Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin vs SoundMess Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin
This professional audio effect plugin offers studio-quality plate reverb with multi-band EQ and real-time spectrum analysis. It allows for precise control over reverb trails, including ducking and tempo-synced pre-delay, enhancing vocal clarity and creating unique tape-like effects.
- Studio quality plate reverb
- Multi-band EQ with parametric filters
- Real-time spectrum analyzer
- Tempo-synced pre-delay
- Ducking reverb for vocals
- Compressor/limiter section
- Custom preset saving and loading
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This is an AUv3 compatible effect plugin which is intended for use inside your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Auria, Meteor, AUM etc. It will not function as a standalone app. Visual Reverb is a studio quality plate reverb with multi-band EQ and the ability to analyse audio in real time giving an accurate and reliable spectrum representation of your signal flow. This reverb simulates the sound of those famous plate reverbs of old with high levels of diffusion it has a very smooth and pleasing reverb trail which can be tuned to suite using the EQ provided. It includes your typical set of 4 parametric filters which can be used to directly effect the reverb trail in isolation or if required the entire mix. This can be used in addition to the low and high pass filters which effect the reverb trail only. We use a high quality highly hardware optimised FFT to plot the frequency response through the reverb so you can see exactly what effect the EQ changes are having on the reverb trail. The scrolling interface automatically adjusts to the hosts window size to allow a double height display in an appropriate DAW. One of the great features of this reverb is the ability to create ducking reverb trails so that the reverb doesn't swamp your vocals and make an incoherent mess. You also have the ability to sync the pre-delay to the host tempo of your DAW. We also include a Compressor / Limiter section to ensure those EQ settings never get too aggressive. This is a specialised compressor that allows you to use either the reverb output as a control signal or the input signal. This allows you to emphesise reverb trails and create swells which follow a vocal line. You can load and save custom presets as well as copy and paste settngs between instances. This is great if you need to setup multiple instances with the same settings. This is the second of 3 plugins which will make up part of the 'visual' range of effects. Main Features: ○ High quality plate reverb with pre-delay. ○ Automatically sync the pre-delay to your host tempo. ○ Ducking options for surpressing reverb trails. ○ 4 resonant paramettic EQ (+/-24dB per band). ○ Pre or Post filtering options. ○ High and Low Pass filters. ○ Stereo widening and Diffuse filter. ○ Reverb comb filter modulation for tape type effects. ○ Touch interface with multi-touch for controlling filter Q. ○ Spectrum Analyser with 'Wet Only' and 'Output' monitoring. ○ Vertical shift and scale options for the spectrum. ○ Create and save custom presets. ○ Copy / Paste presets between instances. ○ Compressor / Limiter with Auto Makup Gain and Ducking. ○ Twin VU meters with ability to view as PEAK or RMS. ○ Quick Reset options for each section of the EQ. ○ Complete with pre-defined presets for the compressor and EQ sections.
SoundMess Lab
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SoundMess Lab is a careful, offline sound measurement tool for iPhone and iPad. Built for musicians, producers, podcasters, acoustic enthusiasts, and anyone who wants to understand what they're hearing. WHAT IT MEASURES • SPL meter — A/C/Z weighting, Fast/Slow/Impulse time weighting, Leq, L10, L90, Lmax, Lmin, Lpeak, with one-tap session reset • Real-time analyser — 1/3 to 1/24 octave bands with peak hold • FFT — Hann, Hamming, Blackman, Blackman-Harris windows, sizes up to 65,536, exponential averaging • Spectrogram — a 3D waterfall you can turn with a drag, or the classic 2D live and rolling view, with six tuned colour palettes (Pro) • RT60 — per-octave-band reverberation time, ISO 3382-2 T20 method with interrupted pink noise (Pro) • Signal generator — sine, pink, white, swept sine (Pro) • Reference-tone calibration — trim every reading against a known 94 dB source (Pro) SOUND IN 3D The 3D waterfall turns each moment of sound into a ridge line, with frequency across and time stepping back, so room resonances and slow decays stand out at a glance. Drag to change the viewing angle. Free users see an animated preview on the Spectrogram tab; Pro unlocks the full, live view. SIX THEMES, TWO LAYOUTS Five themes are free: Studio Cyan, Aurora, Solar Flare, Graphite Safety and Arctic Cobalt, three dark and two light. Pro adds Tactical Violet, a dark console theme with its own layout for every screen, Japanese labels and small English captions. Preview it for 15 seconds from Settings → Appearance. Turn your iPhone sideways for a landscape layout that gives the chart room. On iPad it works in any orientation and in multiple windows. BUILT CAREFULLY SoundMess Lab implements the IEC 61672 A/C/Z weighting curves with published coefficients to 10 decimals, Paul Kellett pink noise, and ISO 3382-2 T20 linear regression for RT60 fitting. Every reading shows a confidence indicator so you know which frequencies you can trust — built-in iPhone microphones have known hardware limits below 500 Hz and above 8 kHz, and we don't pretend otherwise. HONEST ABOUT LIMITS Every phone microphone has physical constraints. SoundMess Lab shows you where it can be trusted and where it can't. It's a serious listening tool for creative work — not a replacement for a calibrated measurement microphone in professional field acoustics or compliance settings. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Nothing you measure ever leaves your device. No account, no analytics, no ads, no cloud. Audio is only written to disk when you start a recording, and those files stay in your app sandbox until you choose to share them. FREE INCLUDES SPL meter (with L10 / L90 / session reset), 1/3-octave RTA, FFT (4096 · Hann), peak hold, Freeze, five themes, a preview of the 3D waterfall, and a short try of Tactical Violet. PRO UNLOCKS Spectrogram (3D waterfall, plus 2D live + rolling), RT60 room-acoustics measurement, fractional RTA (1/6, 1/12, 1/24), advanced FFT (sizes up to 65,536, Hamming / Blackman / Blackman-Harris windows, exponential averaging), signal generator (sine / pink / white / sweep), recording history with notes / tags / baselines and RTA / FFT A/B comparison, PNG / CSV / PDF export and WAV sharing, automatic device compensation, reference-tone calibration, external mic calibration-curve import (.txt / .frd), and the Tactical Violet theme with its own console layout. PRICING • One-time Lifetime purchase · Family Sharing supported No subscription, no auto-renew. BUILT FOR THE WORK Most sound apps optimise for the spike — big colourful needles and "how loud is a rock concert" trivia. SoundMess Lab is built for the work: reading a room, shaping a mix, checking a speaker, measuring a decay, teaching acoustics. Careful DSP, calm UI, no noise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SoundMess Lab at Free against Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin's $7.99. Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads 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
SoundMess Lab is free to download; Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin costs $7.99 up front. SoundMess Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 6 weeks, SoundMess Lab every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin | SoundMess Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4Pockets.com | Chih Han Lin |
In-app purchases
Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin
No in-app purchases
SoundMess Lab
- SoundMess Lab Pro (Lifetime)$5.99
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