ChannelStrip LE vs skippodisk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Modeled tube saturation
- 3-band equalizer
- Oscilloscope waveform monitoring
- Adjustable oversampling
- AUV3 and standalone app support
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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)
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
ChannelStrip LE ships an update every 4 days, skippodisk every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ChannelStrip LE | skippodisk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Herb | Alexey Nadzharov |
Customer experience
ChannelStrip LE
skippodisk
In-app purchases
ChannelStrip LE
No in-app purchases
skippodisk
No in-app purchases






