LRC5 vs Analog Rack Noise Gate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LRC5
This audio unit provides a five-band equalizer for iOS devices. It features adjustable low shelf, high shelf, and three parametric filters with a boost/cut range of 24 dB. Designed for signal coloring, it can be used in mono or stereo configurations.
- Five-band equalizer
- Low shelf and high shelf filters
- Three parametric peak/cut filters
- 24 dB boost/cut range
- Adjustable Q factor
- Mono-to-mono or stereo-to-stereo operation
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LRC5 is an Audio Unit, or AU, for iOS. This application is simply a container for the Audio Unit and serves only as the documentation. LRC5 must be used in some sort of Audio Unit host or DAW application. LRC5 is a five-band EQ. It includes low shelf, high shelf, and three parametric peak/cut filters. The filters can boost or cut by 24 dB. The frequency range for each of the filters is 10 Hz to 20 kHz. The filters aren't restricted to stay in any order. If a filter is set to a level of 0.0 dB it is turned off. You can also set the "Q" factor of each of the filters. The value ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. For the three peaking filters, a value of 1.0 gives a fairly narrow frequency band, but LRC5 isn't really designed for surgical frequency work. It is aimed primarily at coloring of the signal. LRC5 can be used in a mono-to-mono or stereo-to-stereo setting. Actually, it is only restricted to having the same number of input and output channels. The channels aren't independent. The controls and settings are applied the same to all channels. Editing of the control parameters is a bit different than is typical for an EQ. The intention is for it to be comfortable to use on a touch based interface. Please refer to the documentation in this App to learn how to control LRC5.
Analog Rack Noise Gate
This powerful noise gate plugin is specifically designed for guitar and bass. It offers beautiful analog tube coloration and a custom tube preamp virtual circuit for unique signal coloring. It functions as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect.
- Noise gate for guitar and bass
- Analog tube coloration
- Custom tube preamp virtual circuit
- Standalone app functionality
- AudioUnit v3 effect
- Inter-App Audio effect
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The Analog Rack Noise Gate plugin is a very simple but powerful noise gate plugin especially tuned for guitar and bass. Nembrini Audio has taken the guitarists most preferred analog and digital effect pedals and has repacked it in new rack style plugins easy to use and extremely powerful at the same time, with the addition of a custom design tube preamp virtual circuit which gives color to the signal in a very special way. Just insert the Analog Rack Noise Gate plugin in your tracks to hear its beautiful analog tube coloration! Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LRC5 at 80% against Analog Rack Noise Gate's 25%. LRC5 also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Analog Rack Noise Gate's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Analog Rack Noise Gate holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 24 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of LRC5's written reviews are positive against 25% of Analog Rack Noise Gate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LRC5 ships an update every 2 months, Analog Rack Noise Gate every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | LRC5 | Analog Rack Noise Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (46 ratings) | 4.9 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neon Silicon | Nembrini Audio |
Customer experience
LRC5
Analog Rack Noise Gate
In-app purchases
LRC5
No in-app purchases
Analog Rack Noise Gate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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