Comparison

Tails vs Arguments

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

Head to head
About

Tails

This music app creates harmonic reverb using novel double-buffered technology and threshold swapping between two separate reverbs. It offers auto-ducking for cleaner sound and includes classic reverb algorithms with new modes. It's designed for performance with MIDI control and works as a standalone app or AUv3 plugin.

Highlights
  • Dual reverb buffers
  • Threshold swapping
  • Auto-ducking
  • Classic and new reverb algorithms
  • Spatial and Shimmer modes
  • Global Sample Rate control
  • MIDI performance control
Features
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Unfiltered Audio's Tails is now available on iOS as a Standalone app or AUv3 plugin! Unfiltered Audio joined forces with electronic music superstar BT to create Tails, the world's most harmonic reverb. Tails utilizes a novel double-buffered technology to create two separate reverbs in parallel. The twist comes with special threshold swapping: Whenever Tails detects a major change in amplitude or tone, it can smoothly swap between the two reverbs. Additionally, Tails can auto-duck on its inputs and outputs. This keeps your reverb as clean as possible. With auto-ducking on attacks, you can keep the metallic noise of percussive hits out of your reverbs. Alternatively, you can keep passing tones and blue notes out of your melodic echoes so that your reverb is free of dissonance. Even without its innovative ducking and swapping, Tails is the most flexible reverb in your arsenal. Two of Unfiltered Audio's classic BYOME reverb algorithms (Renoun and Deep) are available with a Spatial mode inspired by Silo and a brand new Shimmer mode designed to BT's exacting specifications. In true Unfiltered Audio fashion, a global Sample Rate knob affects the sampling rate of the entire DSP algorithm, stretching your reverb tails out into crispy, lo-fi oblivion. Finally, Tails is built to be performed. Your MIDI keyboard's Pitch and Mod wheels can be assigned quickly to a selection of key parameters, while Note messages can be used to manually duck or mute the reverb. As an AUv3 plugin, Tails has been tested to work perfectly with Garageband, Drambo, AUM, Cubasis, Beatmaker, Nanostudio, apeMatrix, Loopy Pro, and more! Additionally, with its clear layout and smart resizing, Tails can be used on tablets and phones with ease. (Note for Drambo users: Drambo does not yet have automatic Plugin Delay Compensation for managing plugins with latency. As a result, tracks with Tails will not line up properly with other tracks. An upcoming patch for Drambo will add this feature in.)

About

Arguments

This vintage-style audio processing plugin generates unique sounds by combining two signals with complex math. It functions as a tone generator, distortion unit, or multimode filter, encouraging sonic exploration.

Highlights
  • Vintage-style audio processing
  • Dual signal combination
  • Test tone generation
  • Complex distortion unit
  • Multimode filter
  • Encourages sonic exploration
Features
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Arguments is a vintage-style test equipment plugin for tone generation and dual audio processing. It takes two signals and smashes them together using math derived from analog nuclear research processors. The results are dynamic, often unpredictable but always unique. Since each part of Arguments can run independently, it also works as a sonically rich test tone generator, as a complex distortion unit, or as a multimode filter. Arguments open nature rewards exploration, the presets are a mere suggestion for you to jump off from.

Screenshots

Tails4 screens
Arguments1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tails at $9.99 against Arguments's $19.99. On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Tails costs $9.99 and Arguments $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tails against 5.0 for Arguments. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tails versus Arguments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTailsArguments
Price$9.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.9 (14 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 14 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnfiltered AudioAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

Tails

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arguments

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tails

No in-app purchases

None

Arguments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tails free?
Tails costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arguments free?
Arguments costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tails or Arguments?
Arguments is rated higher. Tails averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Arguments averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Tails or Arguments have ads?
Neither Tails nor Arguments shows ads.

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