Comparison

DerVoco vs GlitchScaper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DerVoco

This vintage vocoder emulation plugin brings analog-modeled warmth to your synths and drums. It offers flexible input modes, adjustable filters, and built-in effects for a unique vocal sound. Requires a compatible host app to function.

Highlights
  • Vintage vocoder emulation
  • Analog-modeled components
  • AUv3 Audio Effect
  • MIDI controllable VCO
  • Stereo input mode
  • 11 or 15 band equalizer
  • Controllable filter resonance
Features
Currently charting
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*** Note: DerVoco is an Audio Unit effect extension and requires an AUv3 compatible host app, like AUM, BM3, Cubasis or GarageBand. It does not run as a standalone app *** Make your synths or drums speak and sing! DerVoco is a vintage vocoder emulation. DerVoco uses analog modelled components including filters, envelope followers and companders to create a warm vintage sound instead of digital techniques like FFT. Features: • AUv3 Audio Effect and Audio Music Effect, works in all AUv3 compatible hosts. • Internal polyphonic VCO may be used as a carrier and can be controlled via MIDI, when plugin is loaded as AU MFx. • A special "input mode” where the carrier and modulator signals are encoded as the left and right channels of a stereo input signal. In this mode any synth plugin (e.g. BeepStreet Zeeon) may be used as a carrier signal. • 11 or 15 bands with on-screen equalizer. • Controllable filter resonance continuously blends from smooth to sharp and ringing sound signature. • Built in compressor and noise gate • Optimised to the limits: 60 filters take 4% CPU on latest iPads.

About

GlitchScaper

Create unique glitchy patterns and soundscapes with a rhythm machine featuring six sound generators and a two-layer cycle sequencer. Explore random sequence and tone generation, advanced effects, and spatial audio processing.

Highlights
  • Six sound generators
  • Two-layer cycle sequencer
  • Random sequence and tone generation
  • Advanced effects and envelopes
  • Spatial audio processing
  • MIDI support
Features
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GlitchScaper is a rhythm machine with six sound generators, each controlled by a two-layer cycle sequencer, designed to easily create glitchy patterns and scapes. To quickly find new ideas, each generator has separate options for making sequences and tones. The parameters of the new sequences and tones are set randomly, but are guided by several user-defined options, which in outline define the steps of the sequence and the type of tone or noise. This allows you make a quick draft of a pattern and then simply tweak it to get the final sound. The advanced copy function gives you ability to quickly make a new preset by copying sequences and tones from existing ones. The tone generator makes bright and rich sounds based on 12 complex waveforms or various types of noise, and can also use an external input as a signal source. Effects transform the tone from smoothly varying to full of squeaks and rattles. Each effect is modulated by a special envelope generator with different shapes that change throughout the sequencer step. The sound generators have individual spatial effects, as well as a common reverb space for all generators that adds an ambient layer to the final mix. The final mix can be even brighter and heavy or pumping with the built-in harmonic exciter and bass enhancer. The intuitive interface and powerful sound design features make this application super convenient for creating your own, unique sound. GlitchScaper is great for creating simple beats with an interesting and unusual sound, but it was originally designed for digital distorted patterns with longer steps that blend perfectly with the rhythms of classic drum machines and sequencers. GlitchScaper is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). GlitchScaper works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, and supports Audiobus and Ableton Link. On MacOS, GlitchScaper can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters. GlitchScaper has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. A brief overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T50WVIPUPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeF3oBoXp80 You can find more information on GlitchScaper and other experimental audio processing apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

DerVoco1 screens
GlitchScaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GlitchScaper at 91% against DerVoco's 43%. GlitchScaper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7). DerVoco's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $15.99) and chart position (#154 vs unranked). 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

DerVoco costs $2.99 and GlitchScaper $15.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GlitchScaper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of DerVoco's written reviews are positive against 91% of GlitchScaper's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
DerVoco versus GlitchScaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDerVocoGlitchScaper
Price$2.99 — better$15.99
Rating3.7 (23 ratings)4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.5% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better22
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#154 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeepStreetIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

DerVoco

All ratings23 ratings
Positive60.9%
Neutral17.4%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral17.4%
Negative39.1%

GlitchScaper

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

DerVoco

No in-app purchases

None

GlitchScaper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DerVoco free?
DerVoco costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GlitchScaper free?
GlitchScaper costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DerVoco or GlitchScaper?
GlitchScaper is rated higher. DerVoco averages 3.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while GlitchScaper averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do DerVoco or GlitchScaper have ads?
Neither DerVoco nor GlitchScaper shows ads.

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