IAP Control vs homecrate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IAP Control
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Illusonic Audio Processor (IAP) is like a Swiss Army Knife for audiophiles. It optimizes almost any sound system, room, and listening situation. IAP Control app allows network-based remote control of IAP. Power On/Off, Input, Volume, and Presets can be set. All detail parameters of the presets can be controlled as well.
homecrate
Create music on your mobile device with a powerful digital audio workstation. Offers a free tier with essential tools and a Pro version for advanced features like unlimited stem separation and VST3 plugin support.
- 4-track free DAW
- Piano roll and step sequencer
- NAM amp and synth
- On-device stem separation
- VST3 plugin support (Mac companion)
- Performance Mode looper
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A truly mobile DAW with 4 tracks free, piano roll, warp markers, a NAM amp, a drum machine, a synth, and a channel of hardware MIDI. Pro is the rest: unlimited stem separation on-device, audio to MIDI, expanded tracks to 16, a spatial mix, and the VST3 plugins on your Mac, a Performance Mode, MCP control, $9.99, once. No subscription, no account. A 4-TRACK DAW IS FREE Four audio tracks, two MIDI tracks, and a master bus. Piano roll, step sequencer, warp markers, slicing, crossfades, and automation. USB-C or Bluetooth MIDI, with clock sync. A new song asks for a key and a tempo you can tap. A take stopped by a call, another app, or an unplugged cable is kept. Closing the recorder mid-take saves it. 95 tunings for guitar, bass, lap steel, and pedal steel, including E9 and C6, checked against John Ely's list and the Papa Dafoe database. Metronome with swing and accents. NAM amp with 10 profiles and a PRE stage, dual-oscillator synth with MPE, a 16-pad drum machine, vocal chain, dynamic EQ with sidechain, Grain, and HC Crate, a patcher with 109 modules. Your own presets, profiles, and IRs are Pro. LEARN THE SONG. PRO On-device stem separation, 4 stems or 6 with a dedicated guitar stem. Unlimited, offline, no account. Stems land on tracks in time. Mute a part and play it. Audio to MIDI turns a vocal or a solo into editable notes. PERFORMANCE MODE Beside the recorder. Monitor through the NAM amp and stack what you play onto looper layers while the clock holds. Start from a drum loop or a stem. Up to 10 layers. Scratch one layer's disk. Let go and it locks back to the beat. Send the sketch to the recorder as an arrangement, plugin chain included. On iPhone Duo the recorder follows the fold. In tabletop, a keyboard and the faders fill the lower half, and transport stays on the upper half. THE AMP Neural Amp Modeler A2. Dynamics morph two profiles or two cabinets. Pro loads any .nam or cabinet IR, and trains a model on the phone from a capture of your amp (A14, M1, or newer). Capture an IR of a cabinet or a room and use it instead of the amp reverb. The screen shows the amp, the IR, and the effects in order. RECORD IT. PRO 16 audio and 8 MIDI tracks. Each input of one interface can record to its own track in one take. Section markers change tempo, meter, and MIDI. Voice control. Theory chat returns MIDI in the song's key and tempo. Live looper with overdubs, retrigger, and a footswitch. Over Wi-Fi, a bandmate's take lands on your timeline in time. Import a loop into the clip drawer once and use it on any track, in any project. YOUR PLUGINS. PRO A free Mac companion hosts your VST3 and Audio Unit plugins. Audio, MIDI, and tempo run both ways, and every parameter can be automated. Four AUv3 inserts per track for chords, arpeggios, or a sequencer. FILM IT. PRO Video of the take, with the mix in the file. 84 stacked effects that can react to your playing. Preserve Me and Preserve Instrument leave you and the guitar clean. Your own ISF, Shadertoy, or p5 sketch. Stream to a Mac or a projector. Hand poses become MIDI. SPATIAL. PRO A 3D mixer with position automation, and APAC export on iOS 26, with video. Mix down to the library, or share the whole project as one file. THE PLAYER A library for the files you already own. FLAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, and AAC, with line-synced lyrics, bios, and band members. An algorithm you set yourself, widgets, and CarPlay. Pro adds word-by-word karaoke, questions about your library, and Plex. PRO IS $9.99, ONCE Stems, audio to MIDI, tracks 5 to 16, eight MIDI tracks, voice and theory chat, your presets and NAM profiles, on-device training, cabinet and room IRs, VST hosting, gesture control, video, the spatial mix, and Plex. One purchase for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. No renewal. The free download is a finished 4-track DAW.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IAP Control at none against homecrate's 1. IAP Control also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). homecrate's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months) and device support (5 vs 3). On price and ads 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. homecrate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IAP Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
IAP Control ships an update every 9 months, homecrate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IAP Control | homecrate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Illusonic GmbH | anthony burchell |
In-app purchases
IAP Control
No in-app purchases
homecrate
- homecrate - Pro$9.99









