Comparison

Things vs Combustor

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

Head to head
About

Things

This app offers an experimental filter bank delay effect for creative sound design. It features up to 10 band pass filters with adjustable resonance and individual delay controls. Users can manipulate various parameters across bands to generate unique echoes, reverbs, and sequences.

Highlights
  • Up to 10 band pass filters
  • Controllable resonance per band
  • Dedicated delay with feedback per band
  • Parameter spread across bands
  • AUv3 and Standalone support
Features
Read full description

Bubbles is an unusual filter bank effect plugin (AUv3 and Standalone) aimed at experimental sound design. You can use up to 10 band pass filters, represented by bubbles in the UI, with controllable resonance. Each band can have a dedicated delay with feedback. You can spread the cutoff, resonance, delay time, and delay feedback across each band to get very creative effects, from odd-sounding echoes/reverbs to impossible sequences.

About

Combustor

This audio effect extension transforms tracks with a unique time-bending resonator. Create vibrant textures, subtle resonances, and dynamic sweeps. It's designed for electronic musicians and producers seeking to add wild or organic qualities to their sounds.

Highlights
  • Time bending resonator effect
  • Creates distorted textures and physical resonance
  • Envelope follower for dynamic control
  • MIDI input for melodic control
  • Performative interface
  • AUv3 compatible
Features
Read full description

*** Note: Combustor is an Audio Unit effect extension and requires an AUv3 compatible host app, like Logic Pro, Drambo or GarageBand. It does not run as a standalone app *** Combustor is a unique, wild resonating body fashioned to spice up or extremely transform your tracks. At the heart of Combustor is a custom time bending resonator that doesn't sound like anything you have heard before. You can create anything from vibrant, distorted texture, perfectly suited for "hardcore" electronic musicians, to subtle physical resonance, which is often lacking in synthesized sounds. Combustor contains an envelope follower, to create dynamic-controlled pitch or filter sweeps. It also has MIDI input, that controls resonator's pitch, to make something melodic and organic out of non-melodic sounds, like drums. With just a few knob turns, a boring sound can be turned into screaming madness that sounds like it went out of control. A simple and straightforward interface makes Combustor a performative tool that allows you to directly interact with your sound.

Screenshots

Things1 screens
Combustor1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Combustor at every 2 months against Things's every 32 months. Combustor also leads on price ($4.99 vs $6.99). Things's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). 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

Things costs $6.99 and Combustor $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Things holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Things's written reviews are positive against 80% of Combustor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things ships an update every 32 months, Combustor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Things versus Combustor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingsCombustor
Price$6.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (19 ratings) — better4.7 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1919
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.BeepStreet

Customer experience

Things

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Combustor

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Things

No in-app purchases

None

Combustor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Things free?
Things costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Combustor free?
Combustor costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Things or Combustor?
Things is rated higher. Things averages 5.0 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Combustor averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do Things or Combustor have ads?
Neither Things nor Combustor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things or Combustor?
Things ships an update every 32 months, and Combustor every 2 months. Most recently, Things was updated on August 31, 2026 and Combustor on September 20, 2026.

Other comparisons