Comparison

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX vs FFT AUv3 Visualizer

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

Head to head
About

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX

This app provides creative audio effects for rhythmic sound shaping, including stutters, rolls, and trance gate styles. It features an expressive XY-pad with MIDI control and recording capabilities, and integrates seamlessly as an AUv3 FX plugin.

Highlights
  • Rhythmic sound shaping
  • Stutter, roll, and slip effects
  • Trance gate-style effects
  • Expressive XY-pad control
  • MIDI control and recording
  • AUv3 FX plugin integration
Features
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RollBud is a creative audio effect that lets you shape sound in fun and rhythmic ways. Whether you're going for stutters, rolls, reverse rolls, slips, or trance gate-style effects, RollBud makes it easy to explore new textures and grooves—right from your iPad or iPhone. Expressive XY-Pad with MIDI Control & Recording - Touch & Perform: Control beat divisions on the X-axis and envelope shaping on the Y-axis. - MIDI Controllable: Trigger effects and highlight beats with external MIDI controllers. - Record & Playback: Capture your XY movements and play them back like an advanced LFO. - iCloud Integration: Save, manage, rename, or delete recordings from the settings menu. - MIDI Assignable: Map recordings to a MIDI note and channel for instant recall in live sets. Perfect for Any Genre From electronic, techno, house, and hip-hop to ambient, glitch, experimental, and cinematic, RollBud adds a unique rhythmic dimension to any production. AUv3 FX Plugin for Seamless Integration RollBud is a fully-featured AUv3 audio effect, compatible with top AUv3 hosts like AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis, and Loopy Pro. More Features - Flexible FX Modes – Switch between Roll and Trance Gate modes for unique playback styles. - Customizable Envelope – Control rise/fall ratio, curve shape, and intensity for dynamic shaping. - Latch Mode – Hold XY positions for continuous effect application. - Quantized & Free Play – Perform with precision or experiment freely. Transform your sound and elevate your performance with RollBud!

About

FFT AUv3 Visualizer

This real-time spectral analyzer visualizes audio into spectrograms with high precision. It offers advanced features like mel-scale mapping and intelligent color coding to help musicians and audio engineers analyze sound frequencies for mixing, mastering, and sound design.

Highlights
  • Real-time spectral analysis
  • High-resolution 4096-sample FFT
  • Mel-scale frequency mapping
  • 90dB dynamic range with intelligent color mapping
  • Resizable interface
  • 60Hz display with 75% overlap
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FFT is a real-time spectral analyzer designed specifically for musicians, producers, and audio engineers who demand precision in their frequency domain analysis. This plugin transforms your audio into visual spectrogram, featuring a high-resolution 4096-sample FFT engine that captures every nuance of your sound. With its advanced Blackman-Harris windowing and mel-scale frequency mapping, FFT provides perceptually accurate frequency representation that mirrors how your ears actually hear music. The plugin offers 90dB dynamic range with intelligent color mapping that highlights different frequency bands—from deep blues for sub-bass through vibrant greens for midrange to warm reds for sparkling highs. Whether you're mixing, mastering, sound designing, or analyzing acoustic spaces, FFT's real-time 60Hz display with 75% overlap ensures smooth, responsive visualization that helps you make critical EQ decisions, identify problematic frequencies, monitor stereo imaging, and understand the spectral content of your tracks with scientific precision. The resizable interface adapts to your workflow, making it an indispensable tool for any serious audio professional seeking to visualize and understand their sound in the frequency domain.

Screenshots

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX4 screens
FFT AUv3 Visualizer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FFT AUv3 Visualizer at $0.99 against RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX's $5.99. RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX costs $5.99 and FFT AUv3 Visualizer $0.99 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 — 5.0 for RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX against 5.0 for FFT AUv3 Visualizer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX ships an update every 2 months, FFT AUv3 Visualizer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX versus FFT AUv3 Visualizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRollBud Trance Gate & Roll FXFFT AUv3 Visualizer
Price$5.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCem OlcayDiscoDSP LLC

Customer experience

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FFT AUv3 Visualizer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX

No in-app purchases

None

FFT AUv3 Visualizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX free?
RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FFT AUv3 Visualizer free?
FFT AUv3 Visualizer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX or FFT AUv3 Visualizer?
RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX and FFT AUv3 Visualizer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX or FFT AUv3 Visualizer have ads?
Neither RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX nor FFT AUv3 Visualizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX or FFT AUv3 Visualizer?
RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX ships an update every 2 months, and FFT AUv3 Visualizer every 8 months. Most recently, RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX was updated on September 16, 2026 and FFT AUv3 Visualizer on September 20, 2026.

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