DriveThru Cerbes vs GSDSP Quantum Filter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DriveThru Cerbes
This app simulates a renowned three-channel guitar preamp, delivering a wide range of tones from clean to high-gain. It features an overdrive pedal, stereo delay with reverb, and a cabinet section with 3D mic positioning. Includes a metronome and recorder for capturing musical ideas.
- Three-channel preamp simulation (Clean, Crunch, High-Gain)
- Extreme Overdrive pedal
- Stereo delay with reverb
- 3D cabinet microphone positioning
- Built-in metronome
- Built-in recorder
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Drivethru Cerbes is a fully neural network-based simulation of a renowned three-channel preamp, offering exceptional tones from sparkling cleans to crunchy rhythms to brutal high-gain sounds. This comprehensive app includes: - Three-channel preamp simulation: Clean, Crunch, High-Gain - Extreme Overdrive pedal included - Stereo delay with additional reverb - Cabinet section with 4 microphones and full 3D mic positioning - AIR slider for sound brightness - Simple and effective graphical equalizer for tone shaping - Built-in metronome - Built-in recorder for capturing riffs - Cross-platform preset sharing - Studio environment mode for headphones with control room simulation Download Drivethru Cerbes now and unlock the full potential of your guitar sound! Standalone App / Audio Unit v3
GSDSP Quantum Filter
This audio effect plugin offers analog-modeled filters with flexible routing and dynamic modulation for creative sound design. It provides extensive control over tone shaping and complex filtering with various filter types and configurations.
- Analog-modelled filters
- 11 filter modes
- Series and parallel routing
- Dynamic modulation support
- Stereo and dual mono modes
- MIDI control integration
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Analog warmth meets flexible routing and dynamic modulation in a filter workstation built for creative sound design. Analog-Modelled Filters Quantum Filter uses resonant, analog-modelled filter designs that behave smoothly and musically across the entire spectrum. With no cramping, stepping, or digital artefacts, the filters remain stable even under rapid modulation. At high resonance settings they can reach self-oscillation, similar to classic hardware circuits. Filter Types & Routing Choose from 11 filter modes, including Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Notch, Shelving options, Bell, and Ladder Lowpass in 1–4 pole configurations. Combine filters in series (up to three stages) or parallel (up to two), resulting in over 2,000 possible routing combinations for detailed tone shaping and complex layered filtering. Built for Modulation Designed to handle fast, artefact-free modulation, Quantum Filter responds cleanly even under rapid parameter changes. Its stability makes it suitable for dynamic environments, rhythmic modulation, or complex movement across multiple filter stages. Stereo and Dual Mono Switch between stereo and dual mono modes to shape the stereo image. In dual mono mode, left and right channels can move independently, enabling asymmetric movement, wider imaging, or separate modulation paths for each side. MIDI Control Quantum Filter integrates ADSR & AR modulators that respond directly to MIDI, allowing envelope-driven filter motion that behaves like a synthesizer’s filter section. This integration adds expressive control for rhythmic gating, animated sweeps, and dynamic shaping based on your playing or sequencing. Quantum Filter is an AUv3 audio effect plugin compatible with Logic Pro, AUM, Cubasis, GarageBand and many more. A Desktop version is also available for Windows and macOS (VST3 / AU / AAX). More information here: https://gs-dsp.com/products
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GSDSP Quantum Filter at 100% against DriveThru Cerbes's 0%. GSDSP Quantum Filter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). DriveThru Cerbes's advantage is price ($6.99 vs $14.99) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
DriveThru Cerbes costs $6.99 and GSDSP Quantum Filter $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GSDSP Quantum Filter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of DriveThru Cerbes's written reviews are positive against 100% of GSDSP Quantum Filter's.
DriveThru Cerbes ships an update daily, GSDSP Quantum Filter every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | DriveThru Cerbes | GSDSP Quantum Filter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurora DSP | Gustav Scholda |
Customer experience
DriveThru Cerbes
GSDSP Quantum Filter
In-app purchases
DriveThru Cerbes
No in-app purchases
GSDSP Quantum Filter
No in-app purchases
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