Comparison

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX vs Delay Line

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

Delay Line

This audio effect app offers a high-quality digital delay with smooth parameter control for musical echoes. It's designed to add depth and space to your sound without unwanted noise.

Highlights
  • High-quality digital delay
  • Smooth parameter interpolation
  • Feedback control
  • Musical echoes
  • Linear interpolation for delay time
  • Comprehensive parameter smoothing
Features
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A high-quality digital delay effect with smooth parameter interpolation and feedback control. This delay provides clean, musical echoes perfect for adding depth and space to your audio. The delay uses linear interpolation for smooth delay time changes and includes comprehensive parameter smoothing to eliminate zipper noise during real-time parameter adjustments.

Screenshots

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX4 screens
Delay Line4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Delay Line at $1.99 against RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX's $5.99. RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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 Delay Line $1.99 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 Delay Line. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX versus Delay Line: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRollBud Trance Gate & Roll FXDelay Line
Price$5.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCem OlcayCallback Audio, 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%

Delay Line

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

In-app purchases

None

RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX

No in-app purchases

None

Delay Line

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 Delay Line free?
Delay Line costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX or Delay Line?
RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX and Delay Line are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX or Delay Line have ads?
Neither RollBud Trance Gate & Roll FX nor Delay Line shows ads.

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