Comparison

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin vs TB Enhancer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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;

About

TB Enhancer

This professional audio plugin enhances and excites sound, adding depth and sparkle for a studio-quality finish. It processes microphone input in real-time and can be used as an AUv3 plugin in compatible music production apps.

Highlights
  • Studio-grade exciter and enhancer
  • Triple band exciter
  • Spatial widener/enhancer
  • Dynamics enhancer/compressor
  • Timbre enhancer/equalizer
  • Integrated spectrum analyser
  • AUv3 plugin compatibility
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ToneBoosters Enhancer is a studio-quality, professional enhancer, exciter and sweetener AUv3 plugin with an unrivalled workflow, unlimited creative use and a gorgeous, functional user interface. Make your performances shine, your drums cut through the mix, add that extra depth and sparkle to give your creations that professional sound. The ToneBoosters Enhancer app captures the device's microphone input and processes the signals in real time. To use it as a plug-in, use an AUv3-compatible host app such as Steinberg Cubasis, Apple Garageband, Audio Evolution Mobile Studio, Auria, AUM, or others. ToneBoosters Enhancer will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins. Key features: - Studio-grade exciter and enhancer - The same professional sound as the acclaimed desktop version - Triple band exciter with precise control over generated harmonics - Spatial widener / enhancer - Dynamics enhancer / compressor - Timbre enhancer / equalizer - Integrated spectrum analyser - Undo/redo, and A/B comparison - Color themes for the user interface - Max screen support in Garageband - Optimised for iPad and compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch What you should know: - Licenses acquired for this platform are not compatible with other platforms. - Audio Unit (AUv3) extensions require an iPad mini 2, iPad 4 or later models.

Screenshots

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin2 screens
TB Enhancer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TB Enhancer at every 2 months against Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's every 42 months. TB Enhancer also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 4). Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99 and TB Enhancer $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin against 4.6 for TB Enhancer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 92% of TB Enhancer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, TB Enhancer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin versus TB Enhancer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoise Gate AUv3 PluginTB Enhancer
Price$5.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.6 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings418 — better
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer4Pockets.comToneBoosters

Customer experience

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TB Enhancer

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

None

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

None

TB Enhancer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin free?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TB Enhancer free?
TB Enhancer costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB Enhancer?
TB Enhancer is rated higher. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while TB Enhancer averages 4.6 from 18 ratings.
Do Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB Enhancer have ads?
Neither Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin nor TB Enhancer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB Enhancer?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, and TB Enhancer every 2 months. Most recently, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin was updated on October 20, 2026 and TB Enhancer on October 24, 2026.

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