Artifacts Lofi Processor vs Valves
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artifacts Lofi Processor
This audio effect plugin adds lofi vibes to any sound. It offers a variety of vintage and digital effects, including noise, drive, digital degradation, and tape emulation, with controls for subtle or extreme fluctuations.
- Noise section (vintage gear, electrical hum)
- Drive section (3 models, tone, gain)
- Digital section (bit depth, sample rate reduction, glitch)
- Tape section (wow, flutter, dropouts)
- Liveliness section for dynamic fluctuations
- Input/output sound shaping
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Artifacts is an audio effect designed to add lofi vibes to any audio signal. Multiple sections allow for a wide variety of lofi effects ranging from noisy vintage gear over crackling vinyl players and wobbly tape machines to crunchy digital sounds and everything in between. With dedicated sections for Noise, Drive, Digital and Tape, Artifacts offers a simple yet powerful way to mix and match various types of lofi effects. A separate Liveliness section makes the plugin come alive by applying sublte or extrem flucuations to any of the 4 sections. In addition, Input and output sections allow for further sound shaping before and after processing. - Noise section - Noise - Electrical (Hum / Whine) - Crackling - Color Control - Ducking - Drive Section - Tone - Gain - 3 Drive Models - Digital - Bit Depth Reduction - Sampling Rate Reduction - Glitch - Tape - Wow - Flutter - Dropouts (Tape Wear / Bias) - Stereo Control Supports: - Standalone - AUv3
Valves
This application emulates vintage tube amplifiers with a multimode resonant filter and a cabinet/EQ section. It offers custom gain control and various filter modes for sound shaping. Explore classic bass and treble EQ with modelled cabinets.
- Vintage tube emulation
- Multimode resonant filter
- Cabinet and EQ section
- Custom gain control
- Low pass, high pass, bandpass, notch modes
- Modelled cabinets
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Valves is a vintage valve emulation plugin with multimode resonant filter and cabinet/EQ section. The valve section is modelled after classic vintage tubes, with added grit and custom gain control. The filter section is modelled after a classic ladder filter (2-pole or 4-pole) with low pass, high pass, bandpass and notch modes. The cabinet/EQ section features a selection of modelled cabinets with classic bass and treble EQ controls.
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Verdict
Artifacts Lofi Processor and Valves both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Valves's written reviews are positive against 0% of Artifacts Lofi Processor's. Artifacts Lofi Processor's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $14.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Artifacts Lofi Processor costs $4.99 and Valves $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Artifacts Lofi Processor against 5.0 for Valves. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Artifacts Lofi Processor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Valves's.
Artifacts Lofi Processor ships an update weekly, Valves every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artifacts Lofi Processor | Valves |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 16 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kai Aras | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Artifacts Lofi Processor
Valves
In-app purchases
Artifacts Lofi Processor
No in-app purchases
Valves
No in-app purchases
Questions
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