Best apps like Dials - Test Equipment Channel

8+ similar apps compared and reviewed

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Updated August 2026

Dials is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 8+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Top Alternatives to Dials

Magma : sound as matter#1

Magma : sound as matter by K-Devices

memory warper and propagator
Editor's Choice
🎵 Music
4.9(15 ratings)
$6.99
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This audio processing tool manipulates incoming sound by blending it with its past, creating unique textures from drones to ethereal timbres. It acts as a micro-looper, granular engine, sustainer, and sound warmer, allowing for extensive sound sculpting.

Phonolyth Cascade#2

Phonolyth Cascade by Yuri Turov

Supernatural reverb/diffusion
Strong Contender
🎵 Music
4.9(30 ratings)
$7.99
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This app offers a versatile reverb and diffusion processor with an experimental edge. It allows for the creation of expansive modulated spaces, stereo widening, and hybrid delay/reverb effects. Explore unique sonic territories with a wide range of controls and randomized modulation.

Replicant 3#3

Replicant 3 by Audio Damage, Inc.

Real-Time Glitch & Slice FX
Worth Considering
🎵 Music
0.0(0 ratings)
$4.99
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This real-time audio effect processor captures, loops, and mangles audio on the fly. It offers advanced sequencing with per-step probability and direction, alongside four distinct slice effects for creative sound design. Control dynamics with envelope crossfading and trigger slices manually or via MIDI.

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MolliLooper
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This real-time stereo effect app allows for instant looping and filtering of audio. Designed for live performance, it continuously records input for immediate playback and offers adjustable loop timing synced to a host clock. It also features a resonant filter and stutter/freeze capabilities.

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GlitchScaper
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Create unique glitchy patterns and soundscapes with a rhythm machine featuring six sound generators and a two-layer cycle sequencer. Explore random sequence and tone generation, advanced effects, and spatial audio processing.

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True Pan
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This audio plugin allows for lossless repositioning of stereo recordings, preserving the stereo field's geometry. It enables fully reversible panoramic rotations without compressing the stereo image and supports advanced transformations and modulation effects for creative sound design.

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Transform audio into lush pads, frozen textures, or spectral motion with this multi-curve spectral blur and freeze effect. Shape different parts of the spectrum with independent blur times, and explore evolving drones and unique spectral transitions.

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