Comparison

ADverb2 vs UltraTap Delay

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

UltraTap Delay

Create rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, and evolving soundscapes with up to 64 taps. This app offers unique controls for shaping sound, including LFOs, envelopes, and a "Slurm" control for smearing and modulation. Explore over 150 inspiring presets and innovative performance features.

Highlights
  • Up to 64 taps for complex delays
  • Spread knob for rhythmic spacing
  • LFOs and envelopes for stutter effects
  • Slurm control for unique modulation
  • Stereo image control
  • Over 150 presets
  • Ribbon and Hotswitch controls
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UltraTap is a unique multi-tap effect capable of rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, huge pad-like volume swells and extraordinary modulation. It’s the perfect tool for creating drum fills, vocal choruses, swelling guitar chords and other evolving effects — everything from reversed reverbs to a massed church choir singing a Gregorian chant in Notre-Dame Cathedral. Features: - Use up to 64 taps to create simple repeats or morph delays into choruses and reverbs. - Speed up or slow down the rhythmic spacing between taps using the Spread knob. - Use the onboard LFOs and envelopes to chop the sound source into stuttered rhythms. - Use the innovative "Slurm" control to smear taps together or modulate them to create truly unique reverbs. - Control the stereo image of taps to alternate between hard-panned and mono. - Over 150 presets designed to inspire; including artist presets by Chris Carter, Colin Newman, Sasha and many more. - Innovative Ribbon and Hotswitch allow for changing any combination of parameters simultaneously. - Use Mix Lock to scroll through presets while keeping the wet-dry mix constant. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.

Screenshots

ADverb21 screens
UltraTap Delay3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ADverb2 at $4.99 against UltraTap Delay's $14.99. UltraTap Delay's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 50 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

ADverb2 costs $4.99 and UltraTap Delay $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UltraTap Delay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ADverb2's written reviews are positive against 88% of UltraTap Delay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, UltraTap Delay every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ADverb2 versus UltraTap Delay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADverb2UltraTap Delay
Price$4.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.6 (19 ratings)4.8 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1920 — better
Update frequencyEvery 50 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.Eventide

Customer experience

ADverb2

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

UltraTap Delay

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

ADverb2

No in-app purchases

None

UltraTap Delay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADverb2 free?
ADverb2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is UltraTap Delay free?
UltraTap Delay costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ADverb2 or UltraTap Delay?
UltraTap Delay is rated higher. ADverb2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while UltraTap Delay averages 4.8 from 20 ratings.
Do ADverb2 or UltraTap Delay have ads?
Neither ADverb2 nor UltraTap Delay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADverb2 or UltraTap Delay?
ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, and UltraTap Delay every 2 months. Most recently, ADverb2 was updated on October 11, 2026 and UltraTap Delay on October 14, 2026.

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