Comparison

ChannelStrip vs ChStrip

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

Head to head
About

ChannelStrip

This app provides essential audio processing tools for music production, including a noise gate, equalizer, and compressor. It offers smooth control for mixing and tonal shaping, with a characterful output stage for adding warmth.

Highlights
  • Noise gate with adjustable envelope
  • PEV-modeled equalizer for tone shaping
  • Rough Rider-based compressor
  • Input/output gain control
  • Mute and bypass functions
  • AUv3 plugin support
Features
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ChannelStrip is, as its name implies, a channel strip app and AUv3 plugin. With a gate, equalizer, and compressor, ChannelStrip can provide a solid and easy-to-use channel control for your iOS mixing needs. GATE: The gate is of our own design, and very smooth. With envelope that vary from nearly instantaneous to ludicrously long, you can use it for both basic noise control and more extreme tonal shaping. EQUALIZER: Modeled on the PEV, a famous German "cartridge" equalizer, the EQ in ChannelStrip is super useful for basic tone shaping. A very smooth and forgiving general-purpose EQ. COMPRESSOR: The compressor in ChannelStrip is, at its heart, our Rough Rider model. We removed all the filtering from Rough Rider to make it cleaner, and changed the times to be more appropriate to general mixing duties. I/O: ChannelStrip has positive gain on both the input and output, to get your levels right. It also has a bit of a personality on the output stage if you drive it hard (with either or both the input and output gains). Nominally very clean, it picks up a bit of dirt with high levels just like a hardware console. Along with that, both mute (which mutes the input entirely) and bypass (which sends the inputs right to the outputs without passing the DSP stages) are available as automatable parameters. In short, ChannelStrip is a general utility mixing tool, with a bit of character and a lot of usefulness. We _strongly_ recommend you use the AUv3 version. The standalone is provided as a courtesy, but ChannelStrip is designed as an AUv3 plugin, and prefers to be hosted in a DAW or modular host like GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, nanoStudio, etc.

About

ChStrip

This audio plugin offers a three-band equalizer and a dynamic range compressor for music production. It incorporates analog circuit modeling techniques for a natural sound. Ideal for tracking and mixing, it enhances audio quality with precise control.

Highlights
  • 3-band equalizer
  • Low shelving filter
  • Mid peak/notch filter
  • High shelving filter
  • Stereo dynamic range compressor
  • Feedback topology
  • Side chain high pass filter
Features
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ChStrip is an AudioUnit Extension channel strip plugin which contains an equalizer and a compressor for tracking and mixing. The equalizer is a three band EQ consists of low shelving filter, mid peak / notch filter and high shelving filter. The compressor is a dynamic range compression module uses feed-back topology for natural and musical sound. Both of the equalizer and compressor are not emulation of the particular hardware, but they are build by incorporating the techniques used for the analog circuit modeling. Features ChStrip (AUv3) Equalizer - 3-band EQ, Low Shelving filter, Mid Peak / Notch filter and High Shelving filter. - This Mid filter is different from the mid filter of the channel equalizer plugin. Bandwidth is wider (1 octave) and gain is reduced (+/- 14 dB) Compressor - Stereo dynamic range compression - Feedback topology (Implemented by delay free feedback loop) - Side chain high pass filter - Soft clip, Peak Limiter - Auto fade in and auto fade out Host Application Host application uses system audio input as an audio source and processed audio signal is routed to the system audio output.

Screenshots

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ChStrip3 screens

Verdict

The call

ChannelStrip and ChStrip both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ChStrip's written reviews are positive against 39% of ChannelStrip's. ChStrip also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 66 months). ChannelStrip's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ChannelStrip costs $3.99 and ChStrip $4.99 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 — 5.0 for ChannelStrip against 5.0 for ChStrip. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of ChannelStrip's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChStrip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChannelStrip ships an update every 66 months, ChStrip every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChannelStrip versus ChStrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChannelStripChStrip
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews38.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better
Update frequencyEvery 66 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.5
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.Ryo Togawa

Customer experience

ChannelStrip

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive38.9%
Neutral16.7%
Negative44.4%

ChStrip

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChannelStrip

No in-app purchases

None

ChStrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChannelStrip free?
ChannelStrip costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChStrip free?
ChStrip costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChannelStrip or ChStrip?
ChannelStrip and ChStrip are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do ChannelStrip or ChStrip have ads?
Neither ChannelStrip nor ChStrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChannelStrip or ChStrip?
ChannelStrip ships an update every 66 months, and ChStrip every 3 months. Most recently, ChannelStrip was updated on November 3, 2026 and ChStrip on November 3, 2026.

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