Chiptunes Pro vs moodscaper SE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chiptunes Pro
Create retro-style music by wiring together virtual electronic components. No prior electronics knowledge is required to build drum beats, basslines, and melodies. Enjoy a unique blend of circuit design and music creation.
- Create retro music with chips
- Wire together circuits
- Lay down drum beats, basslines, and tunes
- No electronics knowledge needed
- Audiobus support for live streaming
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Winner of the "Most technically impressive" award in the Ray Wenderlich Readers' App Awards 2014! “I never knew how Chiptunes actually worked before playing around with this app. Very cool and definitely got me in a retro vibe!” – Ray Wenderlich “A crazy mashup of circuit design and music making: Wire together circuits to lay down some cool jams.” – Nick Lockwood “SPICE meets garage band.” – Erik Kerber Chiptunes Pro lets you make retro music the way it should be made - with chips! Build your circuit to lay down drum beats, basslines, and tunes. No knowledge of electronics needed! Chiptunes Pro includes all the components that are available in the free Chiptunes app, including those that are only available as in-app purchases. Chiptunes Pro also includes Audiobus support: stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps. See http://audiob.us for more information.
moodscaper SE
Create atmospheric soundscapes with a unique generative instrument. Explore ambient electric guitar, modular synth, and orchestral sounds. Features include a sleep timer, variable dynamics, and real-time auto-accompaniment.
- Generative atmospheric sample-based instrument
- Simple user interface
- Sleep timer
- Scale-based moods
- Variable dynamics
- Three loopers with sync
- Auto-accompaniment
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Moodscaper SE is a "Special Edition" of the moodscaper app that comes loaded with three alternative mood sample sets comprising ambient electric guitar, massive mellow modular sounds and an extraordinary orchestra! Moodscaper SE is also an easy to use instrument for creating epic-sounding pads and effects as part of a larger iPad-based music-making setup. Main features: · Unique generative atmospheric sample-based instrument · Simple user interface · Sleep timer · Three scale-based moods - light, sad and dark · Variable dynamics - from mellow and sparse to full-on drama! · Three loopers with optional sync · Provides tasteful auto-accompaniment to your playing in realtime or in loops · Hints displayed on keys that should sound good with root notes or chords · Samples are randomly stacked for a bigger sound with more variation · Effects section with filter, dual-delay and reverb · Effects tweaks can be recorded in loopers · Additional 20 key instrument for each mood · IAA support (as a generator) with no special setup required For more information, a downloadable manual, demos and support, please visit website via the support URL. Thanks and happy moodscaping! *** Please note that this app is now in maintenance / bug fixes only mode as it relies on "deprecated" (by Apple) technology such as IAA. ***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chiptunes Pro at Free against moodscaper SE's $1.99. Chiptunes Pro also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). moodscaper SE's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and device support (3 vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Chiptunes Pro is free to download; moodscaper SE costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
moodscaper SE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Chiptunes Pro's written reviews are positive against 88% of moodscaper SE's.
Chiptunes Pro ships an update every 3 months, moodscaper SE every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chiptunes Pro | moodscaper SE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 764 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Booth | Rob Jackson |
Customer experience
Chiptunes Pro
moodscaper SE
In-app purchases
Chiptunes Pro
No in-app purchases
moodscaper SE
No in-app purchases
