Comparison

BLEASS Tides vs Vinyl Strip

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

Head to head
About

BLEASS Tides

This music app offers a unique delay processing experience with fluid delay times and advanced modulation. Shape your echoes with input filters and a flexible feedback path featuring multiple effect processors. Its intuitive interface is designed for both touch and mouse interaction.

Highlights
  • Fluid delay time alteration
  • Enhanced modulation system (LFOs, envelope followers)
  • Input filter with resonant bands
  • Feedback path with 11 insertable effect processors
  • Interactive delay visualizer
  • Momentary Freeze and Kill buttons
Currently charting
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BLEASS Tides washes away the dry, uninspiring echoes of conventional delay processors with wave after wave of richly characterful reflections. The plugin's fluid approach to delay processing means delay times can be altered without the unpleasant warping results produced by other delay processors, with the option of a controlled tape-like timing shift, or a simple crossfade between differently timed delays. Better still, with an enhanced modulation system provided by BLEASS' latest plugin technology, you can take full advantage of this delay time fluidity with stereo LFOs, envelope followers and macro controllers that allow you to explore new horizons of exciting delay effects. There's more to creating unique and enthralling delay lines than timing alone, and so BLEASS Tides provides many different ways of shaping and adding character to its repeats. An input filter combining low- and high-pass resonant bands allows you to easily mould the incoming signal and thereby sculpt the resulting echoes. Then, for even deeper and more exhilarating shaping, Tides' feedback path features five insert points into which any of 11 different effect processors can be loaded. These include distortions, filters, pitch and frequency shifting, ring modulation, and even an additional delay processor, all of which can be brought to life with the plugin's stereo modulators. Tides is the first plugin to use BLEASS' v2 plugin engine, its reimagined interface design giving a crisp and clean look to the plugin whilst retaining the familiar and welcoming look and feel of previous BLEASS plugins. The new interface is as easy to use with touchscreens as it is with a mouse, and includes innovative interactive elements such as Tides' delay visualiser that, when clicked with the mouse or touched with a finger, produces fascinating interactive frequency shifting effects. Further realtime interaction comes in the form of momentary Freeze and Kill buttons that are perfect for creating spontaneous, organic effects, whether on stage, on the go, or in the studio. BLEASS Tides' unique approach brings delay processing to new shores with never before heard stereo effects and modulations, extensive tonal shaping, and a user interface that's both easy on the eye and easy to use. More information on https://www.bleass.com/tides

About

Vinyl Strip

This multi-effect plugin offers 6 distinct audio processing modules that can be rearranged to add a vintage vinyl sound to your digital tracks. Achieve classic record warmth and character with this CPU-efficient tool.

Highlights
  • Modular effect arrangement
  • Distortion module
  • Compressor module
  • Bit Crusher module
  • Tilt EQ module
  • Vintage Reverb module
  • Vinylizer module
Features
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Vinyl Strip is a multi-effect plugin featuring 6 modules: Distortion, Compressor, Bit Crusher, Tilt EQ, Vintage Reverb, and Vinylizer. The modules can be arranged in any combination by simple drag-n-drop. Vinyl Strip will add life and an old school touch to your samples and tracks, and achieve that classic vinyl record sound in your digital environment. The plugin is optimised to be lightweight on the CPU.

Screenshots

BLEASS Tides4 screens
Vinyl Strip1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: BLEASS Tides at #191 against Vinyl Strip's unranked. BLEASS Tides also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

BLEASS Tides costs $14.99 and Vinyl Strip $14.99 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 — 4.9 for BLEASS Tides against 5.0 for Vinyl Strip. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
BLEASS Tides versus Vinyl Strip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLEASS TidesVinyl Strip
Price$14.99$14.99
Rating4.9 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#191 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB17 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperBLEASSAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

BLEASS Tides

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Vinyl Strip

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BLEASS Tides

No in-app purchases

None

Vinyl Strip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLEASS Tides free?
BLEASS Tides costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vinyl Strip free?
Vinyl Strip costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BLEASS Tides or Vinyl Strip?
Vinyl Strip is rated higher. BLEASS Tides averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Vinyl Strip averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do BLEASS Tides or Vinyl Strip have ads?
Neither BLEASS Tides nor Vinyl Strip shows ads.

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