Comparison

Scope AUv3 Visualizer vs BLEASS Tides

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

Head to head
About

Scope AUv3 Visualizer

This app provides professional audio visualization with classic oscilloscope effects. It transforms audio into stunning visual displays using GPU-accelerated graphics, offering multiple modes and color schemes. Ideal for live performances, sound design, and audio monitoring.

Highlights
  • Classic phosphor glow effects
  • Linear, circular, and Flurry visualization modes
  • Multiple color schemes
  • Audio-reactive particle dynamics
  • Intuitive touch interface
  • Smooth 60fps+ performance
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Get professional audio visualization with your AUv3 host or the standalone app. Scope transforms your audio into stunning visual displays using GPU-accelerated graphics with classic phosphor glow effects reminiscent of vintage CRT oscilloscopes and more. Featuring Scope Linear, Scope Circular, Flurry particle, Spectrum, Spectrogram, Spectrum Equalizer, 3D Spectrum, Semaphore, Sliding Scope, Loudness and Polar Level visualization modes with single and multi-channel split view, plus an Overlap option that draws both channels on one canvas in Scope Linear. Multiple color schemes (including classic phosphor green, vibrant 80s Red and Rainbow) with smooth transitions. Flurry mode renders mesmerizing smoke-textured particles with audio-reactive dynamics, inspired by the classic screensaver. Loudness is an ITU-R BS.1770 / EBU R128 meter with integrated, short-term and momentary loudness, true peak per channel, loudness range and a three-minute history against streaming, podcast and broadcast targets. Polar Level is a stereo vectorscope that plots pan position against level in dB, shows out-of-phase content in red and includes a correlation meter. All visualization modes are fully automatable parameters in your DAW. Optimized for HiDPI Retina displays with dynamic line width scaling, Scope delivers smooth 60fps+ performance for live performances, creative sound design and professional audio monitoring. Whether you are analyzing dynamics during mixing, assisting with sound synthesis or adding visual interest to your sessions, Scope provides the precision and aesthetic flexibility you need. Place it anywhere in your signal chain to visualize audio at any point, though it is typically used last to analyze the cumulative effects of your processing chain.

About

BLEASS Tides

This music app offers a unique delay processing experience with fluid delay times and advanced modulation. Shape your echoes with input filters and a flexible feedback path featuring multiple effect processors. Its intuitive interface is designed for both touch and mouse interaction.

Highlights
  • Fluid delay time alteration
  • Enhanced modulation system (LFOs, envelope followers)
  • Input filter with resonant bands
  • Feedback path with 11 insertable effect processors
  • Interactive delay visualizer
  • Momentary Freeze and Kill buttons
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BLEASS Tides washes away the dry, uninspiring echoes of conventional delay processors with wave after wave of richly characterful reflections. The plugin's fluid approach to delay processing means delay times can be altered without the unpleasant warping results produced by other delay processors, with the option of a controlled tape-like timing shift, or a simple crossfade between differently timed delays. Better still, with an enhanced modulation system provided by BLEASS' latest plugin technology, you can take full advantage of this delay time fluidity with stereo LFOs, envelope followers and macro controllers that allow you to explore new horizons of exciting delay effects. There's more to creating unique and enthralling delay lines than timing alone, and so BLEASS Tides provides many different ways of shaping and adding character to its repeats. An input filter combining low- and high-pass resonant bands allows you to easily mould the incoming signal and thereby sculpt the resulting echoes. Then, for even deeper and more exhilarating shaping, Tides' feedback path features five insert points into which any of 11 different effect processors can be loaded. These include distortions, filters, pitch and frequency shifting, ring modulation, and even an additional delay processor, all of which can be brought to life with the plugin's stereo modulators. Tides is the first plugin to use BLEASS' v2 plugin engine, its reimagined interface design giving a crisp and clean look to the plugin whilst retaining the familiar and welcoming look and feel of previous BLEASS plugins. The new interface is as easy to use with touchscreens as it is with a mouse, and includes innovative interactive elements such as Tides' delay visualiser that, when clicked with the mouse or touched with a finger, produces fascinating interactive frequency shifting effects. Further realtime interaction comes in the form of momentary Freeze and Kill buttons that are perfect for creating spontaneous, organic effects, whether on stage, on the go, or in the studio. BLEASS Tides' unique approach brings delay processing to new shores with never before heard stereo effects and modulations, extensive tonal shaping, and a user interface that's both easy on the eye and easy to use. More information on https://www.bleass.com/tides

Screenshots

Scope AUv3 Visualizer4 screens
BLEASS Tides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scope AUv3 Visualizer at $3.99 against BLEASS Tides's $14.99. Scope AUv3 Visualizer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). BLEASS Tides's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Scope AUv3 Visualizer costs $3.99 and BLEASS Tides $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BLEASS Tides holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Scope AUv3 Visualizer's written reviews are positive against 75% of BLEASS Tides's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scope AUv3 Visualizer ships an update every 9 days, BLEASS Tides every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scope AUv3 Visualizer versus BLEASS Tides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScope AUv3 VisualizerBLEASS Tides
Price$3.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.2 (21 ratings)4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB28 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperDiscoDSP LLCBLEASS

Customer experience

Scope AUv3 Visualizer

All ratings21 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative28.6%

BLEASS Tides

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scope AUv3 Visualizer

No in-app purchases

None

BLEASS Tides

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scope AUv3 Visualizer free?
Scope AUv3 Visualizer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLEASS Tides free?
BLEASS Tides costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scope AUv3 Visualizer or BLEASS Tides?
BLEASS Tides is rated higher. Scope AUv3 Visualizer averages 4.2 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while BLEASS Tides averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Scope AUv3 Visualizer or BLEASS Tides have ads?
Neither Scope AUv3 Visualizer nor BLEASS Tides shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scope AUv3 Visualizer or BLEASS Tides?
Scope AUv3 Visualizer ships an update every 9 days, and BLEASS Tides every 5 months. Most recently, Scope AUv3 Visualizer was updated on October 6, 2026 and BLEASS Tides on October 1, 2026.

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