iRip (formerly named iPodRip, renamed due to iPod trademark) is a commercial iPod recovery tool for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

It was originally released in August 2003 and has since had over 5 million downloads.

However, the developer never demonstrated it thinking the hack "too simple" [citation needed] when compared to Unstoppable Progress and Interface UnBuilder, both of which wowed the audience.

In November 2009 The Little App Factory was forced by Apple to change the name of iPodRip to remove the trademark iPod.

In a bid to gain leniency the developer sent an email to Steve Jobs and this email exchange was leaked garnering headlines due to Steve's succinct reply of "Change your apps name.