Comparison

sub808 vs Bass Hammer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 50 Factory Presets
  • 4 Analog Flavors
  • 8 Saturation Modes
  • Filter Cutoff & Glide
  • Handcrafted Envelope & Shaper
  • Cross-platform Compatibility
Features
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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

About

Bass Hammer

This app offers advanced bass tone shaping with adaptive gain sculpting, a six-band graphic EQ, and versatile cabinet simulations. It includes a recording chain emulation and a noise gate, functioning as a standalone app or an audio effect.

Highlights
  • Adaptive Gain Sculpting (AGS)
  • Six-band Graphic EQ
  • Versatile cabinet simulations
  • Recording chain emulation
  • Custom noise gate
  • Standalone, AUv3, and IAA support
Features
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"Advanced Tone Sculpting Bass Amplifier" The Nembrini Bass Hammer plugin, modeled on the Aguilar Tone Hammer*, is engineered for advanced bass tone shaping, featuring Adaptive Gain Sculpting, comprehensive EQ adjustments, and versatile cabinet simulations. AGS AGS (Adaptive Gain Sculpting) transforms your signal’s EQ curve and gain structure, altering the behavior of the MID parameter. GRAPHIC EQ Six bands centered at 125 Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz, and 4 kHz, enabling nuanced sculpting across the bass frequency range. Bass Hammer Bass Amplifier includes a complete recording chain emulation and our custom design noise gate circuit. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect Legal Disclaimer: Tone Hammer is a registered trademark of Aguilar Amplification LLC. Bass Hammer was developed by Nembrini Audio SRL based on its own modelling techniques. Aguilar Amplification LLC has not endorsed nor sponsored the Bass Hammer in any manner, nor licensed any intellectual property for use in this product.

Screenshots

sub8084 screens
Bass Hammer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bass Hammer at 100% against sub808's 0%. Bass Hammer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1). sub808's advantage is price ($9.99 vs $19.99) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 30 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

sub808 costs $9.99 and Bass Hammer $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bass Hammer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of sub808's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bass Hammer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

sub808 ships an update every 6 months, Bass Hammer every 30 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
sub808 versus Bass Hammer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersub808Bass Hammer
Price$9.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.1 (9 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 30 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOSC AudioNembrini Audio

Customer experience

sub808

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bass Hammer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

sub808

No in-app purchases

None

Bass Hammer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is sub808 free?
sub808 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bass Hammer free?
Bass Hammer costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, sub808 or Bass Hammer?
Bass Hammer is rated higher. sub808 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Bass Hammer averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do sub808 or Bass Hammer have ads?
Neither sub808 nor Bass Hammer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, sub808 or Bass Hammer?
sub808 ships an update every 6 months, and Bass Hammer every 30 months. Most recently, sub808 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bass Hammer on October 24, 2026.

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