iBugler vs TfxMod
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBugler
Experience the rich tradition of bugle calls with high-quality recordings. This app provides essential signals for various occasions, from waking up to signaling the end of the day. It's a convenient way to access these historical sounds when a live bugler isn't available.
- High-quality bugle recordings
- Variety of bugle calls
- Signals for daily events
- Convenient digital alternative
- Performed by professional musician
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The bugle has been used for centuries to signal the day's events. Now you can add bugle signals to your own day, from Reveille to Taps. iBugler plays high-quality recordings performed by Walter White, a Yamaha Performing Artist who serves as lead trumpeter for Dave Matthew’s Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. (You can hear Walter play "Charge" at our web site.) Calls include Reveille, Taps, Charge, Mail Call, Retreat, Tattoo and more. Open a meeting with Assembly. Call your family to dinner with Mess Call. When you don't have a live bugler on hand, it's iBugler to the rescue.
TfxMod
This app provides a chorus and flanger audio effect plugin for mobile devices. It emulates the sound of vintage bucket brigade devices with adjustable parameters for delay, feedback, and modulation. It can be used with host applications to process audio input.
- Chorus and flanger effects
- BBD-inspired delay lines
- Adjustable delay time, feedback, and modulation
- Variable LFO rate and waveform
- Low-pass and high-pass filters
- Stereo width control
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TfxMod is a chorus / flanger effect AudioUnit Extension plugin. It uses delay lines which are inspired by BBD (bucket brigade device). The delay line is identical to the delay line of the TfxEcho except its buffer length. The delay line uses fixed length buffer and an artificial clock to sample input signal in variable sampling rate. When the delay time is changed, the delay line can produce pitch change effect which is similar to the behavior of the BBD based chorus / flanger unit. Features AudioUnit Extension Chorus Effect - Delay Time: From 1 ms to 40 ms - Feedback: 0% - Modulation width: From 0 ms to +/- 1 ms Flanger Effect - Modulation Mode: mode1, mode2, and mode3 - Delay Time: From 1 ms to 20 ms (mode1&2), From 1 ms to 13 ms (mode3) - Feedback: From 0 % to 100 % - Modulation width: From 0 ms to 39 ms (mode1), From 0 ms to 19 ms (mode2), From 0 ms to 12 ms (mode3) Common - Adjustable lowpass filter and high-pass filter. - Modulation rate: From 0.01 Hz to 10 Hz - LFO Frequency can be synced to the tempo provided by the host application. - LFO Waveform: Continuously variable from sine wave to triangle wave. - Stereo Width: LFO Phase offset from 0 degree to 180 degree. Host Application - Host application uses system audio input as an audio source and processed audio signal is routed to the system audio output.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TfxMod at 100% against iBugler's 45%. TfxMod also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 35 months). iBugler's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). 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
iBugler costs $0.99 and TfxMod $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TfxMod holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of iBugler's written reviews are positive against 100% of TfxMod's.
iBugler ships an update every 35 months, TfxMod every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBugler | TfxMod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.9 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abstract Tools | Ryo Togawa |
Customer experience
iBugler
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In-app purchases
iBugler
No in-app purchases
TfxMod
No in-app purchases









