Comparison

MF vs Arguments

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

Head to head
About

MF

This app meticulously recreates a classic analog effects pedal, offering a voltage-controlled ring modulator, carrier oscillator, and LFO. It's designed to process and modulate any audio input, providing a unique, retro-futuristic sound with organic parameter interaction for a musical playing experience.

Highlights
  • Ring Modulator
  • Voltage-controlled Carrier Oscillator
  • Voltage-controlled LFO
  • AUv3 effects plugin
  • Processes any audio input
  • Organic parameter interaction
Features
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The MF-102S Ring Modulator is a re-invention of Moog Music’s classic Moogerfooger MF-102 analog effects pedal. The MF-102 Ring Modulator, introduced in 1998, contained three complete modular functions: a Ring Modulator, a voltage-controlled Carrier Oscillator, and a voltage-controlled dual-waveform Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO). Designed by Bob Moog and his engineering team, the MF-102 was a direct descendant of the original Moog modular synthesizers, adapted to process, modulate, and play with inputs ranging from guitar, voice, and synthesizer to any imaginable audio source. The MF-102 Ring Modulator has been meticulously recreated as the MF-102S, capturing not only the spaced-out, retro-futuristic sound of the original, but also the organic way in which the parameters interact to create a musical playing experience. The MF-102S is an AUv3 effects plug-in that requires a compatible host or DAW to function.

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

MF3 screens
Arguments1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MF at $14.99 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

MF costs $14.99 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 — 5.0 for MF against 5.0 for Arguments. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MF versus Arguments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMFArguments
Price$14.99 — better$19.99
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better7
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoog Music Inc.AudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

MF

All ratings9 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

MF

No in-app purchases

None

Arguments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MF free?
MF costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arguments free?
Arguments costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MF or Arguments?
MF and Arguments are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do MF or Arguments have ads?
Neither MF nor Arguments shows ads.

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