Comparison

Room Impulse Response vs Midi Poly Grid

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

Head to head
About

Room Impulse Response

Analyze the acoustic properties of rooms and loudspeakers. Record impulses or swept sines to generate Impulse Responses (IRs) and visualize various acoustic metrics like RT60, EDT, and clarity. Perform spectral analysis with FFT for detailed sound decay visualization.

Highlights
  • Record impulse or swept sine
  • Generate Impulse Response (IR)
  • View ETC with RT60 cursors
  • Analyze Schroeder curve (EDT, T10, T20, T30)
  • Spectral analysis with FFT
  • 3D waterfall plot for sound decay
Features
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Room Impulse Response measures audio characteristics of a room or loudspeaker. Start by recording an impulse, such as a handclap or balloon pop, or record a swept sine and use the built-in deconvolution to create your Impulse Response (IR). Now, view the ETC, with RT60 decay cursors, apply windowing if you wish, or trim the IR. Next, see these other graphs: ** Impulse, where you can play back the actual IR ** ETC, which includes cursors to read out RT60 times directly, and allows pinch-zoom gesture for trimming the file. Apple a window, and see the effects of the window on the ETC plot. ** Schroeder curve, with EDT, T10, T20, and T30 markers And then see these charts, all in either in Octave or 1/3 Octave bands: ** T20 or T30 (RT60) times ** Reverb Early Decay Times (EDT) ** Clarity C50 ** Clarity C80 ** CT times ** Definition ** Signal / Noise And then you can also do spectral analysis, using our FFT, which can be windowed, for analyzing loudspeaker response without reflections, or see the 3D waterfall plot to view the decay of sound in the room by frequency, over time. Works great with the internal iOS device microphone, or attach or iTestMic or iAudioInterface2 for fully professional results. See the other great apps by Studio Six Digital, including AudioTools.

About

Midi Poly Grid

This app functions solely as a MIDI controller, requiring a host application or DAW to produce sound. It offers intuitive pad controls for melodies and finger drumming, with advanced modulation options like MPE and polyphonic aftertouch. Connect virtually or via USB/Bluetooth to other devices and DAWs.

Highlights
  • Size-adjustable grid of pads
  • MPE and polyphonic aftertouch modulation
  • Custom grid creation
  • Virtual MIDI connection
  • Preset saving
  • Multiple layouts and colors
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# Midi Poly Grid This App is Open Source. Access the code here: https://github.com/anzbert/beat_pads ## Important Disclaimer This App is **ONLY** usable as a Midi Controller. It does **NOT** produce any sound on its own and requires a host application or a second device with a DAW or other sound production app. ## Information Midi Poly Grid is a lightweight Midi Controller app for mobile phones and tablets for melodies and finger drumming at home and on the go. Connections can be made virtually to other apps via platform midi channels, or via USB or Bluetooth Midi to other devices. This app aims to be an easy-to-use pad input device featuring a variety of layouts, intuitive playability and modern modulation options, such as MPE and Polyphonic Aftertouch. It was designed for people that prefer pads to pianos! The focus of this app is not to be a jack-of-all-trades Midi swiss army knife, but instead to be a great at one thing: Intuitive and versatile pad controls. ## Features - A size-adjustable grid of pads for finger drumming and melody input - Various layouts and colors, inspired by the Ableton Push - Presets can be saved with different pad setups - Innovative MPE and polyphonic Aftertouch modulation with graphical feedback - Push Style MPE pitchbend and slide - Send Velocity by Y position on pad, randomly or with a fixed value - Usable as a standard MIDI device with any PC, Mac or other USB or Bluetooth device - Optional controls, such as Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel and Sustain - Highligh a large number of musical scales - Receives Midi Notes, making the pads usable like a Launchpad - Custom grid creation based on the note intervals on the X and Y Axis to create Grids inspired by the Harmonic Table, Wicki Hayden, MidiMech and others - Supports virtual Midi connection to other apps on your device - Built-In support for the popular finger drumming courses from XpressPads.com - And more... ## Feedback and Contributions Anyone is most welcome to contribute, report an issue or start a discussion in the Github repository. Thanks! ## Licence Licenced under GPL3. The code in this project is freely usable in any other open source project. Enjoy! ## iOS Specific Information Can be used with any Mac via USB, Bluetooth Midi or WiFi. Usage with PC is limited to WiFi with free third-party software (rtpMidi), and USB with third-party USB midi connectors, due to Apple's limited implementation of USB Midi on iOS. AUv3 is unfortunately not supported at this time, as it is currently impossible with Flutter. More info about that here: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/16092

Screenshots

Room Impulse Response4 screens
Midi Poly Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Midi Poly Grid at 100% against Room Impulse Response's 0%. Midi Poly Grid also leads on price ($3.99 vs $49.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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

Room Impulse Response costs $49.99 and Midi Poly Grid $3.99 up front. Room Impulse Response sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Midi Poly Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Room Impulse Response ships an update every 5 months, Midi Poly Grid every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Room Impulse Response versus Midi Poly Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoom Impulse ResponseMidi Poly Grid
Price$49.99$3.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew SmithAndreas Mueller

Customer experience

Room Impulse Response

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Midi Poly Grid

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Room Impulse Response

One-time1
  • Reference Curves Option$14.99
None

Midi Poly Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Room Impulse Response free?
Room Impulse Response costs $49.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Midi Poly Grid free?
Midi Poly Grid costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Room Impulse Response or Midi Poly Grid have ads?
Neither Room Impulse Response nor Midi Poly Grid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Room Impulse Response or Midi Poly Grid?
Room Impulse Response ships an update every 5 months, and Midi Poly Grid every 11 days. Most recently, Room Impulse Response was updated on September 16, 2026 and Midi Poly Grid on September 9, 2026.

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