Comparison

ChannelStrip LE vs skippodisk

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

Head to head
About

ChannelStrip LE

This app offers a modeled tube preamp with a 3-band EQ and an oscilloscope. It's designed for music production to add smooth tube saturation and gentle tone-shaping, allowing users to monitor waveform compression.

Highlights
  • Modeled tube saturation
  • 3-band equalizer
  • Oscilloscope waveform monitoring
  • Adjustable oversampling
  • AUV3 and standalone app support
Features
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ChannnelStrip is a modeled tube preamp with 3 band EQ and a simple oscilloscope available as AUV3 and standalone app. Controlling dynamics with saturation is an often overlooked technique in music production. ChannelStrip is intended as an end-of-chain effect giving you smooth modeled tube saturation combined with an oscilloscope to monitor how the waveform is compressed. The integrated 3-band equalizer will furthermore help you apply gentle, unobtrusive tone-shaping. Even as a simple distortion effect or equalizer, ChannelStrip will make a great addition to your FX collection. Features: - Modeled tube saturation with character control - Gentle 3-band equalizer - Oscilloscope - Adjustable oversampling factor (WARNING: uses a lot of resources on higher settings and may cause audio dropouts)

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

ChannelStrip LE1 screens
skippodisk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChannelStrip LE at 100% against skippodisk's 80%. ChannelStrip LE also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). skippodisk's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, 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

skippodisk holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of ChannelStrip LE's written reviews are positive against 80% of skippodisk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChannelStrip LE ships an update every 4 days, skippodisk every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChannelStrip LE versus skippodisk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChannelStrip LEskippodisk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)4.9 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher HerbAlexey Nadzharov

Customer experience

ChannelStrip LE

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
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

ChannelStrip LE

No in-app purchases

None

skippodisk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChannelStrip LE free?
ChannelStrip LE 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, ChannelStrip LE or skippodisk?
skippodisk is rated higher. ChannelStrip LE averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while skippodisk averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do ChannelStrip LE or skippodisk have ads?
Neither ChannelStrip LE nor skippodisk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChannelStrip LE or skippodisk?
ChannelStrip LE ships an update every 4 days, and skippodisk every 2 weeks. Most recently, ChannelStrip LE was updated on November 3, 2026 and skippodisk on November 3, 2026.

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