Grid vs taeppl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid
Plan and perfect your Instagram feed with a drag-and-drop editor. Preview images and videos to strategize content for multiple accounts months in advance. Achieve a cohesive feed to grow your follower count.
- Manage multiple Instagram accounts
- Drag-and-drop grid arrangement
- Preview images and videos
- Plan captions
- Direct posting to Instagram
- Unlimited feed and post planning
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The Grid provides easy-to-use tools to plan and perfect your Instagram feed. Using our simple drag and drop editor, you can preview your images and videos to plan multiple Instagram accounts months in advance. A cohesive Instagram feed is the key to more followers. The Grid is a strategy tool that can help you achieve the best Instagram feed possible for you or your business. Join over 1 million creators that have used The Grid to manage and grow their Instagram followers. MAIN FEATURES: - Manage multiple Instagram accounts, login optional - Create multiple grids to find your perfect look - Simple drag-and-drop to arrange your grid - Plan your captions - Post to IG directly from the Grid, only when you’re ready - Plan unlimited feeds - Unlimited posts - Plan unlimited Instagram accounts PLAN & PREVIEW YOUR GRID - Add as many photos and videos as you want - Drag-and-drop to plan your feed - Connect your Instagram account to match your existing aesthetic - Test ideas with multiple grid support MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS & GRIDS - Connect and manage multiple IG feeds and switch between them easily - Support for Creator and Business IG accounts - Secure Instagram connection reviewed by Meta - we don’t store or have access your account credentials - Create multiple grids to test out new ideas - Create grids to plan from scratch, without linking an IG account CAPTION AND POST TO INSTAGRAM - Plan your captions ahead of time along with your photos and videos - Post directly to Instagram from the Grid with your caption - Support for original, full quality photos and videos Subscription - Our goal is to offer as many planning features for free as possible. If you want to post directly to Instagram, our Pro subscription lets you do that. Need help or have feedback? support@thegridapp.co Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
taeppl
Record audio in bursts without editing or deletion, capturing authentic moments as they happen. Tapes age over time, adding a unique, worn quality to recordings, and are mapped to their original locations.
- Unedited audio recording
- Tape aging effects (wow, flutter, hiss)
- Location-tagged memories
- Future-dated 'Arc Tapes'
- Handwritten tape labels
- On-device storage, no cloud sync
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Before photographs. Before film. There was voice. Taeppl is a cassette recorder for real moments — the ones you don't stage, don't edit, don't perfect. Choose how much room your tape holds, then record in bursts across a trip, a day, an occasion. Stop and resume whenever something's happening. When the tape's full, it's full. Keep the dog barks, awkward pauses, and everything in between. Each tape becomes a memory you can return to. Every tape ages. Wow, flutter, and hiss deepen as a tape gets older. Each tape has its own character, with a sound that gradually warms and wears while the original recording is preserved. Touch the reels. Drag to scratch playback in real time. Press and hold to freeze the tape mid-motion. Play with the sound as you listen. Link Tapes. Send a tape back and forth with someone you care about. Add your voice to the same growing recording, one turn at a time. Group Tapes. Build a shared memory with friends. Claim a turn, listen, add your part, and pass it on. A finished tape holds everyone's voices together. Birthday Tapes. Collect spoken messages from the people who matter and bring them together in a birthday gift. Arc Tapes. Set a future reveal date — a birthday, a milestone, a someday. Record over time and create something to return to when that day arrives. A map of memories. With location permission, see where your recordings happened. Choose whether shared tapes include precise locations, approximate locations, or no location at all. Handwritten labels. Write your tape's name by hand, the way you'd scrawl on a real cassette. Keep it personal. Share when you choose. Record and keep tapes on your device without creating an account. Sharing uses an online delivery service. Link Tape transfers and newly created Group Tapes use encryption to protect their audio in transit through that service. Everyone in a new encrypted Group Tape needs a compatible version of Taeppl. Make a tape. Pass it on. Come back to it years later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: taeppl at 100% against Grid's 31%. taeppl also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Grid's advantage is ratings volume (482 vs 5) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Grid sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. taeppl asks for nothing beyond the download.
taeppl holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grid has 482 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Grid's written reviews are positive against 100% of taeppl's.
Grid ships an update every 8 days, taeppl every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grid | taeppl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (482 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 482 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VexAI | AUSTIN JAMES STOUT |
Customer experience
Grid
taeppl
Bugs and requests
Grid
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to connect Instagram account
- Incorrect/repeated posts shown in grid
- Planned content disappearing after updates
- App not loading or crashing on launch
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for videos and reels
- Improve photo rearrangement functionality
- Provide option to hide/exclude past posts
- Allow exporting/saving of planned grids
taeppl
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grid
- Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
- Weekly subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Grid Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
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- Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
- Annual Membership$4.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
- Premium Weekly$9.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Annual Subscription$24.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Unlock Pro Features$14.99
taeppl
No in-app purchases









