UltraTap Delay vs Analog Rack Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UltraTap Delay
Create rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, and evolving soundscapes with up to 64 taps. This app offers unique controls for shaping sound, including LFOs, envelopes, and a "Slurm" control for smearing and modulation. Explore over 150 inspiring presets and innovative performance features.
- Up to 64 taps for complex delays
- Spread knob for rhythmic spacing
- LFOs and envelopes for stutter effects
- Slurm control for unique modulation
- Stereo image control
- Over 150 presets
- Ribbon and Hotswitch controls
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UltraTap is a unique multi-tap effect capable of rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, huge pad-like volume swells and extraordinary modulation. It’s the perfect tool for creating drum fills, vocal choruses, swelling guitar chords and other evolving effects — everything from reversed reverbs to a massed church choir singing a Gregorian chant in Notre-Dame Cathedral. Features: - Use up to 64 taps to create simple repeats or morph delays into choruses and reverbs. - Speed up or slow down the rhythmic spacing between taps using the Spread knob. - Use the onboard LFOs and envelopes to chop the sound source into stuttered rhythms. - Use the innovative "Slurm" control to smear taps together or modulate them to create truly unique reverbs. - Control the stereo image of taps to alternate between hard-panned and mono. - Over 150 presets designed to inspire; including artist presets by Chris Carter, Colin Newman, Sasha and many more. - Innovative Ribbon and Hotswitch allow for changing any combination of parameters simultaneously. - Use Mix Lock to scroll through presets while keeping the wet-dry mix constant. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.
Analog Rack Compressor
This audio plugin emulates the sound of analog tube preamps and rack compressors for music production. It offers an easy-to-use interface to sculpt dynamics and add analog coloration to your tracks. It functions as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect.
- Analog tube preamp emulation
- Dynamic sculpting
- Easy-to-use interface
- Standalone app
- AudioUnit v3 effect
- Inter-App Audio effect
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Analog Rack Compressor plugin ideal to sculpt the dynamic with an easy to use interface. Nembrini Audio has taken the guitarists most preferred analog and digital effect pedals and has repacked it in new rack style plugins easy to use and extremely powerful at the same time, with the addition of a custom design tube preamp virtual circuit which gives color to the signal in a very special way. Just insert the Analog Rack Compressor plugin in your tracks to hear its beautiful analog tube coloration! Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Analog Rack Compressor at $2.99 against UltraTap Delay's $14.99. UltraTap Delay's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 3). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
UltraTap Delay costs $14.99 and Analog Rack Compressor $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Analog Rack Compressor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UltraTap Delay has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
UltraTap Delay ships an update every 2 months, Analog Rack Compressor every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UltraTap Delay | Analog Rack Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eventide | Nembrini Audio |
Customer experience
UltraTap Delay
Analog Rack Compressor
In-app purchases
UltraTap Delay
No in-app purchases
Analog Rack Compressor
No in-app purchases
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