Comparison

FlexTune vs EQ560

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

Head to head
About

FlexTune

Personalize your car's audio system with this app. Easily adjust bass, clarity, and other sound settings using a five-band equalizer and create custom profiles for different music or moods. Enjoy wireless control of your KICKER audio system.

Highlights
  • Variable Five-Band Parametric Equalizer
  • Multiple Custom Presets
  • Remote KICKER Subwoofer Gain
  • Adjustable Center-Image Control
  • Bluetooth LE Enabled
  • Wireless Control
Features
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Congratulations on your new vehicle. Now it’s time to make your sound personal! KICKER® FlexTune™ works seamlessly with your phone, tablet and your new KICKER audio system to personalize your sound. Increase the clarity? No problem. Want more KICKER bass? Turn one knob. Easily tweak the audio with a touch of the graphic five-band equalizer, right from your phone or tablet screen. You’ll hear how much better it sounds from the very first touch! When your sound is perfect, save it as your own personal profile, or make multiple profiles to match your tunes, your spouse’s tunes, the kids’ tunes – or your mood! Features: • Variable Five-Band Parametric Equalizer • Multiple Custom Presets • Remote KICKER Subwoofer Gain • Adjustable Center-Image Control • Bluetooth LE® Enabled • Completely Wireless Control

About

EQ560

This audio effect offers a 10-band graphic equalizer based on a classic American design. It provides precise filtering, high headroom, and unique "Proportional Q" for intuitive curve shaping. Use it standalone or as an AUv3 plugin in compatible music apps.

Highlights
  • 10-band graphic equalizer
  • Proportional Q design
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Standalone mode
  • Stereo, Mid, Side EQ modes
  • Undo/Redo and A/B comparison
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EQ560 AUv3 plug-in — comes as time-limited Demo-version for you to try. It gives you 5 minutes of Free play time. (You can reload the EQ560 AUv3 plug-in as many times as you want, thereby you get the Demo period again and again.) Unlimited version of EQ560 AUv3 plug-in comes as In-App Purchase. The EQ560 based on Classic American EQ from the late '60s, the 10-band graphic equalizer features precision filtering and high headroom, ideal for signal enhancement. Features: • Standalone and AUv3 plug-in; • Precise port of Rack Extensions plug-in; • Modeled vintage EQ; • 10 bands of proprietary equalization; • Familiar graphics operation on one octave centers; • 12 dB of boost/cut per band; • «Proportional Q» narrows filter Q at extremes; • IN/OUT switch allows the user to bypass the Graphic EQ for before/after comparisons; • Stereo (Mono), Mid or Side EQ modes; • Undo/Redo; • A/B comparison; • 2x/4x/8x Upsampling; • Macro controllers; • Built-in Gain Match; • Scalable GUI. The curve shaping potential is unmatched, while unique Proportional Q design intuitively widens the filter bandwidth at lower boost/cut levels and narrows it at higher settings. The EQ560 extends the features of the original hardware and joins the flexibility of the digital world to the character of the analog processing. Allows you to choose between equalizer modes (Stereo, Mid, Side) and remove analogue saturation from the processing circuit to deliver pure digital sound. The EQ560 is handy when you need to make EQ adjustments on larger parts of the spectrum instead of a restricted area. Boosting or cutting several bands at once will radically alter the sound of a track, be it a thin, weak snare that needs low end or a dull vocal that needs to be opened up. To use EQ560 as a plug-in, you need an AUv3-compatible host app like GarageBand, Auria, AUM, Cubasis and more — EQ560 will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins in the host app. The EQ560 is a great complement to the parametric EQ550 and EQ550b.

Screenshots

FlexTune2 screens
EQ5604 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: EQ560 at 3.7 against FlexTune's 2.8. EQ560 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 40%). FlexTune's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 10.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EQ560 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlexTune asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EQ560 holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of FlexTune's written reviews are positive against 60% of EQ560's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlexTune ships an update every 3 months, EQ560 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FlexTune versus EQ560: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlexTuneEQ560
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (10 ratings)3.7 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1030 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.2 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKickerRRS, OOO

Customer experience

FlexTune

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

EQ560

All ratings30 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative35.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlexTune

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

EQ560

One-time1
  • RRS EQ560 Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is FlexTune free?
FlexTune is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EQ560 free?
EQ560 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FlexTune or EQ560?
EQ560 is rated higher. FlexTune averages 2.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while EQ560 averages 3.7 from 30 ratings.
Do FlexTune or EQ560 have ads?
Neither FlexTune nor EQ560 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlexTune or EQ560?
FlexTune ships an update every 3 months, and EQ560 every 2 weeks. Most recently, FlexTune was updated on August 14, 2026 and EQ560 on August 1, 2026.

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