Comparison

GRM studio vs BLEASS Tides

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

Head to head
About

GRM studio

This music creation app offers advanced sound manipulation tools for musicians and sound designers. Explore and edit audio files through direct waveform manipulation and multiple playback processes.

Highlights
  • Real-time sound transformation simulation
  • Direct waveform exploration
  • Virtual editing and montage
  • Multiple playback processes
  • Granular synthesis
Features
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GRM studio est une application de création musicale . Elle permet de puissantes transformations sonores par la manipulation directe de représentations audionumériques et l’expérimentation de processus de lectures multiples sur des documents sonores. Cette nouvelle lutherie est mise à disposition grâce au soutien du programme Investissements d’Avenir (PIA-SINÉ). Elle complète la collection de ressources de l’INA-GRM disponible sur Éduthèque « Écouter, voir, comprendre les musiques électroacoustiques et les technologies de création sonore » . Pionnier des musiques concrètes, électroacoustiques, acousmatiques, le Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) développe depuis 1958, des dispositifs créatifs de traitement du son à l’usage des musiciens, des compositeurs, des designers sonores Fonctionnalités : - Simulation temps réel des principales transformations du son . Transpositions, time streching, délais, boucles mobiles, synthèse granulaire,etc. - Toutes ces opérations sont faites uniquement en combinant des opérations de lecture d'un fichier sonore. Lecture simple contrôlée en sens et vitesse, déplacement de boucles mobiles comportant plusieurs curseurs de lecture. - Exploration directe de la forme d'onde à différentes échelles - Édition et Montage virtuel

About

BLEASS Tides

This music app offers a unique delay processing experience with fluid delay times and advanced modulation. Shape your echoes with input filters and a flexible feedback path featuring multiple effect processors. Its intuitive interface is designed for both touch and mouse interaction.

Highlights
  • Fluid delay time alteration
  • Enhanced modulation system (LFOs, envelope followers)
  • Input filter with resonant bands
  • Feedback path with 11 insertable effect processors
  • Interactive delay visualizer
  • Momentary Freeze and Kill buttons
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BLEASS Tides washes away the dry, uninspiring echoes of conventional delay processors with wave after wave of richly characterful reflections. The plugin's fluid approach to delay processing means delay times can be altered without the unpleasant warping results produced by other delay processors, with the option of a controlled tape-like timing shift, or a simple crossfade between differently timed delays. Better still, with an enhanced modulation system provided by BLEASS' latest plugin technology, you can take full advantage of this delay time fluidity with stereo LFOs, envelope followers and macro controllers that allow you to explore new horizons of exciting delay effects. There's more to creating unique and enthralling delay lines than timing alone, and so BLEASS Tides provides many different ways of shaping and adding character to its repeats. An input filter combining low- and high-pass resonant bands allows you to easily mould the incoming signal and thereby sculpt the resulting echoes. Then, for even deeper and more exhilarating shaping, Tides' feedback path features five insert points into which any of 11 different effect processors can be loaded. These include distortions, filters, pitch and frequency shifting, ring modulation, and even an additional delay processor, all of which can be brought to life with the plugin's stereo modulators. Tides is the first plugin to use BLEASS' v2 plugin engine, its reimagined interface design giving a crisp and clean look to the plugin whilst retaining the familiar and welcoming look and feel of previous BLEASS plugins. The new interface is as easy to use with touchscreens as it is with a mouse, and includes innovative interactive elements such as Tides' delay visualiser that, when clicked with the mouse or touched with a finger, produces fascinating interactive frequency shifting effects. Further realtime interaction comes in the form of momentary Freeze and Kill buttons that are perfect for creating spontaneous, organic effects, whether on stage, on the go, or in the studio. BLEASS Tides' unique approach brings delay processing to new shores with never before heard stereo effects and modulations, extensive tonal shaping, and a user interface that's both easy on the eye and easy to use. More information on https://www.bleass.com/tides

Screenshots

GRM studio3 screens
BLEASS Tides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GRM studio at Free against BLEASS Tides's $14.99. GRM studio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). BLEASS Tides's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

GRM studio is free to download; BLEASS Tides costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BLEASS Tides holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLEASS Tides has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of GRM studio's written reviews are positive against 75% of BLEASS Tides's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GRM studio ships an update weekly, BLEASS Tides every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
GRM studio versus BLEASS Tides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGRM studioBLEASS Tides
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB28 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperInstitut National de l'AudiovisuelBLEASS

Customer experience

GRM studio

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BLEASS Tides

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

GRM studio

No in-app purchases

None

BLEASS Tides

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GRM studio free?
GRM studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLEASS Tides free?
BLEASS Tides costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GRM studio or BLEASS Tides?
BLEASS Tides is rated higher. GRM studio averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while BLEASS Tides averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do GRM studio or BLEASS Tides have ads?
Neither GRM studio nor BLEASS Tides shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GRM studio or BLEASS Tides?
GRM studio ships an update weekly, and BLEASS Tides every 5 months. Most recently, GRM studio was updated on October 18, 2026 and BLEASS Tides on October 24, 2026.

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