Comparison

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin vs TB Sibalance

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 Sibalance

This audio plugin removes harsh sibilance and vocal "esses" using advanced spectral processing. It offers clear visual feedback and a listening mode to identify problematic frequencies, ensuring cleaner vocal and mix results.

Highlights
  • Removes excess sibilance and harshness
  • Advanced perceptual loudness and timbre models
  • Spectral processing for transparent results
  • Clear visual feedback for tuning
  • Listening mode to detect sibilance frequencies
  • Mid or side processing options
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TB Sibalance - the Swiss Army knife de-esser AUv3 plug-in that your vocals deserve TB Sibalance is the perfect AUv3 plugin to remove excess sibilance and harshness from vocals, podcasts and mix busses. It uses advanced perceptual loudness and timbre models to detect excess sibilance. Reduction of excess sibilance is done by spectral processing, resulting in a cleaner and more transparent result compared to conventional de-essers. TB Sibalance provides clear visual feedback to guide your tuning decisions. See what frequencies and sections of your audio signal are modified at the blink of an eye so you can make adjustments quickly and confidently. No more guesswork! TB Sibalance has a listening mode to quickly detect what frequencies are responsible for excessive sibilance, and can process mid or side only to provide even more control to removing harshness from vocals, speech recordings, podcasts or even full mixes. 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 Sibalance1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin at 4.5 against TB Sibalance's 3.4. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and price ($5.99 vs $7.99). TB Sibalance's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 42 months). 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

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99 and TB Sibalance $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 67% of TB Sibalance's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, TB Sibalance every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin versus TB Sibalance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoise Gate AUv3 PluginTB Sibalance
Price$5.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better3.4 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 7 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 Sibalance

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

None

TB Sibalance

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 Sibalance free?
TB Sibalance costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB Sibalance?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin is rated higher. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while TB Sibalance averages 3.4 from 9 ratings.
Do Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB Sibalance have ads?
Neither Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin nor TB Sibalance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB Sibalance?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, and TB Sibalance every 7 months. Most recently, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin was updated on November 2, 2026 and TB Sibalance on November 7, 2026.

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