Comparison

Skipback AUv3 vs G.ROUND

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

Head to head
About

Skipback AUv3

This tool captures your recent audio and MIDI performances retroactively, allowing you to save great ideas even if you forgot to press record. It continuously stores your playing in memory and lets you export it as WAV or MIDI files.

Highlights
  • Retrospective audio and MIDI capture
  • Transparent audio pass-through
  • Selectable audio history
  • Selectable MIDI history
  • Export audio as 24-bit WAV
  • Export MIDI as Standard MIDI File
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Skipback AUv3 implements a tool sometimes referred to as retrospective recording, or retroactive recording or capture MIDI, used by musicians, producers, and sound designers on more expensive electronic instruments. It continuously keeps your most recent audio and MIDI performance in memory, so you can recover a great idea - even if you forgot to press Record. Add the Skipback Audio Unit extension to a track in a compatible AUv3 host, or use it to record the microphone in the standalone app, then play as usual. Audio passes through unchanged while Skipback maintains a rolling history of everything routed through it. When inspiration strikes, simply export what you just played. FEATURES • Retrospective audio and MIDI capture • Transparent audio pass-through • Selectable audio history: 10 seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 minute • Selectable MIDI history: 100, 1,000, or 5,000 notes • Export audio as 24-bit WAV • Export MIDI as a Standard MIDI File • Tap to save using the system share interface • Drag exported files directly into supported hosts (Koala Sampler, Helium in AUM, Cubasis, etc.) • Input level meter for monitoring audio • MIDI activity indicator • Compact interface designed to stay out of your way Skipback stores its rolling history in memory and only creates a file when you choose to export. Whether you are improvising, designing sounds, rehearsing a part, or experimenting with a new instrument, Skipback helps preserve the moments you did not know you wanted to record. Never lose a great take because you forgot to press Record. Requires a compatible Audio Unit v3 host. Host capabilities and drag-and-drop support may vary.

About

G.ROUND

Features
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G.ROUND is a generative performance instrument built for musicians who want to create grooves, chord progressions, basslines, and evolving synth textures from one expressive interface. At the center of G.ROUND are two harmonic wheels: choose a chord, shape its color, change its mode, and instantly turn musical ideas into playable progressions. Every engine follows the other: drums, bass, synth, arpeggiator, recorder, and MIDI output stay locked together while you perform. Build a beat with the drum sequencer, design each drum voice with layered synthesis and modulation, generate basslines that follow your harmony, then shape a four-voice synth with oscillator, filter, envelopes, glide, LFO, delay, reverb, and advanced voicing controls. G.ROUND is not just a sequencer. It is an instrument that reacts to harmony. Record a chord performance, edit it as musical information, then keep changing the sound around it. Swap drum patterns, reshape the bass, alter the synth, enable the arpeggiator, change presets, or send MIDI to external gear without losing the progression that started the idea. Features: • Dual-wheel harmonic performance interface • Chromatic and diatonic chord control • Chord extensions, harmonic colors, and “Nerd Mode” options • Four-voice polyphonic synth engine • Arpeggiator with multiple rates, swing, gate, octave range, chord patterns, and variation • Monophonic bass synth with root, pattern, walking, melodic, acid, riff, and blues-style behaviors • Drum sequencer with kick, snare, and hi-hat lanes • Two-layer drum voice design with oscillator/noise, envelopes, filter, tone, and level controls • Per-drum modulation synced to tempo or free-running in Hz • Harmonic performance recorder with bar-synced recording and playback • Detailed MIDI track editor for recorded chord progressions • Up to 99 complete session presets • Global mixer with synth, bass, drums, and master volume control • Delay and reverb for synth textures • Voice-leading, strumming, modulation, and pitch-bend performance controls • MIDI output via cable, Bluetooth MIDI, IDAM, and CoreMIDI destinations • Multiple visual themes and adjustable internal sample rate Whether you are sketching a new track, exploring harmony, designing electronic grooves, or controlling external instruments, G.ROUND gives you a fast, tactile way to turn one gesture into a complete musical system. Start with a chord. Let the machine move. Shape everything. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.paulgiorgi.com/privacy/g-round

Screenshots

Skipback AUv34 screens
G.ROUND4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skipback AUv3 at none against G.ROUND's 3. Skipback AUv3 also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. G.ROUND sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Skipback AUv3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Skipback AUv3 versus G.ROUND: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkipback AUv3G.ROUND
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSignals Intelligence Sound LLCPaolo Giorgi

In-app purchases

None

Skipback AUv3

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

G.ROUND

Subscriptions2
  • G.ROUND Monthly$1.991 Month
  • G.ROUND Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • G.ROUND Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Skipback AUv3 free?
Skipback AUv3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is G.ROUND free?
G.ROUND is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Skipback AUv3 or G.ROUND have ads?
Neither Skipback AUv3 nor G.ROUND shows ads.

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