Gridplay vs Mic2Money
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Mic2Money
This platform combines music, gaming, and social interaction, allowing artists to compete in contests judged by listeners. It taps into the growing market for interactive and community-driven mobile experiences.
- Artist contests
- Listener judging and voting
- Music gamification
- Social engagement
- Roleplay elements
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Mic2Money is a music-based roleplay and gamification platform where artists compete in structured contests while listeners participate as judges through listening and voting. Positioned at the intersection of music, gaming, and social engagement, the platform targets a rapidly growing market, with the global music industry exceeding USD $30 billion and mobile apps generating over USD $500 billion annually, driven largely by interactive and community-based experiences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mic2Money at Free against Gridplay's $1.99. Mic2Money also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Gridplay's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.3 vs 15.0). 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
Mic2Money is free to download; Gridplay costs $1.99 up front. Gridplay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mic2Money asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mic2Money holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gridplay has 77 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gridplay ships an update monthly, Mic2Money every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Gridplay | Mic2Money |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Peta Vision | Mic2Money |
Customer experience
Gridplay
Mic2Money
In-app purchases
Gridplay
- Expend video length to 5minute$0.99
Mic2Money
No in-app purchases









