Comparison

Dirac Live vs Orbit Lite

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

Head to head
About

Dirac Live

This app digitally corrects your room's acoustics to improve sound quality. It addresses timing issues and reflections that affect audio clarity, localization, and bass response. Offers a tailored target curve and simplified calibration for a better listening experience.

Highlights
  • Digital room acoustics correction
  • Improves sound localization
  • Enhances clarity and intelligibility
  • Deeper, tighter bass response
  • Tailored target curve algorithm
  • Simplified calibration process
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Note: To use this app, you will need a Dirac capable device. This device must additionally support connecting a microphone - you cannot use your phone as a microphone with this app. If your device does not support a microphone, instead use the desktop version. No matter how much you’ve invested in your sound system, your room will always have an impact on the sound quality – an all-too-often overlooked fact. Dirac Live Room Correction deals with these challenges in a unique way by addressing the issues that no other product on the market can. That’s why Dirac Live has been adopted by the world’s leading manufacturers of high-end audio-video equipment and praised by audiophiles and music creators all over the world. Room correction solutions have been around for decades. But we at Dirac realize these only act as advanced equalizers, smoothing the frequency curve but totally missing the timing aspect. Room reflections and misaligned speakers will cause sounds to arrive at your ears with different time delays, blurring the sound image. With Dirac Live® you’ll experience three key benefits: 1. Improved localization of sound events, or staging. 2. Better clarity and intelligibility in both music and speech. 3. A deeper, tighter bass response, free of resonance throughout the entire listening area. Dirac Live on iOS provides a richer user experience and better interactivity compared to using an on-screen display with remote control. For existing users of Dirac Live on iOS, you will enjoy the following enhancements: 1. A new and unique algorithm that tailors the target curve to your room and sound system. 2. A tool that lets you design your sound profile by adjusting two bars with your fingertips. 3. A simplified calibration process with fewer steps. Dirac Live® makes use of QT. QT is licensed under LGPLv3. For more information about Dirac Live please visit https://www.dirac.com/live/

About

Orbit Lite

Features
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Orbit Lite does one thing well: reliable immersive monitoring. Load a master and listen — ADM and IAMF/Eclipsa Audio™, on headphones or a full rig, with video in sync and up to 24 channels of output. Built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, Orbit Lite shares its licence, rendering engine and workflow with Orbit Lite for macOS. NEW: A/B COMPARE Add the stereo master beside your immersive mix. Orbit Lite time-matches the two, switches between them at a tap, and checks where they differ — length, sample rate, loudness and more. Trim either side with A/B Levels. MULTICHANNEL WAVEFORM See every channel of the 7.1.4 bed on its own lane, or switch to the spatial waveform — HOA and real object motion, rendered accurately. Six palettes, in light or dark. IAMF/ECLIPSA AUDIO™ Open IAMF and Eclipsa Audio files directly, with mix-presentation switching, built on the final IAMF 2.0 specification. ADM AND DOLBY ATMOS Drop in any ADM BWF, including ADM masters from popular DAWs like Logic and Pro Tools and EBU broadcast files. Switch programmes and languages, rendered by Orbit's own engine. VIDEO IN SYNC Open an IAMF or Eclipsa Audio MP4 with a video track and the picture stays locked to the spatial audio, with smooth 4K seeking. AUDIO INTERFACES Class-compliant interfaces just work. Patch the outputs in the routing matrix and monitor up to 24 channels, on 7.1.4 or custom speaker layouts (.osls). BINAURAL AND APPLE SPATIAL AUDIO Listen on headphones with Orbit's binaural renderer, with head tracking on or off — or hear it through Apple's own spatial renderer with AirPods and other compatible devices, just as Apple Music will. STEREO FOLD-DOWN Fold down to stereo for a quick check through any output. OBJECT PANNING Choose LBAP or VBAP in Settings to match how your content was authored. ON THE GO Check a master anywhere, with playback controls on the Lock Screen.

Screenshots

Dirac Live4 screens
Orbit Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dirac Live at none against Orbit Lite's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Orbit Lite sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Dirac Live asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dirac Live versus Orbit Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDirac LiveOrbit Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirac Research ABSouth Loop Studios

In-app purchases

None

Dirac Live

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbit Lite

One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Orbit Lite for iOS$14.99

Questions

Is Dirac Live free?
Dirac Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit Lite free?
Orbit Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dirac Live or Orbit Lite have ads?
Neither Dirac Live nor Orbit Lite shows ads.

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