Blackhole Reverb vs TB Equalizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blackhole Reverb
This app creates expansive, otherworldly reverb effects for music production. It allows for the creation of impossible virtual spaces with unique controls for abstract sounds and angelic sheen. Ideal for guitars, vocals, pads, and drums.
- Create impossible virtual spaces
- Soft attack and lingering harmonic tails
- Supernatural settings for abstract effects
- Subtle settings for ambient washes
- Unique 'Gravity' control reverses decay
- Innovative Ribbon and Hotswitch controls
- Flexible mono and stereo options
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Create out of this world ambiance with Blackhole, a reverb effect as big as the cosmos. Blackhole breaks the rules by allowing you to create virtual spaces that could never exist in reality. At large sizes, its soft attack and lingering, harmonic tails allow it to really shine on guitars, strings, vocals and pads. At small sizes those very same qualities can add an angelic sheen to vocals or turn a simple drum track into an otherworldly rhythm section. Features: - Incredibly easy to use with over 80 presets; many created by Eventide artists. - Ability to create extremely musical effects useful for highlighting key instruments. - Supernatural settings for abstract spatial effects and drones. - Subtle settings for ambient washes and track highlighting. - Unique “Gravity” control reverses the arrow of time by inverting the reverb's decay. - Innovative Ribbon and Hotswitch allow for changing any combination of parameters simultaneously. - Fully flexible mono and stereo options. Bring new realms of stereo imaging to mono instruments. - Mixlock allows for scrolling through presets or settings while keeping the wet/dry mix constant. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.
TB Equalizer
This professional audio plug-in offers advanced equalization with a dynamic workflow and warm, non-linear filters. It processes microphone input in real-time and integrates with AUv3-compatible host apps for music production.
- Mastering grade equalizer
- Integrated spectrum and dynamics analyzer
- Up to 16 filter sections
- Dynamic or static filter modes
- AI-powered equalization suggestions
- Oversampling and anti-aliasing
- Mid/side/left/right processing
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ToneBoosters Equalizer is a top-quality, professional, dynamic equalizer AUv3 plug-in with an unrivalled workflow, warm, non-linear filters and a gorgeous, functional user interface. The ToneBoosters Equalizer app captures the microphone (or external sound card) 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 Equalizer will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins. Key features: - Mastering grade, professional equalizer - Integrated spectrum analyser and dynamics analyser - The same professional sound as the acclaimed desktop version - Up to 16 filter sections with a very wide range of filter types - Run each section in dynamic or static mode - Run each section with digital purity or with analog character and non-linearities - Oversampling and anti-aliasing modes to further improve sound quality - Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for content-dependent equalisation suggestions - Audition mode to easily identify problematic frequency areas - Automatic level make up function for every section - Zero latency mode for live operation - Lasso function to select and move multiple filters simultaneously - Piano display to select musical note frequencies - Output VU meters showing peak and RMS levels simultaneously - Undo/redo, and A/B comparison - Color themes for the user interface - Adjustable colours for every filter section - Mid, side, left, right processing for stereo input for each section - Max screen support in Garageband - Optimised for iPad and compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch - Efficient, low CPU usage 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TB Equalizer at $9.99 against Blackhole Reverb's $19.99. TB Equalizer also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 66%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Blackhole Reverb's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Blackhole Reverb costs $19.99 and TB Equalizer $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Blackhole Reverb against 4.6 for TB Equalizer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 66 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Blackhole Reverb's written reviews are positive against 84% of TB Equalizer's.
Blackhole Reverb ships an update every 2 months, TB Equalizer monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Blackhole Reverb | TB Equalizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $9.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (56 ratings) | 4.6 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eventide | ToneBoosters |
Customer experience
Blackhole Reverb
TB Equalizer
Bugs and requests
Blackhole Reverb
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TB Equalizer
Reported bugs
12 issues- Popup window for node selections cannot be disabled
- Plug-in not being read correctly
- Destroys mixed tracks
- App crashes LumaFusion as a plug-in
- Makes audio sound flat
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- Doesn't adjust any frequency
- Compatibility problem with Air Pod Pro
- Dynamic mode only works for taming frequency bands (compression), not boosting (expansion)
- LFO maximum frequency could be improved
- Instruments lose crystalline sound under 17Khz
- Only one channel side chain
- Need more bands for side chain
Requested features
14 requests- Disable popup window for node selections
- Larger UI for iPhones
- Fix plug-in reading issues
- Mouse compatibility
- Improve LFO maximum frequency
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- Add negative dynamic ratios
- Implement multi-band compressor
- Add a channel for ~5 bands side chain
- More documentation available
- Add brickwalls
- Fading spectrum on reverb app
- More Tonebooster AUs on iOS
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Blackhole Reverb
No in-app purchases
TB Equalizer
No in-app purchases
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