sub808 vs Dub Filter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
sub808
Create powerful sub-bass sounds with this intuitive instrument app. Explore analog-inspired flavors, fine-tune saturation, and sculpt your basslines with versatile envelope and shaper controls. Compatible across devices for seamless production.
- 50 Factory Presets
- 4 Analog Flavors
- 8 Saturation Modes
- Filter Cutoff & Glide
- Handcrafted Envelope & Shaper
- Cross-platform Compatibility
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Sub atomic bass. Anywhere. For any mix. sub808 is the end result of countless hours dialing in and perfecting the perfect 808 - so you don’t have to! Experience the instant power of sub808 in your productions and sculpt your bass into something uniquely yours with our intuitive interface, all within moments. At its core, sub808 includes 50 Factory Presets, featuring 4 distinct flavors: Smooth, Tape, Gritty, and Nasty. Each flavor comes with its own unique analog character, providing excellent starting points for your creativity. Fine-tune these sounds to perfection with 8 Saturation modes, offering precise control over drive and mix levels. Smooth Easy-To-Dial-in Filter Cutoff & Glide Times: Experience enhanced versatility with a filter cutoff featuring both pre and post saturation modes, enabling you to position your filter precisely within the signal chain. Elevate your bass playability with the added convenience of an easily adjustable glide function, facilitating seamless pitch bending between your bass lines for added depth and expression. Handcrafted Envelope and Shaper: We’ve dialed in a customized amp envelope, giving you just what you need: Attack & Release. To complement this further, a specialized transient shaper that can sculpt your sound from a smooth bass pad, to PUNCH kick drum sound with ease. Collaborate, Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Machine: Wether you have a fleet of production machines, or if you collaborate with music makers around the world, we have you covered with cross-platform compatibility & presets to make switching between any machine fast and easy. Features - 50 Factory Presets covering multiple genres - 4 distinct Flavors with baked in Analog goodness - 8 Saturation Modes w/ Drive & Mix Controls - Punch Control for Smooth or Punchy bass - Sound sculpting Glide & Attack/Release Controls - Preset Manager included for saving, editing, and loading different presets - Standalone app and AUv3 included
Dub Filter
This audio plugin emulates a legendary vintage high-pass filter, offering eleven frequency steps and controls for resonance, magnetism, character, dynamics, and artifacts. It includes LFO and Envelope Follower modulation sources for creative sound design.
- Vintage high-pass filter emulation
- Eleven frequency steps
- Adjustable resonance
- Magnetism, Character, Dynamics, Artifacts controls
- LFO modulation
- Envelope Follower modulation
- Standalone and AUv3 formats
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Dub Filter is a filter plugin modeled after King Tubby’s iconic Big Knob, a passive high-pass filter with eleven frequency steps from 70Hz to 7.5KHz. This filter defined the sound of the entire "roots" era of Jamaican music. On top of the main stepped Frequency knob and the Impedance (resonance), the filter also offers control over its behavior including Magnetism, Character, Dynamics, and Artefacts controls. We have also included two modulation sources, LFO and Envelope Follower, to enhance the creative possibilities of the plugin, from rhythmic pulsations to organic filter movements. Available as Standalone and AUv3.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dub Filter at 100% against sub808's 0%. Dub Filter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). sub808's advantage is price ($9.99 vs $14.99) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 15 months). On ratings volume, ads, 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
sub808 costs $9.99 and Dub Filter $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dub Filter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of sub808's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dub Filter's.
sub808 ships an update every 6 months, Dub Filter every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | sub808 | Dub Filter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OSC Audio | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
sub808
Dub Filter
In-app purchases
sub808
No in-app purchases
Dub Filter
No in-app purchases







