@LimeLightWired vs AA Grapevine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
@LimeLightWired
A community platform for live event production professionals to share knowledge, discuss industry trends, and connect with peers. It fosters genuine conversations among designers, programmers, and technicians.
- Industry trend discussions
- Professional networking
- Knowledge sharing
- Peer-to-peer conversations
- Designer, programmer, technician focus
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Production technology advances fast. There has to be a place where designers, programmers, and technicians alike can learn, converse, and laugh together. There is something genuine about discussing the trends in live event production when it is with someone who has been there. This is what @LimeLightWired is.
AA Grapevine
Access the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring articles, a podcast, and a daily quote. Enhance your sobriety journey with a calculator, events calendar, and exclusive spiritual maintenance tools. Share your experiences and connect with a supportive community.
- Monthly magazine access
- Article archives
- Podcast player
- Daily quote
- Sobriety calculator
- AA events calendar
- Spiritual maintenance checklist
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The Grapevine app is all things Grapevine right on your smartphone. The monthly magazine, the articles archives, the podcast, the daily quote, an enhanced sobriety calculator, and the AA events calendar. App-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist and the ability to share articles, and your own experience, strength, and hope with other Grapevine app users. The app allows for more content each month too. Service-oriented members will find easy ways to be a part of the AA Grapevine Community in our Get Involved section. You’ll be able to read Grapevine anonymously wherever you go. You can also listen to each month’s articles on a playlist, and listen to the podcast playlist right on the app. Terms of Use / End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: @LimeLightWired at 100% against AA Grapevine's 31%. @LimeLightWired also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). AA Grapevine's advantage is ratings volume (84 vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads and chart position 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. AA Grapevine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. @LimeLightWired asks for nothing beyond the download.
@LimeLightWired holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA Grapevine has 84 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of @LimeLightWired's written reviews are positive against 31% of AA Grapevine's.
@LimeLightWired ships an update every 2 weeks, AA Grapevine every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | @LimeLightWired | AA Grapevine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.1 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 31.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 84 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #129 | #46 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 394 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rane Renshaw | AA Grapevine, Inc. |
Customer experience
@LimeLightWired
AA Grapevine
Bugs and requests
@LimeLightWired
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
AA Grapevine
Reported bugs
16 issues- Subscription verification issues
- App is buggy
- Restore subscription option never works
- Cannot access current issue
- App repeatedly states user is not subscribed
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- Subscription sync issues
- App does not unlock all features after subscription
- Data not available message when restoring subscription
- Cannot download full issue
- Meeting place pictures not available
- Article playlist does not auto-advance
- Cannot read on e-ink devices
- Archive search is missing terms
- Cannot sign in with valid subscription
- No user ID/password created during subscription
- App does not recognize valid subscription
Requested features
7 requests- Native iPad version needed
- Improve iPad usability for visually impaired
- Fix app bugs
- Add a way to change password
- Improve archive search functionality
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- Add ability to report app bugs
- Allow specifying user ID/password during subscription
In-app purchases
@LimeLightWired
No in-app purchases
AA Grapevine
- Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
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