Filterstep vs Clon Minotaur Overdrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Filterstep
This app offers a creative motion filter plugin for real-time rhythmic movement. Explore intricate patterns and sonic possibilities with various filter effect settings and randomization. Shape any sound into a unique groove.
- Real-time rhythmic movement
- Intricate filter effect settings
- Filter randomization
- Three filter types
- Sequencer movement control
- Infinity mode
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Filterstep is a creative motion filter plugin which provides all kinds of intricate rhythmic movement to any input in real-time. It can give you incredibly complex and nuanced results based on various filter effect settings, and almost infinite possibilities for sonic exploration through filter randomization. You can choose between three filter types, range, frequency, quantization, sequencer movement and more. Craft interesting patterns, or let it run endlessly using the infinity mode. Add filter motion and shape any sound into a groove.
Clon Minotaur Overdrive
This app models a renowned guitar overdrive pedal, offering a clean boost or distorted tones. It can be used as a standalone application or integrated with other audio apps.
- Transparent overdrive emulation
- Clean boost functionality
- Distorted signal with germanium diodes
- Gain, treble, and volume controls
- Standalone app
- AudioUnit v3 effect
- Inter-App Audio effect
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Clon Minotaur Transparent Overdrive is modeled on The Klon Centaur* a guitar overdrive pedal developed between 1990 and 1994. The Clon Minotaur is characterized as a "transparent" overdrive, meaning it adds gain to the signal without significantly altering the tone of the guitar. Depending on the settings of the control knobs, the Clon Minotaur Transparent Overdrive can act mostly as a clean boost, adding mostly volume and minimal coloring to the sound. This can be used to drive the input valve stage of the virtual amplifier to use the characteristic distortion sound of an overdriven guitar amp. Clon Minotaur Transparent Overdrive controls can be set to distort the sound signal in the plugin, where two modeled germanium diodes can perform waveform clipping. The gain parameter controls the balance between the modeled diode clipping stage and the clean stage. The two signals are summed together before they interact with the other two controls, treble and volume. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect Legal Disclaimer: * Please note that all marks and models are all trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Nembrini Audio. These marks and names are used solely for the purpose of describing certain tones produced using Nembrini Audio’s modeling technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Filterstep at free against Clon Minotaur Overdrive's free with in-app purchases. Filterstep also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 33 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15). Clon Minotaur Overdrive's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (86% vs 73%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clon Minotaur Overdrive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Filterstep's written reviews are positive against 86% of Clon Minotaur Overdrive's.
Filterstep ships an update every 6 months, Clon Minotaur Overdrive every 33 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Filterstep | Clon Minotaur Overdrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AUDIOMODERN | Nembrini Audio |
Customer experience
Filterstep
Clon Minotaur Overdrive
In-app purchases
Filterstep
No in-app purchases
Clon Minotaur Overdrive
No in-app purchases
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