Comparison

GripBeats vs skippodisk

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

Head to head
About

GripBeats

Create music using intuitive touch controls and motion. This application allows users to explore their creativity by making sounds through interactive gestures.

Highlights
  • Music creation
  • Touch controls
  • Motion input
  • Sound generation
  • Creative expression
Features
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Music making through touch and movement.

About

skippodisk

This music app simulates the sound of a compact disc skipping and glitching. It offers a 2D slider for controlling delay time and feedback, with options for automatic skipping and silence dropouts to create unique audio effects.

Highlights
  • Simulates CD skipping and glitching
  • 2D slider for delay time and feedback
  • Automatic CD skipping
  • Silence dropout effect
  • Comb filtering effect
  • Bypass and volume controls
Features
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skippodisk is a free AUv3 plugin and standalone app. It features algorithm that imitates compact disc reading errors and adds feedback for some comb filtering. controls: * main control is a 2-dimensional slider that changes delay time / buffer size using value on X axis and feedback (positive and negative, -0.997 to 0.997) on Y axis. This control adds some creative comb-like effect. * algorithm settings: 
[ auto ] enables automatic cd skipping. 
[ dropout ] enables adding silence. Use both [auto] and [dropout] with zero feedback value (in the centre of touch control) to achieve the effect of a CD audio glitch * [ bypass ] control and volume control. This slider is in low value state by default.

Screenshots

GripBeats4 screens
skippodisk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: skippodisk at 11 against GripBeats's 1. On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GripBeats against 4.9 for skippodisk. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: skippodisk has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GripBeats versus skippodisk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGripBeatsskippodisk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWTUS LLCAlexey Nadzharov

Customer experience

GripBeats

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

skippodisk

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GripBeats

No in-app purchases

None

skippodisk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GripBeats free?
GripBeats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is skippodisk free?
skippodisk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GripBeats or skippodisk?
GripBeats is rated higher. GripBeats averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while skippodisk averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do GripBeats or skippodisk have ads?
Neither GripBeats nor skippodisk shows ads.

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