Comparison

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin vs TB MBC

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 MBC

This advanced audio processing tool offers a powerful multi-band compressor and analog saturator for iOS. Sculpt your sound with up to 12 configurable bands, each with dual compressor curves and saturation options. Achieve professional audio results with extensive features for detailed sound manipulation.

Highlights
  • Up to 12 configurable frequency bands
  • Dual compressor curves per band
  • Positive and negative saturation per band
  • External side chain support
  • Mid-side processing
  • Spectrum analyzer
  • AUv3 plugin
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TB MBC - the ultimate Multi-Band Compressor AUv3 plug-in TB MBC is a multi-band dynamics processor and analog saturator, providing a wealth of tools to sculpt your audio tracks. With up to 12 (!) fully configurable bands, 2 compressor curves per band, positive and negative saturation, and external side chain support, it is the most complete and versatile multi-band compressor available for iOS today. Features: - Up to 12 frequency bands! - Every band has two compressor curves - Upward and downward compression in each band - Positive and negative (expansive) saturation per band - Mid-side processing per band (for stereo input) - External side chain compression per band - Variable, positive and negative band linking per band - Manual or automatic, program-dependent release - Configurable compression knee and compression range parameters - Audition mode per band - 2nd order or 4th order cross-over network - Dry/wet mixing control for parallel / New York style compression - High Quality mode using internal oversampling - Spectrum analyser with various graphic presentation modes - Input and output gain parameters, and output digital VU meter - AUv3 with resizable UI and dozens of color themes to choose from - Preset management including import and export options - Undo, redo, A/B switching - High-quality output peak limiter 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 MBC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TB MBC at every 2 months against Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's every 42 months. TB MBC also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $9.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On rating, 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 MBC $9.99 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 MBC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 89% of TB MBC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, TB MBC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin versus TB MBC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoise Gate AUv3 PluginTB MBC
Price$5.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.6 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings413 — 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 MBC

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

None

TB MBC

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 MBC free?
TB MBC costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB MBC?
TB MBC is rated higher. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while TB MBC averages 4.6 from 13 ratings.
Do Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB MBC have ads?
Neither Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin nor TB MBC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or TB MBC?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, and TB MBC every 2 months. Most recently, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin was updated on October 20, 2026 and TB MBC on October 30, 2026.

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