Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin vs MicroPitch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin
This audio plugin acts as a noise gate for digital audio workstations, allowing users to suppress unwanted background noise from microphones or instruments. It offers fine-grained control over attack, release, and hold times, along with filtering to remove hum and hiss, ensuring subtle sounds are preserved.
- AUv3 compatible plugin
- Suppresses background noise
- Controllable attack, release, and hold
- High and low pass filtering
- Preserves subtle sounds
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This is an AUv3 compatible noise gate which can be used as a plugin with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Meteor, GarageBand or Auria. Anyone working in a live recording environment whether that be with a microphone or a high gain guitar effects will feel the need to suppress unwanted noise. This gated noise gate allows you to suppress any background noise over a specified level by a chosen suppression amount. This allows subtle sounds to still be heard as opposed to the brick wall approach. The effect has controllable attack, release and hold times as well as high and low pass filtering to eliminate main hum and hiss. This is one of a series of AUv3 compatible plugins available from 4Pockets;
MicroPitch
This audio effect app offers fine-resolution pitch shifting and delays for subtle tone fattening and slapback effects. It allows for creating depth, dimension, and pristine chorusing with expanded controls and innovative features.
- Two voices of pitch shifting
- Up to 2 seconds of delay per voice
- Classic stereo-spreading effect
- Slapback effects
- Chorusing effect
- Pitch dive or rise effects
- Innovative Ribbon controller
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MicroPitch is a fine-resolution pitch shifter for subtle tone fattening, plus delays for interesting slap back effects. With origins in the legendary Eventide H3000 Harmonizer®, MicroPitch is the effect that put Eventide on the map. The plug-in allows mixing in detuned and delayed versions of a signal creating depth and dimensions not possible before with expanded controls for deep pitch dives, haunting echoes, and pristine chorusing effects. Features: - Two voices of pitch shifting, one from unison to -50 cents, the other from unison to +50 cents, each with up to 2 seconds of delay. - Create classic stereo-spreading effect. - Create slapback effects using longer delay times. - Mod Depth and Rate provide chorusing effect on each voice. - Use Feedback to perform pitch dive or rise effects. - Incredibly easy use with included presets. - Innovative Ribbon allow for changing any combination of parameters simultaneously. - Use Mix Lock to scroll through presets while keeping the wet-dry mix constant. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MicroPitch at every 4 weeks against Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's every 42 months. MicroPitch also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 4). Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $9.99) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). 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
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99 and MicroPitch $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 88% of MicroPitch's.
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, MicroPitch every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin | MicroPitch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 4.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4Pockets.com | Eventide |
Customer experience
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin
MicroPitch
In-app purchases
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin
No in-app purchases
MicroPitch
No in-app purchases
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