Comparison

KQ Voice Plugins vs Record Buddy

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

Head to head
About

KQ Voice Plugins

This app provides a suite of Audio Units for music production, including tools for audio routing, vocal effects, pitch modification, and noise reduction. A compatible host application is necessary to utilize these plugins.

Highlights
  • Loopback for audio routing
  • Vocoder effect for robot voice
  • Pitch Shifter for sound modification
  • Noise Suppression filter
  • Gainer for volume adjustment
Features
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This is a set of Audio Units including Loopback, Vocoder, Pitch Shifter, and Noise Suppression. A host application that can handle Audio Units is required for use. Loopback (In/Out/MIDI/Mixer): Connects to each other and transfers audio between host applications. MIDI signals can also be transferred. Please note that you might not do the recording inter app. Vocoder: This effect processes the sound of a synthesizer or other carrier with the input sound (modulator) and outputs it. It creates a so-called robot voice by inputting a voice or other sound. By default, Saw (sawtooth wave) is specified as the carrier, but it can also be input from a sidechain or Vocoder Input Audio Unit. Pitch Shifter: An effect that changes the pitch of the sound. Noise Suppression: A noise removal filter using RNNoise. This machine learning filter is optimized for voices. Gainer: An effect for adjusting the volume.

About

Record Buddy

Features
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Record Buddy is a catalog for people who keep records. YOUR WHOLE SHELF Your collection sorts itself into crates by genre. Tap one and dig through it. Search by artist, album or genre, and see every pressing you own rather than one generic entry per album. SCAN IT, OR TYPE IT IN Scan a barcode, photograph a cover, or type it in by hand — however the record got to your shelf, it gets into your collection. Every copy keeps its own detail: the pressing year as distinct from the album's original release, the pressing country, the label, the catalog number, the packaging and the condition. Barcode scanning validates the code, confirms it across consecutive frames, and searches Discogs, MusicBrainz and Apple's catalog when needed. Cover recognition starts on-device by reading the sleeve and comparing likely artwork. If that is not enough, you can choose an online visual match; Record Buddy then shows the most likely releases so you can pick the right pressing instead of accepting a guess. Private presses, small labels and anything older than barcodes can still be added by hand — every field, including the tracklist. KNOW WHAT'S WORTH REPLACING Grade every copy against the Goldmine standard, then filter your shelf down to the copies that need upgrading. BRING YOUR DISCOGS COLLECTION Connect Discogs to import what you already have and to save new finds back to your account. Connecting is optional — it only changes where records come from, never where they're kept. WORKS OFFLINE Browse and edit in the basement, at the fair, anywhere. Changes sync when you're back on a network. FREE, AND WHAT'S PAID Free: up to 75 albums, Discogs sync, offline access. Library Unlock (one-time): unlimited albums, custom tags and crates, CSV and JSON export. AI Pro Collector (monthly subscription): unlimited albums plus 75 AI condition-grading scans per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

KQ Voice Plugins4 screens
Record Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Record Buddy at Free against KQ Voice Plugins's $7.99. KQ Voice Plugins's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

Record Buddy is free to download; KQ Voice Plugins costs $7.99 up front. Record Buddy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. KQ Voice Plugins asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KQ Voice Plugins versus Record Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKQ Voice PluginsRecord Buddy
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyouta KiraAllan Thompson

In-app purchases

None

KQ Voice Plugins

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Record Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • AI Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • AI Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Library Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is KQ Voice Plugins free?
KQ Voice Plugins costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Record Buddy free?
Record Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KQ Voice Plugins or Record Buddy have ads?
Neither KQ Voice Plugins nor Record Buddy shows ads.

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