Comparison

Plants Play vs GranSample

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Plants Play

Transform your plants into musical instruments. This app connects to a device that reads your plant's electrical signals and converts them into music. Customize instruments, scales, and effects to create unique plant-generated melodies and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Listen to plant-generated music
  • Customize instruments and scales
  • Real-time plant electrical activity display
  • Apply audio effects
  • Save and share audio/video
  • Create custom presets
Features
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Listen to the Music of your Plants. Plants Play is a pocket device that allows you to listen to the Music generated by Plants and Trees. Through two electrodes settled on the leaves, Plants Play converts electric plant variations into music notes, and send them by bluetooth on your smartphone. BUY NOW: http://www.plantsplay.com The Plants Play app, lets you easily customize the instruments, rules and effects to create music by Plants. You can listen to live or recorded music and share it on your social networks. The App shows you the electrical activity of the plant in real-time, and you can figure out when you and the Plant are connected. Features App: - Plants Activity - Over 35 Instruments - Custom Scale - Audio Fx: delay, reverb, chorus, envelope, velocity, detuning, 432/440 hz - Create new Preset - Save Audio/Video/MIDI - Share on your Social Network Music & Video

About

GranSample

This app offers a 16-pad sampler with a powerful granular engine for sculpting unique audio textures and sequencing patterns. It functions as a standalone application and an AUv3 plugin for popular DAWs. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • 16-pad granular sampler
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Step sequencer
  • Modulation matrix
  • Sample chopping
  • Kit sharing
  • Per-pad effects
Features
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A 16-pad sampler with a granular engine underneath. Standalone app + AUv3 plugin for GarageBand / Logic / AUM / Drambo / Loopy Pro. Tap pads, sculpt textures, sequence patterns, chain songs. Same instrument either way. Free to try. GranSample Pro ($3.99, one-time) unlocks all 16 pads, song mode, the modulation matrix, sample chop, kit export, custom backgrounds, and WAV/M4A export. No subscription, no ads, no telemetry. PATTERN BANK & SONG MODE — NEW IN 1.4 Eight patterns per project (A–H). Switch live — the change waits for the bar end so the groove never stumbles. Then chain patterns into a song: tap letters to build, set repeats per section, loop it or play it once (song mode is Pro). Patterns, song, and BPM now save with every project. MODULATION MATRIX (PRO) LFO + ADSR envelope on 8 destinations per pad: grain position / size / pitch / density, volume, pan, semitone pitch, playback start. Drag the envelope chart, set depth per lane — all host-automatable in AUv3. SAMPLE CHOP (PRO) Slice any sample across the pads — equal grid, transient detection, or manual markers you drag to move and flick off to delete. Audition before you commit; the grid shows where every slice lands. KIT SHARING Export any kit as a single .gskit file — samples, settings, effects, patterns, all of it. Send it anywhere. Importing is free for everyone; exporting is Pro. PAD NAMES & COLORS Name your pads, pick from 8 colors. AUv3 PLUGIN Load "Digilog: GranSample" under AU Instruments in any AUv3 host. Same 4×4 grid, same Kits, same engine. 900 host-automatable parameters. Sequencer locks to host transport; MIDI through the host; everything persists in the host project. LIBRARY Ten factory Kits + your Projects in one place — load, tweak, save, share as .gskit. GRANULAR ENGINE Eight knobs per pad. Position scans the sample; grain size + density set the texture from pebbles to glass. Pitch + jitter, spray + stereo spread, four window shapes, an ADSR cloud envelope, Freeze for infinite sustain. 128 grains per voice, lock-free render. CHROMATIC MODE Any pad becomes the root; the grid plays as a chromatic keyboard. STEP SEQUENCER Per-pad patterns at 16/32/64 steps, per-step velocity, drag-to-paint. Eight patterns per project with quantized live switching. Standalone runs its own clock; AUv3 syncs to host transport. SAMPLE EDITOR Waveform view — drag the grain region, trim playback range, loop, reverse, normalize per pad. LINEAR or GRAN preview. Works inside the AUv3 plugin too. EFFECTS Per-pad AND master bus. Reverb, Delay, Distortion, EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Filter — up to 8 per chain, automatable from any DAW. Hand-tuned factory presets; save your own. EQ + Filter draw their curves live. IPAD Pads bigger than a hardware MPC; recorder, properties, and sequencer get a dedicated right column. MIDI USB, Bluetooth (built-in browser), or virtual MIDI. MIDI Learn on every knob standalone, per-pad channel routing. The AUv3 plugin routes MIDI in through the host and emits MIDI out for pad taps. RECORDING 60 seconds from the mic straight into a pad with a live waveform (standalone). Master bounces to WAV/M4A (Pro). 10 FACTORY KITS, 16 SAMPLES Late Night Room, Outer Space, Neon City, Midnight Dub, Tape Machine, Crystal Cave, and more — each with bespoke granular settings. FREE TIER Pads 1–4 with the full granular engine, effects, pattern bank, mixer, MIDI in/out — same in standalone and AUv3. Kit import (.gskit) is free too. GRANSAMPLE PRO — $3.99, one-time All 16 pads unlocked everywhere — standalone AND AUv3 plugin Song mode — chain patterns into an arrangement Modulation matrix — LFO + envelope on 8 destinations per pad Sample chop to pads Kit export (.gskit) Per-pad ADSR envelope editor Custom backgrounds — wallpapers or your own photo, with dim and pad-opacity control WAV / M4A export Made by one person who wanted a granular beat pad that fit on a phone — and now in their DAW too.

Screenshots

Plants Play4 screens
GranSample4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plants Play at none against GranSample's 1. Plants Play also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). GranSample's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GranSample sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Plants Play asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plants Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GranSample has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plants Play ships an update every 2 months, GranSample every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Plants Play versus GranSample: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlants PlayGranSample
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings214 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlants PlayChih Han Lin

Customer experience

Plants Play

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GranSample

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Plants Play

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GranSample

One-time1
  • GranSample Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Plants Play free?
Plants Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GranSample free?
GranSample is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plants Play or GranSample?
Plants Play is rated higher. Plants Play averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while GranSample averages 4.6 from 14 ratings.
Do Plants Play or GranSample have ads?
Neither Plants Play nor GranSample shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plants Play or GranSample?
Plants Play ships an update every 2 months, and GranSample every 4 days. Most recently, Plants Play was updated on September 19, 2026 and GranSample on September 10, 2026.

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