Comparison

WebSDR vs Surreal Machines Modnetic

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

Head to head
About

WebSDR

This Audio Unit plugin allows musicians to incorporate live radio broadcasts into their music. It accesses Software Defined Radio streams from servers worldwide, offering unique audio textures for performances and mixes.

Highlights
  • Plays Software Defined Radio streams
  • Integrates live radio audio into music
  • Accesses global radio servers
  • Supports various radio modes (LSB, USB, CW, AM, FM)
  • Provides unique audio textures for mixes
Features
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WebSDR is an Audio Unit Plugin that plays audio from Software Defined Radio (SDR) streams. It allows you to incorporate the sound of live radio into a live music performance. WHAT IS SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO? A software defined radio is a device with an antenna that connects to a computer and allows it to receive live radio broadcasts. It features a wide variety of protocols; in addition to standard AM and FM modes found in most consumer radios it typically includes modes for LSB, USB, CW and other settings used to listen in on the CB radios used by taxi drives, marine weather stations, air traffic control towers, amateur radio enthusiasts and many other types of radio broadcasts. The signals you can access using this app are not your own local radio stations; rather they are the radio stations in the vicinity of a collection of free servers, many of them operated by universities. These servers are positioned in many different countries around the world so using this plugin you can listen in on a variety of radio signals in a wide variety of languages and cultures. WHAT DO PEOPLE USE THIS PLUGIN FOR? The crackly sound of an old-style AM broadcast or a conversation between taxi drivers on a CB radio is a musical flavour that can not be replicated with other plugins. If you are looking for some really unique and interesting material to include in your performances or mixes, this plugin will supply. LIMITATIONS This plugin requires Javascript in order to play sound. Unfortunately that means that the UI must be open the entire time you are using it. When the UI is closed Javascript stops running, similar to the way a website stops playing audio when you close a tab in your browser. NOTE: THIS IS AN AUDIO UNIT PLUGIN. IT RUNS INSIDE A HOST APP SUCH AS GarageBand.

About

Surreal Machines Modnetic

This app offers four distinct audio effects: analog-style tape delay, realistic spring reverb, bucket brigade modulation effects, and classic tone shaping. It blends analog warmth with digital precision for studio or live use.

Highlights
  • Analog-style tape delay
  • Realistic spring reverb
  • Bucket brigade chorus/flanger/phaser
  • Classic tone shaping
  • Digital clarity and routing
  • AUv3 plugin support
Currently charting
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Modnetic gives you four powerful effects in one:  - supreme analog emulated tape delay,  - extremely realistic spring reverb choices,  - bucket brigade chorus / flanger / phaser and  - classic tone.  Analog sounding on the one hand, but digital clarity and impossible tricks on the other, such as classic digital phasers, reverse-tape and clickless realtime routing options. This is built solid enough for live performance as well as to transform your studio. ****** Modnetic is an Audio Unit V3 plugin; it benefits from an AUV3 host like Logic, GarageBand, Cubasis, FL Studio Mobile, AUM, etc.

Screenshots

WebSDR3 screens
Surreal Machines Modnetic1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Surreal Machines Modnetic at 100% against WebSDR's 21%. Surreal Machines Modnetic also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and chart position (#181 vs unranked). WebSDR's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $9.99). 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

WebSDR costs $5.99 and Surreal Machines Modnetic $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surreal Machines Modnetic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of WebSDR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Surreal Machines Modnetic's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
WebSDR versus Surreal Machines Modnetic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWebSDRSurreal Machines Modnetic
Price$5.99 — better$9.99
Rating2.4 (27 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 11 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#181 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.514 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Mangoo Consulting Company LimitedSurreal Machines

Customer experience

WebSDR

All ratings27 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative59.3%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive20.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative73.5%

Surreal Machines Modnetic

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WebSDR

No in-app purchases

None

Surreal Machines Modnetic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WebSDR free?
WebSDR costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surreal Machines Modnetic free?
Surreal Machines Modnetic costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WebSDR or Surreal Machines Modnetic?
Surreal Machines Modnetic is rated higher. WebSDR averages 2.4 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Surreal Machines Modnetic averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do WebSDR or Surreal Machines Modnetic have ads?
Neither WebSDR nor Surreal Machines Modnetic shows ads.

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