Comparison

F vs RRS Passive EQ Collection

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

RRS Passive EQ Collection

This app offers a collection of vintage-inspired equalizers, combining three classic models into a single, full-featured audio plugin. It provides detailed control over tone shaping for music production and mixing. A demo version is available with limited playtime.

Highlights
  • Combines EQP-1A, MEQ-5, and HLF-3C equalizers
  • Standalone and AUv3 plugin support
  • Modeled vintage analog saturation
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • A/B comparison
  • Macro controllers
  • Built-in Gain Match
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The Passive EQ Collection AUv3 plug-in — comes as time-limited Demo-version for you to try. It gives you 5 minutes of Free play time. (You can reload the Passive EQ Collection AUv3 plug-in as many times as you want, thereby you get the Demo period again and again.) Unlimited version of Passive EQ Collection AUv3 plug-in comes as In-App Purchase. SPECIFICATIONS: • Three classics, EQP-1A, MEQ-5 and HLF-3C, combined in one full-featured equalizer; • Standalone and AUv3 Plug-in; • Modeled vintage Equalizers; • On/Off Analog Saturation; • Undo/Redo; • A/B; • 2x/4x/8x Upsampling; • Macro controllers; • Built-in Gain Match; • Scalable GUI. The EQP-1A based on Classic Program Equalizer from the '60s, original EQ is renowned for its unique ability to boost and cut the same frequencies simultaneously, thereby creating a resonant shelf, the EQP-1A faithfully models the overbuilt transformers and complex tube amplifiers of the original hardware. Conceived and created for broadband equalization, the EQP-1A features 4 low boost/cut frequencies, 3 high-cut frequencies and 7 HF boost points, along with a bandwidth control for shaping the high boost curve. The MEQ-5 based on Classic Mid-Range Equalizer from the '70s, with two bands of midrange boost and one band of midrange dip, the MEQ-5 gets the very best out of the «power region» where guitars and vocals can make or break a mix. The MEQ-5 provides exacting control of the «power region» in program material, that frequency range from about 300 Hz to 5000 Hz in which most of the sound energy is concentrated. The ear is especially sensitive to sounds in this region. In this region, even small resonances in studio acoustics and microphone and speaker responses are very evident in their effect on the listenability of the sound. Three independent sets of controls make it possible to boost on a peak curve at 200…1000 Hz while simultaneously boosting on a peak curve at 1.5…5 kHz, while simultaneously dipping at 200…7000 Hz. The original HLF-3C hardware unit is a true passive design: there are no input/output amplifiers and it does not require any external power. As a result, there is an inherent loss of signal level when using the HLF-3C hardware. The RRS HLF-3C compensates for this inherent signal loss for simplified use in the modern era: it has unity gain upon insertion (there is no insertion loss until one or both of the cut filters is engaged). The broadband EQP-1A, the midrange MEQ-5 and the passive high/low filter HLF-3C together comprise a full range vintage EQ chain. To use Passive EQ Collection as a plug-in, you need an AUv3-compatible host app like GarageBand, Auria, AUM, Cubasis and more — Passive EQ Collection will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins in the host app.

Screenshots

F1 screens
RRS Passive EQ Collection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RRS Passive EQ Collection at Free against F's $2.99. RRS Passive EQ Collection also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). F's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ratings volume, ads and device support 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

RRS Passive EQ Collection is free to download; F costs $2.99 up front. RRS Passive EQ Collection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. F asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

F holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of F's written reviews are positive against 100% of RRS Passive EQ Collection's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

F ships an update every 8 months, RRS Passive EQ Collection every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
F versus RRS Passive EQ Collection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFRRS Passive EQ Collection
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (18 ratings) — better4.8 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlamsoft, Inc.RRS, OOO

Customer experience

F

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

RRS Passive EQ Collection

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

F

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

RRS Passive EQ Collection

One-time1
  • RRS Passive EQ Collection Full$8.99

Questions

Is F free?
F costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RRS Passive EQ Collection free?
RRS Passive EQ Collection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, F or RRS Passive EQ Collection?
F is rated higher. F averages 5.0 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while RRS Passive EQ Collection averages 4.8 from 16 ratings.
Do F or RRS Passive EQ Collection have ads?
Neither F nor RRS Passive EQ Collection shows ads.
Which is updated more often, F or RRS Passive EQ Collection?
F ships an update every 8 months, and RRS Passive EQ Collection every 2 months. Most recently, F was updated on November 2, 2026 and RRS Passive EQ Collection on November 3, 2026.

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