Comparison

EQ510 vs VAMonoMkII

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

Head to head
About

EQ510

This audio plugin emulates a legendary vintage equalizer, offering the flexibility of digital with authentic analog sound. It adds smooth drive and color through a vintage output transformer, enhancing your music production workflow.

Highlights
  • Vintage American equalizer emulation
  • 500 module modeling
  • Vintage output transformer for drive and color
  • Digital flexibility with analog sound
  • Enhanced music production workflow
Features
Read full description

Flexibility of digital, real sound The 510EQ is a lightweight plugin modeled after the famous American equalizer used as a 500 module and amplified with a vintage output transformer to add smooth drive and color. At Aurora DSP, we're always striving to improve your workflow and create plugins that will stay in your arsenal forever. We bring the advanced features of classic gear to modern musicians, engineers and producers.

About

VAMonoMkII

This app is a virtual analog bitimbral synthesizer for iOS and macOS. It offers two 8-voice synthesizers with extensive modulation, classic analog filter models, and built-in effects. Create and export music with its sequencer and audio visualization tools.

Highlights
  • Virtual analog bitimbral synthesizer
  • Dual oscillators with variable waveforms
  • Transistor Ladder and Sallen-Key filter models
  • Built-in effects suite (delay, reverb, chorus, etc.)
  • 16-bar sequencer with piano roll and automation
  • Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) support
  • Ableton Link and MIDI 2.0 compatibility
Features
Read full description

VAMonoMkII is a virtual analog bitimbral synthesizer for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It features two 8 voice synthesizer, effects, sequencer and audio visualization tools. It operates as a stand alone or as an AudioUnit Extension (AUv3). Stand Alone supports Ableton Link, MIDI and audio file export. The bitimbral synthesizer consists of two synthesizer, which features two oscillators, two ADSR envelopes, resonant high pass and low pass filter and an amplifier per voice. The oscillators features continuously variable wave shape and wide variety of modulation. The filters are modeled on Transistor Ladder filter circuit and the Sallen-Key filter circuit for classic analog sound. The Effects include delay, chorus, flanger, reverb, eq and compressor. The sequencer features piano roll and parameter automation editor to program 16 bar pattern per clip. Project files can be saved in iCloud Drive, so that the project can be accessed from iPhone, iPad or Mac. - Main Features - Virtual analog bitimbral synthesizer Two type of Lowpass filter, Transistor Ladder model and Sallen-key model. Maximum 8 voice polyphony. it depends on performance of the device it is running. Operate as monophonic or polyphonic. Patch points for modulation. Support MIDI 2.0 User Interface built by SwiftUI for improved performance. Built-in Sequencer. 16 bar patterns per clip. Total 8 clips. Piano Roll and Parameter automation. Support Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Support iCloud Drive to share project files between the platforms. Audio Export. Linear PCM format (AIFF, WAV and CAF) and compressed format (AAC) Support Ableton Link, Bluetooth MIDI, MIDI In / Out. 360 bitimbral presets and more. - System Requirements - A13 Fusion or above is recommended. AudioUnit Extension (AUv3) requires host application which support AudioUnit Extension. AudioUnit Extension is supported by Apple Logic and Apple Garage Band on iOS and macOS. For any other DAW, it depends on the application and some of them don’t support AudioUnit Extension. Sound may be distorted if CPU of the device doesn't have enough power. If it happens reduce number of voices.

Screenshots

EQ5101 screens
VAMonoMkII4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EQ510 at $2.99 against VAMonoMkII's $3.99. EQ510 also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

EQ510 costs $2.99 and VAMonoMkII $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EQ510 against 5.0 for VAMonoMkII. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EQ510 versus VAMonoMkII: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEQ510VAMonoMkII
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequency—Every 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAurora DSPRyo Togawa

Customer experience

EQ510

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

VAMonoMkII

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EQ510

No in-app purchases

None

VAMonoMkII

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EQ510 free?
EQ510 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is VAMonoMkII free?
VAMonoMkII costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EQ510 or VAMonoMkII?
EQ510 and VAMonoMkII are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do EQ510 or VAMonoMkII have ads?
Neither EQ510 nor VAMonoMkII shows ads.

Other comparisons