QVox vs Phonolyth Cascade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QVox
This app transforms audio into four independent voices with pitch shifting and delay. Create harmonies, widen instruments, and design rhythmic sequences by controlling key, scale, and voice parameters in real-time.
- Four independent voices with pitch shifting and delay
- Selectable key and scale for harmonies
- Adjustable delay intervals and tempo sync
- Real-time parameter control with Ribbon controller
- Factory and user presets
- Mixlock for consistent auditioning
- AUv3 plugin and Standalone app
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QVox is a creative audio effect that transforms vocals, guitars, drums, and synths into four independent voices. Create beautiful harmonies, widen instruments and design groovy rhythmic sequences with diatonic pitch shifting and delay. You can choose the key, scale, and each voice’s pitch and delay interval, with the ability to alter any parameters in real-time using the Ribbon controller. Features: - Four independent voices (labeled as A, B, C, D) with diatonic pitch shifting and delay. - Select Key and Scale to create harmonies that coincide with your compositions or use the Learn button to set the key by the incoming note you play. - Group the four delays so that they are evenly spaced or spread out. - Sync the delays to tempo, or a value of your own choosing. - The Ribbon controller allows for dynamic modification of several knobs at once to easily morph between settings. - Factory presets help get you started or create your own User presets. - Mixlock helps when auditioning different presets by enabling a global Mix value that will remain constant for every subsequently loaded preset. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.
Phonolyth Cascade
This app offers a versatile reverb and diffusion processor with an experimental edge. It allows for the creation of expansive modulated spaces, stereo widening, and hybrid delay/reverb effects. Explore unique sonic territories with a wide range of controls and randomized modulation.
- Expansive modulated supernatural spaces
- Stereo widening and transient smearing
- Hybrid delay/reverb effects
- Chorus, flanger, and resonator-like effects
- Randomized modulation
- Infinity and Freeze buttons
- Mix Lock for preset switching
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Cascade is a versatile reverb and diffusion processor with an experimental edge. Designed first and foremost with expansive modulated supernatural spaces in mind, it features an extensive set of controls to explore other sonic territories such as stereo widening, transient smearing, hybrid delay/reverb and chorus/flanger/resonator-like effects. Features: - Wide range of diffusion textures spanning from subtle smearing and widening to otherworldly reverberation - Lush randomized modulation - Infinity and Freeze buttons for never-ending reverb bliss - Mix Lock for switching presets while keeping the dry/wet mix constant - Freely resizable UI with light and dark color schemes - Cross-platform preset format for sharing across plugin formats and OSes - 30 factory presets to get you started - Includes an AudioUnit v3 plugin for use in host apps such as GarageBand and AUM, and a standalone app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Phonolyth Cascade at 4.9 against QVox's 4.3. Phonolyth Cascade also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and price ($7.99 vs $14.99). On ratings volume, 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
QVox costs $14.99 and Phonolyth Cascade $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Phonolyth Cascade holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of QVox's written reviews are positive against 100% of Phonolyth Cascade's.
QVox ships an update every 5 months, Phonolyth Cascade every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QVox | Phonolyth Cascade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $7.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (17 ratings) | 4.9 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #179 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eventide | Yuri Turov |
Customer experience
QVox
Phonolyth Cascade
In-app purchases
QVox
No in-app purchases
Phonolyth Cascade
No in-app purchases









