UltraTap Delay vs TheStrip by DDMF
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.
TheStrip by DDMF
This audio plugin offers a high-class mixing console experience with its EQ, gate, and compressor. It's designed for efficient CPU usage, allowing you to enhance the spectral and dynamic properties of your entire mix on iOS devices.
- High-class EQ, gate, and compressor
- Low CPU usage
- AUv3 and Inter-App-Audio support
- Compatible with iOS DAWs
- Full spectral and dynamic control
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The Strip is the essential channel strip: the finest EQ, gate and compressor bundled in one beautifully designed plugin. Just slam this baby onto every channel in your project (which you easily can, because of its low CPU usage) and you’ll have the equivalent of a high-class mixing console on your hands. TheStrip puts you in complete control of the spectral and dynamic properties of your whole mix. TheStrip for iOS comes in AUv3 and Inter-App-Audio format for all your production needs on the iOS platform. It can be loaded in all the standard digital audio workstations available for iOS, like Garageband, Cubasis, AUM and the like. Its desktop counterpart has been an essential part of many a producer's daily audio work, and after a long waiting time, the port to iOS could finally be completed.
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The clearest difference is update cadence: UltraTap Delay at every 2 months against TheStrip by DDMF's every 20 months. TheStrip by DDMF's advantage is price ($11.99 vs $14.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). 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
UltraTap Delay costs $14.99 and TheStrip by DDMF $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TheStrip by DDMF holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of UltraTap Delay's written reviews are positive against 100% of TheStrip by DDMF's.
UltraTap Delay ships an update every 2 months, TheStrip by DDMF every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UltraTap Delay | TheStrip by DDMF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $11.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eventide | Christian Siedschlag |
Customer experience
UltraTap Delay
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In-app purchases
UltraTap Delay
No in-app purchases
TheStrip by DDMF
No in-app purchases
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