Comparison

JUNO vs Traverse Lo

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

Head to head
About

JUNO

Features
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The JUNO-D Tone Loader is the official app for adding new sounds to Roland JUNO-D6, JUNO-D7, and JUNO-D8 keyboards. The app connects directly with Roland Cloud, and you can easily audition, purchase, and install a wide range of inspiring content using your smartphone or tablet—no computer required.

About

Traverse Lo

This audio plugin emulates the character of cassette tape, offering a unique tape delay with degrading echoes. It includes controls for saturation, wobble, and procedural noise, allowing for creative sound design and adding warmth to any audio source.

Highlights
  • Cassette tape character emulation
  • Stereo tape delay with tempo sync
  • Procedural splice-point emulator
  • Curated noise generator
  • Gated noise control
  • Ping-pong width control
Features
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Traverse is a lo-fi tape effect and delay plugin from Audio Damage, makers of premium audio software since 2002. Runs as an AUv3 plugin inside AUM, Cubasis, Drambo, GarageBand, or any AUv3 host on iPhone and iPad. Make a beat sound like an old mixtape. Wash a vocal in tape echo. Push a clean synth into a slow, self-saturating wobble. Or just add a little warmth to anything. One plugin, one signal flow, no chaining, infinite possibilities. WHAT IT DOES - Cassette tape character — Drive, Wow, Flutter, and a tilt-EQ Tone knob that goes from clean and warm to wobbly and worn - Stereo tape delay, 20ms to 10 seconds, free or host-tempo synced - POST DELAY routing button reorders the chain: tape emulator with a delay, or tape delay with a clean input - Procedural splice-point emulator with four controls for tape dropouts and chirps - Curated noise generator with hiss, crackle, dust, fan rumble, 60Hz and 50Hz hum, white, pink, and the Califone Card Reader - Gated noise that drops the floor when input is silent — room tone speaks only when the track does - Ping-pong width control, click-free bypass, fully-wet mix by default WHY IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT Most tape delay plugins keep saturation and delay as separate stages: input gets saturated, then echoed cleanly. Traverse re-processes every feedback repeat through the full cassette chain, so echoes degrade and bloom with each pass instead of just decaying in volume. PART OF THE MOTION EFFECTS FAMILY Traverse joins Ascent (shimmer reverb) and Descent (granular effect processor) in Audio Damage's Motion Effects family — three plugins for ambient explorations and sound design sonic science. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DESKTOP The full version of Traverse runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux as VST3, AU, AAX, and CLAP. Same DSP, same sound. Visit audiodamage.com for the desktop builds and 20-year catalog of plugins. ABOUT AUDIO DAMAGE Founded in 2002 by Chris Randall and Adam Schabtach, Audio Damage builds plugins for people who care more about character than convention. No copy protection, no subscriptions, no DRM. Just plugins that sound like nothing else. NO TRACKING. NO IN-APP PURCHASES. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. NO ADS.

Screenshots

JUNO4 screens
Traverse Lo2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JUNO at Free against Traverse Lo's $2.99. Traverse Lo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14). On 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

JUNO is free to download; Traverse Lo costs $2.99 up front. JUNO sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Traverse Lo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
JUNO versus Traverse Lo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJUNOTraverse Lo
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoland CorporationAudio Damage, Inc.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

JUNO

One-time14
  • SDZ026 Analog Pianos and EPs$4.99
  • SDZ106 Pop Legends$9.99
  • SDZ143 Phonk$9.99
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  • SDZ147 K-Pop$9.99
  • SDZ148 Balkan Elements$9.99
  • SDZ145 Swedish Pop$9.99
  • SDZ146 Hard Rock and Heavy Met$9.99
  • SDZ149 Bollywood$9.99
  • SDZ150 Lo-fi Chill Elements$9.99
  • EXZ111 Vietnam Essentials$9.99
  • EXZ112 Thailand Melodic$9.99
  • EXZ013 Concert Grand Piano$19.99
  • EXZ008 Vintage Keys$19.99
  • EXZ001 Stage Piano 1$19.99
None

Traverse Lo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JUNO free?
JUNO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Traverse Lo free?
Traverse Lo costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do JUNO or Traverse Lo have ads?
Neither JUNO nor Traverse Lo shows ads.

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