# Grand Finale 2 — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Grand Finale 2 by Klevgrand Produkter AB, rated 4.80/5 from 29 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grand-finale-2/id6444091341/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grand-finale-2/id6444091341.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 4/5 — The only reason the original app was better: *2024-06-21* So Grand Finale 2 seems like in some ways it’s more “professional,” such as having a layout that mirrors physical mastering equipment and appearing to have a companion desktop app as well. It has mostly the same features as the original but designed differently visually and with one or two brand new things to play with. However, I already have an issue with it, and that is the fact you can’t save user presets. In the original app you could master a song, then save your settings as a user preset and make the next song faster (no two songs are ever mastered the same but it still made it way faster). Not an option here, sadly. ### 4/5 — V 2.0.1. Much improved *2024-01-21* Just tested this App and have to say it’s much improved. All the major presets now work and individual sliders work flawlessly. The only minor oddity is that some presets on individual subsections don’t seem to result in visual changes to the slider/rotational representation on the screen. ### 5/5 — Nice *2022-11-30* GF1 was pretty good but stopped working properly. GF2 is more accessible and does a great job. The presets are a good starting point for tweaking and sometimes do the job as-is. 😎👍🏼 ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-11-24* Be careful if using GarageBand and don’t save as a project or you cant open the file in the app. I emailed tech support and they responded quickly. Other than that GB issue which isn’t this apps fault, it works great. I needed to replace Finaltouch and was also looking at Larssun mastering app. You can also add this to GB as an extension so you can master within the GB app. ### 5/5 — Quick master on ONE screen *2022-11-04* It’s totally a game changer for me! You can access all the effects and tweak the parameters on just one screen and now it’s AUv3🥳 I tried some of my songs on GF2 and I got amazing results ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bei 96 KHz Buffersize 64 in AUM versagt er bitterlich. Nichts für Live *2026-02-10* Das Plugin erzeugt heftiges Audio crackeling bei 96 KHz Bs.64 in AUM. Die Session wurde mehrfach geöffnet und enthält viele Plugins, verschiedenste Firmen, die kein crackeling erzeugen. Nach mehrfachen Öffnen und ausprobieren wie der Effekt. ### 1/5 — No AUv3 *2024-11-29* Not working in AUv3. Ok grand finale AUv3 is actually grand final 2. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t not work *2023-10-19* iPhone 13 mini. iOS 17.0.3. App boots to a blank screen, other than buttons to import/export. Importing audio does nothing. Extracting audio from a movie does nothing. ### 1/5 — Not working *2022-12-24* I was expecting good things from this app based on YouTube reviews and reviews on the App Store. But I don’t know if it needs an update but the presets don’t work properly and some don’t work at all. So I have an M1 iPad as well as an iPhone 8 and I have issues with both so for me, it’s become a waste of money. ### 2/5 — Frustratingly limited *2026-07-19* Exporting is limited to 44.1khz which isn’t mentioned at all in the description. ### 2/5 — Sadly limited *2023-10-09* I was expecting and hoping for more from this app but sadly it’s functionality appears limited… on my M1 iPad at least. There’s a whole world of tweaking that’s constantly greyed out leaving only some non too subtle presets. Perhaps the developers need to update for iPads? ### 3/5 — Crashes often *2026-01-22* Sounds good, easy to use. But crashes often. Unfortunately. ### 3/5 — Great App but heavy CPU load *2024-03-18* It sounds great but it comes at a very high CPU cost. ### 4/5 — Tryin’ something with a mix *2026-04-08* I was experimenting lol with a project I did in caustic on iOS yes sure did. And I exported my processed mod saturated crossover splitter track to grand finale and I was searching in my limited bought apps of how do a better normalizer and I realized I had clipping from caustic so I thought about Fred Anton corvest transients and maxima in grand finale which can not be done. Buuuuuuuuuuut (( the big butt in the room ))) if could import grand finale in a.u.m. -Just dreaming!! Peace ### 4/5 — Good balance between preset and individual control *2024-07-22* Really don’t know why this app hasn’t got a solid 5 star rating. It looks good and really works well with a good balance between preset and individual control. The LUFS metre is a v useful feature as is the multi-band compressor. My only quibble is the LUFS metre has to be estimated from the scale on the iPhone - on the iPad the LUFS reading is displayed as text, which is much more accurate. