AUFX vs TB Barricade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AUFX
This app offers a high-quality, real-time reverb audio effect with a 32-bit DSP engine. It allows for extensive parameter tweaking to create a vast range of sounds, from small rooms to infinite spaces. The app supports hardware input/output and can process audio from other apps via Inter-App Audio or Audiobus.
- High quality 32-bit DSP engine
- Extensive parameter tweaking
- Built-in resonant filters
- Process hardware input/output
- Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support
- Save, load, and share presets
- MIDI controllable
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High quality real time reverb audio effect, for everything between small rooms, resonators, and infinitely large spaces. This app is the first in the AUFX series, a collection of simple and powerful audio effect apps. • High quality 32-bit DSP engine. • A multitude of parameters to tweak to get a wide range of sounds. • Built-in resonant filters. • Process hardware input/output. • Process other apps through Inter-App Audio or Audiobus (input/filter/output slots supported). • Save, load and share user presets. • Supports Audiobus2 state saving. • Comes with several bundled presets. • Fully MIDI controllable, including Virtual MIDI. • Background Audio. • Built-in lookahead limiter to prevent clipping. • Record the result directly in app. • Email recordings or export to AudioShare audio document manager app. • Access user presets and recordings through iTunes File Sharing.
TB Barricade
This professional audio tool provides studio-quality true-peak limiting and peak compression. It features integrated loudness measurement and an input modeller for analog simulation, offering precise control over audio levels for music production.
- Studio-grade true-peak limiting
- Peak compressor
- Integrated ITU/EBU loudness measurement
- Analog circuitry simulation
- Accurate level metering
- Automatic and manual limiter tuning
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ToneBoosters Barricade is a studio-quality, professional, true-peak limiter and peak compressor AUv3 plug-in with a gorgeous interface and integrated ITU / EBU compliant loudness measurement. The ToneBoosters Barricade app captures the microphone input and processes the signals in real time. To use it as a plug-in, use an AUv3-compatible host app such as Steinberg Cubasis, Apple Garageband, Audio Evolution Mobile Studio, Auria, AUM, or others. ToneBoosters Barricade will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins. Key features: - Studio-grade, transparent peak limiting - The same professional sound as the acclaimed desktop version - ITU and EBU-compliant true-peak limiting option - Integrated ITU and EBU compliant loudness meter - Input modeller for analog circuitry simulation and saturation - Accurate metering of input and output levels, as well as attenuation - Simultaneous peak, peak hold, and RMS metering - Fully automatic, content dependent or manual tuning of limiter behaviour - Undo/redo, and A/B comparison - Color themes for the user interface - Max screen support in Garageband - Optimised for iPad and compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch What you should know: - Licenses acquired for this platform are not compatible with other platforms. - Audio Unit (AUv3) extensions require an iPad mini 2, iPad 4 or later models.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AUFX at $4.99 against TB Barricade's $8.99. AUFX also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). TB Barricade's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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
AUFX costs $4.99 and TB Barricade $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for AUFX against 4.8 for TB Barricade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of AUFX's written reviews are positive against 100% of TB Barricade's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | AUFX | TB Barricade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kymatica AB | ToneBoosters |
Customer experience
AUFX
TB Barricade
Bugs and requests
AUFX
Reported bugs
2 issues- App does not work on iPhone 7
- New version crashes when loading presets
Requested features
3 requests- AUv3 support
- More tutorial content
- Improved bundle pricing
TB Barricade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AUFX
No in-app purchases
TB Barricade
No in-app purchases









