Comparison

Gridplay vs MsyMetronom

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

Head to head
About

Gridplay

Create dynamic, multi-clip music videos with an innovative grid interface. Combine and divide cells, adjust individual clips, and add music to produce unique visual content for social media.

Highlights
  • Multi-clip grid interface
  • Combine and divide cells
  • Independent clip sound control
  • Timeline editing
  • Clip rotation and scaling
  • Save to camera roll
  • Share to social media
Features
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Make quality quick-cut style music videos straight from your phone with Gridplay. Giving even the most experienced filmmakers a new experience, the innovative grid screen allows users to combine and divide cells at will in order to create dynamic videos. Add a song, trim clips, and adjust and scale each cell for extra flair. Turn your inspirational moments into the movie of your life with Gridplay. Features: 1. Takes up to 16 4x4 videoclips (These can be recorded or uploaded.) 2. Swipe to combine or divide the cells 3. Create and edit a timeline with multiple frames 4. Optimized for low-resolution (640p) on Instagram 5. Records up to 15 seconds. (5 minutes with extension) 6. Self-timer 7. Each clip has an independent sound control 8. Ability to save video to camera roll 9. Frame thickness and color settings 10. Automatically saves rough draft 11. Rotate, adjust, scale, and mirror each clip 12. Share to Vine Instructions: 1. Pick a cell and choose the camera mode. (Full screen vs. split screen, and back camera vs. front camera) 2. Swipe to combine cells, and swipe again to divide. 3. Press the "Film" button. 4. Set the timer up to 15 seconds. (If you have unlocked the extension, you can set the timer up to 5 minutes.) 5. When you finish with one frame, it will go to the next automatically. You need to set the timer for each frame. 6. If you don't like what you have recorded, tap to delete. If you don't want to fill up the other cells? No problem, just go to the next step. 7. Adjust the volume and position of each clip. 8. Trim the clips and add background music. 9. Save and share on Vine, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, and email.

About

MsyMetronom

Features
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To set a rhythm, a textual programming interface is provided. The sounds are denoted by single characters. For example the character 'g' represents a Claves sound. The length of the sound is given as fraction of the beat. Examples: 1. "g" means, sound g is repeatedly played with the tempo given by the beats per minute setting. g1 is identical to g. The one can be omitted. 2. "a b b b" ... is a rhythm of 4 notes with two sounds 'a' for AgogoHigh and 'b' for AgogoLow. The sounds are running in a loop. 3. "a b z" ... rhythm of 3 notes. 'z' denotes a pause, 4. "d/2 d/2 c3/2 d/2" ... pattern with fractions of beats; first two notes have a half beat duration; then a note with one and a half beat duration follows; then a note with a half beat duration again. 5. "h/3" in the first line and "j/4" in the second line results in high and low bongo notes playing four against three. In similar manner complex polyrhythms can be set. The lines are looping even if they have different durations. An extra keyboard allows efficient editing of rhythms. The drum sound inventory of 43 sounds can be inspected from the keyboard by typing the '~'. In addition to the three drum sound tracks, a light metronome can be programmed in similar manner. The lights are set with the letters w, r, g, b, y, m, c and d, meaning the colors white, red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan and dark (black). Example: b2 d2 ... two beats blue, two beats black. Further a surface with configurable drum pads supports drumming interaction and memorizing the drum sound letters. The pads can be added from the drum sound inventory by pressing '+', reordered by long pressing the pad and dragging and dropping, and removed with '-' if needed. Beside a slider for adjusting the overall loudness, the individual drum sound loudness can be set by adding a plus or minus sign followed by a number in the range from -9 to 9. For example 'd/2-4' would reduce the sound level for 4 dB. The Store allows to select a rhythm from the repository. Around 20 preset rhythms are provided. Self created rhythms can be named, added to the list and saved for later use. Help information is provided at a fingertip.

Screenshots

Gridplay4 screens
MsyMetronom3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MsyMetronom at none against Gridplay's 1. MsyMetronom also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Gridplay's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 39 months) and iOS requirement (11.3 vs 17.6). On 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

Gridplay costs $1.99 and MsyMetronom $0.99 up front. Gridplay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MsyMetronom asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gridplay ships an update monthly, MsyMetronom every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gridplay versus MsyMetronom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridplayMsyMetronom
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating2.4 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.3 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeta VisionBernhard Feiten

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gridplay

One-time1
  • Expend video length to 5minute$0.99
None

MsyMetronom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gridplay free?
Gridplay costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is MsyMetronom free?
MsyMetronom costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gridplay or MsyMetronom have ads?
Neither Gridplay nor MsyMetronom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gridplay or MsyMetronom?
Gridplay ships an update monthly, and MsyMetronom every 39 months. Most recently, Gridplay was updated on October 26, 2026 and MsyMetronom on October 24, 2026.

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