Comparison

Timbales vs QVox

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

Head to head
About

Timbales

Experience a realistic timbale set with authentic sounds. Play your favorite rhythms in real-time with this virtual instrument.

Highlights
  • Realistic timbale set
  • Authentic sounds
  • Real-time playing
  • Virtual instrument
Features
Currently charting
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A Timbal set with REAL sounds that users can enjoy playing in real time.

About

QVox

This app transforms audio into four independent voices with pitch shifting and delay. Create harmonies, widen instruments, and design rhythmic sequences by controlling key, scale, and voice parameters in real-time.

Highlights
  • Four independent voices with pitch shifting and delay
  • Selectable key and scale for harmonies
  • Adjustable delay intervals and tempo sync
  • Real-time parameter control with Ribbon controller
  • Factory and user presets
  • Mixlock for consistent auditioning
  • AUv3 plugin and Standalone app
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QVox is a creative audio effect that transforms vocals, guitars, drums, and synths into four independent voices. Create beautiful harmonies, widen instruments and design groovy rhythmic sequences with diatonic pitch shifting and delay. You can choose the key, scale, and each voice’s pitch and delay interval, with the ability to alter any parameters in real-time using the Ribbon controller. Features: - Four independent voices (labeled as A, B, C, D) with diatonic pitch shifting and delay. - Select Key and Scale to create harmonies that coincide with your compositions or use the Learn button to set the key by the incoming note you play. - Group the four delays so that they are evenly spaced or spread out. - Sync the delays to tempo, or a value of your own choosing. - The Ribbon controller allows for dynamic modification of several knobs at once to easily morph between settings. - Factory presets help get you started or create your own User presets. - Mixlock helps when auditioning different presets by enabling a global Mix value that will remain constant for every subsequently loaded preset. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.

Screenshots

Timbales1 screens
QVox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: QVox at 64% against Timbales's 0%. QVox also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 38 months). Timbales's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $14.99) and chart position (#187 vs unranked). 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

Timbales costs $0.99 and QVox $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

QVox holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Timbales's written reviews are positive against 64% of QVox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timbales ships an update every 38 months, QVox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Timbales versus QVox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimbalesQVox
Price$0.99 — better$14.99
Rating1.6 (10 ratings)4.3 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews63.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1017 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#187 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuido DiazEventide

Customer experience

Timbales

All ratings10 ratings
Positive10.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

QVox

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

In-app purchases

None

Timbales

No in-app purchases

None

QVox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timbales free?
Timbales costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QVox free?
QVox costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timbales or QVox?
QVox is rated higher. Timbales averages 1.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while QVox averages 4.3 from 17 ratings.
Do Timbales or QVox have ads?
Neither Timbales nor QVox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timbales or QVox?
Timbales ships an update every 38 months, and QVox every 5 months. Most recently, Timbales was updated on November 6, 2026 and QVox on November 3, 2026.

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