Podbean Pro vs acoust IQ enterprise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Podbean Pro
This app provides secure access to branded podcast content for employees, partners, or customers. It offers features like offline listening, episode searching, and advanced playback controls to enhance engagement and brand building.
- Secure content access
- Offline listening
- Episode search and history
- Advanced playback controls
- New episode notifications
- Comment for engagement
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Podbean Pro is a convenient, secure app for companies/organizations using Podbean's podcasting solution for branded podcasts. It allows employees, partners, or customers to easily and securely access the audio and video content you wish to deliver to them. Podbean Pro offers highly secure channels, user subscriptions, and fully-customizable options and also improves brand building. App Features: • Instantly stream or download episodes for offline listening. • Easily search episodes to find relevant content, view your play history, and save “liked” episodes. • Advanced playback features such as auto-play, skip forward and backward, and sleep timer. • Stay updated on the latest content with new episode notifications and automatic downloads. • Easily comment to increase engagement • Cellular data controls
acoust IQ enterprise
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With acoust IQ pro, sound level measurements can be performed using an iPhone or iPad in combination with a Class 1 microphone. The app supports the entire measurement process—from data acquisition and metadata integration to documentation and report generation. In addition to conventional measurements, psychoacoustic measurements with live visualisation are also available. All relevant information, such as images, text and GPS data, can be captured directly during the measurement and assigned to the corresponding results. The data can then be edited, analysed and exported as a template-based report. acoust IQ pro combines the functionality of acoust IQ, which is also available from the Apple App Store, with a cloud backend. The app is designed for technically proficient users who want to carry out sound measurements easily, reliably and with minimal effort. Full functionality is only available with a subscription. Please note: A suitable external microphone is required to perform Class 1 measurements. We currently support the Microtech Gefell MV240/MKS225. For Class 2 measurements, the UMIK-2 microphone from miniDSP is supported. Since the device’s internal microphone cannot be calibrated, measurements using it are subject to limitations. Support for additional microphones will be added in future versions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: acoust IQ enterprise at weekly against Podbean Pro's every 3 months. Podbean Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Podbean Pro ships an update every 3 months, acoust IQ enterprise weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Podbean Pro | acoust IQ enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (237 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 237 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Podbean Incorporated | Mueller-BBM Innovation Lab GmbH |
Bugs and requests
Podbean Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Keeps kicking me out
- Can't remove from iPhone
- Podcast menus won't rotate on iPad in horizontal mode
Requested features
1 request- Horizontal iPad support
acoust IQ enterprise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Podbean Pro
No in-app purchases
acoust IQ enterprise
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Podbean Pro free?
Is acoust IQ enterprise free?
Do Podbean Pro or acoust IQ enterprise have ads?
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