Comparison

ADverb2 vs TheStrip by DDMF

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

TheStrip by DDMF

This audio plugin offers a high-class mixing console experience with its EQ, gate, and compressor. It's designed for efficient CPU usage, allowing you to enhance the spectral and dynamic properties of your entire mix on iOS devices.

Highlights
  • High-class EQ, gate, and compressor
  • Low CPU usage
  • AUv3 and Inter-App-Audio support
  • Compatible with iOS DAWs
  • Full spectral and dynamic control
Features
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The Strip is the essential channel strip: the finest EQ, gate and compressor bundled in one beautifully designed plugin. Just slam this baby onto every channel in your project (which you easily can, because of its low CPU usage) and you’ll have the equivalent of a high-class mixing console on your hands. TheStrip puts you in complete control of the spectral and dynamic properties of your whole mix. TheStrip for iOS comes in AUv3 and Inter-App-Audio format for all your production needs on the iOS platform. It can be loaded in all the standard digital audio workstations available for iOS, like Garageband, Cubasis, AUM and the like. Its desktop counterpart has been an essential part of many a producer's daily audio work, and after a long waiting time, the port to iOS could finally be completed.

Screenshots

ADverb21 screens
TheStrip by DDMF2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ADverb2 at $4.99 against TheStrip by DDMF's $11.99. TheStrip by DDMF's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). 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 TheStrip by DDMF $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TheStrip by DDMF holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of ADverb2's written reviews are positive against 100% of TheStrip by DDMF's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, TheStrip by DDMF every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ADverb2 versus TheStrip by DDMF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADverb2TheStrip by DDMF
Price$4.99 — better$11.99
Rating4.6 (19 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 50 monthsEvery 20 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.Christian Siedschlag

Customer experience

ADverb2

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

TheStrip by DDMF

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ADverb2

No in-app purchases

None

TheStrip by DDMF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADverb2 free?
ADverb2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TheStrip by DDMF free?
TheStrip by DDMF costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ADverb2 or TheStrip by DDMF?
TheStrip by DDMF is rated higher. ADverb2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while TheStrip by DDMF averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do ADverb2 or TheStrip by DDMF have ads?
Neither ADverb2 nor TheStrip by DDMF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADverb2 or TheStrip by DDMF?
ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, and TheStrip by DDMF every 20 months. Most recently, ADverb2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and TheStrip by DDMF on October 7, 2026.

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