Comparison

ChStrip vs Dubplate Player

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

Head to head
About

ChStrip

This audio plugin offers a three-band equalizer and a dynamic range compressor for music production. It incorporates analog circuit modeling techniques for a natural sound. Ideal for tracking and mixing, it enhances audio quality with precise control.

Highlights
  • 3-band equalizer
  • Low shelving filter
  • Mid peak/notch filter
  • High shelving filter
  • Stereo dynamic range compressor
  • Feedback topology
  • Side chain high pass filter
Features
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ChStrip is an AudioUnit Extension channel strip plugin which contains an equalizer and a compressor for tracking and mixing. The equalizer is a three band EQ consists of low shelving filter, mid peak / notch filter and high shelving filter. The compressor is a dynamic range compression module uses feed-back topology for natural and musical sound. Both of the equalizer and compressor are not emulation of the particular hardware, but they are build by incorporating the techniques used for the analog circuit modeling. Features ChStrip (AUv3) Equalizer - 3-band EQ, Low Shelving filter, Mid Peak / Notch filter and High Shelving filter. - This Mid filter is different from the mid filter of the channel equalizer plugin. Bandwidth is wider (1 octave) and gain is reduced (+/- 14 dB) Compressor - Stereo dynamic range compression - Feedback topology (Implemented by delay free feedback loop) - Side chain high pass filter - Soft clip, Peak Limiter - Auto fade in and auto fade out Host Application Host application uses system audio input as an audio source and processed audio signal is routed to the system audio output.

About

Dubplate Player

Features
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The world hasn't heard it yet. You have. Dubplate turns a private folder in your cloud storage into a proper album library. Connect Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, or a Nextcloud server of your own, pick a folder, and it becomes an album you can play: artwork, tracklist, gapless-feel playback, lock-screen controls, and offline listening. It is built for the music that isn't on streaming. Unreleased albums and rough mixes. Pre-release folders someone shared with you. Bandcamp buys, live rips, out-of-print records, the bootlegs in the vault. HOW IT WORKS 1. Connect your cloud. Sign in to Dropbox, OneDrive or your own Nextcloud. Dubplate asks for read-only access: it can see and stream your files, never change them. 2. Pick a folder. Your own, or one shared with you. Dubplate reads the tags, or the filenames when there are none, and builds a clean album with artwork and tracklist. 3. Press play. Stream straight from your cloud, or sync an album to your device and listen offline. FEATURES - Albums built from folders, with embedded artwork and real track durations - Folders shared with you, not only your own - Offline sync: download an album and play it in airplane mode - Background audio and lock-screen controls - Playlists across albums, and per-track title and artist corrections - Lyrics and liner notes picked up from files beside your music - Search across your whole library - Light and dark, in English and Norwegian PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION There is no Dubplate server. The app talks straight from your device to the service you connected, and to nothing else. Your sign-in, your file names, your folder structure and your audio never reach a server we run, and your library is stored only on your device. Dubplate is read-only. It never uploads, renames, moves or deletes anything in your storage, and it never asks a service for permission to. PRICING One album free, with every feature. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited albums. No subscription and no ads. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. WHAT YOU NEED An account with Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive, or a Nextcloud server, with music files already in it. Dubplate is a player for storage you already have: it does not sell, provide or find music for you. Two notes on OneDrive, so nothing is a surprise. OneDrive gives apps no way to list the folders other people have shared with you, so add the folder to your own OneDrive with "Add shortcut to My files", or paste its link into the app. And OneDrive support is built for personal Microsoft accounts; a work or school account may need approval from whoever administers it. Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox, Inc. Microsoft and OneDrive are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Nextcloud is a trademark of Nextcloud GmbH. Dubplate is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

Screenshots

ChStrip3 screens
Dubplate Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dubplate Player at Free against ChStrip's $1.99. Dubplate Player also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). ChStrip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.5 vs 17.0). On ads 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

Dubplate Player is free to download; ChStrip costs $1.99 up front. Dubplate Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChStrip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChStrip ships an update every 3 months, Dubplate Player monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChStrip versus Dubplate Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChStripDubplate Player
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyo TogawaErik Buene

In-app purchases

None

ChStrip

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dubplate Player

One-time1
  • Dubplate Premium$1.99

Questions

Is ChStrip free?
ChStrip costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dubplate Player free?
Dubplate Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChStrip or Dubplate Player have ads?
Neither ChStrip nor Dubplate Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChStrip or Dubplate Player?
ChStrip ships an update every 3 months, and Dubplate Player monthly. Most recently, ChStrip was updated on October 26, 2026 and Dubplate Player on October 25, 2026.

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