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 😲🏆 *2026-06-11* Been using it as a final stereo mastering tool and wooooooo…😲 try it and see. Presets are amazing to tweak with ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-07-21* Just loving it. ### 5/5 — Mastering for the Rest of Us *2025-07-19* I’m an iOS musician and have finalized my songs with various iOS apps:Fabfilter combinations, Toneboosters combinations, as well as many others effects all on iOS. I like Grand Finale 2 because it’s all rolled in one. Sounds fantastic! ### 5/5 — Great way to understand mastering. *2025-06-18* This app makes your tunes sound very boosted. The presets give you enough of a range of options that you quickly skip through till you find the one you like best. I’ve had great results by applying an acoustic master to dance music so it’s worth running through the options. This is one of those apps that just works from the get go. Will it replace a talented mastering engineer? Absolutely not. But it will show you how to master your tracks by hitting a preset then seeing how the effects chain changes to create that master effect. A no brainer for people looking to move from being a beginner mixer to someone who knows how to put a competent master together. ### 5/5 — It’s a game changer *2025-01-25* This plugin is outstanding. It took a decent mix and really made the song sound radio-ready. No hyperbole. There are so many different modules and parameters to tweak until everything is just right. I recommend this plugin 1000%!!! ### 5/5 — Multi-band compressor presets *2025-01-01* Hi there! Thank you for this must-have app. I wish only you can fix the presets because they don’t load when I change them. ### 5/5 — Excellent with iOS GarageBand app, a must have *2024-05-18* Grand Finale 2 is absolutely worth the small price it costs. If you work with GarageBand, which supports 24-bit depth recording, you can get some great sounds and utility from this great plugin- on the go. It sounds great. With the lack of a true “master fader” in the iOS version (specifically), Grand Finale 2 can be inserted on any track of your choice, with tools like a high-pass filter (20, 35, and 70 Hz), input gain going into the first compressor (Default, Gentle, or Hard); access to a multi-band compressor, featuring settings like “Tighten bass” etc.; a stereo imager + EQ (Default, Acoustic, Ambient); saturation/“Distortion” with various modes, and another compressor with an additional make-up gain knob; and finally into the plugin output section, which amazingly uses LUFS as the metering/level visual, and an optional limiter (Fast, Medium, Slow). I’ve been playing, writing, recording, mixing/mastering music for 24 years and am a certified recording engineer. Ableton is my primary DAW but if I’m working remotely, on anything remotely serious, I will absolutely use Grand Finale 2, whether it’s while composing, or even making adjustments to a 24-bit stereo master in GarageBand while on the go- this app is worth every penny, in my honest opinion! Thanks for reading this review; I hope this helps you to decide to buy this awesome iOS audio plugin, and understand what it provides as a tool for your audio production work. <3 -Matt ### 5/5 — 음원작업의 마무리 *2024-04-30* 아이패드 프로로 개러지밴드 플러그인으로 사용중입니다. 진짜 좋습니다 새로운 세계라고 느껴집니다 ### 5/5 — Grand finale 2 *2023-06-13* Is such a useful tool in recording music. I highly recommend it. ### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed. *2023-01-24* I use Beatmaker 3 as my DAW. I love making music on it but my final exported mix always lacked some punch or polish. After doing some research I was happy to see that Klevgränd had a simple but powerful mastering focused app. I’ve had good experiences with ReAmp and Pipa so I decided to purchase Grand Finale 2. I’ve spent an hour playing with it this morning and already made significant improvements to two tracks. Very, very pleased with this app since it allows me to stay completely on my iPad for music production. Thank you Klevgränd! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*