8 vs skippodisk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8
Create retro video game music with a vibrant, CMYK-colored keyboard. Explore note combinations to discover unique chip-tune sounds. Future updates will include multiple octaves and recording capabilities.
- Chiptune music creation
- Vibrant CMYK keyboard
- Note combination exploration
- Retro video game sound style
- Upcoming multiple octaves
- Upcoming save/record function
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Make chip-tune style video game music with 8-Bit Piano. All your favorite notes all in one place. Journey through the vibrantly CMYK colored keyboard and discover which notes sound best after other notes! Coming soon: - Multiple octaves - Save/Record function
skippodisk
This music app simulates the sound of a compact disc skipping and glitching. It offers a 2D slider for controlling delay time and feedback, with options for automatic skipping and silence dropouts to create unique audio effects.
- Simulates CD skipping and glitching
- 2D slider for delay time and feedback
- Automatic CD skipping
- Silence dropout effect
- Comb filtering effect
- Bypass and volume controls
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skippodisk is a free AUv3 plugin and standalone app. It features algorithm that imitates compact disc reading errors and adds feedback for some comb filtering. controls: * main control is a 2-dimensional slider that changes delay time / buffer size using value on X axis and feedback (positive and negative, -0.997 to 0.997) on Y axis. This control adds some creative comb-like effect. * algorithm settings: [ auto ] enables automatic cd skipping. [ dropout ] enables adding silence. Use both [auto] and [dropout] with zero feedback value (in the centre of touch control) to achieve the effect of a CD audio glitch * [ bypass ] control and volume control. This slider is in low value state by default.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: skippodisk at 80% against 8's 23%. skippodisk also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months). 8's advantage is ratings volume (93 vs 11) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
skippodisk holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8 has 93 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of 8's written reviews are positive against 80% of skippodisk's.
8 ships an update every 13 months, skippodisk every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8 | skippodisk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (93 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.2% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rainbow Brainskull LLC | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
8
skippodisk
In-app purchases
8
No in-app purchases
skippodisk
No in-app purchases
