Comparison

Analog Stone vs Sightlines

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

Head to head
About

Analog Stone

This app emulates a classic 1979 four-stage analog phaser pedal, bringing its iconic psychedelic sound to iOS. It offers a focused, hardware-like experience with an optional circuit to reduce harshness for experimental sound design.

Highlights
  • Classic 1979 phaser emulation
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Analog modeling engine
  • Add-on circuit for reduced harshness
  • Manual and external rate modulation
  • Supports 44.1, 48, 96 kHz sampling rates
Features
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Analog Stone is a focused AUv3 recreation of a legendary 1979 four-stage analog phaser. It brings the character and simplicity of the original pedal to iOS, powered by the same analog modeling engine as RealPhase. Where RealPhase takes the rackmount approach with its 50+ parameters (which can be more than some users need), Analog Stone does one thing beautifully: delivering that iconic, sweeping, psychedelic color with the raw immediacy of physical hardware. The plugin includes an add-on circuit that reduces the harshness and other non-musical artifacts that can emerge at high modulation rates (in free-running mode only). This makes the effect useful even in experimental settings such as glitch effects, with more possibilities to explore when modulating the rate parameter either manually or via external means. PLEASE NOTE: • An AUv3-compatible host is required to use this app • Supported sampling rates: 44.1, 48, 96 kHz • Host tracks must be at least CD-quality (44.1 kHz). Note that some virtual instruments, such as GarageBand’s Smart Instruments, operate downsampled at 22.05 kHz and are unsupported

About

Sightlines

Shape sounds with a playable harmonic filter. Add motion, stereo spread, and unique textures to noise, samples, or synths. Tune it like a resonator or control it with MIDI for endless sonic possibilities.

Highlights
  • Harmonic filter bank
  • MIDI control
  • Sample loading
  • Noise and synth sound sources
  • Modulation capabilities
  • Built-in chorus, delay, and reverb
Features
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Make noise, texture, and percussion sing. Add motion and stereo spread to basic sounds. Load samples and sculpt them endlessly. Leave your mark on any sound with harmonic filtering. Sightlines is a playable harmonic filter. Built from a collection of resonant bandpass filters tuned to the harmonic series, designed to bring out a customizable set of musical frequencies in any sound. Tune it to a fixed frequency like a resonator, or send it MIDI to make it come alive as an instrument. Sightlines can be loaded as an instrument or an audio effect. As an instrument, use it with samples, noise, or oscillators to construct sounds never heard before. As an effect, add movement and interest to any sound, and even impart tonality onto unpitched input. SOUND SOURCES • Noise – filter variable color noise and random noise bursts for Sightlines’ simplest and quickest output. • Samples – send samples through resonant filters as one-shots or infinite looping versions of themselves, great for found sound and tonal samples alike. • Synth – skip the filters entirely and use Sightlines as a harmonic synth, where you can customize and modulate the proportion of each harmonic in the signal. • Audio effect – use Sightlines as an audio effect on any track. MOVEMENT AND EFFECTS • Manipulate overtones – stretch, bend, and reimagine the harmonic series to retune Sightlines’ output into realistic or indescribable sonic spaces. • Quantize frequencies – snap all of Sightlines’ filters to a scale, to impart that key quality onto any sound. • Balance bands – maneuver through the harmonic space by scanning, tilting, or spreading Sightlines’ bands. • End of chain – make your output shine with a built-in chorus, BBD-style delay, and reverb. FEATURES • Modulation – modify any control in Sightlines with multiple LFOs, sequencers, smooth random sources, and performance effects. • Presets – full preset control over every parameter in Sightlines. Cross-platform preset format for sharing with friends. • Waymaker – connect to Sightlines’ sibling application, Waymaker, for direct sequencing of Sightlines’ without MIDI routing. Also available for macOS and Windows in VST3 / AU / AAX formats from Aqeel Aadam Sound.

Screenshots

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Sightlines1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Analog Stone at every 2 days against Sightlines's weekly. Analog Stone also leads on price ($5.99 vs $7.99). Sightlines's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On rating, 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

Analog Stone costs $5.99 and Sightlines $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Analog Stone against 5.0 for Sightlines. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Analog Stone ships an update every 2 days, Sightlines weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Analog Stone versus Sightlines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnalog StoneSightlines
Price$5.99 — better$7.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperquantovoxAqeel Aadam

In-app purchases

None

Analog Stone

No in-app purchases

None

Sightlines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Analog Stone free?
Analog Stone costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sightlines free?
Sightlines costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Analog Stone or Sightlines?
Analog Stone and Sightlines are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Analog Stone or Sightlines have ads?
Neither Analog Stone nor Sightlines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Analog Stone or Sightlines?
Analog Stone ships an update every 2 days, and Sightlines weekly. Most recently, Analog Stone was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sightlines on October 25, 2026.

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