Comparison

Digital Crate Digging vs VU950

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

Head to head
About

Digital Crate Digging

Explore a vast digital collection of vinyl records from the comfort of your home. Discover rare and interesting music through random song selections sourced from YouTube playlists. This app brings the thrill of crate digging to your fingertips.

Highlights
  • Digital vinyl record crate digging
  • Random song discovery
  • YouTube playlist integration
  • Explore rare and overlooked music
  • Home-based music exploration
Features
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Digital Crate Digging is app that lets you search digitally through boxes (or "crates") of vinyl records online. In the past your would search in record stores, flea markets, thrift shops, garage sales, or even private collections—to find rare, interesting, or overlooked music, now you random search with this App. The Random songs are added from a Youtube playlist. More random songs will be added in the future.

About

VU950

This app emulates the behavior of early digital samplers, focusing on sound shaping through intentional limitations and artifacts. It offers a full timestretch workflow, reduced bit depth processing, and MIDI control for a hands-on experience. Standalone mode includes multi-track sequencing, effects, and the ability to host other AUv3 apps.

Highlights
  • Classic sampler sound emulation
  • Full timestretch workflow
  • Reduced bit depth processing
  • MIDI-controllable parameters
  • Multi-track sequencing
  • AUv3 hosting
  • Built-in effects
Features
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VU950 is not about realism. It is about behavior. Sound shaped by limits, gain interaction and audible artifacts — the same forces that defined early digital samplers. Draws inspiration from classic midi sequencers combined with samplers. Why it sounds the way it does Instead of emulating a single piece of hardware, VU950 recreates the way early samplers behaved internally. Resolution limits, imperfect filtering and non-linear stages are treated as musical decisions, not technical flaws. What shapes the sound VU950 sample rate: 7.5 kHz to 48 kHz Full timestretch workflow with classic hardware sampler tone Reduced bit depth processing for early-digital density User-adjustable anti-aliasing behavior Stereo signal path with selectable left or right input channel Dedicated input gain stage with drive and circuit bias Multiple filtering stages including bandwidth limitation Built-in low-pass filter for tone shaping Anti-aliasing tuned for musical artifacts, not transparency Non-linear processing across the entire signal path Output gain stage that affects tone and density, not just level MIDI-controllable parameters for hands-on workflow Maximum sample length: 63 seconds Truncate option to trim sample Precise mode for precise trimming on start and end screen One or eight voices of polyphony Precise start and end point control for trimming Chop function with selectable amount of slices And that was just VU950 AUv3 plugin. In Standalone: 8 tracks Support for hosting AUv3 apps to change VU950 sound engine to any sound You like. Build in multi sampler - VU20. Build in midi device - VUMIDI. Mixer with 4 inserts per track. 17 build in effects like filters, eq, compressors Possibility to use 4 AUv3 effects per channel Step Sequencer Piano Roll. Song Mode Live Mode Export wav with stems. Loading samples to build in turntable and record samples to VU950/VU20 or another AUv3 plugin with inputs Classic and modern UI template (Modern is fully customisable) In app purchases drumkits are downloadable after purchase (MPC60 drumkit for free) You can check also my another beatmaking app - VU202 - which is free and it is also a AUv3 instrument so You can use VU202 in VU950!

Screenshots

Digital Crate Digging4 screens
VU9504 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Digital Crate Digging at Free against VU950's $4.99. Digital Crate Digging also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). VU950's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Digital Crate Digging is free to download; VU950 costs $4.99 up front. VU950 sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Digital Crate Digging asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Digital Crate Digging holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Digital Crate Digging's written reviews are positive against 67% of VU950's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Crate Digging ships an update monthly, VU950 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Digital Crate Digging versus VU950: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Crate DiggingVU950
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings411 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB189 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPARIS PINKNEYDariusz Chynek

Customer experience

Digital Crate Digging

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VU950

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

Digital Crate Digging

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

VU950

One-time8
  • EMAX drumkit$0.99
  • S2400$0.99
  • MPC2000$0.99
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  • MPC2000 2$0.99
  • MPC3000$0.99
  • SP1200$0.99
  • S900$0.99
  • SP202$0.99

Questions

Is Digital Crate Digging free?
Digital Crate Digging is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VU950 free?
VU950 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Digital Crate Digging or VU950?
Digital Crate Digging is rated higher. Digital Crate Digging averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while VU950 averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Digital Crate Digging or VU950 have ads?
Neither Digital Crate Digging nor VU950 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Crate Digging or VU950?
Digital Crate Digging ships an update monthly, and VU950 every 2 days. Most recently, Digital Crate Digging was updated on September 28, 2026 and VU950 on September 17, 2026.

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