Dented Audio vs Cab ML
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.
Cab ML
This app generates custom impulse responses using a neural network, allowing interactive sound shaping. It also includes a poweramp and microphone reverb generator for further audio manipulation.
- Neural network impulse response generation
- Interactive tag-based sound shaping
- Poweramp with multiple options
- Microphone reverb generator
- AUv3 plugin support
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Cab ML is both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin that provides a neural network for impulse response generation. By moving tags in a window you can change the impulse response in an interactive way. Underlying a neural network will generate an impulse response based on the position of the tags. Instead of trying out all your impulse response files through a classic impulse response loader, you can now find the right sound interactively by moving the marks until you like what you hear. Furthermore Cab ML also provides a poweramp with many options and a microphone reverb generator. The free version allows you to test Cab ML completely, but every minute the plugin will be silent for 3 seconds. To remove these limits there is a one time in-app purchase. You need an audio interface to connect your instrument to your Mac. Known audio interface brands for guitar or bass are for instance Focusrite or iRig. If you don't have an audio interface, you can use the AUv3 plugin in a DAW such as GarageBand or Logic Pro. Any (guitar/bass) sound you have recorded can be fed through the Cab ML audio unit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dented Audio at none against Cab ML's 1. Dented Audio also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Cab ML's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Cab ML sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dented Audio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cab ML holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Dented Audio's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cab ML's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dented Audio ships an update monthly, Cab ML every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dented Audio | Cab ML |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Russell Savage | Jan Maes |
Customer experience
Dented Audio
Cab ML
In-app purchases
Dented Audio
No in-app purchases
Cab ML
- Cab ML Activation$11.99









