F vs Analog Rack Cleaner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
F
This audio effect plugin offers sixteen versatile filter modes with precise controls for frequency, resonance, and analog-style saturation. Visualize your frequency response in real-time for intuitive adjustments. It integrates seamlessly with popular AUv3 compatible music production apps.
- Sixteen filter modes
- Frequency and resonance controls
- Analog-style saturation
- Wet/dry mix
- Frequency response display
- Zero Delay Feedback algorithm
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F-16 Filter is a flexible multi-mode filter with frequency response display. It features sixteen modes, frequency and resonance controls, saturation for analog-style soft clipping, and wet/dry mix. The 4 pole lowpass mode provides the frequency response of classic the Moog ladder filter. The other modes provide all of the choices available in the famous Oberheim Matrix 12 and Xpander synthesizers. At the heart of F-16 is a Zero Delay Feedback algorithm, the latest in DSP filtering technology. F-16 Filter gives you a wide variety of filtering options with pristine fidelity. F-16 Filter is an AUv3 that works inside host apps. Just open up your favorite host that supports AUv3 and add it as an effect. Compatible with GarageBand, Cubasis, Auria, BeatMaker, AudioBus, AUM, Modstep, and more. Blamsoft brings their experience creating top notch plug-ins for the desktop to iOS. The same filter modes are found in the popular Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason. You get a desktop quality plug-in at an iOS friendly price. In addition to controlling the filter through the knobs and sliders, you can use the frequency response display to control cutoff frequency and resonance simultaneously. The sixteen filter modes available are: 1, 2, 3, and 4 Pole Lowpass 1, 2, 3, and 4, Pole Highpass 2 and 4 Pole Bandpass 2 Pole Notch 3 Pole Phase 2 Pole Highpass + 1 Pole Lowpass 3 Pole Highpass + 1 Pole Lowpass 2 Pole Notch + 1 Pole Lowpass 3 Pole Phase + 1 Pole Lowpass Tap Developer Website for sound examples.
Analog Rack Cleaner
This audio plugin provides high-pass and low-pass filters to remove unwanted low-end rumble and high-frequency noise. It offers a custom tube preamp for analog coloration and works as a standalone app or within other audio applications.
- High-pass filter
- Low-pass filter
- Tube preamp circuit
- Analog coloration
- Standalone app
- AudioUnit v3 effect
- Inter-App Audio effect
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The Analog Rack Cleaner plugin is high pass and low pass filters in a single rack Fx plugin to clear up low-end rumble and high frequency noise. Nembrini Audio has taken the guitarists most preferred analog and digital effect pedals and has repacked it in new rack style plugins easy to use and extremely powerful at the same time, with the addition of a custom design tube preamp virtual circuit which gives color to the signal in a very special way. Just insert the Analog Rack Cleaner plugin in your tracks to hear its beautiful analog tube coloration! Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Analog Rack Cleaner at Free against F's $2.99. Analog Rack Cleaner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). F's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Analog Rack Cleaner is free to download; F costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for F against 5.0 for Analog Rack Cleaner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 25 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of F's written reviews are positive against 100% of Analog Rack Cleaner's.
F ships an update every 8 months, Analog Rack Cleaner every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | F | Analog Rack Cleaner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better | 5.0 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blamsoft, Inc. | Nembrini Audio |
Customer experience
F
Analog Rack Cleaner
In-app purchases
F
No in-app purchases
Analog Rack Cleaner
No in-app purchases
