808 Overdrive Pro vs Blindfold EQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
808 Overdrive Pro
This audio plugin emulates a classic green overdrive pedal, offering versatile sound modification for guitarists. It's designed to produce breathtaking sounds and can be used standalone or with other audio apps.
- Classic overdrive pedal emulation
- Drive, Tone, and Level controls
- Standalone app functionality
- AudioUnit v3 effect compatible
- Inter-App Audio effect compatible
- Responsive and versatile sound
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Jazz, Rock, Metal, no matter what genre you play. NA 808 Overdrive Pro little magic box plugin will prove to be essential to your collection. It is very responsive and versatile, available for FREE. NA 808 Overdrive Pro is modeled on the Japanese green pedal with the same JRC4558D IC chip. The featured knobs on this classic “stomp-box” plugin indicate controls for Drive dial, Tone and Level, so you can modify your sound to your liking. NA 808 Overdrive Pro classic overdrive pedal is everything that made its original release fantastic, and more. Regularly remarked as the “Holy Grail” of overdrive pedals, it should be an integral part of every guitarists’ plugins arsenal. This pedal plugin produces amazing, breathtaking sounds, justifying its tradition and quality. If you’d like the push the boundaries of this brilliant “stomp-box” to its maximum potential, you can attach it to an amp plugin distortion setting, for producing that slick valve tune. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect
Blindfold EQ
This music production tool offers a unique approach to audio equalization by removing all visual indicators. Users must rely solely on their hearing to adjust four distinct frequency bands, fostering a more intuitive and ear-focused mixing experience.
- Four-band EQ (LowShelf, LowMid, HighMid, HighShelf)
- Blind knobs with no visual indicators
- Ear-based frequency and gain adjustment
- Intuitive mixing workflow
- Freeware plugin
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Blindfold EQ is a freeware EQ plugin inspired by a quote by Matt Wallace from the book Recording Unhinged by Sylvia Massy. It has 4 bands (LowShelf, LowMid, HighMid, HighShelf), but each knob is blind. There are no indicators or numbers to show frequency values, gain values or Q values. You have to use your ears.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 808 Overdrive Pro at 5.0 against Blindfold EQ's 4.8. Blindfold EQ's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
808 Overdrive Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 34 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | 808 Overdrive Pro | Blindfold EQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (31 ratings) — better | 4.8 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nembrini Audio | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
808 Overdrive Pro
Blindfold EQ
In-app purchases
808 Overdrive Pro
No in-app purchases
Blindfold EQ
No in-app purchases
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