Pepp vs Media Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pepp
Create electronic music with an intuitive rhythm and harmony engine, no prior musical knowledge required. Design unique sounds, save loops, and mix them live. Sync with other apps and hardware for expanded creative possibilities.
- Intelligent rhythm and harmony engine
- Twisted groovebox/arpeggiator/synthesizer
- Sixteen sliders and 16-step sequencer
- 160 memory slots for loops
- MIDI sync and sequencing
- Audiobus integration
- Ten synth and five drum oscillators
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"I love the spirit behind the concept. Definitely taking advantage of what can be designed these days. The fact that the controls have influence on each other makes for an extremely wide range of possible textures." -Geoff White "A lot of the musical automata apps out there sound like cheap cheese. This is gourmet cheese." -MuzikAppJunkie Pepp opens up the joy of electronic music making to everyone. Thanks to an intelligent rythm and harmony engine, no musical knowledge is needed. Pepp is immediate, intuitive and vastly musical by nature. Make electronic music like there's nothing to it! Pepp is very easy to use yet it can produce a vast range of sounds. Forget about boring factory sounds. Come up with your own mindbending loops in no time, store them in memory slots, mix them live and jam with your friends. Tweak all parameters to the extreme without destroying your original loops. This twisted groovebox/arpeggiator/synthesizer lets you quickly forge original electronic music using sixteen sliders and a sixteen step sequencer. Instantly save and recall your ideas without missing a beat. With 160 memory slots you're not likely to run out of storage. Pepp can also be synced via MIDI, played live from a MIDI keyboard or sequenced from your favorite DAW. Naturally, all sliders can be mapped to midi controllers. Pepp is also integrated with Audiobus so you can use it with all of your audiobus compatible apps! FEATURES AT A GLANCE Ten synth oscillators Five drum oscillators FM-synthesis Audiobus MIDI Clock in MIDI in (Notes and CC) MIDI Latch/Gate Intelligent arpeggiator Advanced rythm engine Lo-/Hi-pass Filter w/ Resonance Delay Samle and hold Instant resample/reloop Detune Portamento Reverb Gain Glissando Master octave +-2 Tempo multiplier Record and share loops via mail or SMS OSCILLATOR TYPES Sine Square Sawtooth Triangle Wavetable Noise LIMITATIONS Some key features are disabled in this FREE version of Pepp. The full version of Pepp can be unlocked from within the app by using in-app purchase. Been working hard for a long time to create Pepp. I hope you enjoy it and appreciate your support!
Media Assistant
Manage your media files, play audio offline, and edit audio with various tools. This app also includes a web browser with a built-in player to enhance your listening experience.
- File and folder management
- Offline media playback
- Audio editing and tagging
- Web browser with audio player
- File transfer over WiFi
- Batch file renaming
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Media Assistant is a file manager, offline media player, audio converter, audio editor, audio tagger, media joiner, a web browser with a built-in audio player so that you can apply audio effects to enhance your listening experiences [FREE FEATURES] TRANSFER & MANAGE FILES & FOLDERS • Manage your files and create folders for all of your needs • Partly integrated Dropbox Drive, Onedrive Drive • Transfer files and folders between two iDevices OR between your iDevice and PC. Fast and easy transfers over WiFi • Import videos from Photos app • Batch rename files (prefix, suffix, leading zero, regex). Great for naming sample sets (Dance_Vol1_Cm_100bpm_SynthLeadMelody, EDM_Vol2_Kick_909, etc.) AUDIO & VIDEO & MIDI PLAYER • Listen to music offline • Batch Play: Long-press a folder to bring up the menu. • Fully functional MIDI file player with a built in GM Soundfont player, and ability to add custom Soundfonts • Gapless loop • Loop mode, one-shot mode, playlist loop mode, shuffle mode • Simple tap to play audio, video or MIDI file. Tap multiple files to queue them, then shuffle or reorder. • Supports AirPlay, Lock screen controls, PiP(Picture in Picture) • Apply audio effect to enhance listening experience (reverb, simple vocal removal ...) BROWSER • Auto detect streams audio from many websites • Build-in stream player allows you to apply audio effects and buffers streams for playback • Capture multiple streams at once in the buffer and then play back in any desired order • Download files from websites directly into File Manager • Block ads & tracking _/_/_/_/_/ Add-on features _/_/_/_/_/ AUDIO EDITOR BASIC IAP • Free to try - purchase to unlock export to file option. • Edit ID3 tags metadata such as Title, Artist, Album… • Edit markers, play from marker, split at marker • Displays the audio file in 3 modes: waveform, spectrogram, or both • Zoom-in at the audio sample level • Export entire file or export slices • Open multiple files at once • Support history, undo, redo • Spectral editing AUDIO EDITOR UTILITY IAP • Free to try some modules. Preview playback with changes to waveform. Requires purchase to allow saving changes. • Apply Fade,Gain,Normalize,Time stretch,Pitch shift,Reverb • Other audio editor utilities added in the future will be included with this lifetime purchase AUDIO EDITOR VOCAL REMOVAL IAP • Required iOS17 • Vocal Removal using AI • Remove/Isolate vocals AUDIO EDITOR DE-REVERB IAP • Required iOS17 • De-reverb using AI • Remove/Isolate reverb AUDIO TAGGER IAP • Free to try - All features work with a limited number of files. Requires purchase to drag/drop/export files and run as AUv3 module • Manage audio files with tags - e.g Hats, Kick, Percussion, etc • Edit meta-data in-place • Filter list by include/exclude, select multiple tags • Support auto tagging files • Support files in local AAHome, iCloud, AADropbox, AAOnedrive, Mac or Window directories • Built-in Audio player supports simple timestretching/pitch shifting/fade in,out/crop and export with edits (no extra IAP required) • Drag and drop files to other applications such as Logic and Koala, add multiple files to a queue and copy in a single action • Support copy to PasteBoard WEB BROWSER IAP • Free to try - Requires purchase to run as AUv3 module • Run as AUv3 plugin inside DAW host app such as AUM, Logic Pro, Cubasis • Auto detect audio stream from Web Audio API (onemotion chord player, websdr, samplette ...) READ ALOUD IAP • Requires purchase to run as AUv3 module. • Reads text content from web pages • Read aloud with hundreds of voices (including robot, bell, organ) then save to file for offline listening • Can adjust speed and pitch • Great for listening to free ebooks on the web or reading articles aloud AUDIO CONVERTER/JOINER IAP • Extract audio from video files to many different audio file formats • Supports common formats • Select bitrate, sample rate, stereo/mono, dithering • Concatenate multiple audio files or video files
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Verdict
Pepp and Media Assistant both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Media Assistant's written reviews are positive against 29% of Pepp's. Media Assistant also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 5). Pepp's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Pepp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Media Assistant sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pepp against 4.7 for Media Assistant. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 24 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Pepp's written reviews are positive against 85% of Media Assistant's.
Pepp ships an update every 6 months, Media Assistant every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pepp | Media Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Patrik Hedmalm | Duc Anh Nguyen |
Customer experience
Pepp
Media Assistant
In-app purchases
Pepp
- Unlock Pepp$4.99
Media Assistant
- Read Aloud & AUv3$1.99
- Audio Converter & Joiner$2.99
- Audio Editor Basic Features$3.99
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- Audio Editor Utilities$3.99
- Audio Editor De-Reverb$4.99
- Audio Editor Vocal Removal$5.99
- Audio Tagger & AUv3$9.99
- Browser AUv3 + IAA$12.99









