TC vs skippodisk
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!
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 in-app purchases: skippodisk at none against TC's 7. skippodisk also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). TC's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 11) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. skippodisk asks for nothing beyond the download.
skippodisk holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of TC's written reviews are positive against 80% of skippodisk's.
TC ships an update every 5 weeks, skippodisk every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TC | skippodisk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (42 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bit Shape | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
TC
skippodisk
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
skippodisk
No in-app purchases









