ShakeGuitar vs Overdrive AUv3 Plugin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShakeGuitar
Experience simulated guitar playing on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Adjust melody difficulty in real-time by shaking your device, or fine-tune levels via the control panel. Ideal for musical novices seeking an interactive music experience.
- Simulated guitar playing experience
- Motion-based difficulty adjustment
- Real-time melody morphing
- Interactive control panel
- Suitable for musical novices
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The ShakeGuitar is an interactive music system for use with iPhone/iTouch that enables users to enjoy the simulated experience of guitar playing, even if they are musical novices. Shaking the iPhone/iTouch with varying degrees of strength influences the level of guitar-melody difficulty, which smoothly changes in real-time from soft backing to heavy soloing. You can set each level thoughout the music by touching or draging on the level control panel. The ShakeGuitar is based on a melody morphing method developed by Masatoshi Hamanaka. Further information can be found at http://gttm.jp/hamanaka/en/shakeguitar/
Overdrive AUv3 Plugin
This AUv3 compatible plugin offers versatile overdrive and distortion effects for music production. It features multiple emulation modes, filtering, tone controls, and an optional compressor for detailed sound shaping. Create everything from subtle crunch to intense distortion.
- AUv3 compatible
- Multiple distortion emulation modes
- Built-in compressor
- Low and high pass filtering
- Parametric equalizer
- Preset management
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This is a AUv3 compatible overdrive/distortion which can be used as plugin with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Meteor, Auria or GarageBand. It supports a modern graphical interface and presets with stereo meters for monitoring signal levels. The effect offers the user an incredible variety of control over the sound due to the number of different types of emulation modes and a range of optional filtering and tone controls. We provide an optional a built in compressor to enable you to limit the sound prior to wave shaping. We provide 9 different sounding distortion emulation algorithms, each with unique characteristics and sound. The signal can then be passed through low and high pass filtering to remove harsh or unwanted frequencies such as DC offset or mains hum. We also provide a choice of either pure tone controls or a 3 band +/- 12dB parametric equaliser to have the ultimate control over mid-tones. This effect was designed to give those nice slightly overdriven or crunch sounds but there are some pure all out distortion models too. This is one of a suite of AUv3 compatible plugins which will also soon be available from 4Pockets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Overdrive AUv3 Plugin at 100% against ShakeGuitar's 55%. Overdrive AUv3 Plugin also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 62 months). ShakeGuitar's advantage is price (Free vs $7.99) and ratings volume (169 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
ShakeGuitar is free to download; Overdrive AUv3 Plugin costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overdrive AUv3 Plugin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShakeGuitar has 169 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of ShakeGuitar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overdrive AUv3 Plugin's.
ShakeGuitar ships an update every 62 months, Overdrive AUv3 Plugin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShakeGuitar | Overdrive AUv3 Plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 2.1 (169 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 62 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | newforestar co,.ltd | 4Pockets.com |
Customer experience
ShakeGuitar
Overdrive AUv3 Plugin
In-app purchases
ShakeGuitar
No in-app purchases
Overdrive AUv3 Plugin
No in-app purchases
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