Darkglass Suite vs Cortex Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darkglass Suite
This app serves as a companion for Bluetooth-enabled audio devices, allowing users to configure settings, save EQ presets, and load custom impulse responses. It offers a range of features for fine-tuning virtual amplifier tones and noise gate settings on supported products.
- Bluetooth device configuration
- Load custom impulse responses
- Save EQ presets
- Hone virtual poweramp tone
- Noise gate settings
- Supports multiple Darkglass devices
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Darkglass Suite is a free software companion for your Bluetooth-enabled Darkglass devices. It comes with a set of hand-picked impulse responses from Darkglass artists and the Darkglass team, and you can also freely load your own impulses. Configure your device, and on supported products, save EQ presets, hone in your virtual poweramp tone, noise gate settings, and more! --- Not all displayed features are supported on every Darkglass device. Darkglass Suite currently supports: - Element - Aggressively Distorted Advanced Machine - Alpha Omega Φoton - Microtubes Infinity - Exponent 500
Cortex Cloud
Manage your Nano Cortex and access cloud-based content with an elegant interface. Browse and download presets, neural captures, and more. Control your device's profile and privacy settings.
- Control Nano Cortex
- Access Cortex Cloud
- Browse users and presets
- Download content
- Manage profile and privacy
- Share content
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Control your Nano Cortex and access Cortex Cloud through an intuitive and elegant interface. Browse users, Presets, Neural Captures, and more. Download items to have them display instantly on your device. You can also manage your profile and change the privacy settings for any files you have uploaded to Cortex Cloud. Benefits: Access deeper customization options for your Nano Cortex. Seamlessly download Presets, Neural Captures, and other items to your Quad Cortex or Nano Cortex. Manage your profile and the items you have uploaded to Cortex Cloud. Discover and follow users. Share Presets and Neural Captures with your friends. Cortex Cloud requires a free Neural DSP account and a registered Quad Cortex or Nano Cortex. Cortex Cloud is not required to use the Quad Cortex or Nano Cortex but provides deeper customization options for the Nano Cortex.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Darkglass Suite at 4.0 against Cortex Cloud's 3.4. Darkglass Suite also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 29%). Cortex Cloud's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 23) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Darkglass Suite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 72 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Darkglass Suite's written reviews are positive against 29% of Cortex Cloud's.
Darkglass Suite ships an update monthly, Cortex Cloud every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darkglass Suite | Cortex Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (23 ratings) — better | 3.4 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better | 28.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darkglass Electronics Oy | Neural DSP |
Customer experience
Darkglass Suite
Cortex Cloud
In-app purchases
Darkglass Suite
No in-app purchases
Cortex Cloud
No in-app purchases
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