Comparison

ADverb2 vs Delay3000 Vintage Modern

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

Delay3000 Vintage Modern

This audio processor plugin offers versatile delay effects for digital audio workstations. It emulates a classic rack unit with modern enhancements, providing multiple delay types, saturation circuits, and modulation options for creative sound design.

Highlights
  • Vintage and modern delay modes
  • Stereo multitap patterns
  • Ducking and filter sections
  • Nembrini Audio distortion modeling
  • Custom saturation circuits (Grit, Smear)
  • Chorus and Tremolo FX
  • Standalone, AUv3, and IAA support
Features
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The DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater is a chameleon processor that brings the delay FX for your DAW to the next level. Modeled on the Roland SDE-3000 rack delay unit, the new DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin adds new features and an easy to use user interface that gives you a complete arsenal of delay effects at your disposal! 16 stereo multitap patterns, repetitions Hold switch, Sync to DAW function, modulation circuit, ducking and filter sections are only a part of the features of this incredible processor. The delay circuit of the DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin has two separate voices for modern digital delay type FX or analog vintage sound. The famous and unique Nembrini Audio’s distortion modeling is also included in the new DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin The DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin has two separate custom tuned saturation circuits: - GRIT add body and tube saruration - SMEAR softens the attack of the repeats while maintaining full frequency response The Ducking circuit is a very useful and practical mode to decrease the delay FX volume when the dry signal is playing. For example you can hear the delay tail only when the singer stop singing by simply turn two knobs. You can also add Chorus or Tremolo FX to the DELAY3000 tail and filter the effect output with a modulated resonant Low Pass Filter in Sync with your DAW. The DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin is must have tool for every modern producer, musician and mixing engineer! Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect

Screenshots

ADverb21 screens
Delay3000 Vintage Modern4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Delay3000 Vintage Modern at 5.0 against ADverb2's 4.6. Delay3000 Vintage Modern also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and update cadence (every 18 months vs every 50 months). ADverb2's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $7.99). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ADverb2 costs $4.99 and Delay3000 Vintage Modern $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Delay3000 Vintage Modern holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ADverb2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Delay3000 Vintage Modern's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, Delay3000 Vintage Modern every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ADverb2 versus Delay3000 Vintage Modern: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADverb2Delay3000 Vintage Modern
Price$4.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.6 (19 ratings)5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 50 monthsEvery 18 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.Nembrini Audio

Customer experience

ADverb2

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

Delay3000 Vintage Modern

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ADverb2

No in-app purchases

None

Delay3000 Vintage Modern

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADverb2 free?
ADverb2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Delay3000 Vintage Modern free?
Delay3000 Vintage Modern costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ADverb2 or Delay3000 Vintage Modern?
Delay3000 Vintage Modern is rated higher. ADverb2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Delay3000 Vintage Modern averages 5.0 from 18 ratings.
Do ADverb2 or Delay3000 Vintage Modern have ads?
Neither ADverb2 nor Delay3000 Vintage Modern shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADverb2 or Delay3000 Vintage Modern?
ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, and Delay3000 Vintage Modern every 18 months. Most recently, ADverb2 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Delay3000 Vintage Modern on November 8, 2026.

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