Skym vs GripBeats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skym
Control your Ableton devices with expressive touch gestures. This MIDI controller app lets you manipulate four parameters simultaneously, offering instant variability and interest to your sounds. It requires Ableton on macOS and does not generate sound on its own.
- Touch control for Ableton devices
- Control 4 parameters simultaneously
- X, Y, Speed, and Gate parameters
- USB or Bluetooth connection
- Free starter Ableton project included
- Expressive sound design
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Touch control for your Ableton devices. Skym is a MIDI controller app that allows you to control 4 parameters of your Ableton devices at once. Simply download the app, and install our Ableton script on Mac, and you can connect over USB or Bluetooth to perform expressive sound design. Our free starter Ableton project has some sounds to get you up and running. Skym sends 4 parameters at once. X, Y, Speed (how fast your touch is moving), and Gate (flips on and off with touch). These parameters automatically map to macros 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively. Combining these layers of control on synths, samplers, effects, gives you access to instant variability and interest in your sounds. Note Skym is a controller and not a sound generator, so the app does not make sound on its own. We only support connection and integration with Ableton on Mac. Mac OS must be 10.11 or later Ableton must be 11.0.0 or later
GripBeats
Create music using intuitive touch controls and motion. This application allows users to explore their creativity by making sounds through interactive gestures.
- Music creation
- Touch controls
- Motion input
- Sound generation
- Creative expression
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Music making through touch and movement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GripBeats at Free against Skym's $7.99. GripBeats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Skym's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
GripBeats is free to download; Skym costs $7.99 up front. Skym sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. GripBeats asks for nothing beyond the download.
GripBeats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skym has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Skym | GripBeats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ResGuide LLC | WTUS LLC |
Customer experience
Skym
GripBeats
In-app purchases
Skym
- Heat Map$4.99
- Warp Speed$9.99
- Pulse Cell$9.99
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- Life Flower$9.99
GripBeats
No in-app purchases
