Dented Audio vs miniBit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dented Audio
Create and place custom sounds in your environment using augmented reality. Invent new audio with an integrated editor and trigger them in your space. Visuals dynamically react to your sound creations.
- Procedural audio generation
- Augmented reality sound placement
- Integrated sound editor
- Dynamic visual reactions
- Activator-based sound triggering
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Create and scatter sounds all around your living space with the power of procedural audio and augmented reality! Invent new sounds in the sound editor and store your creations in “activators” that you can drag into your environment to be played. Dynamic visuals react to your sounds and spin out into your world! Please note that the augmented reality experience only works with devices with an A9 chip and above. Users with older devices can still use other features of the app.
miniBit
Create authentic 8-bit and chiptune sounds with this synthesizer plugin. Emulate retro game consoles and computers with a versatile oscillator, bitcrusher, and a step sequencer for unique sonic textures.
- 8-bit/chiptune style synthesizer
- Main oscillator with 18 waveforms
- Sub oscillator (octave below)
- Built-in bitcrusher for retro sounds
- Synced 8-step sequencer
- Aliasing waveforms for authentic sound
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miniBit is an 8-bit/chiptune style synthesizer plugin that emulates the sound of 80s game consoles and retro computers. It features a main oscillator with 18 waveforms paired with a sub oscillator (a square wave pitched one octave below). The waveforms are not bandlimited and will produce aliasing. Furthermore, using the built-in bitcrusher, you can create even more noisy and retro sounds. miniBit also features a synced 8 Steps Stepper/Sequencer with multiple destinations. From noisy, snare-like steps to ambient subs, miniBit has many uses beyond what one expects from a chiptune synth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dented Audio at Free against miniBit's $14.99. Dented Audio also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). miniBit's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Dented Audio is free to download; miniBit costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
miniBit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Dented Audio's written reviews are positive against 100% of miniBit's.
Dented Audio ships an update monthly, miniBit every 11 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Dented Audio | miniBit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Russell Savage | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Dented Audio
miniBit
In-app purchases
Dented Audio
No in-app purchases
miniBit
No in-app purchases
