Comparison

Things vs Super VHS

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

Super VHS

This audio plugin emulates the authentic sound of the 1980s VHS era with six distinct effects. It allows users to add lo-fi authenticity and retro vibes to their music, offering a fast workflow with single-knob controls for multiple parameters.

Highlights
  • Six unique 80s-inspired effects
  • Authentic VHS tape sound emulation
  • Fast, intuitive one-knob workflow
  • Static noise generator
  • Analog-emulated tape saturation
  • Sample rate reducer
  • 80s style widening FX
  • Pitch fluctuation LFO
  • Lo-fi 'bad hall' reverb
Features
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Rewind Your Tracks to the VHS Era * Super VHS combines six colorful effects to bring an authentic 1980s retro vibe to your tracks * Makes your instruments and beats sound like they were sampled off an old VHS tape * Fast and intuitive workflow: Each effect has just one knob – but controls multiple parameters under the hood About Super VHS: As kids of the 80s we have always been drawn to the sound of slightly out-of-tune synths, warm tape saturation, gritty samples and grainy reverbs. So we set out on a mission to capture our favorite decade – and bring it into a new decade. Using Super VHS will be like sending your sounds back in time, then re-discovering them on a worn-out VHS tape 30 years later. All with the click of a single button, right inside your mobile DAW. Super VHS will add some lo-fi authenticity to whatever clean sound you run through it — especially as you mix and match the effects. Each effect has just a single control, but multiple parameters under the hood, allowing for a quick workflow with a wide range of results. Features: Super VHS features six unique ‘one-knob’ effects inspired by the VHS-era. * Static: Static noise generated by an internal synthesizer. * Heat: Analog-emulated tape saturator, inspired by consumer-grade tape machines. * Shape: Sample rate reducer inspired by 1980s 8-bit samplers. * Magic: 80s style widening FX inspired by the Juno chorus, but darker and deeper. * Drift: Pitch fluctuation LFO for unpredictable time and pitch shifting. * Wash: ‘Bad hall’ reverb inspired by budget friendly 1980s rack units. We encourage you to mix and match the effects as that will give you a wide range of sonic outcomes – from subtle degradation to all-out destruction. We hope you'll enjoy this new Baby Audio release!

Screenshots

Things1 screens
Super VHS2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Things at 5.0 against Super VHS's 4.4. Things also leads on price ($6.99 vs $9.99). On review sentiment, 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 Super VHS $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 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Things versus Super VHS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingsSuper VHS
Price$6.99 — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (15 ratings) — better4.4 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 32 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudioThing Ltd.Baby Audio Inc.

Customer experience

Things

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

Super VHS

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Things

No in-app purchases

None

Super VHS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Things free?
Things costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Super VHS free?
Super VHS costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Things or Super VHS?
Things is rated higher. Things averages 5.0 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Super VHS averages 4.4 from 12 ratings.
Do Things or Super VHS have ads?
Neither Things nor Super VHS shows ads.

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