AudioReverb vs DS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AudioReverb
Apply studio-quality algorithmic reverberation to your music and audio. This app simulates acoustic spaces and classical reverb algorithms for a realistic sound. Enhance your music library or use it as a professional plugin with compatible hosts.
- Algorithmic reverberation
- Early reflection modeling
- 118 factory presets
- 4-band equalizer
- AUv3 compatible
- Audiobus 3 compatible
- Inter-app audio compatible
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Studio quality reverb for AUv3 compatible hosts / Audiobus / Inter-app audio and songs from your iTunes music library. AudioReverb is an algorithmic reverberation app which combines the flexibility of vintage algorithmic reverbs with the sonic quality of convolution based reverbs. The creation of high quality reverb needs a realistic simulation of the important early reflections together with a smooth and colorless reverberation tail. The early reflections are the most important clue for the human ear to get a feeling about the dimension and character of a room. Most algorithmic reverbs offer a number of different algorithms to simulate different natural rooms like chamber, halls or artificial ones like plates. AudioReverb uses impulse responses from real acoustic spaces and classical reverb algorithms to emulate their acoustical properties. The resulting reverberation sets new standards in clarity and sense of space ! Use AudioReverb for enhancing your listening experience with your favourite iTunes songs. Use AudioReverb as professional reverb plugin to improve the quality of any Audiobus or Inter-app audio compatible App. • Smooth reverb tail generation. • Early Reflection Modelling. • 118 factory presets. • 4 Band Equalizer. • AudioUnit for AUv3 compatible hosts. • Inter-app audio compatible effect. • Audiobus 3 compatible as effect. • Reverberate any song in your iTunes library. • Low latency live usage with mic and headphones. • Audio recorder. • Audio file export via pasteboard / open in / e-mail
DS
Manage your music server directly from your smartphone. Adjust volume, connect speakers to your wireless network, and check for firmware updates to access the latest features. Ensure your device is updated for optimal performance.
- Control music server from phone
- Adjust output volume
- Connect speaker to wireless network
- Check for new firmware
- Update to newest features
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Control your music server from your phone. This app will allow you to adjust output volume. It will help you to put the speaker on your wireless network. No more need to look for Ethernet cables. You can also use this app to check for new firmware and stay updated with the newest features. If you have an old firmware version, especially after you did a factory reset you have to update the firmware for the app to work properly. In order to do a firmware update 1. make sure you connect the device to an ethernet internet connection 2. Use the app to connect to the device and go to the about page 3. Click firmware update, the message will say there was a problem checking for update then tap yes to update firmware anyway
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DS at Free against AudioReverb's $1.99. DS also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). AudioReverb's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 1.6) and review sentiment (65% vs 33%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
DS is free to download; AudioReverb costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AudioReverb holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of AudioReverb's written reviews are positive against 33% of DS's.
AudioReverb ships an update every 4 months, DS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AudioReverb | DS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (23 ratings) — better | 1.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harry Gohs | ELAC Americas Inc. |
Customer experience
AudioReverb
DS
In-app purchases
AudioReverb
No in-app purchases
DS
No in-app purchases
