KA mini SuoNa vs Dub Filter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KA mini SuoNa
This virtual instrument app offers a high-quality Chinese SuoNa sound experience with a simple user interface. It's designed for electric wind and MIDI keyboard users, functioning as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.
- Minimally-designed virtual instrument
- High-quality Chinese SuoNa sound
- Simple UI controls
- Standalone app functionality
- AUv3 plugin support
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Kong Audio mini SuoNa is a minimally-designed virtual instrument of Chinese SuoNa. It gives electric wind instrument and midi keyboard user a high-quality experience with very simple UI controls. KA mini SuoNa can run as an app or AUv3 plugin.
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 KA mini SuoNa's 0%. Dub Filter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). KA mini SuoNa's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $14.99) and update cadence (fortnightly 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
KA mini SuoNa costs $1.99 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 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of KA mini SuoNa's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dub Filter's.
KA mini SuoNa ships an update fortnightly, Dub Filter every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KA mini SuoNa | Dub Filter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — 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 | 31 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHANTOU KONG AUDIO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
KA mini SuoNa
Dub Filter
In-app purchases
KA mini SuoNa
No in-app purchases
Dub Filter
No in-app purchases
