Comparison

LH Grain Pad vs UPISketch4

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

Head to head
About

LH Grain Pad

This app is a powerful granular synthesizer with two independent channels for creating unique sound textures. It offers extensive control over grain parameters, built-in samples, and a variety of audio effects for complex sound design. Ideal for both live performance and studio production.

Highlights
  • Dual independent granular channels
  • 8 amplitude envelopes
  • Built-in sample library
  • Extensive audio effects suite
  • Touchpad grain control
  • Customizable pitch bar
  • OSC message support
  • Audio recorder
Features
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LH Grain, a granular synthesizer with two channels -- each channel independent for generating and controlling granular textures -- is focused on stunning granular sound. To make your grains unique, LH Grain offers you 8 kinds of amplitude envelopes used for the grains and built-in samples furnishing a wide variety of wave shapes. There are a lot of audio effects which give you more possibilities to process the sound and make the sound more complex. To take advantage of LH Grain to deal with both live performance and studio work, the touch pad visualizing the grains and the customizable pitch bar provide you with the easy way to control sound. The support for OSC format message makes it possible LH Grain’s associating with other devices in real time. When you are ready to play, you can record what your are producing and share your pieces with other devices. ------notice ------- LH Grain does not support Audiobus. ------features------ --Sample Location Control --Grain Waveform Selector --Frequency Jitter --Grain Duration & Density Control With Touchpad --Pitch Bar --OSC Format Message Receive & Send —Audio Recorder. ———-FXs——— EQ, Format Filter, Ring Modulation, Low/High/Band pass filter, Chorus, Flanger, Distortion, Delay, Reverb, 3D Sound.

About

UPISketch4

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UPISketch is a composition tool that keeps the principle of “pitch versus time” of the classical score, extended in the continuous domain. It allows for freely drawing absolute pitch curves applied to existing sounds. It uses granular synthesis. It can be used to sketch musical ideas, try alternative scales (divisions of the octave), and more. It is inspired by the famous UPIC machine that was invented in 1977 by Iannis Xenakis and the CEMAMu engineers. Version 4 introduces significant changes: improved sound quality, sequence recording, and a magnetic grid feature.

Screenshots

UPISketch41 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LH Grain Pad at $2.99 against UPISketch4's $11.99. LH Grain Pad also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). UPISketch4's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

LH Grain Pad costs $2.99 and UPISketch4 $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LH Grain Pad versus UPISketch4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLH Grain PadUPISketch4
Price$2.99 — better$11.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 25 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昊 刘Rodolphe Bourotte

In-app purchases

None

LH Grain Pad

No in-app purchases

None

UPISketch4

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LH Grain Pad free?
LH Grain Pad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is UPISketch4 free?
UPISketch4 costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do LH Grain Pad or UPISketch4 have ads?
Neither LH Grain Pad nor UPISketch4 shows ads.

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