Zero Reverb vs 808 Overdrive Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zero Reverb
Enhance your music production with a modern, high-quality reverb effect. This Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) works within compatible host apps, offering a rich, hall-like sound with adjustable parameters for diverse textures. Easily tweak settings with its expandable controls.
- Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) plugin
- Modern hall-like reverb character
- Rich feedback and smooth decay
- Expandable controls for easy tweaking
- Wide variety of reverb textures
- Compatible with popular DAWs and hosts
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Tired of the stock reverb in your DAW? Looking for a more modern sound? Zero Reverb is an Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) that works as a plug-in inside host apps. Just open up your favorite host that supports Audio Units and add it as an effect. The controls expand when touched so they can be easily seen while tweaking. Zero Reverb will soon become your go-to reverb plug-in on iOS. Compatible with GarageBand, Cubasis, Auria, BeatMaker, AudioBus, AUM, Modstep, and more. Zero Reverb is a high quality Feedback Delay Network reverberator. The algorithm has rich feedback with smooth decay for a modern hall-like reverb character. Blamsoft brings their experience creating high quality plug-ins for the desktop to iOS. The same algorithm is found in the popular Zero Hybrid Synthesizer Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason. The available parameters allow you to dial in a wide variety of reverb textures. Tap Developer Website for sound examples. Note: Second screenshot shows the effect of touching a control.
808 Overdrive Pro
This audio plugin emulates a classic green overdrive pedal, offering versatile sound modification for guitarists. It's designed to produce breathtaking sounds and can be used standalone or with other audio apps.
- Classic overdrive pedal emulation
- Drive, Tone, and Level controls
- Standalone app functionality
- AudioUnit v3 effect compatible
- Inter-App Audio effect compatible
- Responsive and versatile sound
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Jazz, Rock, Metal, no matter what genre you play. NA 808 Overdrive Pro little magic box plugin will prove to be essential to your collection. It is very responsive and versatile, available for FREE. NA 808 Overdrive Pro is modeled on the Japanese green pedal with the same JRC4558D IC chip. The featured knobs on this classic “stomp-box” plugin indicate controls for Drive dial, Tone and Level, so you can modify your sound to your liking. NA 808 Overdrive Pro classic overdrive pedal is everything that made its original release fantastic, and more. Regularly remarked as the “Holy Grail” of overdrive pedals, it should be an integral part of every guitarists’ plugins arsenal. This pedal plugin produces amazing, breathtaking sounds, justifying its tradition and quality. If you’d like the push the boundaries of this brilliant “stomp-box” to its maximum potential, you can attach it to an amp plugin distortion setting, for producing that slick valve tune. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 808 Overdrive Pro at 100% against Zero Reverb's 35%. 808 Overdrive Pro also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Zero Reverb's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
808 Overdrive Pro is free to download; Zero Reverb costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
808 Overdrive Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Zero Reverb's written reviews are positive against 100% of 808 Overdrive Pro's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zero Reverb | 808 Overdrive Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (45 ratings) | 5.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blamsoft, Inc. | Nembrini Audio |
Customer experience
Zero Reverb
808 Overdrive Pro
In-app purchases
Zero Reverb
No in-app purchases
808 Overdrive Pro
No in-app purchases
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