AAS Objeq vs Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AAS Objeq
Turn everyday surfaces into percussion instruments using your device's microphone. Explore various resonator types and customize their sound with intuitive controls. Ideal for musicians and rhythm enthusiasts looking for a unique way to create beats.
- Surface tap to drum sound transformation
- Multiple resonator types (beam, drumhead, plate)
- Customizable pitch, material, decay, and tone
- Mix original signal with processed sound
- AUv3 plugin for DAWs like GarageBand
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Who doesn’t like to improvise a beat on a table? AAS Objeq transforms those beats to sound closer to a real percussion instrument. With the help of your device’s microphone and a pair of headphones, you’ll get tones reminiscent of congas, bongos, djembes, or any other resonant thing. AAS Objeq offers beam, drumhead, and plate resonator types which you can customize via pitch, material, decay, and tone controls. Mix in your original signal and tweak until you hear something you like—slide dots, experiment, and have fun! If you're addicted to tapping your hands everywhere, Objeq will become your new rhythm companion! AAS Objeq will also show up as a plug-in in any AUv3 (Audio Unit v3) compatible DAW such as GarageBand, Cubasis, Auria, and AudioBus 3.
Things
This app offers an experimental filter bank delay effect for creative sound design. It features up to 10 band pass filters with adjustable resonance and individual delay controls. Users can manipulate various parameters across bands to generate unique echoes, reverbs, and sequences.
- Up to 10 band pass filters
- Controllable resonance per band
- Dedicated delay with feedback per band
- Parameter spread across bands
- AUv3 and Standalone support
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Bubbles is an unusual filter bank effect plugin (AUv3 and Standalone) aimed at experimental sound design. You can use up to 10 band pass filters, represented by bubbles in the UI, with controllable resonance. Each band can have a dedicated delay with feedback. You can spread the cutoff, resonance, delay time, and delay feedback across each band to get very creative effects, from odd-sounding echoes/reverbs to impossible sequences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Things at 100% against AAS Objeq's 55%. Things also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). AAS Objeq's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $6.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
AAS Objeq costs $3.99 and Things $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Things holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of AAS Objeq's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things's.
| Parameter | AAS Objeq | Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Applied Acoustics Systems DVM Inc. | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
AAS Objeq
Things
In-app purchases
AAS Objeq
No in-app purchases
Things
No in-app purchases
