Comparison

Things vs Silo

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

Silo

This app offers a powerful tool for sound designers and musicians, combining granular synthesis, spatialization, and reverb. It allows users to break down audio into tiny grains, manipulate their position in the stereo field, and apply diverse reverb effects to create unique soundscapes.

Highlights
  • Granular synthesis engine
  • Stereo spatializer with motion algorithms
  • Multiple reverb algorithms
  • Real-time control over grain speed and pitch
  • AUv3 plugin compatibility
  • Standalone app functionality
Features
Currently charting
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"In short, there’s oodles of scope here for sound designers and anyone who makes more experimental styles of music, whether EDM, chill or ambient." -SoundOnSound Unfiltered Audio's Silo is now available on iOS as a Standalone app or AUv3 plugin! Silo combines granular synthesis, audio spatialization, and reverb into a powerful, essential tool for sound designers and musicians everywhere. Silo combines microscopic granulation with macroscopic reverb tails to extract new realms from your existing sounds. Silo's first section, the granulator, breaks the incoming signal to tiny little bits (called "grains") before reconstructing it with massive amounts of control. You can change the speed and pitch of the signal independently and in real-time! These grains are then sent to Silo's unique spatializer, which throws the grains all over the stereo field. The spatializer contains a number of motion algorithms to add trajectory to your grains, such as the orbital "Moons", the shooting "Meteors", or the squirmy "Biological". After using this spatializer, you'll never want to use a traditional auto-panner ever again. Finally, the signal washes through one of Silo's many reverb algorithms, from small, resonant spaces to enormous, booming voids. From "Bokeh" to "Nebula", each mode can be tweaked to frame your sound perfectly. As an AUv3 plugin, Silo 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, Silo can be used on tablets and phones with ease.

Screenshots

Things1 screens
Silo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Silo at fortnightly against Things's every 32 months. Silo also leads on chart position (#181 vs unranked). Things's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and price ($6.99 vs $9.99). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Things costs $6.99 and Silo $9.99 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 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Things's written reviews are positive against 82% of Silo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things ships an update every 32 months, Silo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Things versus Silo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingsSilo
Price$6.99 — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (15 ratings) — better4.8 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1532 — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#181 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB15 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%

Silo

All ratings32 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

Things

No in-app purchases

None

Silo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Things free?
Things costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silo free?
Silo costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Things or Silo?
Things is rated higher. Things averages 5.0 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Silo averages 4.8 from 32 ratings.
Do Things or Silo have ads?
Neither Things nor Silo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things or Silo?
Things ships an update every 32 months, and Silo fortnightly. Most recently, Things was updated on October 30, 2026 and Silo on October 25, 2026.

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