TC vs Pegboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TC
Experience unique sound synthesis through intuitive multi-touch gestures. This app offers a button-free performance environment where your touch movements generate all sounds. Discover diverse sonic landscapes and control instruments with taps, pulls, and stretches.
- Multi-touch performance environment
- Gesture-based sound generation
- No buttons, keys, or sliders
- Downloadable patch packs
- Transposition for key changes
- Audiobus compatibility
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Explore unreal synthesis with the most unique performance control on iOS! TC-Performer presents a multi-touch performance environment unlike any other synthesizer. Simply touch the screen; there are no buttons, keys, or sliders to hit. The sounds are generated entirely by your touch movements. Each patch has a unique method of control. Pull, tap, drag, twist, and stretch your touches on the screen. There is no wrong way to play! Every instrument is a new landscape of sound creation. Pads, leads, effects, and indescribable oddities await. You can download more patches in packs inside the app. There is also a transposition section available to change the key of the patch to fit your song, and Audiobus compatibility to record via inter-app audio. Start exploring touch synthesis with TC-Performer!
Pegboard
This app offers an intuitive mobile wavetable synthesizer with a virtual analog filter. It features a harmonic table keyboard layout that highlights scales for easy improvisation and chord playing. The free version provides extensive sound design capabilities, while a pro upgrade unlocks MIDI controller functionality.
- Harmonic table keyboard layout
- Scale highlighting for improvisation
- Virtual analog filter
- 8-voice polyphony
- 7 effect modules
- 16-row modulation matrix
- MIDI over USB (Pro)
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Pegboard is a mobile synth designed to make playing music more intuitive. The app is a full-featured mobile subtractive synthesizer with a virtual analog filter. Use it as a melody writing app, music scale finder, or just as a MIDI keyboard controller. How you use it is completely up to you. The keyboard is arranged in a harmonic table layout. Scales you choose are highlighted for easy improvisation. Each chord has a simple shape that is the same in every key. This layout greatly simplifies playing chords, borrowing chords, and modulating between keys. Music theory apps tend to impose constraints and can be uninspiring. Pegboard will give you an intuitive feel for harmony and allow you to come up with your own amazing riffs all through improvisation. Most of the app features are free. The synth is fully playable and programmable in the free version. Included in the free version: • Over 400 unique scales. • 70 factory presets. • 8-voice polyphony. • 4 oscillators. • 7 effect modules. • 16-row modulation matrix. • Unlimited use, no ads. Included in the pro version: • Unlimited saved presets. • MIDI over USB. The pro version is available as an in-app purchase. It will allow you to use the app as a MIDI controller. You can then connect the app to your DAW or another synthesizer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TC at 78% against Pegboard's 56%. TC also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (42 vs 9). Pegboard's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). 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. TC sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Pegboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TC holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of TC's written reviews are positive against 56% of Pegboard's.
TC ships an update every 5 weeks, Pegboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TC | Pegboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (42 ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — 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 | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bit Shape | Brandon Murray |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
TC
- Expansion Pack 1$0.99
- Expansion Pack 2$0.99
- Pad Pack 1$0.99
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- Transposition$1.99
- Core Pack$3.99
- All Packs + Transposition$6.99
- All Packs + Transposition$7.99
Pegboard
- Pegboard Pro$19.99







