Comparison

iKlip Stage vs VB3

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

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About

iKlip Stage

This app helps musicians manage their music scores, lyrics, and tabs for live performances. Organize files into setlists and view them full-screen, with options for hands-free page turning via wireless accessories.

Highlights
  • Import music scores, lyrics, and tabs
  • Create and organize setlists
  • Full-screen score viewing
  • Hands-free page turning with accessories
  • Supports PDF, TXT, image, and RTF formats
  • Portrait and landscape modes
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iKLIP STAGE – SET LIST & SCORE MANAGEMENT MADE EASY Your live performances and gigs are about to get a whole lot easier: Introducing iKlip Stage, the new iPad companion app for iKlip products that lets you organize, manage and perform with your favorite music scores, lyrics, tabs and more. With iKlip Stage, you’ll have the confidence to play at your best. Its streamlined interface is easy to use and handles all the effort of organization for you. Just import your favorite scores, assemble them into setlists and let iKlip Stage do the rest — just select your score for full-screen view and either swipe left or right to turn the page or use iRig BlueTurn wireless backlit page turner or iRig BlueBoard wireless MIDI pedalboard for hands-free page turning. Now you can spend more time doing what you love: performing music! EFFORTLESS ORGANIZATION Organization is at the heart of iKlip Stage, which is why its interface is so simple. You’ll enjoy wide-ranging support for a variety of popular formats. Import scores, lyrics, tabs and more in the FILE page where they’re displayed as easy to view thumbnail previews. Then use the LIST page to drag and organize into setlists. It’s the simple, streamlined and powerful way to manage all your scores. SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE With iKlip Stage you’ll always see the full picture. When you’re ready to perform, just double-tap the score you’d like to use and you’ll see it displayed in full-screen mode. Use iRig BlueTurn to scroll and turn pages from the floor while you play. You can also use it in your favorite viewing position: just rotate your iPad to switch between landscape and portrait mode on the fly. BEYOND THE SCREEN Sometimes touch isn’t enough. Though iKlip Stage is easy to use with your touch screen, it can also be controlled in more advanced ways: Use IK’s iRig BlueTurn or iRig BlueBoard to scroll material and turn pages with your feet from the floor. No matter how you choose to use it, iKlip Stage lets you take your live performance to the next level. FEATURES - Quickly import music scores, lyrics, tabs and more - Fast and easy creation, organization and selection of setlists - Supports popular formats: PDF, TXT, PNG, JPG, TIFF, RTF and BMP - Import files via File Sharing, Copy/Paste, the Photo Album or via apps that support the Open In function - Intuitive interface with thumbnail previews of scores - Designed to work with all iKlip products range (iKlip 3, iKlip 2, iKlip Stand, iKlip Xpand) - Supports touchless control through iRig BlueBoard, iRig BlueTurn - Portrait/Landscape modes available - Free (30 files and 2 setlists included — register an iKlip, iRig BlueTurn or iRig Blueboard product serial number to increase capacity to 60 files and 4 setlists — unlimited scores and setlists available via in-app purchase) To learn more about iKlip Stage and compatible accessories, please visit: www.ikmultimedia.com/iklipstageipad Check out the greatest selection of music apps and mobile music creation accessories here: www.ikmultimedia.com

About

VB3

This app emulates a classic tonewheel organ, offering advanced sound modeling and effects. It includes a session recorder, audio player for backing tracks, and extensive MIDI control for live performance and production.

