LocusCast vs glrkgl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LocusCast
Stream high-quality audio live from your device to a global sound map. This app uses GPS to pinpoint your stream's location and offers persistent connections for uninterrupted broadcasting. It's designed for musicians and sound artists to contribute to a collaborative audio project.
- Live audio streaming
- GPS location tagging
- High quality mono/stereo stream
- Ogg encoding
- Persistent stream connection
- Syncs with SoundMap account
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LocusCast is a mobile audio streaming app for the Locustream SoundMap project : http://locusonus.org/soundmap/. This app for IOS allows you to stream easily a mono or stereo oggvorbis stream to the locustream soundmap from your iPhone and/or your iPad device. It will automatically locates your stream on the map using GPS. List of Features : - Synchronised with your locustream soundmap account - High quality mono/stereo stream - Ogg encoding - Persistent location using GPS - Persistent stream connection (auto reconnect mode) - Works with wifi or 3G networks Continued use of audio recording and GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
glrkgl
This application allows users to create robot noises using their phone. It aims to disrupt conversations with unique sound effects. Simply touch and dance to generate robot sounds.
- Robot noise generation
- Interactive sound creation
- Conversation disruption tool
- Touch-based controls
- Dance integration
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Make Robot Noises With Your Phone Most startups disrupt industries. glrkgl disrupts conversations. "TOUCH! DANCE! glrkgl."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LocusCast at every 17 months against glrkgl's every 55 months. LocusCast also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). glrkgl's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LocusCast against 5.0 for glrkgl. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: glrkgl has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LocusCast ships an update every 17 months, glrkgl every 55 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | LocusCast | glrkgl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months — better | Every 55 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | stephane cousot | Greg Kufera |
Customer experience
LocusCast
glrkgl
In-app purchases
LocusCast
No in-app purchases
glrkgl
No in-app purchases
