KNOCK Clipper vs Midnight Plaza
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KNOCK Clipper
This app offers a premium, adjustable hard and soft clipper effect for music production. It's inspired by the signature sound of a popular drum kit series, designed to shape the sonics of modern music.
- User adjustable hard clipper
- User adjustable soft clipper
- Premium quality audio effect
- Inspired by signature drum kit sounds
- Shapes modern music sonics
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KNOCK Clipper is a premium quality, user adjustable hard & soft clipper designed by DECAP. It is the CLIP module from his acclaimed plugin, KNOCK. It is inspired by the signature sound of his popular drum kit series DRUMS THAT KNOCK, which has helped shaped the sonics of modern music.
Midnight Plaza
Transform your audio into a nostalgic, degraded soundscape with this AUv3 effect. Designed for genres like vaporwave and lo-fi, it adds a unique tape-style slowdown, age, and dreamy reverb to your sounds.
- AUv3 audio effect plugin
- Vaporwave, mallsoft, lo-fi sound design
- Tape-style slowdown
- Degraded character effect
- Dreamy reverb
- Works on iPhone and iPad
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Midnight Plaza is an AUv3 audio effect that turns clean sound into faded memory, slow neon reflections, and worn-out late-night atmosphere. Built for vaporwave, mallsoft, ambient, lo-fi, and nostalgic sound design, Midnight Plaza gives you three simple controls: Time - Slows playback (tape style) Memory - Adds age, wear, and degraded character Place - Surrounds your sound with a dreamy reverb Use it on drums, synths, samples, keys, vocals, or full mixes to create blurred, emotional spaces that feel like memories. Features: - AUv3 effect plugin - Designed for vaporwave, mallsoft, lo-fi, ambient, and degraded textures - Simple three-dial workflow - Great for sound design and resampling - Works with compatible AUv3 hosts on iPhone and iPad Important: Midnight Plaza does not make sound on its own. It is an audio effect, not a standalone instrument or standalone app. A compatible AUv3 host app is required, such as Logic Pro, GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, or another app that supports Audio Unit v3 plugins.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Midnight Plaza at 5.0 against KNOCK Clipper's 4.3. Midnight Plaza also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 34 months). KNOCK Clipper's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Midnight Plaza holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
KNOCK Clipper ships an update every 34 months, Midnight Plaza every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KNOCK Clipper | Midnight Plaza |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plugins That Knock | LEWIS GARETH K LE VAL |
Customer experience
KNOCK Clipper
Midnight Plaza
In-app purchases
KNOCK Clipper
No in-app purchases
Midnight Plaza
No in-app purchases
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