Comparison

Grid Music Midi Player vs gary4beatbox

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

Head to head
About

Grid Music Midi Player

Features
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Grid Music Midi Player is an instrument playing app for mobile devices. This app allows users to pick an instrument from a list, and play the instrument on 64 pads grid layout. The app also allows users to select Scale, Key Notes, Sharps (#) and an option to display the Note pressed on the device screen. Grid Midi Controller is a midi controller that triggers or toggles midi controls that you map with your DAW. This controller has been tested with Ableton Live, and is useful for controller midi mapped triggers on your DAW. You can save a controller, set default controllers, and even import and export previously saved controllers. In the edit mode, you can increase rows and columns of the midi control pads, change column colours, and set pad to toggle/trigger. The save feature is available only when you are in edit mode. Scale Finder is an app to find scales with the toggled keys. Features: Grid Music Midi Player * Play Piano as the default instrument * Play from a list of 36+ instruments (internet required) * Select Scale to play * Select between Major / Minor Key Patterns * Toggle Sharp for the Scale * Toggle display for Note being played * Connect to laptop with DAW and play any DAW instrument * LongPress the Speaker icon to stop sound playback * Toggle midi or SoundFont playback with Speaker icon Midi Controler: * Create multiple controllers * Toggle/Trigger midi controls * Export/Import/Edit saved Controllers * LongPress to set controller to Default in the Saved Controller List * LongPress Default to set the default controller to factory default * Change columns colours by clicking on column button in Edit Mode * Add/Remove Rows and Columns in Edit mode * Set a pad to Toggle/Trigger by pressing on the pad and the on the toggle/trigger in edit mode Scale Finder: * Press more than 1 key to list all the scales with that key * Toggle keys on or off New Features (Added 2025) * Midi Controller App * Save, delete sliding options on Instrument Loading Screen * Set to Default option by Long Pressing in Instrument List or Controller List * LongPress Speaker icon to stop audio playback * Toggle speaker icon for midi and soundfont playback New Features (added 2024) * Connect the player to your DAW (tested with Ableton) * Play Midi Notes on your DAW * Turn on/off Player volume for DAW playback * Separate Grid (4x4 ) for Drum Playback. * Changeable 2x and 4x Drum Playback. * How to use: Click on the Devices icon on the App bar and connect your DAW. Then start playing while you're connected to your DAW. * Ableton Setup Tutorial: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209071169-Setting-up-a-virtual-MIDI-network Update: * By default, the ads will not be clickable. You'll have to click on the "INFO" icon on the top right to enable ads. Long Press the Icon to enable the Advertisements. * The Key note pads can be enabled/disabled by the Key Icon on the info panel that displays the Key of the note being played.

About

gary4beatbox

Explore an open-source music creation laboratory. Generate short audio samples using AI models, experiment with finetunes, and transform existing audio. Designed for producers to create unique sounds for their music.

Highlights
  • AI audio sample generation
  • Audio transformation tools
  • Experiment with finetunes
  • Record and jam with input audio
  • Create samples for music production
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this is not suno. this is a laboratory for open source music models. it will not make a whole song for you. it's mostly designed around making samples you might use in other music production software. i first created this as a quick way to do beatbox and desk drum continuations with musicgen finetunes. they're somehow both lofi and futuristic, and super unhinged. you can still do that in here, but now it does a bunch of other stuff, and it's going to keep doing more. supported models rn: stable audio 3 - loops, continuations, transformations stable-audio-open-small - loops musicgen (the original gary) - continuations melodyflow - transformations record your own audio then chain multiple models. that's when you get something you'll truly never hear anywhere else. tap the question mark icons throughout the app to learn more.

Screenshots

Grid Music Midi Player4 screens
gary4beatbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: gary4beatbox at none against Grid Music Midi Player's 1. gary4beatbox also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Grid Music Midi Player's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grid Music Midi Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. gary4beatbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grid Music Midi Player ships an update every 2 months, gary4beatbox every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Grid Music Midi Player versus gary4beatbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrid Music Midi Playergary4beatbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohit KhannaKevin Griffing

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Grid Music Midi Player

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

gary4beatbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grid Music Midi Player free?
Grid Music Midi Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is gary4beatbox free?
gary4beatbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grid Music Midi Player or gary4beatbox have ads?
gary4beatbox shows ads; Grid Music Midi Player does not.
Which is updated more often, Grid Music Midi Player or gary4beatbox?
Grid Music Midi Player ships an update every 2 months, and gary4beatbox every 10 days. Most recently, Grid Music Midi Player was updated on November 4, 2026 and gary4beatbox on October 30, 2026.

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