DSI vs Magic Switch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DSI
This app provides comprehensive tools to fine-tune your car audio system with a digital signal processor. It offers a straightforward interface for adjusting equalization, phase, crossover, and time alignment for optimal sound.
- Bluetooth 4.0 compatible
- 6 customizable presets
- 10-band parametric EQ per channel
- Phase correction
- Crossover adjustments
- Time alignment
- Input summing and linking
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The DSI-2 app is designed for use with the DD Audio DSI-2 digital signal processor, this app gives you the tools needed to fine tune virtually every aspect of you car audio system. Whether you’re a professional installer or an obsessive audiophile this app allows you to realize the true potential of your audio equipment with a straightforward layout and logical controls. Features: - Bluetooth 4.0 compatible - 6 customizable presets - 10 bands of parametric equalization per channel - Phase correction - Crossover type, frequency, and slope adjustments - Independent input and output level controls - Time alignment - Input summing and linking
Magic Switch
This audio effect plugin provides a lush, one-button chorus inspired by analog synthesizers. It adds dimension and depth to music tracks with a dark, detuned character. A mix slider allows for blending the effect to your preference.
- One-button lush chorus effect
- Juno-60 analog chorus inspiration
- Dark and detuned character
- Adds dimension and depth
- Mix slider for blending
- Based on Super VHS plugin's 'Magic' button
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Since its original release, Baby Audio's Magic Switch has been one of the most popular free plugins on the desktop market. Now it's finally available as an AUv3 plugin. Features: * Lush one-button chorus effect loosely inspired by the Juno-60 analog chorus * Dark and detuned character, perfect for adding dimension and depth to your tracks * Mix slider lets you blend the effect to taste * Based on the "Magic" button in Baby Audio's award-winning Super VHS plugin Note: This is an Audio Unit Effect Plugin (AUv3), which requires a host such as AUM or Audiobus – or a DAW such as GarageBand or Cubasis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic Switch at 4.8 against DSI's 3.8. Magic Switch also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 57%) and ratings volume (33 vs 8). DSI's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Magic Switch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of DSI's written reviews are positive against 80% of Magic Switch's.
DSI ships an update every 7 months, Magic Switch every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | DSI | Magic Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DD Audio | Baby Audio Inc. |
Customer experience
DSI
Magic Switch
In-app purchases
DSI
No in-app purchases
Magic Switch
No in-app purchases
