Comparison

Toyphonic Micraliser vs GtrEQ

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

Head to head
About

Toyphonic Micraliser

This app emulates toy microphones with ultra-realistic modeling and impulse responses to add unique character to your vocals. It offers envelope controls, modulation, and presets to sculpt your sound, designed for iOS music production hosts.

Highlights
  • Ultra-realistic Apex Mic Modelling
  • Isolated mic & speaker Impulse Responses
  • Envelope controls for sculpting
  • Modulation via LFO, Sequencer & Envelope Follower
  • 15 'ethically' sourced presets
  • Randomise button for infinite presets
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Introducing the Toyphonic Micraliser for International Joke Day 2025... - Ultra-realistic, Precision Tuned, Apex Mic Modelling. - If your singing sounds like a dying cat, this finally kills the cat. - Why waste a good mic on those vocals? Use this and keep expectations low. - Built for the future—fails in the present. Impulse Responses Transform your music into something only a toddler could appreciate via the painstakingly captured, isolated mic & speaker Impulse Responses - perfect for those of you who musically peaked at nursery rhymes. Envelope Curve, sculpt and inappropriately touch the behavioural qualities of the Impulse Response via the attack and decay controls, just don’t overdo it you brute. Quality We hand-crafted a musical, beastly quality control to exacerbate and crush the effects of the IRs which is very much needed to help you truly understand our genius, especially now that after years of blasting music through your ******* you’ve left your ears heroically useless. Presets 15 'ethically' locally sourced, organic presets so your AI-reliant selves don’t have to think beyond the blinking and breathing part of your day. We even blessed you with a randomise button which is like infinite presets, how kind are we?! Make Movey Things Embrace change grandpa, employ the service of modulation via the LFO, Sequencer & Envelope Follower to keep things moving, just because your music is flat and boring doesn’t mean the automation has to be too. Product Aftercare We cannot be held liable for any personal threats or harm you may encounter upon being encouraged to sing into the Toyphonic Micraliser, you should have known better you silly sausage. Toyphonic Micraliser 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

GtrEQ

This audio effect plugin is designed for guitarists to sculpt their tone with a 5-band EQ. It also features a "Buzz Kill" filter to reduce mains hum noise without significantly impacting the original guitar sound.

Highlights
  • 5-band EQ for guitar tone sculpting
  • Interactive EQ bands
  • Optional "Buzz Kill" filter for mains hum
  • Adjustable buzz reduction level
  • Output gain trim control
  • AUv3 compatible
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GtrEQ Guitar EQ & Buzz Kill (AUv3) GtrEQ is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic Pro or GarageBand. Overview GtrEQ is a 5-band EQ / tone-shaping effect made specifically for guitar players, with the 5 bands focused across the frequency spectrum where the guitar typically lives. The peak / resonance of each band is also more gentle compared to general-purpose EQs, so adjacent bands are very "interactive". This makes GtrEQ well suited for overall guitar tone "sculpting", as opposed to the surgical precision needed for targeting specific frequencies. GtrEQ also includes an optional "Buzz Kill" filter to help reduce mains hum noise. This buzzing can be a problem sometimes with single coil pickup guitars. Depending on your situation, GtrEQ might not be able to kill the buzz completely, but it should help reduce it significantly without impacting your original guitar tone too much. Controls Buzz Kill - Sets the target frequency of the mains hum noise filters which will depend on where you are in the world. For example, UK is 50Hz and US is 60Hz. Setting the control to Off will bypass the mains hum filters entirely. Reduction - Sets how much attenuation is applied to the mains hum noise. Ideally, you want to set this control so the noise is no longer noticeable, or is at least at a "manageable" level. Buzz Kill processing has been designed so that the original guitar signal is impacted as little as possible, but you may notice a less "full" guitar tone when the Reduction amount is at maximum. Buzz Kill processing, when enabled, occurs before the EQ section. EQ - Switches the EQ On or Off. This is a "soft switch" so is well suited for automation / MIDI CC control if your host supports it. EQ Bands - Sets a +/-12dB boost or cut for each of the labelled frequency bands. You can think of each band as affecting bass, low mids, high mids, treble and presence, but because of their interactivity, they don't work independently. You might be surprised by the range of tones you can get with just five bands! Out - Applies a final stage gain trim to the output at the very end of the internal signal chain, between -24dB and +12dB. Shameless plug alert... ANALOGyAMP GtrEQ partners really well with ANALOGyAMP, a retro guitar amp simulator. Placing GtrEQ before ANALOGyAMP in the signal chain allows GtrEQ to function as a boost, effectively driving the input stage of ANALOGyAMP harder. ANALOGyAMP has actually been designed to "take pedals well" albeit virtual ones! You could also use the EQ section in GtrEQ to accentuate the mid frequencies more, and roll-off the bass and treble sides in a similar way to a very famous green overdrive pedal when used primarily as a mid boost. And if you use a MIDI controller, you could potentially have four different virtual channels from two controller switch assignments, with no pops or clicks when you flip between them: SW1 - Toggle Channel Gain on ANALOGyAMP (clean / crunch for example) SW2 - Toggle EQ on GtrEQ (bypass / mid boost for example) Alternatively, place GtrEQ after ANALOGyAMP to sculpt your tone further, with an EQ specifically designed for guitar. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson

Screenshots

Toyphonic Micraliser1 screens
GtrEQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GtrEQ at 5.0 against Toyphonic Micraliser's 4.8. Toyphonic Micraliser's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). 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

Toyphonic Micraliser costs $0.99 and GtrEQ $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GtrEQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toyphonic Micraliser has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Toyphonic Micraliser versus GtrEQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToyphonic MicraliserGtrEQ
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaelum AudioRob Jackson

Customer experience

Toyphonic Micraliser

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GtrEQ

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

In-app purchases

None

Toyphonic Micraliser

No in-app purchases

None

GtrEQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toyphonic Micraliser free?
Toyphonic Micraliser costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GtrEQ free?
GtrEQ costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Toyphonic Micraliser or GtrEQ?
GtrEQ is rated higher. Toyphonic Micraliser averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while GtrEQ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Toyphonic Micraliser or GtrEQ have ads?
Neither Toyphonic Micraliser nor GtrEQ shows ads.

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