Zero Reverb vs Magic Switch
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.
Magic Switch
This audio effect plugin provides a lush, one-button chorus inspired by analog synthesizers. It adds dimension and depth to music tracks with a dark, detuned character. A mix slider allows for blending the effect to your preference.
- One-button lush chorus effect
- Juno-60 analog chorus inspiration
- Dark and detuned character
- Adds dimension and depth
- Mix slider for blending
- Based on Super VHS plugin's 'Magic' button
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Since its original release, Baby Audio's Magic Switch has been one of the most popular free plugins on the desktop market. Now it's finally available as an AUv3 plugin. Features: * Lush one-button chorus effect loosely inspired by the Juno-60 analog chorus * Dark and detuned character, perfect for adding dimension and depth to your tracks * Mix slider lets you blend the effect to taste * Based on the "Magic" button in Baby Audio's award-winning Super VHS plugin Note: This is an Audio Unit Effect Plugin (AUv3), which requires a host such as AUM or Audiobus – or a DAW such as GarageBand or Cubasis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magic Switch at 83% against Zero Reverb's 33%. Magic Switch also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.8 vs 3.3). 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
Magic Switch is free to download; Zero Reverb costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magic Switch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Zero Reverb's written reviews are positive against 83% of Magic Switch's.
Zero Reverb ships an update every 6 months, Magic Switch every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zero Reverb | Magic Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (45 ratings) | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blamsoft, Inc. | Baby Audio Inc. |
Customer experience
Zero Reverb
Magic Switch
Bugs and requests
Zero Reverb
Reported bugs
23 issues- Does not work iOS 16.6
- App doesn’t even open anymore. Click - instant crash
- It’s not working on iPad latest updated OS
- Settings are never saved
- Settings keep resetting
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- Recently its been going back to its default settings making it useless
- All settings revert to the default every time you reopen a session
- Settings no longer save when you close a project
- Presets are messed up
- Reverb goes back to its original preset
- Settings revert back to their defaults every time I close and reopen a song or the GarageBand app
- Presets don’t save
- App had been acting up since the ios 14 update
- This app will not load any presets, or remember how it was set up
- Reset all my plugins back to preset settings and when i changed them back and closed the song then opend it again it resets it again
- All of my presets had reverted back to the default Zero Reverb settings. Also, every time I put back in my original preset, if I close GarageBand then re-open any song that uses Zero Reverb it’ll still revert back to the default settings.
- Can’t even use the app with the new iOS update and have multiple tracks with Zero Reverb on them
- None of the apps are running correctly. Each time I use it in GB the effects do not stay set to what I put them to whenever I exit or export the track.
- Reverb is set to default (20%) after leaving a project
- Doesn’t work with GarageBand anymore
- It is not working as an audio unit in GarageBand
- It does not work for GarageBand, or daw studio 9, or any studio app
- It simply does not open. Opens the instructions instead.
Requested features
3 requests- Put the app on Mac
- Update to work with iOS 14
- More iOS stuff eventually
Magic Switch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zero Reverb
No in-app purchases
Magic Switch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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