Comparison

Backpack Studio vs Lessr

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

Head to head
About

Backpack Studio

Record, mix, and master professional-sounding podcasts and radio shows directly from your mobile device. This app automates post-production, allowing you to focus on creativity with live sound triggering and advanced audio processing.

Highlights
  • Live sound triggering with automatic volume adjustment
  • Unlimited soundboard pages with customizable pads
  • Import sounds from various cloud services and apps
  • Optional subscription for remote guest recording and live streaming
  • Create video versions of podcasts with animations
  • Automatic studio-quality audio mastering and EQ
  • Customizable shortcuts for recording and sound triggering
Features
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Backpack Studio turns your iPhone or iPad into a live soundboard and a complete mobile podcast studio. It’s easy to get started, but there’s plenty here for professionals too. Under the hood is a studio-quality sound engine built for recording and live mixing. Need a soundboard? Load your music, sound effects, cues, intros, voice clips, or anything else you want to play. Arrange everything across multiple pages, then trigger sounds instantly during a podcast, performance, event, class, or stream. We think it’s the most powerful soundboard you can put on an iPhone or iPad. Making a podcast? Record in high quality, mix microphones and sound pads live, invite remote guests, edit the recording, stream your show, and export the finished episode—all from one app. When the recording is finished, Backpack’s optional AI tools can create a transcript, show notes, chapters, and highlight clips. You can even generate original sound effects and music for your show or soundboard. People use Backpack Studio for: Podcasts and radio shows Live events and streams Theatre productions Church services Workshops and classes Voice presentations Weddings and dance recitals Stage management Magic and puppet shows With Backpack Studio you can: Import multiple sounds from iCloud Drive, your device, Google Drive, Dropbox, our free sound library, or your AI generations Arrange pads quickly across multiple soundboard pages Play music, effects, intros, outros, cues, and clips while recording Keep separate soundboards for different shows, clients, and events Record high-quality audio anywhere Mix microphones and sound pads live Bring remote guests into interviews and podcasts Edit and export MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, or Apple Lossless Live stream your show Create transcripts, show notes, chapters, and highlight clips with AI Generate original sound effects and music Back up and sync recordings and soundboards Backpack Pro unlocks Batch Import, Pad Arranger, transcripts, show notes, chapters, highlight clips, cloud backup and syncing, guest rooms, live streaming, uncompressed recording, lossless exports, and sound generation. Backpack Studio is designed to work well with VoiceOver and has won awards from the AppleVis community. Visit backpackstudioapp.com for more info Send feedback to backpackstudioapp@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://backpackstudioapp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lessr

Shrink large photos, videos, and PDFs without uploading them online. Convert formats, merge documents, remove backgrounds, resize images, and more, all on your device. Offers batch processing for efficiency and prioritizes user privacy with no internet connection or ads required.

Highlights
  • Compress photos, videos, and PDFs
  • Convert between various image and video formats
  • Merge, split, and create PDFs
  • Remove photo backgrounds
  • Resize images for social media or custom dimensions
  • Trim videos and create GIFs
  • Batch processing for multiple files
Features
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That video too big to send on WhatsApp? Photos eating up your storage? Need to merge PDFs before a deadline? You shouldn't have to upload your personal files to some random website just to shrink them. With Compressor, everything happens right on your iPhone or iPad — no internet needed, no accounts, no ads. Your files never leave your device. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick your files — photos, videos, or PDFs 2. Choose what you need — compress, convert, merge, or more 3. Done — save or share your results instantly That's it. No waiting for uploads. No wondering who else can see your files. COMPRESS WITHOUT LOSING QUALITY Shrink videos from hundreds of megabytes to just a few — perfect for WhatsApp, email, or freeing up storage. Compress photos and PDFs too, with full control over quality. Choose from presets like WhatsApp (16 MB), Email (25 MB), or set your own target size. CONVERT ANY FORMAT HEIC photos others can't open? MOV videos that won't play on every device? Convert between JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, MP4, MOV, M4A, and WAV — all in seconds. PDF TOOLS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE Merge multiple PDFs into one. Split pages out. Compress oversized PDFs. Create PDFs from photos. No more hunting for a website to do a simple PDF task. MORE THAN JUST A COMPRESSOR • Remove backgrounds from photos — clean cutouts in one tap • Resize images for Instagram, Facebook, passport photos, or any custom size • Trim videos to the exact clip you need • Turn videos or Live Photos into GIFs • Make custom iPhone ringtones from any video or audio • Extract audio from videos • Mute videos — remove sound without re-encoding • Strip metadata for privacy before sharing BATCH PROCESSING Select multiple files at once. Compress 20 photos in one go instead of one by one. Your time matters. BUILT FOR YOUR PRIVACY • No internet connection required — ever • No cloud uploads — files stay on your device • No account or sign-up needed • No ads • No data collection or tracking Free to use with 2 conversions per day. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited access — one-time purchase, no subscriptions.

Screenshots

Backpack Studio4 screens
Lessr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lessr at 5.0 against Backpack Studio's 4.6. Lessr also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Backpack Studio's advantage is ratings volume (306 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Backpack Studio sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Lessr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lessr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backpack Studio has 306 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Backpack Studio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lessr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backpack Studio ships an update weekly, Lessr every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Backpack Studio versus Lessr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackpack StudioLessr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (306 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings306 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEd FilowatSonia Bajaj

Customer experience

Backpack Studio

All ratings306 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive78.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.0%

Lessr

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Backpack Studio

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Text displayed in videos differs from original
  • Crashes when trying to load pads from Dropbox or Google Drive
  • Buttons not responsive, causing issues during live playback
  • Crashes when trying to add album art to saved audio files

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more audio effects (reverb, echo, etc.)
  • Implement Apple Watch integration for controls
  • Add video recording and editing capabilities
  • Improve multi-track output for further audio editing
  • Provide option to disable the dark pad after playing
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  • Add support for more audio interfaces and inputs

Lessr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Backpack Studio

Subscriptions5
  • Backpack Live 10 Hours3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Pro Subscription3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Backpack Live 25 Hours$19.991 Month
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  • Backpack Live 60 Hours3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • backpack pro annual$99.001 Year
One-time1
  • Live Streaming$9.99
3 purchases

Lessr

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Backpack Studio free?
Backpack Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lessr free?
Lessr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backpack Studio or Lessr?
Lessr is rated higher. Backpack Studio averages 4.6 out of 5 from 306 ratings, while Lessr averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Backpack Studio or Lessr have ads?
Neither Backpack Studio nor Lessr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backpack Studio or Lessr?
Backpack Studio ships an update weekly, and Lessr every 9 days. Most recently, Backpack Studio was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lessr on October 24, 2026.

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