Comparison

FAC Maxima vs Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin

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

Head to head
About

FAC Maxima

This audio effect provides automatic gain control to keep audio levels consistent and prevent clipping. It offers both transparent signal boosting and significant level maximization with creative colorization. The app is versatile for mastering, individual tracks, and broadcasting applications.

Highlights
  • Automatic gain control
  • Level maximization
  • Transparent signal boost
  • Creative colorization
  • Mastering tool
  • Individual track processing
  • Real-time multi-waveform graph
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FAC Maxima is an audio effect designed to provide automatic gain control of your audio materials to ensure that the levels stay consistent and never exceed 0dB. It's a clever combination of dynamic processors that can be set to provide a gentle transparent signal boost respecting the initial dynamic or significant colorised level maximisation. Thanks to a unique signal path, algorithms and a small set of parameters, FAC Maxima makes a complicated task easy. In addition to the classic final stage application, FAC Maxima excels on individual tracks too. With a few changes it's easy to go from the common gain deviation compensation, e.g. for vocals, to drastical audio changes that will bring your audio material to new territories: boost reverb tails, flattenize drums… The applications are various and the possibilities are limitless. • Get the final touch! FAC Maxima definitely makes audio louder and that makes it an effective tool in many mastering engineers’ arsenals. • Be creative! Emphasis subtitle details, sometimes floor contains treasure, you will have a completely new listen to your old tracks! The audio background may indeed contain noise, but sometimes also "pearls" that may be revealed. • Go further! Tired by the advertisement boost, or important speech level variation in broadcasting? Use FAC Maxima to maintain the level constant. DJ's may also benefit from the effects to normalise in real time the level of the mixed tracks. As with all FAC products the interface has a unique sober look and provides a great user experience. FAC Maxima also brings a real-time multi-waveform graph having a 6s buffer of the audio material before and after operations, this will help on setting the right parameters and have a visual feedback.

About

Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin

This studio-quality audio effect plugin offers a multi-band equalizer with real-time spectrum analysis. It features 10 adjustable filters, a compressor/limiter, and the ability to save and load custom presets for precise audio manipulation within compatible DAWs.

Highlights
  • Multi-band EQ with 10 filters
  • Real-time spectrum analyzer
  • Compressor/Limiter section
  • Custom preset saving and loading
  • Copy/paste settings between instances
  • Touch interface with multi-touch control
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This is an AUv3 compatible effect plugin which is intended for use inside your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Auria, Meteor, AUM or GarageBand etc. Visual EQ Console is a studio quality multi-band EQ console with the ability to analyse audio in real time giving an accurate and reliable spectrum representation of the frequency response.  It includes your typical set of 4 parametric filters which are stable even when parameters are being changed. We also include low and high shelf as well as low and high pass filters, that's 10 filters in all. We use a high quality highly hardware optimised FFT to plot the frequency response through the filters so you can see exactly what effect your changes are having on the sound. The scrolling interface automatically adjusts to the hosts window size to allow a double height display in an appropriate DAW. One of the main problems with most Studio type EQ's is they don't give a true representation of the frequency response, often hiding the inpact of low and high pass / shelf filters on the frequency response. This plugin accurately tracks the response all the way through the audio chain and is backed up by the spectrum analyser so you can be confident that it is having the desired effect. We also include a Compressor / Limiter section to ensure those settings never get too aggressive.  You can load and save custom console presets as well as copy and paste settngs between instances. This is great if you need to setup multiple instances with the same settings. Plenty of options are tucked away under the hood so as not to clutter the display.  Main Features: ○ 4 resonant paramettic filters (A-D) . ○ All filters adjustable +/-24dB. ○ High and Low Pass filters. ○ Low and High Shelf Filters. ○ Touch interface with multi-touch for controlling filter Q. ○ Spectrum Analyser with Pre and Post monitoring. ○ Vertical shift and scale options for the spectrum. ○ Create and save custom presets. ○ Copy / Paste presets between instances. ○ Compressor / Limiter with Auto Makup Gain. ○ Twin VU meters ○ Quick Reset options for each section of the console.

Screenshots

FAC Maxima4 screens
Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FAC Maxima at 4.9 against Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin's 4.1. FAC Maxima also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 71%) and ratings volume (67 vs 21). Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and price ($8.99 vs $9.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

FAC Maxima costs $9.99 and Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FAC Maxima holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of FAC Maxima's written reviews are positive against 71% of Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FAC Maxima ships an update every 2 months, Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FAC Maxima versus Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFAC MaximaVisual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin
Price$9.99$8.99 — better
Rating4.9 (67 ratings) — better4.1 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrederic Corvest4Pockets.com

Customer experience

FAC Maxima

All ratings67 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral9.4%
Negative6.3%

Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin

All ratings21 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

None

FAC Maxima

No in-app purchases

None

Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FAC Maxima free?
FAC Maxima costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin free?
Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FAC Maxima or Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin?
FAC Maxima is rated higher. FAC Maxima averages 4.9 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin averages 4.1 from 21 ratings.
Do FAC Maxima or Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin have ads?
Neither FAC Maxima nor Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FAC Maxima or Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin?
FAC Maxima ships an update every 2 months, and Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin every 2 weeks. Most recently, FAC Maxima was updated on October 2, 2026 and Visual EQ Console AUv3 Plugin on October 8, 2026.

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