Comparison

Esspresso vs ADverb2

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

Head to head
About

Esspresso

This advanced audio effect offers professional de-essing with an intuitive interface. It functions as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin, allowing independent control over detection and suppression frequencies for precise sibilance management.

Highlights
  • Standalone app and AUv3 plugin
  • Independent detection and suppression frequencies
  • Visual frequency response view
  • Detector sensitivity gain
  • Visual reduction and detector RMS
  • Load/save presets
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This audio effect is an advanced de-esser with an intuitive user interface, and works both as an AUv3 audio plugin, and as a standalone app. The uniqueness of Esspresso is that the detection frequency range isn’t coupled with the suppressors frequency range. That means you can listen to a specific frequency and compress another one, which is often what you’ll want from a professional de-esser. With a fast and accurate frequency response view, you will easily get full control over annoying S-sounds that ruin the mix. Noteworthy features: • Works both as a standalone app and as an Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) with compliant hosts • Detector sensitivity gain • Visual reduction RMS • Visual detector RMS • Suppressor can work as allpass, bandpass and highpass • Load / Save presets

About

ADverb2

This app emulates a vintage digital plate reverb unit from the 80s, offering a range of reverb effects from short and rich to long and ambient. It functions as a standalone effect, with Inter-App Audio, or as an AUv3 plugin for music production hosts.

Highlights
  • Vintage digital plate reverb emulation
  • Adjustable pre-delay, time, and size
  • Extensive filtering for reverb tail shaping
  • Logical vintage-style user interface
  • Cross-platform preset manager
  • Low CPU load optimized algorithm
Features
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ADverb2 is our love letter to the golden age of studio reverb: a small handful of controls, a big friendly panel, and a sound that flatters everything you run through it. Version 2.3 grows it from one algorithm into three. PLATE is the original ADverb algorithm, a classic digital plate with the fast build-up and silky decay that made these boxes famous. It remains untouched, and your old presets load exactly as before. AMBIENCE is a modern, airy space. It adds air and dimension around a source without an obvious tail at short settings, and blooms into a long, weightless wash when you push the time out. Time-varying early energy keeps it from ever sounding static. HALL is a large concert space, exceptionally smooth and very wide, with slow internal motion that keeps long decays lush instead of metallic. All three algorithms share the same simple control set: Pre-Delay, Reverb Time, Size, low and high Contour switches, Rolloff, and Diffusion, plus input level and output mix. The Input Mute and Reverb Stop kill switches let you perform with the reverb, choking the send or the tail on the beat. Mix Lock keeps your wet/dry setting pinned while you audition presets, ideal when ADverb2 sits on a send. Version 2.3 also brings our system-wide preset browser with folders and favorites, a hundred factory presets covering everything from drum plates to nine-second ambient washes, preset stepping right from the main panel, and presets that show up in your host's own preset menu. ADverb2 is an AUv3 Audio Unit and runs in any AUv3 host, including GarageBand and Logic Pro. The interface is fully resizable and scales to fit your device. No accounts, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ADverb2 at 4.6 against Esspresso's 3.5. ADverb2 also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and price ($4.99 vs $9.99). Esspresso's advantage is update cadence (every 9 months vs every 50 months) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Esspresso costs $9.99 and ADverb2 $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ADverb2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Esspresso's written reviews are positive against 80% of ADverb2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Esspresso ships an update every 9 months, ADverb2 every 50 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Esspresso versus ADverb2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEsspressoADverb2
Price$9.99$4.99 — better
Rating3.5 (16 ratings)4.6 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1619 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 50 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS13.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKlevgrand Produkter ABAudio Damage, Inc.

Customer experience

Esspresso

All ratings16 ratings
Positive56.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative31.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative46.7%

ADverb2

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Esspresso

No in-app purchases

None

ADverb2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Esspresso free?
Esspresso costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ADverb2 free?
ADverb2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Esspresso or ADverb2?
ADverb2 is rated higher. Esspresso averages 3.5 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while ADverb2 averages 4.6 from 19 ratings.
Do Esspresso or ADverb2 have ads?
Neither Esspresso nor ADverb2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Esspresso or ADverb2?
Esspresso ships an update every 9 months, and ADverb2 every 50 months. Most recently, Esspresso was updated on September 20, 2026 and ADverb2 on September 9, 2026.

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