LouderLogic for iPhone vs BFM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LouderLogic for iPhone
Enhance your music listening with advanced audio playback. This app offers professional sound improvements, customizable equalizers, and dynamic queue management for a richer audio experience from your library.
- Patented ALX audio enhancement
- 4-band parametric EQ with Spectrum Animation
- Dynamic interactive Play Queues
- Crossfading between songs
- Volume fluctuation minimization
- Maximizes musical details
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Looking for the best listening experience for your iTunes Library? Look no further than LouderLogic – the Advanced Audio Player. LouderLogic features include: - Professional audio enhancement with patented ALX technology - 4-band parametric EQ with Spectrum Animation - Dynamic interactive Play Queues - Crossfading LouderLogic brings the fullness you crave out of every song, using patented Audio Level eXtension (ALX) technology by McDSP. LouderLogic minimizes volume fluctuations between songs while maximizing all the musical details the artist intended you to enjoy. Simply put, you’ll get more from your music! With the McDSP 4-band parametric equalizer, you get the highest quality interactive EQ for your iOS device, along with the ability to customize and tweak to your heart's content. Easily drag the curves to control boost and cut, and use two fingers to adjust the Q (bandwidth). Spectrum Animation shows you what your music 'looks like' so you can EQ like a pro. Play Queues let you modify what's coming up next at any time, without interrupting your current track. Adjust the crossfade time between songs from 1 to 30 seconds. “If you don’t have LouderLogic I don’t know why you’re even listening to music.” – Chaka Blackmon, Producer/Songwriter for Christina Aguilera, CeCe Winans, MTV and Disney. “LouderLogic is perhaps the most impressive audio enhancement app I have used.” – Kit Eaton, New York Times. Please note that while LouderLogic does play back DRM protected music, it cannot apply ALX enhancement to DRM protected audio. ALX enhancements cannot be applied to music that is still "in the cloud" in iTunes Match, but can be applied once downloaded to your device. Requires iOS 8.0+
BFM
This audio metering plugin offers a large, highly readable interface for monitoring audio levels across various modes like RMS, LUFS, and Peak. It provides multiple visual representations including text, bars, waveforms, VU meters, and spectrum analysis to help users keep their audio signals under control and avoid clipping.
- Large, readable interface
- Multiple metering modes (RMS, LUFS, Peak)
- Visualizations: Text, Bars, Waves, VU, Spectrum
- Adjustable sensitivity and peak hold
- Stereo image and phase response meters
- Frequency spectrum analysis
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BFM or Big F*ing Meters is a macOS, Windows, and soon to be iOS compatible Metering plug-in designed exactly how the name sounds... really f*ing big. With the main goal of readability we wanted to bring a meter that you can see from across the studio and keep your records clip-free. BFM currently offers 6 Modes with RMS, LUFs, Peak, and Peak Hold values, to give you a variety of views to keep your signal under control. The Text, Bars, Waves, VU Meters, Spectrum, & Time let you decide how you want to keep track of your signal with multiple fonts/formats to view them in. Text gives you a quick look at just the values easy to see from across the room. This view offers the most values with RMS, Peak, Peak Hold, and LUFs (Short Term & Momentary with Maximum values and LUFS range) values available. Controllable sensitivity & peak hold time for all pages. Reset Peak Hold with a click off the value. Bar offers a more traditional meter for seeing the range of values showing RMS, Peak, Peak Hold, and LUFS. Correlation & Balance meters included to set your stereo image and phase response. Peak Hold resets on value click. Sensitivity changes on bar click. LUFS readings select on click. Included reference points for -24 (EBU), -16 (Apple Music), & -7 as a suggested maximum for most genres. Wave view gives you a look at your waveform after your channel effects with the ability to quickly mark in dB where you want to see your signals peak. To freeze click the waveform. To reset Peak Hold click the value. VU Meter Designed for a quick look at your overall levels. Featuring controllable Attack, Release, Minimum, and Maximum value control. Left/Right, Mid/Side, PPM, and LUFS options available. Click VU to enter dark mode. Spectrum is a simplified frequency spectrum view with 3 quality modes. Great for getting an overall look at where your frequencies are when mixing or editing. Tap to freeze and inspect. There is also the PEAK value displayed on this page. To reset Peak Hold click the value.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BFM at 100% against LouderLogic for iPhone's 65%. BFM also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). LouderLogic for iPhone's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
LouderLogic for iPhone costs $1.99 and BFM $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BFM holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LouderLogic for iPhone has 36 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of LouderLogic for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 100% of BFM's.
LouderLogic for iPhone ships an update monthly, BFM every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LouderLogic for iPhone | BFM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (36 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | McDSP | OSC Audio |
Customer experience
LouderLogic for iPhone
BFM
Bugs and requests
LouderLogic for iPhone
Reported bugs
28 issues- Crashes on newer iOS versions (15.3.1, iOS 10, iOS 6)
- Songs crash or skip randomly
- App stops working after a few songs
- Library takes a long time to load
- App crashes when turning to use EQ
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- Music playback is 'chuggy' or buffers
- App doesn't play certain songs (DLC)
- Album artwork is mixed up or missing
- Presets not showing up
- App doesn't support over iOS 8
- No multitasking
- No spectrum bars
- No access to presets
- Start/stop points in iTunes not recognized
- App freezes
- Support doesn't respond
- Doesn't fit iPhone 6+ screen
- Won't play 24bit wave files
- Takes a long time to load library
- Doesn't play half the songs
- Crossfading doesn't work
- Songs repeat or start halfway
- Music cuts in and out on iOS 6
- DRM protection issues with ripped CDs
- App quits in middle of biking
- Volume boost is not significant
- No sound output
- App thinks ripped music is DRM-protected
Requested features
16 requests- Integration with Apple Music/streaming apps
- DSP effects for all songs
- Work with Apple Music
- Save files for other devices
- Adjustable font size
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- Search function
- Update play counts in iTunes
- Ability to store multiple EQ curves
- Dark mode option
- Graphic EQ option
- Shuffle button in playlists
- Real-time shuffle
- EQ presets
- Spotlight search
- Full screen support for newer iPhones
- Gapless playback
BFM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LouderLogic for iPhone
No in-app purchases
BFM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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