Comparison

Stereo Delay vs Tanpura

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

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About

Stereo Delay

This audio unit plugin creates natural-sounding stereo delays with unique panning that expands stereo width without sounding repetitive. It features filters and a mixing matrix for dynamic echo placement, ideal for adding depth to music.

Highlights
  • Unique stereo panning matrix
  • Natural, moving stereo echo
  • Low-cut and hi-cut filters
  • Feedback control
  • LFO controlled pan
  • Requires host app
Features
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Blue Mangoo Stereo Delay is designed to be the go-to app a for simple, musically tasteful delay effect. The most unique feature is the way it handles panning of delayed echoes in the stereo field. Most stereo delays set different delay times for the left and right channels, resulting in the famous ping-pong effect. The problem with the ping-pong stereo delay sound is that it's too extreme, and our ears quickly tire of hearing the same pattern of left-then-right delay repeated hundreds of times. This plugin does it differently. Instead of setting delay taps at different times panned hard left or right, it always keeps the same delay time setting for both the left and right channels, but it has a unique mixing matrix controlling the feedback between the left and right channels so that each time the echo repeats, it appears in a new place in the stereo field. This is different from a simple panning delay, because older echoes and newer ones can simultaneously appear at different positions in the stereo field. The result is a very natural stereo echo that expands the stereo width of the sound but doesn't sound repetitive or electronic. It's constantly moving and changing. The wet signal output has low-cut and hi-cut filters. The hi-cut filter tones down the harshness of the delay and makes it sound like natural echoes. The low-cut is especially useful for applying delay without making things sound muddy. At extreme settings the low cut can achieve a lo-fi telephone like delay sound. The signal flow diagram is as follows: Filters => LFO controlled pan => Stereo Delay Lines => Mixing matrix => Feedback to Delay Lines The dry signal (not shown above) bypasses the entire effect. The key difference between this and other delays is the mixing matrix, which is similar to the ones used in feedback delay network reverb effects to mix between multi-channel delays without changing the volume of the sound. It is the matrix (not the LFO) that creates the illusion that the signal has moved to a different location in the stereo field each time it repeats through the delays. *** THIS IS AN AUDIO UNIT ONLY EFFECT. IT REQUIRES A HOST APP SUCH AS AUM, Audiobus, GarageBand, OR Cubasis. IT DOES NOT RUN AS A STANDALONE APP. ***

About

Tanpura

This app provides a virtual drone instrument for Indian classical music practice. It offers rhythmic and melodic accompaniment, allowing users to select and synchronize multiple instruments. Adjust pitch and speed to suit your practice needs.

Highlights
  • Virtual tanpura and swarmandal
  • Rhythmic and melodic accompaniment
  • Synchronize multiple instruments
  • Adjustable pitch range
  • Adjustable play speed
  • Support for various scales
Features
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The tanpura is a drone instrument of Indian music prevalent in both the Hindustani and the Carnatic systems. It plays an important role in a concert of classical music by providing the base note (adharaswara) and by creating an aesthetic ambience on the stage. A well-tuned tanpura can emit possibly all the seven notes of the gamut. Tanpura is an Indian music app that combines a Tanpura/Swarmandal for music learner & lovers. It provides rhythmic and melodic accompaniment for music practice or just to jam along virtual musicians. Featured instruments are Swarmandal/Tanpura. You can select to play one or all of them, and they will automatically synchronize together. The Tanpura Scale Player Support : ---------------------------------- * Pitch Range (-100 to 100) * Play Speed (0.5 to 1.5) The Tanpura Player Support Deferent Scales: -------------------------------------------- The app supports deferent Tanpura scales ranging from "A", "B", "C", "C#", "D", "D#", "E", "F" & "F#"

Screenshots

Stereo Delay4 screens
Tanpura3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stereo Delay at 75% against Tanpura's 0%. Stereo Delay also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Tanpura's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Stereo Delay costs $2.99 and Tanpura $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stereo Delay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stereo Delay has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Stereo Delay's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tanpura's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stereo Delay versus Tanpura: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStereo DelayTanpura
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better13.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Mangoo Consulting Company LimitedSuresh Verma

Customer experience

Stereo Delay

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Tanpura

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stereo Delay

No in-app purchases

None

Tanpura

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stereo Delay free?
Stereo Delay costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tanpura free?
Tanpura costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stereo Delay or Tanpura?
Stereo Delay is rated higher. Stereo Delay averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Tanpura averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stereo Delay or Tanpura have ads?
Neither Stereo Delay nor Tanpura shows ads.

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