Comparison

ShakeGuitar vs Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Simulated guitar playing experience
  • Motion-based difficulty adjustment
  • Real-time melody morphing
  • Interactive control panel
  • Suitable for musical novices
Features
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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/

About

Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin

This professional audio effect plugin offers studio-quality plate reverb with multi-band EQ and real-time spectrum analysis. It allows for precise control over reverb trails, including ducking and tempo-synced pre-delay, enhancing vocal clarity and creating unique tape-like effects.

Highlights
  • Studio quality plate reverb
  • Multi-band EQ with parametric filters
  • Real-time spectrum analyzer
  • Tempo-synced pre-delay
  • Ducking reverb for vocals
  • Compressor/limiter section
  • Custom preset saving and loading
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This is an AUv3 compatible effect plugin which is intended for use inside your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Auria, Meteor, AUM etc. It will not function as a standalone app. Visual Reverb is a studio quality plate reverb with multi-band EQ and the ability to analyse audio in real time giving an accurate and reliable spectrum representation of your signal flow. This reverb simulates the sound of those famous plate reverbs of old with high levels of diffusion it has a very smooth and pleasing reverb trail which can be tuned to suite using the EQ provided. It includes your typical set of 4 parametric filters which can be used to directly effect the reverb trail in isolation or if required the entire mix. This can be used in addition to the low and high pass filters which effect the reverb trail only. We use a high quality highly hardware optimised FFT to plot the frequency response through the reverb so you can see exactly what effect the EQ changes are having on the reverb trail. The scrolling interface automatically adjusts to the hosts window size to allow a double height display in an appropriate DAW. One of the great features of this reverb is the ability to create ducking reverb trails so that the reverb doesn't swamp your vocals and make an incoherent mess. You also have the ability to sync the pre-delay to the host tempo of your DAW. We also include a Compressor / Limiter section to ensure those EQ settings never get too aggressive. This is a specialised compressor that allows you to use either the reverb output as a control signal or the input signal. This allows you to emphesise reverb trails and create swells which follow a vocal line. You can load and save custom presets as well as copy and paste settngs between instances. This is great if you need to setup multiple instances with the same settings. This is the second of 3 plugins which will make up part of the 'visual' range of effects. Main Features: ○ High quality plate reverb with pre-delay. ○ Automatically sync the pre-delay to your host tempo. ○ Ducking options for surpressing reverb trails. ○ 4 resonant paramettic EQ (+/-24dB per band). ○ Pre or Post filtering options. ○ High and Low Pass filters. ○ Stereo widening and Diffuse filter. ○ Reverb comb filter modulation for tape type effects. ○ Touch interface with multi-touch for controlling filter Q. ○ Spectrum Analyser with 'Wet Only' and 'Output' monitoring. ○ Vertical shift and scale options for the spectrum. ○ Create and save custom presets. ○ Copy / Paste presets between instances. ○ Compressor / Limiter with Auto Makup Gain and Ducking. ○ Twin VU meters with ability to view as PEAK or RMS. ○ Quick Reset options for each section of the EQ. ○ Complete with pre-defined presets for the compressor and EQ sections.

Screenshots

ShakeGuitar3 screens
Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShakeGuitar at 55% against Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin's 0%. ShakeGuitar also leads on price (Free vs $7.99) and ratings volume (167 vs 1). Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 62 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ShakeGuitar is free to download; Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Reverb 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 167 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of ShakeGuitar's written reviews are positive against 0% of Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShakeGuitar ships an update every 62 months, Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ShakeGuitar versus Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShakeGuitarVisual Reverb AUv3 Plugin
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating2.1 (167 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings167 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 62 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developernewforestar co,.ltd4Pockets.com

Customer experience

ShakeGuitar

All ratings169 ratings
Positive21.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative68.6%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral13.6%
Negative31.8%

Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

ShakeGuitar

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShakeGuitar free?
ShakeGuitar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin free?
Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShakeGuitar or Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin?
Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin is rated higher. ShakeGuitar averages 2.1 out of 5 from 167 ratings, while Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ShakeGuitar or Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin have ads?
Neither ShakeGuitar nor Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShakeGuitar or Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin?
ShakeGuitar ships an update every 62 months, and Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin every 6 weeks. Most recently, ShakeGuitar was updated on October 24, 2026 and Visual Reverb AUv3 Plugin on October 24, 2026.

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