Comparison

Podbean Pro vs acoust IQ enterprise

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Secure content access
  • Offline listening
  • Episode search and history
  • Advanced playback controls
  • New episode notifications
  • Comment for engagement
Features
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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

About

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.

Screenshots

Podbean Pro4 screens
acoust IQ enterprise4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Podbean Pro versus acoust IQ enterprise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPodbean Proacoust IQ enterprise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (237 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings237 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPodbean IncorporatedMueller-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

None

Podbean Pro

No in-app purchases

None

acoust IQ enterprise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Podbean Pro free?
Podbean Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is acoust IQ enterprise free?
acoust IQ enterprise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Podbean Pro or acoust IQ enterprise have ads?
Neither Podbean Pro nor acoust IQ enterprise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Podbean Pro or acoust IQ enterprise?
Podbean Pro ships an update every 3 months, and acoust IQ enterprise weekly. Most recently, Podbean Pro was updated on October 16, 2026 and acoust IQ enterprise on October 1, 2026.

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