Alien Box vs DeHiss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alien Box
This audio effect plugin creates a unique sound with increased sustain and gentle, LFO-modulated vibes. It functions as an AUv3 effect for hosts like GarageBand or as a standalone app for real-time audio input processing.
- Unique sound enrichment
- LFO modulated vibes
- Complex resonator system
- AUv3 plugin for hosts
- Standalone app mode
- Gain, Vibe, Depth, Reverb controls
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Alien Box is a completely new kind of audio effect that you have never heard before. It makes the sound big and slightly increases the sustain while adding gentle vibes to it. The vibes are LFO modulated and the effect is using very complex resonator system inside. It is modulation effect and you can compare it to flanger, phaser or chorus but it is not like any of them… The app is an Audio Unit Effect AUV3 and can be used inside GarageBand or other AU host apps as an effect plug-in. Alien Box can also run as a stand alone app adding effect to the audio input so you can play your guitar, bass or synth directly three the app if you have the connector to do so. Alien Box controls: - Gain - you can use it increase the gain and sustain - Vibe - main tone and background vibes balance - Depth - controls the modulations depth - Reverb - adds reverb to the background vibes
DeHiss
This audio effect tool is designed to eliminate unwanted hiss noise from analog electronic instruments. It offers a simple slider to reduce environmental noise, making your recordings cleaner.
- Hiss noise removal
- AUv3 plugin support
- Environmental noise reduction
- Instrumental audio enhancement
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Concept: “DeHiss” is an AUv3 EQ tool mainly for removing inevitable hiss noise of analog electronic instruments (unwanted guitar noise for example). Usage: "De-Noise" slider will remove environmental hiss noise. System Requirements: AUv3 host
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DeHiss at 100% against Alien Box's 0%. DeHiss also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.3) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). Alien Box's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). 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
Alien Box costs $2.99 and DeHiss $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DeHiss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Alien Box's written reviews are positive against 100% of DeHiss's.
| Parameter | Alien Box | DeHiss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #196 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandar Mlazev | Satoshi Kajii |
Customer experience
Alien Box
DeHiss
In-app purchases
Alien Box
No in-app purchases
DeHiss
No in-app purchases
