LH Grain vs Woodulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LH Grain
Create intricate soundscapes and dynamic audio effects with a dual-channel granular synthesizer. Features include diverse amplitude envelopes, extensive audio effects, and intuitive live performance tools like a touchpad and customizable pitch bar.
- Dual-channel granular synthesis
- 8 amplitude envelope options
- 10 integrated audio effects
- Real-time touchpad control
- Customizable pitch bar
- OSC compatibility
- Record and share sound files
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LH Grain: A Dual-Channel Granular Synthesizer for Live Performance Mastery Unleash your creative potential with LH Grain, an innovative two-channel granular synthesizer designed for both immersive soundscapes and dynamic live performances. Each channel operates independently, allowing for intricate granular textures and rich audio effects. Key Features: *Amplitude Envelope Diversity: Choose from 8 unique amplitude envelopes for crafting your grains, offering a spectrum of wave shapes for unparalleled sound design. *Extensive Audio Effects: Elevate your sound with 10 integrated audio effects, ranging from EQ and formant filters to chorus and reverb, adding layers of complexity to your sonic creations. *Intuitive Live Performance Tools: --Touchpad Control: Visualize and manipulate grains in real-time with a responsive touchpad interface. --Customizable Pitch Bar: Fine-tune your sound with an easily adjustable pitch bar for on-the-fly modifications. *OSC Compatibility: Seamlessly integrate with other devices in real-time using OSC format messages, enhancing live collaboration and interaction. *Robust File Management: Record your creations, and easily share sound files for collaborative projects or personal archiving. Please Note: LH Grain currently does not support Audiobus, external sound recording, or importing additional audio files. Explore Rich Soundscapes with Advanced FX: Immerse in deep audio manipulation with a suite of FX including EQ, Formant Filter, Ring Modulation, Low Pass Filter, MultiFilter, Chorus, Flanger, Distortion, Delay, and Reverb. Each effect is fine-tuned to complement the granular synthesis process, ensuring your performance stands out. Elevate your audio experience with LH Grain – where innovation meets artistry in the realm of granular synthesis.
Woodulator
This app offers advanced audio manipulation with analog-inspired delay and pitch shifting. It features versatile modulators, customizable filters, and extensive MIDI control for creative sound design. Presets can be saved and synced across devices via iCloud.
- Analog bucket brigade delay emulation
- Dual pitch shifters (up/down, harmonic, chorus)
- Versatile internal/external sidechain modulators
- Customizable delay line color and filters
- BPM sync and MIDI control
- Stereo width enhancement
- iCloud preset storage
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The Woodulator is a delay and pitch shifter inspired by analog bucket brigade delays. It also includes 2 versatile modulators. Pitch shifting is obtained by increasing or decreasing the clock in the delay line and not by FFT calculations. - Has 2 pitch shifters which can go up or down according to a harmonic scale or in chorus mode - Modulator source can be internal LFO or external side chain - Modulator destination can be pitch frequency, pitch amplitude, delay amplitude, panning, feedback amounts or Moog filter frequencies. - Modulation of pitch frequency can be up, down or both. - Delay line color can be set with LP/HP/BP/Moog filter and Saturation level. - Includes HP and LP filters on the input signal - Includes Moog filter on pitch out signals. - Pitch shifters have Reverse mode. - BPM can be set, tapped or synced by the DAW host. - LFO Square has slew-rate control. (control at 100% generates triangle waveform) - LFO’s have convenient beat/bar timing popup. - Delay and pitch signals can be panned L-R on a stereo bus/track. - Delay and pitch shifter timing can be synced to the bar or re-synced manually (playing live) - Stereo diff mode can create wide stereo from mono sources. - Presets can be stored in iCloud Drive (makes them available on all your devices). - Presets can be switched with Midi Program Changes. - Major controls can be set with Midi CC messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Woodulator at 100% against LH Grain's 25%. Woodulator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months). LH Grain's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $10.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
LH Grain costs $2.99 and Woodulator $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Woodulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of LH Grain's written reviews are positive against 100% of Woodulator's.
LH Grain ships an update every 15 months, Woodulator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LH Grain | Woodulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $10.99 |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 9.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 昊 刘 | Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio |
Customer experience
LH Grain
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In-app purchases
LH Grain
No in-app purchases
Woodulator
No in-app purchases









