Dead Kitty vs luapsel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dead Kitty
This app provides high-gain British guitar tones with a modern edge, excelling in low tunings. It features two channels, a noise gate, and advanced tone shaping for clean riffs and heavy leads.
- High-gain British tones
- Low tuning support
- Clean and Lead channels
- Built-in noise gate
- Two high-quality IRs
- 4-knob tone stack with Air knob
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Get ready to rock with Dead Kitty! This app delivers high-gain classic British tones with a modern twist, handling low tunings effortlessly. Featuring two channels—clean and lead—Dead Kitty was developed in collaboration with Poland's premier guitar YouTube channel, FOG. Twist the Kitty Skull gain knob to dial in the perfect amount of purr or roar. With a built-in noise gate, two high-quality IRs, and a 4-knob tone stack including a unique Air knob for added clarity and brightness, Dead Kitty ensures ultimate control over your sound. Whether you're purring through clean riffs or shredding with ferocious leads, this app keeps your tone always on point. Download now and let your guitar roar!
luapsel
Create calming electric guitar ambience with reversed samples and built-in effects. Offers polyphonic playback, multiple articulations, and real-time sound shaping tools for unique musical textures.
- Polyphonic reversed guitar sounds
- Round Robin sampling
- Multiple articulations
- Built-in delay, reverb, chorus
- Real-time low-pass filter
- ADSR Release control
- Standalone samples available
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luapsel: Unique Evolving Electric Guitar Ambience luapsel is a collection of Electric Guitar samples, meticulously multi-sampled in Round Robin and reversed in the most transparent way possible to offer your projects an easy-to-use calming vibe. Play around with built-in delay, reverb, and chorus effects, or go au naturel. Sound design is a breeze with real-time filters, release control, and tuning options. Get luapsel for free inside Decent Sampler or just enjoy the raw samples, or grab the new improved app for just $1. Features -Polyphonic reversed guitar sounds -Round Robin sampling for nuanced playback -Four articulations: Original, Looped, Fast, & Slow -Built-in delay, reverb, and chorus effects -Real-time low-pass filter (Tone) -ADSR Release control and real-time sampling tuning -Available for Decent Sampler or as standalone samples
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dead Kitty at 4.8 against luapsel's 4.5. luapsel's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Dead Kitty costs $3.99 and luapsel $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dead Kitty holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively.
Dead Kitty ships an update every 5 days, luapsel every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dead Kitty | luapsel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| 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 | 24 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurora DSP | OSC Audio |
Customer experience
Dead Kitty
luapsel
In-app purchases
Dead Kitty
No in-app purchases
luapsel
No in-app purchases
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