Apogee Soft Limit vs JAX ONE Frequency Shifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Apogee Soft Limit
This app emulates analog tape warmth and rounds transients to add harmonic richness without clipping. It provides tools to achieve more headroom in your mixes, offering adjustable controls for threshold, drive, and output.
- Analog tape emulation
- Rounds transients
- Adds harmonic warmth
- Adjustable Soft Limit Threshold
- Auto Makeup
- Drive and Output Trim
- Oversampling
- Input, Output, and Soft Limit Meter
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Soft Limit has been an integral feature of Apogee converters since the AD-500, our first standalone A-D converter released in 1991. And now, for the very first time, this simple but highly effective analog tape emulation is available on iOS devices. Soft Limit was created to help round transients and add harmonic warmth, without clipping the signal and thus helping you achieve more headroom in your mixes. Features: • Adjustable Soft Limit Threshold • Auto Makeup • Drive • Output Trim • Oversampling • Input, Output, and Soft Limit Meter
JAX ONE Frequency Shifter
This audio unit transforms audio streams into unique sounds using analog-modeled Bode-style frequency shifting. It's compatible with various Apple platforms and requires a host application to function.
- Analog-modeled audio unit
- Bode-style frequency shifting
- Universal app for Apple platforms
- Transforms audio streams
- Requires host application
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More information on our website: https://audio.digitster.net The JAX ONE series is a new collection of analog modelled audio units (AUV3 app extensions), available on all Apople Silicon platforms and devices. The first item in the series is the JAX ONE Frequency Shifter Extended, a Bode style frequency shifter with useful modifications, available for transforming any audio stream into something completely new and unheard. This build is truly 'universal', meaning, unit is available for: - MacOS (Silicon) - iOS (iPhone) - iPadOS (iPads) - visionOS (Apple Vision Pro) Please note, that AudioUnits (AUv3) require a supporting host application to perform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Apogee Soft Limit at $9.99 against JAX ONE Frequency Shifter's $12.99. Apogee Soft Limit also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). JAX ONE Frequency Shifter's advantage is device support. On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Apogee Soft Limit costs $9.99 and JAX ONE Frequency Shifter $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Apogee Soft Limit against 5.0 for JAX ONE Frequency Shifter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Apogee Soft Limit | JAX ONE Frequency Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apogee Electronics Corp | Jens Guell |
Customer experience
Apogee Soft Limit
JAX ONE Frequency Shifter
In-app purchases
Apogee Soft Limit
No in-app purchases
JAX ONE Frequency Shifter
No in-app purchases
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