Comparison

Cab ML vs Stellarvox

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

Head to head
About

Cab ML

This app generates custom impulse responses using a neural network, allowing interactive sound shaping. It also includes a poweramp and microphone reverb generator for further audio manipulation.

Highlights
  • Neural network impulse response generation
  • Interactive tag-based sound shaping
  • Poweramp with multiple options
  • Microphone reverb generator
  • AUv3 plugin support
Features
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Cab ML is both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin that provides a neural network for impulse response generation. By moving tags in a window you can change the impulse response in an interactive way. Underlying a neural network will generate an impulse response based on the position of the tags. Instead of trying out all your impulse response files through a classic impulse response loader, you can now find the right sound interactively by moving the marks until you like what you hear. Furthermore Cab ML also provides a poweramp with many options and a microphone reverb generator. The free version allows you to test Cab ML completely, but every minute the plugin will be silent for 3 seconds. To remove these limits there is a one time in-app purchase. You need an audio interface to connect your instrument to your Mac. Known audio interface brands for guitar or bass are for instance Focusrite or iRig. If you don't have an audio interface, you can use the AUv3 plugin in a DAW such as GarageBand or Logic Pro. Any (guitar/bass) sound you have recorded can be fed through the Cab ML audio unit.

About

Stellarvox

Design immersive ambient soundscapes with a hybrid reverb and artificial space designer. Create lush textures, deep spaces, and whispering backgrounds for electronic, experimental, and sound design projects. Offers intuitive controls and inspiring presets for quick, high-quality results.

Highlights
  • Hybrid reverb with artificial space designer
  • Algorithmic reflections tail processing
  • Dynamic timbre changes over time
  • Geometry and dimension control
  • Factory presets and random feature
  • MIDI learn support
  • Standalone and AUv3 module
Features
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Hybrid reverb with an artificial space designer, combining it with algorithmic reflections tail processing, is ideal to creating immersive ambience of deep spaces, lush atmospheric textures or stunning whispering backgrounds in your ambient, electronic, experimental and sound design projects. Unlike traditional algorithmic reverbs, Stellarvox constructs a complex model of a vast resonant sound spaces with choice of geometry, dimensions and tonal structure of the space, along with a unique feature that dynamically change the timbre of reflections over the reverberation time. The second algorithmic reverb allows you to prolong and blur reflections, adding extra dimensions to the sound space. Easy-to-use controls on a single screen, along with optimally designed parameters that always give great results, make insignificant the peculiarity of that kind of reverbs, when the model creates with a little delay after changing it. Factory presets and the random feature will give you a starting point of inspiration and allow you to get a quick result where you need just to slightly tweak the parameters to align with your idea. This application is great for ambient projects, it can create mesmerizing atmosphere from single infrequent sounds of various instruments, or giving a beautiful and deep backgrounds to sharp sequences in electronics, as well as for any experimental projects that require unusual, deep and rich sound ambience. Stellarvox is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). Stellarvox works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, with supports Audiobus host app. On MacOS, Stellarvox can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters. Stellarvox has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. Sound demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtZfvLtJy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqCYa1tp2Qw You can find more information on Stellarvox and other audio apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

Cab ML4 screens
Stellarvox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stellarvox at 100% against Cab ML's 50%. Stellarvox also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Cab ML's advantage is price (Free vs $11.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Cab ML is free to download; Stellarvox costs $11.99 up front. Cab ML sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stellarvox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stellarvox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Cab ML's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stellarvox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cab ML ships an update every 3 weeks, Stellarvox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cab ML versus Stellarvox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCab MLStellarvox
PriceFree — better$11.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings411 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan MaesIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

Cab ML

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Stellarvox

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cab ML

One-time1
  • Cab ML Activation$11.99
None

Stellarvox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cab ML free?
Cab ML is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stellarvox free?
Stellarvox costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cab ML or Stellarvox?
Stellarvox is rated higher. Cab ML averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Stellarvox averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Cab ML or Stellarvox have ads?
Neither Cab ML nor Stellarvox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cab ML or Stellarvox?
Cab ML ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stellarvox every 5 months. Most recently, Cab ML was updated on August 31, 2026 and Stellarvox on September 7, 2026.

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