Comparison

BLEASS Tides vs GestureWave

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
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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

GestureWave

Features
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GestureWaveは、カメラで検出した手のジェスチャーや本体の傾きで、音楽エフェクトをリアルタイムに操作できるユニークなオーディオエフェクトアプリです。 手をかざして高さや開閉を変えるだけ、あるいは本体を傾けるだけで、エフェクトのパラメータを直感的にコントロールできます。演奏しながらの表現力を、新しい操作方法で広げます。 【主な機能】 ・5種類のエフェクト: Tremolo(トレモロ) / Flanger(フランジャー) / Phaser(フェイザー) / Ring Mod(リングモジュレーター) / Wah(オートワウ) ・カメラモードとモーションモード、2つのジェスチャー操作方式 ・外部MIDIキーボード/MIDIフットコントローラーからの入力に対応 ・サードパーティAUv3インストゥルメントを自身のプロセス内にホストして演奏可能 ・MIDI Learn機能で、外部MIDI機器のノブ/フェーダーから各パラメータを直接操作 ・Bluetooth MIDI機器のペアリングに対応 ・オーディオインターフェース経由のアナログ入力にも対応 ・AUv3拡張として、GarageBand等の他のAUv3対応ホストアプリでも単体のエフェクトとして使用可能 ・iPhone/iPad対応、日本語・英語両対応 ギター、シンセ、DTM制作まで、あらゆる音楽表現の場面で新しい操作体験を提供します。

Screenshots

BLEASS Tides4 screens
GestureWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GestureWave at Free against BLEASS Tides's $14.99. GestureWave also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). BLEASS Tides's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

GestureWave is free to download; BLEASS Tides costs $14.99 up front. GestureWave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BLEASS Tides asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLEASS Tides ships an update every 5 months, GestureWave every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BLEASS Tides versus GestureWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLEASS TidesGestureWave
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperBLEASSF7Studio, K.K.

In-app purchases

None

BLEASS Tides

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GestureWave

One-time1
  • Unlock Restrictions$5.99

Questions

Is BLEASS Tides free?
BLEASS Tides costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GestureWave free?
GestureWave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BLEASS Tides or GestureWave have ads?
Neither BLEASS Tides nor GestureWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLEASS Tides or GestureWave?
BLEASS Tides ships an update every 5 months, and GestureWave every 2 days. Most recently, BLEASS Tides was updated on October 24, 2026 and GestureWave on October 15, 2026.

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