Grip vs AudioIQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grip
Control Ableton Live remotely from your iOS device. Manage transport, recording, track settings, and clips wirelessly. Includes a built-in MIDI keyboard for on-the-go note input.
- Wireless Ableton Live control
- Voice control for transport and recording
- Track arming, soloing, and muting
- Clip launching and scene navigation
- Built-in MIDI keyboard
- Project saving and volume control
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Grip is the missing app for Ableton Live. This app requires Grip Desktop to be running on the same computer as Ableton Live. Download that app first at www.gripforlive.com. Stay in creative flow with Grip: Remote control Ableton from anywhere in your studio, bedroom, or battlestation—at your synth, in the vocal booth, or from the couch. Grip connects to your computer over Wi-Fi as a native Live control surface. No MIDI mapping required. Stop running from your mic to the computer, or having to play guitar near your computer. With Grip, you can literally use your voice to say "record" and play directly into Ableton Live. Keep Grip with you at whatever instrument you're playing, to play, record, undo, redo, and even save from your phone or tablet. TRANSPORT & RECORDING • Control Live with your voice • Play, stop, record, and overdub • Undo and redo • Preview and record into scenes • Quickly loop between sections of your song in arrangement • Pre-roll recording before your locators • Toggle metronome • Save your project from your phone • Change volume • Arm, solo, and mute tracks MIXER & NAVIGATION • Record & launch clips, move and copy them between tracks and scenes on the session view • Jump to locators • Launch scenes • Scrub through your arrangement with your finger • Switch between session and arrangement view • Mixer controls for volume, sends, pan, and arm/solo • Insert, duplicate, or delete tracks or scenes • Rename locators and scenes MIDI PIANO & DRUM PAD • Built-in piano for playing notes into Live • Push-like drum pad for playing notes or drum kits • Requires the Mac version of Grip. (Windows support for MIDI forthcoming.)
AudioIQ
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Audio IQ is ear training built for audio engineers. Instead of intervals and chords, you practice recognizing what actually matters in a mix: EQ moves, compression, distortion, reverb, delay, phase issues, limiting, saturation, loudness differences, and codec artifacts. Every exercise plays real recordings, never synthesized test tones, across dozens of genres — classical, jazz, military band, folk, world music, and more. ELEVEN MODULES EQ — spot the boosted or cut frequency band Compression — tell apart subtle, moderate, and hard-squashed dynamics Distortion — recognize overdrive, fuzz, digital clipping, and bitcrush Loudness — judge level differences by ear, in dB Reverb — tell room, hall, plate, and cathedral apart Delay — judge how long the echo repeats are Noise & Artifacts — spot hum, hiss, clicks, and pops Phase & Mono — hear a mix collapse in mono or cancel out of phase Limiting — feel the difference between compression and a brickwall ceiling Saturation — dial in warmth from clean to hot Codec Artifacts — recognize what a mix crushed to a low bitrate sounds like PRACTICE + LESSONS Every module has two modes: a multiple-choice Practice quiz to test yourself, and a free-play Lesson lab with live sliders so you can explore each effect at your own pace before or after quizzing. BUILT TO FIT YOUR LEVEL Set difficulty once in Settings — Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced — and it applies everywhere, narrowing the gaps as you improve. Track your accuracy and daily streak per module, right on your device. PRIVACY FIRST No account, no ads, no tracking. Your progress lives on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Grip at Free against AudioIQ's $4.99. Grip also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On 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
Grip is free to download; AudioIQ costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Grip | AudioIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 275 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Baker | Martin Adler |
In-app purchases
Grip
No in-app purchases
AudioIQ
No in-app purchases









