Comparison

Things vs Tails

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 transforms sounds into ambient soundscapes or adds drone vibes to tracks using granular reverb, pitch shifting, and mid/side processing. It's inspired by sound design techniques from an award-winning indie game.

Highlights
  • Granular reverb
  • Pitch shifting
  • Mid/side mode
  • AUv3 plugin
  • Standalone app
  • Soundscape creation
Features
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Texture is an easy to use granular reverb with pitch shifting and mid/side mode available as AUv3 and Standalone. Texture can transform any sound into an ambient soundscape, or add that drone vibe to your tracks. This plugin was inspired by the techniques used in the soundtrack and sound design of the award-winning indie game The Swapper.

About

Tails

This music app creates harmonic reverb using novel double-buffered technology and threshold swapping between two separate reverbs. It offers auto-ducking for cleaner sound and includes classic reverb algorithms with new modes. It's designed for performance with MIDI control and works as a standalone app or AUv3 plugin.

Highlights
  • Dual reverb buffers
  • Threshold swapping
  • Auto-ducking
  • Classic and new reverb algorithms
  • Spatial and Shimmer modes
  • Global Sample Rate control
  • MIDI performance control
Features
Currently charting
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Unfiltered Audio's Tails is now available on iOS as a Standalone app or AUv3 plugin! Unfiltered Audio joined forces with electronic music superstar BT to create Tails, the world's most harmonic reverb. Tails utilizes a novel double-buffered technology to create two separate reverbs in parallel. The twist comes with special threshold swapping: Whenever Tails detects a major change in amplitude or tone, it can smoothly swap between the two reverbs. Additionally, Tails can auto-duck on its inputs and outputs. This keeps your reverb as clean as possible. With auto-ducking on attacks, you can keep the metallic noise of percussive hits out of your reverbs. Alternatively, you can keep passing tones and blue notes out of your melodic echoes so that your reverb is free of dissonance. Even without its innovative ducking and swapping, Tails is the most flexible reverb in your arsenal. Two of Unfiltered Audio's classic BYOME reverb algorithms (Renoun and Deep) are available with a Spatial mode inspired by Silo and a brand new Shimmer mode designed to BT's exacting specifications. In true Unfiltered Audio fashion, a global Sample Rate knob affects the sampling rate of the entire DSP algorithm, stretching your reverb tails out into crispy, lo-fi oblivion. Finally, Tails is built to be performed. Your MIDI keyboard's Pitch and Mod wheels can be assigned quickly to a selection of key parameters, while Note messages can be used to manually duck or mute the reverb. As an AUv3 plugin, Tails has been tested to work perfectly with Garageband, Drambo, AUM, Cubasis, Beatmaker, Nanostudio, apeMatrix, Loopy Pro, and more! Additionally, with its clear layout and smart resizing, Tails can be used on tablets and phones with ease. (Note for Drambo users: Drambo does not yet have automatic Plugin Delay Compensation for managing plugins with latency. As a result, tracks with Tails will not line up properly with other tracks. An upcoming patch for Drambo will add this feature in.)

Screenshots

Things1 screens
Tails4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Things at $6.99 against Tails's $9.99. Tails's advantage is chart position (#152 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 14 months vs every 32 months). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Things costs $6.99 and Tails $9.99 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 Things against 4.9 for Tails. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things ships an update every 32 months, Tails every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Things versus Tails: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingsTails
Price$6.99 — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (15 ratings) — better4.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 14 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#152 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Unfiltered Audio

Customer experience

Things

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tails

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Things

No in-app purchases

None

Tails

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Things free?
Things costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tails free?
Tails costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Things or Tails?
Things is rated higher. Things averages 5.0 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Tails averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Things or Tails have ads?
Neither Things nor Tails shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things or Tails?
Things ships an update every 32 months, and Tails every 14 months. Most recently, Things was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tails on November 7, 2026.

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