Comparison

Generator vs Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion

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

Head to head
About

Generator

Generate professional-grade audio signals like sine waves, square waves, and various noise types. Offers precise frequency control and remote operation via WiFi. Ideal for audio testing and production.

Highlights
  • Sine, square, white noise, and pink noise generation
  • Precise frequency control (20Hz-20kHz)
  • Octave, 1/3 octave, and fine frequency resolution
  • Remote control over WiFi via AudioTools app
  • Warble-tone signal generation
  • Stereo or mono output options
Features
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A high-quality audio Signal Generator for the iPhone. Now you can have a professional grade signal generator for your iPhone. Create sine waves, square waves, white noise, and pink noise. Don't let the well-worn look of this classic audio must-have fool you, Generator is accurate, reliable, precise, and clean. ** NEW! Now supports remote control over WiFi from our AudioTools app. Connect an iOS device running Generator to your audio system, link to AudioTools on another device, and control Generator from AudioTools as you are free to move around. Requires that both devices be on the same LAN. In sine and square wave mode, you can select between 20Hz and 20kHz using a controller that has three resolutions: octave, 1/3 octave, and fine. Frequency selection is controlled by smooth-gliding interlocking control wheels. Just spin to change frequency, by octaves, 1/3 octaves, or select fine mode to sweep through any value. *** NEW: Tap the frequency screen to pop up a keyboard so that you can enter any exact frequency. *** NEW: Tap the Wobble button to create a warble-tone signal for acoustics work. Doubles as an emergency siren! When you are generating pink noise and white noise, you can select full band (20Hz-20kHz), or octave band limited noise for acoustical testing. All waveforms are laboratory accurate, and use ANSI / IEC spec filters where appropriate. The frequency sweeps smoothly, with no glitches. The mute is soft, to prevent loud impulses when mute or turning on a lower-frequency signal. This signal can be sent to both channels (stereo), just the right or left channel, or the right channel output phase can be inverted for pseudo-balanced mode. This mode can be used with our iPhone Balanced Cable Adapter to get a balanced signal from your iPhone. See our web site for more information. On an iPhone 3G, we have measured distortion at .006% THD at 1000Hz at full volume (+6.5dBu balanced). See our web site for more level details. Note that digital square waves suffer from aliasing problems, and sound very strange above about 1500Hz. Future versions will have options to select different skins. Check out out other great professional-grade audio and acoustics apps: SPL, the iPhone professional-grade sound level meter, SPL Graph, for recording SPL over time, RTA, a 1/3 octave real time analyzer, FFT, for detailed audio analysis, ETC, the iPhone energy-time curve and decay app, RT60, for automated octave-band decay measurement, and Speaker Pop, the speaker polarity tester. Email us within any questions, problems, or suggestions, we answer all emails promptly.

About

Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion

This app offers a powerful preamplifier designed for metal music enthusiasts, providing precise and potent sound shaping. It features dual gain stages, an interactive EQ, and advanced DSP filtering for ultimate tone control.

Highlights
  • Dual gain stages
  • Interactive 3-band EQ
  • Advanced DSP edge filtering
  • Standalone app
  • AudioUnit v3 effect
  • Inter-App Audio effect
Features
Currently charting
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"Unlock diabolic distortion: Nine Gates delivers ultimate metal tones with cutting-edge tech." Nembrini Audio's Nine Gates is an original preamplifier, designed for metal enthusiasts who demand precision and power in their tone. Nine Gates features dual gain stages and an interactive 3-band EQ with circuit interaction. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect It also includes advanced DSP edge filtering for precise tone shaping.

Screenshots

Generator2 screens
Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion at 100% against Generator's 56%. Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and price ($3.99 vs $8.99). 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

Generator costs $8.99 and Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Generator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Generator versus Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeneratorNine Gates Diabolic Distortion
Price$8.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#184 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew SmithNembrini Audio

Customer experience

Generator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Generator

No in-app purchases

None

Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Generator free?
Generator costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion free?
Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Generator or Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion?
Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion is rated higher. Generator averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Generator or Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion have ads?
Neither Generator nor Nine Gates Diabolic Distortion shows ads.

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