Highlights
  • Tonewheel engine and rotary simulator
  • Ring Modulator and Delay effects
  • Session Recorder (MIDI & WAV)
  • Built-in Audio Player
  • Extensive MIDI control and mapping
  • Touch-friendly interface with drawbar views
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Released in 2023, this is the second version of GSi's most famous product: VB3-II Tonewheel Organ emulator. This marks 20 years of research and development of this instrument. New VB3-II 2023 edition features: - Added both the tonewheel engine and the rotary simulator from VB3 v.1.4 - The V1 rotary simulator features 3 variations, for a total of 4 different amplifiers - Added 1 new tonewheel generator - Added Ring Modulator and Delay effects (pre) - Added FET Limiter (post) - Sub-Presets for Rotary effect and Digital reverb sections - Session Recorder: silently records everything is played and imports/exports standard Midi Files and renders to WAV files - Built-in Audio Player plays the most common audio formats to add a backing track to your music - Octave transposers for upper and lower separately - New Program browser shows full list with move, swap, delete functions along with import/export of banks and single Programs - Built-in function to import/export from/to VB3-II 2018 (and Crumar Mojo Desktop) Program and Bank formats - New Midi Map with reverse, latch and lock functions for each parameter - Quick Midi Learn for main screen/performance controls, normal Midi Learn for all other parameters - New advanced Midi Javascript processor for custom event transformations (supports SysEx and RPN/NRPN) - Multiple outputs (Main + Organ Only) - Separate plugin for remote Audio and Midi input - includes the exclusive VoMidiCoder - New bigger touch-friendly interface - Four different drawbar view styles - On-screen keyboards with two different viewing styles - Random program generator - Added rotary effect speed control from Channel Aftertouch - Supports Midi Output, can send whole "snapshots" when loading and when changing Programs - Supports different curves for the Swell Pedal - Built-in Midi Monitor for monitoring incoming Midi messages - Free Cloud service for sharing Programs, Midi Maps and Midi Processor Scripts with other users Features already present in the 2018 edition: - Full polyphony (61 upper + 61 lower + 25 pedals = 147 notes) - 91 modeled tonewheels with accurate phase synchronization - Adjustable leakage noise and cross modulation between tonewheels - A total of 22 different tonewheel generators to choose from - Generator shaping for a total of 154 generator combinations - Adjustable global tuning from 430 to 450 Hz - Foldback on 16" deactivatable - Complex wheels - Resistor wiring with multiple options - Realistic "run" motor wow and flutter - Busbars and 9 key contact simulation - Two separate sets of drawbars per manual - Full "inverted octave" presets - String Bass with adjustable release time - Loudness "robbing" effect - Single triggered percussion with natural capacitor discharge/recharge - Adjustable Percussion Level and Decay - Vibrato/Chorus virtual scanner - Adjustable Vibrato Scanner depth and mix - Separated Upper and Lower V/C tablets with smooth switching - Dynamic tube overdrive simulation - Spring Reverb (pre) and Digital stereo reverb (post) - Rotary speaker simulation with virtual microphone positioning, tube overdrive, tube feedback - Rotors "Front Stop" brake position with adjustable preferred position - Very low CPU consumption - Advanced MIDI Learn function with import/export of custom mappings - Upper and Lower manuals SPLIT with adjustable split point - Supports pedal sustain - Custom programmer with import/export of Programs and Banks Available for iPad as standalone App with IAA support or AUv3 plugin, compatible with all plugin hosts.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VB3 at 3.5 against iKlip Stage's 1.7. VB3 also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 9%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). iKlip Stage's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iKlip Stage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VB3 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VB3 holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of iKlip Stage's written reviews are positive against 50% of VB3's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iKlip Stage versus VB3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriKlip StageVB3
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (36 ratings)3.5 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 16 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPad — better—
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIK Multimedia US, LLCGenuine Soundware

Customer experience

iKlip Stage

All ratings36 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral15.2%
Negative75.8%

VB3

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

iKlip Stage

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Bluetooth page turner not working
  • Cannot get lyrics imported
  • Page turning stops after 30 seconds
  • File button not working
  • Lists become unreadable
Show 15 more
  • Imports don't show up
  • Switching between files and lists doesn't function properly
  • App error when submitting for help
  • Cannot upload multiple pages
  • iKlip Stage does not populate song list
  • App crashes when trying to pair with Blueboard on iOS 9
  • In-app purchase disappeared after iOS 9 upgrade
  • Unlimited songs purchase does not work or restore on iOS 9
  • Cannot connect Blueboard, says "searching"
  • Syncing BlueBoard crashes App since OS 9
  • App closes when trying to enter first character for account creation
  • Cannot get past opening screen
  • Cannot delete anything
  • Blueboard incompatible with iOS 9.1
  • iOS 11.4 crashes program

Requested features

19 requests
  • Add editing functions to PDFs
  • Add notes/markup within the app
  • Improve Files button navigation
  • Allow import of multiple files at once
  • Improve user interface
Show 14 more
  • Remove or improve list view bar
  • Allow editing of imported file names
  • Add zoom and automatic scroll
  • Add editing facility to change sheet names
  • Allow annotation of music
  • Add ability to delete PDFs
  • Support scrolling of PDFs
  • Display 2-up in landscape mode
  • Stop nagging to buy products already owned
  • Wireless import from cloud services
  • Basic editor capability
  • Ability to rename files (songs)
  • Make notes on the page possible
  • Support scrolling when zoomed in

VB3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iKlip Stage

One-time1
  • Unlimited Set Lists$9.99
2 purchases

VB3

One-time2
  • Log-in to your GSi account$0.99
  • Unlock All Pro Features$99.99

Questions

Is iKlip Stage free?
iKlip Stage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VB3 free?
VB3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iKlip Stage or VB3?
VB3 is rated higher. iKlip Stage averages 1.7 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while VB3 averages 3.5 from 16 ratings.

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