Comparison

ADverb2 vs DR14.2

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

Head to head
About

ADverb2

This app emulates a vintage digital plate reverb unit from the 80s, offering a range of reverb effects from short and rich to long and ambient. It functions as a standalone effect, with Inter-App Audio, or as an AUv3 plugin for music production hosts.

Highlights
  • Vintage digital plate reverb emulation
  • Adjustable pre-delay, time, and size
  • Extensive filtering for reverb tail shaping
  • Logical vintage-style user interface
  • Cross-platform preset manager
  • Low CPU load optimized algorithm
Features
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ADverb2 is our love letter to the golden age of studio reverb: a small handful of controls, a big friendly panel, and a sound that flatters everything you run through it. Version 2.3 grows it from one algorithm into three. PLATE is the original ADverb algorithm, a classic digital plate with the fast build-up and silky decay that made these boxes famous. It remains untouched, and your old presets load exactly as before. AMBIENCE is a modern, airy space. It adds air and dimension around a source without an obvious tail at short settings, and blooms into a long, weightless wash when you push the time out. Time-varying early energy keeps it from ever sounding static. HALL is a large concert space, exceptionally smooth and very wide, with slow internal motion that keeps long decays lush instead of metallic. All three algorithms share the same simple control set: Pre-Delay, Reverb Time, Size, low and high Contour switches, Rolloff, and Diffusion, plus input level and output mix. The Input Mute and Reverb Stop kill switches let you perform with the reverb, choking the send or the tail on the beat. Mix Lock keeps your wet/dry setting pinned while you audition presets, ideal when ADverb2 sits on a send. Version 2.3 also brings our system-wide preset browser with folders and favorites, a hundred factory presets covering everything from drum plates to nine-second ambient washes, preset stepping right from the main panel, and presets that show up in your host's own preset menu. ADverb2 is an AUv3 Audio Unit and runs in any AUv3 host, including GarageBand and Logic Pro. The interface is fully resizable and scales to fit your device. No accounts, no ads, no in-app purchases.

About

DR14.2

Features
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DR14.2 is a kind of APP program similar to DR16.4,DR14.2 Its operation object is the second generation digital mixer product which is researched and developed independently by SEIKAKU, and it controls the device through the way of network connection with iPad. Its main function is as the followings: -8 microphone preamplifiers with dedicated trim control 16 -20 line-level inputs -4 Aux sends(4 Analog aux sends and 2 internal aux sends) -4 subgroups and stereo main outs - All channels Control Room output -2 headphone output -USB record/play in main channel -100mm sliding electric fader -touchable color LCD display -24-bit/48KHz sampling rate -Program, save, load & copy functions -Digital gate -Digital compressor -Digital 4-band full parametric EQ -PAN -Phase reverse -Time delay -Scenes with digital fader and aux position reference -6 DCA for Digital Control Audio Amplifier or MUTE -Remote Control: Ethernet or USB, -Expand socket for option module:  Multi-track USB audio recording module or CobraNet module etc(USB Audio Module or  16in/16out Digital CobraNet module) Requirements: * iPad with iOS9.0 or above. * a wireless router. * DR14.2 Device (for control)

Screenshots

ADverb21 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DR14.2 at Free against ADverb2's $4.99. DR14.2 also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 50 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DR14.2 is free to download; ADverb2 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, DR14.2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ADverb2 versus DR14.2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADverb2DR14.2
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 50 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.SEIKAKU

In-app purchases

None

ADverb2

No in-app purchases

None

DR14.2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADverb2 free?
ADverb2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DR14.2 free?
DR14.2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ADverb2 or DR14.2 have ads?
Neither ADverb2 nor DR14.2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADverb2 or DR14.2?
ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, and DR14.2 every 2 months. Most recently, ADverb2 was updated on October 11, 2026 and DR14.2 on October 4, 2026.

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