Comparison

Audio Type Converter vs Attack Softener

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

Head to head
About

Audio Type Converter

Easily convert audio files to various popular formats like MP3, WAV, and M4a. Select audio from your files or music library, choose a target format, and convert with a single tap. Share converted files via AirDrop, email, or other apps.

Highlights
  • Supports MP3, WAV, M4a, CAF, 3GPP, AIFF conversion
  • Select files from Files app or Music library
  • Simple one-tap conversion process
  • Share converted files via AirDrop, email, and other apps
  • Save converted files to Files and Notes
Features
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Convert audio format to MP3,WAV,M4a,CAF,3GPP and AIFF. The application supports selecting the files from the files application or from the music library.The application is easy to use. Just select an audio/song/music and select a format to which you wish it to be converted to. After this, press on the Convert button to convert the audio to the desired format. After conversion, the converted video could be shared using AirDrop, email, saved to files, saved to Notes and shared using external applications like WhatsApp as well. Below are the supported audio types for conversion : - MP3 - WAV - M4a - CAF - 3GPP - AIFF

About

Attack Softener

This audio effect plugin removes the initial attack transient of notes, allowing for synth-like sounds from various instruments. It functions like a transient shaper but can silence pick sounds for fast music, enabling clean solo tones without distortion.

Highlights
  • Removes note attack transients
  • Creates synth-like instrument sounds
  • Functions like a transient shaper
  • Silences pick sounds for fast music
  • Enables clean solo tones without distortion
  • Preserves original instrument tone
Features
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Attack Softener is an effect that fades the beginning of each note you play to remove the attack transient. This allows you to make synth-like sounds with almost any instrument (guitar, bass, piano, etc.) HOW DOES IT WORK? It functions similarly to a transient shaper. Unlike a transient shaper though, it can bring the volume of attack sounds down to near zero quickly enough to silence the pick sound of an electric guitar in very fast music. WHAT IS IT USED FOR? It works with any instrument but we really like to use it with electric guitar. We recommend the following effect chain: Guitar -> Attack Softener -> Compressor -> Reverb. The combination of the attack softener and compressor is especially nice because the compressor keeps the volume balanced when playing clean solos but heavy compression intensifies the pick click noise, making it inappropriate for many styles of music. With the Attack Softener placed before the compressor you can get a nice, even clean solo tone that doesn't have punchy hard pick sounds. This allows you to play solos with a clean tone, where normally you would have to use distortion or overdrive to get sustain, now you can get that distorted "light touch" feel without the harshness of distortion. MORE TECHNICAL EXPLANATION OF HOW IT WORKS A transient shaper creates two volume envelopes. One rises immediately and falls slowly; the other rises slowly and falls slowly. The difference between these two envelopes indicates how far the volume should be reduced to silence the attack. However, changing the volume very quickly usually causes noise in the sound because of volume changes that happen naturally during the sustain part of the notes. This plugin is different from ordinary transient shapers because it combines several new methods to help it differentiate between real attack transients and other volume changes, and it uses dynamic filters that adjust the response time to ensure that it can respond quickly without introducing audible clicking sounds when the volume changes. IS THERE ANY OTHER EFFECT LIKE THIS OR IS IT SOMETHING NEW? EHX makes a pedal called Attack / Decay that does something similar. There are several other pedals that also do swell effects. All of them are designed for long fades and slow playing except the EHX one, which can operate faster by separating each new note onto its own audio channel using spectral processing. That spectral note separation distorts the tone signficiantly. This Attack Softener plugin is the only effect we are aware of that handles fast picking while preserving the original tone of the instrument.

Screenshots

Audio Type Converter3 screens
Attack Softener4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Audio Type Converter at 100% against Attack Softener's 50%. Audio Type Converter also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99). Attack Softener's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 36 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Audio Type Converter costs $2.99 and Attack Softener $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Type Converter ships an update every 36 months, Attack Softener every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Audio Type Converter versus Attack Softener: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio Type ConverterAttack Softener
Price$2.99 — better$5.99
Rating—4.3 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikhil AnshumanBlue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

Audio Type Converter

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Attack Softener

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Audio Type Converter

No in-app purchases

None

Attack Softener

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Type Converter free?
Audio Type Converter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Attack Softener free?
Attack Softener costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Audio Type Converter or Attack Softener have ads?
Neither Audio Type Converter nor Attack Softener shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Type Converter or Attack Softener?
Audio Type Converter ships an update every 36 months, and Attack Softener every 3 weeks. Most recently, Audio Type Converter was updated on September 28, 2026 and Attack Softener on September 30, 2026.

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