Comparison

BLEASS Reverb vs Surreal Machines Diffuse

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

Head to head
About

BLEASS Reverb

This app offers a unique approach to reverb effects, allowing real-time manipulation and warping of acoustic spaces. It goes beyond standard reverb with features like a mutable generator, freeze mode, and a built-in ducker for creative sound design. Its intuitive interface ensures a focus on sound detail without overwhelming users.

Highlights
  • Mutable reverb generator
  • Real-time space warping
  • Freeze mode
  • Built-in ducker
  • Intuitive interface
  • AUv3 plugin support
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Reverbs let us simulate acoustic spaces, but with BLEASS Reverb you can mutate and warp that space in realtime with tactile, hands-on controls. If what you need is great-sounding acoustic simulation then BLEASS Reverb is happy to help. But BLEASS Reverb goes far beyond conventional reverb processors. Its mutable reverb generator, freeze mode, and built-in ducker open doors to whole new worlds of sonic possibilities for you to explore. BLEASS Reverb’s clear, colourful and intuitive interface allows you to focus on the important details of your sound without overwhelming you with countless arcane options and settings. And nor will your iOS device be overwhelmed by BLEASS Reverb’s super-efficient engine. BLEASS Reverb App is an AUv3 plugin. A Desktop compatible plugin (VST3 / AU / AAX) is also available for Windows and macOS. More information, technical specifications and tutorials available on https://www.bleass.com/reverb/

About

Surreal Machines Diffuse

This audio effect plugin blends analog-modeled delay with classic digital reverb, allowing users to morph between the two for unique soundscapes. It offers intuitive control over smearing, echoes, and damping, inspired by vintage hardware.

Highlights
  • Analog-modeled delay
  • Classic digital reverb
  • Morphing between delay and reverb
  • Nonlinearities and tape-style delay
  • Intuitive control over smearing, echoes, damping
  • AUV3 plugin compatibility
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Diffuse is inspired by classic hardware delay and reverb effects from the 1970’s and 1980’s. It takes a Surreal Machines look at the frontier between delays and reverbs. It's an analog/digital hybrid - an analog modeled delay fused with a classic reverb design used in early digital units. In Diffuse you get more than the best of both worlds - you can morph between delays and reverbs, and find all kinds of fantastical sounds in between the two. You’ll also find plenty of nonlinearities and smooth tape-style delay changes. Diffuse gives you complete control over smearing, echoes and damping in the most intuitive ways possible. ****** Diffuse is an Audio Unit V3 plugin; it benefits from an AUV3 host like Logic, GarageBand, Cubasis, FL Studio Mobile, AUM, etc.

Screenshots

BLEASS Reverb3 screens
Surreal Machines Diffuse1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Surreal Machines Diffuse at 5.0 against BLEASS Reverb's 4.7. Surreal Machines Diffuse also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). BLEASS Reverb's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 6) and price ($6.99 vs $7.99). 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

BLEASS Reverb costs $6.99 and Surreal Machines Diffuse $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surreal Machines Diffuse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLEASS Reverb has 31 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of BLEASS Reverb's written reviews are positive against 100% of Surreal Machines Diffuse's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BLEASS Reverb versus Surreal Machines Diffuse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLEASS ReverbSurreal Machines Diffuse
Price$6.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.7 (31 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLEASSSurreal Machines

Customer experience

BLEASS Reverb

All ratings31 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative6.7%

Surreal Machines Diffuse

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BLEASS Reverb

No in-app purchases

None

Surreal Machines Diffuse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLEASS Reverb free?
BLEASS Reverb costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surreal Machines Diffuse free?
Surreal Machines Diffuse costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BLEASS Reverb or Surreal Machines Diffuse?
Surreal Machines Diffuse is rated higher. BLEASS Reverb averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Surreal Machines Diffuse averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do BLEASS Reverb or Surreal Machines Diffuse have ads?
Neither BLEASS Reverb nor Surreal Machines Diffuse shows ads.

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