Grip is described as 'CD-player/ripper for the Gnome desktop. It has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built in, but can also use external rippers (such as cdda2wav). It also provides an automated frontend for various audio encoders (including MP3 and Vorbis), letting you take a disc' and is a CD Ripper in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Grip for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Grip alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Grip are Exact Audio Copy, CDex, EZ CD Audio Converter and abcde.