
None

Chiptune Sequencer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sceneboard free?
Sceneboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chiptune Sequencer free?
Chiptune Sequencer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sceneboard or Chiptune Sequencer have ads?
Neither Sceneboard nor Chiptune Sequencer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sceneboard or Chiptune Sequencer?
Sceneboard ships an update daily, and Chiptune Sequencer weekly. Most recently, Sceneboard was updated on October 29, 2026 and Chiptune Sequencer on October 14, 2026.

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