iDensity vs Dedalus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iDensity
This app offers real-time asynchronous sound file granulation, enabling users to create a wide array of audio effects. It provides tools for time/pitch manipulation, texture generation, buffer recording, and complex sound exploration. Designed for musicians and sound designers, it offers flexibility for live performance, studio composition, and on-the-go sound design.
- Real-time sound granulation
- Time/pitch shifting and jittering
- Texture generation
- Buffer recording and manipulation
- Scrub pad exploration
- Dynamic envelope shaping
- Audio Unit (AUv3) support
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iDensity is rated as a Killer App by Apps4iDevices. iDensity is a new real-time software designed for asynchronous sound file granulation, a genuine granular playground able to generate a wide range of usual and not so usual effects: time/pitch shifting, time/pitch jittering, intricate textures, grain fountain/pulverizer, recording and manipulation of buffers, complex scrub pad exploration, dynamic envelope shape and many more. iDensity for iPad will give you all the basic and advanced tools you need to manipulate sound in subtle and surprising ways. All these features are packed in an optimized, user-friendly, visually sharp interface that is easy to access when fast-improvising live, composing in a studio, or sound designing at home and on the go! You will have the power, freedom, and flexibility to create like never before – on your iPad! Control and shape grains, anytime, anywhere with Density for iPad. + Six Granular Streams + Six Remote Audio Units Host support + Full Instr and FX AudioUnit (AUv3) support + High Density Granulation + Sampled and Live granulation + In-Stream Echo and RM post Fx + Multichannels Audiobus Inter-App Audio support + MIDI, Virtual Midi and Network + Sharing common audio files via iTunes, Dropbox AudioCopy etc... + Snapshots Presets Morphing Pad + Post Fx chain: Parametric and High Shelf Filters, Classic Reverb and Dynamics Processor + Scrub Recording and playback + etc.
Dedalus
This app manipulates audio in real-time using a network of delay lines. It offers a wide range of effects, from ambient echoes to rhythmic pulsations and noise, with extensive processing options.
- Real-time audio mangling
- Granulated and modulated delay lines
- Filters, dynamic processors, and saturation
- Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support
- Built-in stereo sampler
- LFO for parameter control
- MIDI and network control
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Dedalus Delay is a real time audio mangler. A network of delay lines is continually granulated and modulated, producing a labyrinth of echoes, which are further processed by filters, dynamic processors and saturation modules. Dedalus can produce a wide variety of effects, from reverb-like ambiences to evolving resonation, from rhythmic pulsation to chaotic layering, from subtle chorusing to pure noise. Main Features: - Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support (sender and FX) - Multiple delay lines with feedback and granulation - Signal saturation - Built In Stereo Sampler with varispeed - Control Manager LFO for Parameters - Midibus, Virtual Midi and Network: 14 bit NRPN controllers - File Manager, sharing common audio files via iTunes, Dropbox and AudioCopy - Snapshot Presets Morphing Pad - Post Fx Chain: Low-shelf Filter, High-shelf and Compressor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iDensity at 4.9 against Dedalus's 4.6. iDensity also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Dedalus's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $9.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
iDensity costs $9.99 and Dedalus $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iDensity holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 41 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 86% and 85% positive.
iDensity ships an update monthly, Dedalus every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iDensity | Dedalus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (48 ratings) — better | 4.6 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 85.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | apeSoft | Amazing Noises |
Customer experience
iDensity
Dedalus
Bugs and requests
iDensity
Reported bugs
10 issues- Occasional crashes (historically)
- AudioBus issues (historically)
- Preset management not working correctly (historically)
- Transport sync not working (historically)
- GUI bugs (e.g., maximizing a strand)
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- Craquements, grésillements (cracking, crackling)
- X/Y snapshot morphing not working on iPad 1
- Sample import issues (cut off)
- Unable to record from microphone (historically)
- App crashes upon recording (historically)
Requested features
10 requests- Independent MIDI note control over pitch for each stream
- Alphabetical preset sorting
- Load existing project name into 'Save As'
- Multi-port output for AUM/Ape Matrix
- Built-in wave-editor for sample cutting
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- Ability to determine loop length
- Motion sequencer or assignable LFOs
- Sync AU3 transport to host (historically)
- Add MIDI note and channel select as modifier/controller
- Dark mode option
Dedalus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iDensity
No in-app purchases
Dedalus
No in-app purchases









