F vs Analog Rack Noise Gate
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 Noise Gate
This powerful noise gate plugin is specifically designed for guitar and bass. It offers beautiful analog tube coloration and a custom tube preamp virtual circuit for unique signal coloring. It functions as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect.
- Noise gate for guitar and bass
- Analog tube coloration
- Custom tube preamp virtual circuit
- Standalone app functionality
- AudioUnit v3 effect
- Inter-App Audio effect
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The Analog Rack Noise Gate plugin is a very simple but powerful noise gate plugin especially tuned for guitar and bass. 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 Noise Gate 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
F and Analog Rack Noise Gate both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of F's written reviews are positive against 25% of Analog Rack Noise Gate's. F also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). Analog Rack Noise Gate's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). 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 Noise Gate 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 4.9 for Analog Rack Noise Gate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 24 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of F's written reviews are positive against 25% of Analog Rack Noise Gate's.
F ships an update every 8 months, Analog Rack Noise Gate every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | F | Analog Rack Noise Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better | 4.9 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 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 Noise Gate
In-app purchases
F
No in-app purchases
Analog Rack Noise Gate
No in-app purchases
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