ADverb2 vs Degrader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Degrader
This audio plugin emulates vintage digital gear, lo-fi sounds, and distortion. It offers extensive parameter control for creating unique audio transitions and effects. It functions as an AUv3 plugin within compatible music production apps.
- Resampling from 250 Hz to 96 kHz
- Low pass filter with adjustable characteristics
- Continuously adjustable bit depth (3-24 bits)
- Additional distortion algorithm
- Parameter linking for multi-control
- Input/output gain and dry/wet mix
- Factory presets simulating vintage gear
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Degrader is a combined resampler and bit crusher AUv3 plugin. It can be used to simulate the sound of vintage digital gear, as a lofi-effect or as a plain distortion unit. Since all parameters are fully automatable it’s a handy plugin for creating unique and interesting drops, sweeps and other transitions. It also comes with a handful of factory presets. Features: • Resamples between 250 Hz and 96 kHz. • Low pass filter with different characteristics both pre and post resampling. • Bit depth can continuously be altered between 3 and 24 bits. • Additional distortion algorithm. • Parameter linking (control several parameters with one knob) • Input and output gain control. • Dry / Wet mix. • Several factory presets simulating different vintage gear. Full documentation available inside the app or at https://klevgrand.se/download/degrader-docs/ NOTE! Degrader is a AUv3 plugin that only works in a AUv3 compliant host like Garageband, AUM, Cubasis, Beatmaker 3, Auria etc. Feedback or suggestions? Drop us a line at support(at)klevgrand.se or @klevgrand on Twitter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ADverb2 at $4.99 against Degrader's $13.99. ADverb2 also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 5). Degrader's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On update cadence, 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
ADverb2 costs $4.99 and Degrader $13.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Degrader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ADverb2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Degrader's.
ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, Degrader every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADverb2 | Degrader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $13.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Every 30 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audio Damage, Inc. | Klevgrand Produkter AB |
Customer experience
ADverb2
Degrader
In-app purchases
ADverb2
No in-app purchases
Degrader
No in-app purchases









