ström vs iPulsaret
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ström
A simple internet radio player that supports various audio formats. Customize presets with your favorite stations or enjoy the included fluid, lake, and Swedish radio channels. It can also play streams of limited duration.
- Plays mp3, wav, aifc, aiff, m4a, mp4, caf, aac
- Customizable radio presets
- Includes fluid, lake, and Swedish radio channels
- Supports finite length streams
- Minimalistic interface
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Ström is a minimalistic streaming internet radio. It is capable of playing the formats mp3, wav, aifc, aiff, m4a, mp4, caf and aac. Ström comes preset with fluid radio, lake radio and swedish radio p1, p2 and p3, but these can easily be changed to the user's choice. Of course, ström is also capable of playing streams of a finite length. Powered by Sparrow. Made by humble.
iPulsaret
This app offers a real-time granular synthesis playground for iPad, generating diverse audio effects. It provides extensive control over grain parameters and includes a post-effects chain. Users can shape sounds, manipulate live input, and save presets.
- Real-time granular synthesis
- Live input manipulation
- Grain control and shaping
- Post FX chain (Echo, Reverb, Filters)
- Snapshot presets morphing pad
- AUv3 support
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iPulsaret is rated as a Killer App by Apps4iDevices. iPulsaret is a new real-time software capable of all time-domain varieties of granular synthesis. A genuine granular playground able to generate a wide range of usual and not so usual effects: Grainlet, Trainlet, FM, time/pitch shifting, time/pitch jittering, intricate textures, grain fountain/pulverizer, Live Input manipulation and many more. Control and shape grains, anytime, anywhere with iPulsaret for iPad. - Full AUv3 support - 32 Polyphony Voices - Granulation Sources: Wave, Trainlet, Sample, Live and Harmonic - Grain Envelope Deformation - Grain Glisson Sweep - Grainlet Linkage - ADSR Note Envelope - Snapshots Presets Morphing Pad - Sharing common audio files via iTunes, Dropbox AudioCopy etc... - Post FX chain: Echo, Ring Modulation, Lowpass Ladder and High Shelf filters, Reverb FDN and Dynamic Compressor/Expander - Capture Master Audio Output - Keyboard Musical Scales, up to 35 + User Defined Scale - etc...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ström at Free against iPulsaret's $9.99. ström also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). iPulsaret's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (80% vs 60%). On ratings volume, 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
ström is free to download; iPulsaret costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iPulsaret holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of ström's written reviews are positive against 80% of iPulsaret's.
ström ships an update every 2 months, iPulsaret every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ström | iPulsaret |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erik Sigth | apeSoft |
Customer experience
ström
iPulsaret
In-app purchases
ström
No in-app purchases
iPulsaret
No in-app purchases
