ADverb2 vs CentiGrade Visual Tuner
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.
CentiGrade Visual Tuner
This app provides instant, ad-free tuning with a unique rolling trace feature for pitch practice. Its interface dynamically zooms as you approach the target note, offering multiple visual modes and presets for various instruments.
- Instant tuning on launch
- Rolling trace for pitch history
- Dynamic zoom interface
- Fluid wave visualizer
- Chromatic, Guitar, Bass presets
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No Ads: Instant tuning as soon as you open the app. Rolling Trace: See a historical line of your pitch for perfect intonation practice. Dynamic Zoom: The interface adapts as you get closer to your target note. Multiple Modes: Toggle between a fluid wave visualizer and the rolling history roll. Presets: Support for Chromatic, Guitar, and Bass tuning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CentiGrade Visual Tuner at every 4 days against ADverb2's every 50 months. CentiGrade Visual Tuner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). ADverb2's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
ADverb2 costs $4.99 and CentiGrade Visual Tuner $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CentiGrade Visual Tuner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADverb2 has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ADverb2 ships an update every 50 months, CentiGrade Visual Tuner every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADverb2 | CentiGrade Visual Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audio Damage, Inc. | PHILIP BRADLEY KING |
Customer experience
ADverb2
CentiGrade Visual Tuner
In-app purchases
ADverb2
No in-app purchases
CentiGrade Visual Tuner
No in-app purchases
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