Comparison

DynaBit vs QuaDelay

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

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About

DynaBit

Create a wide range of bitcrushed audio textures, from subtle enhancements to extreme digital distortion. Animate tracks with dynamic chopping and expressive modulations using advanced controls and a powerful modulation matrix. Designed as an AUv3 plugin for iOS and iPadOS music production hosts.

Highlights
  • Bitcrushed audio texture creation
  • Dynamic audio-chopping and modulation
  • Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-Pass filtering
  • Sample rate and resolution control
  • Envelope shaping and repetition effects
  • Modulation matrix with LFOs, Sequencers, Envelope Followers
  • AUv3 plugin for iOS/iPadOS hosts
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•Create rich, energetic and detailed bitcrushed textures. •Explore a wide range of tones, from refined, graceful characters to glitchy mutilated mayhem. •Animate your tracks with dynamic audio-chopping and expressive modulations. •Enjoy the straightforward, elegant design in your new and powerful bitcrush effect. Control whether the whole signal or a specific frequency range is affected using a Low-Pass, Band-Pass or High-Pass filter. Refine it further with 'Cutoff' and 'Resonance' control. Slash the rate of samples taken from the incoming audio down to 10hz, reduce unwanted sampling errors using the Nyquist filter and refine the sampling shape with the smoothen control. Crush the resolution of the audio down to a single bit, use the range booster to exploit all available bits and structure the chaos using the envelope to shape the original dynamics of the incoming signal. Mangle your tracks into digital disorder; use the Threshold to time the trigger, Time & Num Repeats to shape your repetitions then have them fade away using the Decay. Strike excitement into your productions with Dynabit´s powerful modulation matrix, including 2 LFO´s, 2 Sequencers, 2 Envelope Followers and MIDI control. Dynabit works brilliantly for a variety of styles and genres. From gentle sonic enrichment to digital oblivion, Dynabit comes jam-packed with 50 presets in Basic, Drums, Glitch & Tonal Folders. DynaBit is designed as an AUv3 plugin, meaning it works within iOS and iPadOS hosts such as Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis 3, AUM and Beatmaker 3.

About

QuaDelay

This audio effect plugin creates unique stereo delay soundscapes using four independent delay lines. It offers advanced control over delay times, regeneration, modulation, and filtering for ambient and experimental audio textures. It can be used standalone or within compatible host applications.

Highlights
  • Four independent stereo delay lines
  • Adjustable delay times and ratios
  • Variable regeneration (feedback)
  • Stereo modulation effect
  • Low-pass filter for repeats
  • Integrated reverb effect
  • Standalone and AUv3 compatible
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QuaDelay Delay-Scaper (AUv3) QuaDelay is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic or GarageBand. Overview QuaDelay is a stereo delay effect that uses four independent delay lines to create interesting, and sometimes mesmerising "delay-scapes". QuaDelay is not your typical ping-pong delay, so if you're looking for tempo-sync'd quarter note triplets and dotted eighths, that's not really what QuaDelay is about. If on the other hand, you're interested in creating lush and ambient delay-based effects, this might just be the delay for you! Parameters Active - Toggles the effect On or Off. Note that when you set the effect to Off, you will still hear the delay repeats, but your input signal is no longer fed into the delay processing. This is a similar idea to the "trails" feature in many delay effects units and pedals. Delay - Sets the base delay time between 100ms and 8 seconds. Other delays will be heard at different times depending on the Ratios setting. Ratios - Changes how the other three delay line times are calculated. The 2:3:4 setting is probably the most obviously rhythmic, as it's based on the formula 1-(1/x) which produces the ratios of 50, 67 and 75%. These ratios are applied to the base delay time, so for a base delay time of 1000ms, one delay will occur after 1000ms and the others at 500ms, 667ms and 750ms. The Gold and Silver Ratios calculations are based on Prime numbers and the Golden and Silver Ratio in Mathematics. These calculations are the QuaDelay "secret sauce" ! Regen - Sets the regeneration or feedback of the delay repeats up to 100% "endless" repeats. Note that at high Regen levels, the sound will appear to degrade in quality and become "washed-out" or "murky". This is intentional, and an attempt to capture the sound of analog delays with limited fidelity. Compression and limiting are also applied internally to prevent excessive build-up, which can also result in a "crunchy" sound at extreme settings as the repeats are squashed each time they're layered on top of each other. Again, this tends to be a sonic characteristic of analog and tape-based delays. Mod - Applies a variable amount of stereo modulation to the delayed sound. LPF - Sets the cutoff frequency of a lowpass filter applied to the delay repeats. Reduce the LPF control for a darker echo sound. Dry - Sets how much of the dry / incoming signal is added to the output stage, and can be muted entirely if desired. Wet - Sets the overall level of the generated delay / effect. Reverb - Applies a large-sounding stereo-tastic reverb to the combined Dry and Wet output. Adding Reverb helps "smear" the delay repeats, creating ambient washes of sounds. By setting the Wet level to zero, you can use QuaDelay as a simple reverb effect. If the name sounds familiar, QuaDelay is an improved version of the QUADELAY module developed for Voltage Modular by Waverley Instruments. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: QuaDelay at $1.99 against DynaBit's $12.99. QuaDelay also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). DynaBit's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

DynaBit costs $12.99 and QuaDelay $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DynaBit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DynaBit versus QuaDelay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDynaBitQuaDelay
Price$12.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaelum AudioRob Jackson

Customer experience

DynaBit

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

QuaDelay

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DynaBit

No in-app purchases

None

QuaDelay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DynaBit free?
DynaBit costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuaDelay free?
QuaDelay costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DynaBit or QuaDelay?
DynaBit is rated higher. DynaBit averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while QuaDelay averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do DynaBit or QuaDelay have ads?
Neither DynaBit nor QuaDelay shows ads.

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