# BYOD — user reviews > 19 indexed App Store user reviews of BYOD by Jatin Chowdhury, rated 4.88/5 from 43 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/byod/id1595313287/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/byod/id1595313287.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 40 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (7 of 19) ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2022-07-26, version 1.0.1* The metal face is now my preferred metal distortion on iOS. Very good! I’ve tried a lot of guitar stuff on iOS, nembrini and rhino are two more of my favorites but this is free. I would’ve been happy with just this if I had known sooner. Great app! I use the metal face into nembrini IR loader with ownhammer IRs and it sounds killer! The included IRs are pretty decent too, could get by with those if I hadn’t already purchased ownhammer a while back. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2022-05-15, version 1.0.1* So many possible uses and great little features in this app. The fact that I can add so many FX is just so helpful and saves space on mixer tracks. My favorite features are the Stereo Splitter, Spring Reverb, Tone IRS, Oscilloscope, and the Waveshaper. Your apps are amazing and help us out so much!!!!!! ### 5/5 — probably the best emulator on ios *2022-04-28, version 1.0.1* in fact if you are looking for overdrive with texture this is it. this is the CORRECT sound for a ts9 or centaur. be certain to place this app AHEAD in the signal chain, then the amp sim, and then a very light compressor to level the ios shrill. big name apps will give you graphics and kill cpu but their sound is incorrect. bi*s amp 2, f*ender, amplit*ube, etc... will eat away the cpu but their sound is incorrect. (my guitar experience dates to 1994, i have an idea of sound at this point) ### 5/5 — Wow! Pretty much a NO-BRAINER 5 star Review! *2022-03-25, version 1.0.1* Chowdsp has been making some pretty good effect for a few years now, and I have used there AUV3s for awhile, but I gotta say this is an out-of-the-box ready to rock effect mod. Topped off with a familiar, easy to use interface, even if you haven’t used a digital effect before, don’t worry, it’s as simple as laying out your foot pedals on the floor, hooking one into another! Thank you so much for an awesome app! I am sure without a doubt this will make a LOT OF IOS users happy they have an Apple iPhone or iPad⚡️ Much respect! ### 5/5 — OUTSTANDING. *2022-03-15, version 1.0.0* This has become part of my basic songwriting template in AUM, using it on pretty much all sessions going forward. Despite being guitar-oriented it’s also a great secret weapon for drums, synths… everything! ### 5/5 — A lot packed in this plugin. List of 43 modules below *2022-03-15, version 1.0.0* This plugin comes with a bunch of drive and distortion plugins. I think you should try it out. See below for all the modules included. Drive: Centaur Diode Clipper Diode Rectifier Dirty Tube Distortion Plus GuitarML Hysteresis Metal Face Muff Drive RONN Range Booster Tone King Tube Screamer Warp Waveshaper Yen Drive Tone: Amp IRs Bass Cleaner Bassman Tone Baxandall EQ Graphic EQ High Cut LoFi IRs Muff Tone SVF TS-Tone Treble Booster Utility: Clean Gain DC Bias DC Blocker Frequency Splitter Mixer Oscilloscope Stereo Merger Stereo Splitter Tuner Other: Chorus Compressor Delay Envelope Filter Gate Spring Reverb Tremolo **TIP: If you're feeling cramped for space, you can zoom out with the "-" button in the bottom left to give you more space to work with modules. For the developer: thank you very much for making this a free plugin. We appreciate you. ### 5/5 — Excellent work! *2022-03-12, version 1.0.0* Sounds great, intuitive and easy to use! Thank you. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Resource intensive *2023-02-11, version 1.1.3* Cool little app stand alone but when I load it as an auv3 plugin DSP usage jumped from 23 to 79%. This needs to be addressed before it can be useful as a plugin for your DAW ### 4/5 — Causes iPad to heat up quickly but good app nonetheless *2022-08-17, version 1.0.1* I’m using an iPad Pro 2018 and i’m in a small room with an aircon and somehow anytime i use the plugin it causes a very quick heat up. Aside from that a very helpful tool ### 5/5 — Very Flexible and Effective *2026-03-13, version 2.1.0* If you like to create your tone this is awesome! ### 5/5 — After having issues with Rhino amp, I tried BYOD! *2024-10-22, version 2.1.0* Wow! What a feature rich and KILLER sounding distortion! The tone is deep and rich. If you like the “Desktop amp ‘Clairvoyant’ Or Rhino then download this app and try a preset called ‘Metal Face’ It’s a DRY effects free preset, that melts the skin from your face! If you add some verb, a bit of delay and shape the EQ (pull out the mids) and this is a GO TO AMP by Chowdsp! ### 5/5 — The Ultimate Free Guitar Players Effects Dream App! *2024-03-28, version 2.1.0* Just get it and you will see!! I'm using this awesome effects on my ToneX pedalboard setup! The Poly Octave effect is totally awesome! Love it for my worship pedalboard setup! By the way, ToneX on iPhone works perfectly with AUM and this app is it!!! I highly recommend it! MM4C ### 5/5 — An astonishing gift! *2023-10-26* This is a deep and fantastic sounding app. Everything from the developer is first rate. ### 5/5 — Outstanding Quality *2023-10-21* These are deep. These are treasures. Support this brilliant developer. ### 5/5 — Secret weapon for drums *2023-08-04, version 2.0.0* Thanks to the dev for making such a useful app free. A must for yr iOS toolbox ### 5/5 — Chowdsp is a demigod! *2023-05-25, version 1.1.3* Infinite stars! Love! ### 5/5 — WoW WoW is coolcool *2023-04-12, version 1.1.3* Yes good ## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ridiculously Awesome *2023-03-18, version 1.1.3* Extremely useful, I freaking love you for making this app and releasing it for free to broke peoples like me. I love that Clon Minotaur is included in here too. Also your other apps are on par with this one. You are a legend in my book. THANK YOU! ### 5/5 — Seriously Underrated AUv3 That Needs More Love *2022-10-23* This is an absolutely incredible audio unit that does what it says it does, and then some. It’s got a dozen of accurate mathematical models of effect pedals, an impulse response model, some deep learning models for cabinets and distortion and get this: it’s even got in-built effects like an envelope filter, tube distortion, a chorus effect, a spring reverb, a compressor and much more. To think that something like this is free is beyond me. As a user of Reaktor 6 by Native Instruments I felt right at home as soon as I got my hands dirty. My only gripes are that you have to disconnect the input manually to be able to connect something with an input already connected and that the input is set to mono by default. Another gripe is that the Spring reverb sounds more like a delay than an actual spring but that’s not important. Otherwise it’s a great app! 9.3/10 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-11.*