Comparison

Quick BPM vs Ascent Reverb

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

Head to head
About

Quick BPM

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Quick BPM helps musicians, DJs, and fitness enthusiasts find the tempo of any song or rhythm. Just tap along and see the beats per minute instantly. Features: • Accurate tap-to-BPM detection • Save and manage favorite tempos • Metronome mode with adjustable accents • Clean, intuitive design Quick BPM is free to use.

About

Ascent Reverb

This audio plugin offers a dual-reverb engine, blending a spacious hall with a granular pitch-shifting particle effect. Create subtle ambient spaces or dramatic otherworldly atmospheres with intuitive controls and built-in ducking for mix clarity.

Highlights
  • Dual reverb engine
  • Granular pitch-shifting particle reverb
  • Spacious hall reverb
  • Pitch transposition up to one octave
  • Dynamic ducking compressor
  • Cross-platform preset manager
Features
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Ascent is a dual reverb for iPhone and iPad. It pairs a deep, natural hall reverb with a granular pitch-shifting particle engine: two reverbs, one interface, built to work together. The result is a sound that moves, from grounded, room-filling depth to shimmering, pitch-shifted atmospheres that evolve over time. The hall is the foundation; it always runs. The particle engine sits on top, and BLOOM sets how much of it you hear. Pull Bloom to zero for a pure hall, push it up for shimmer over the space, and dial in the built-in ducking compressor to keep your dry signal present. Subtle space to full cinematic wash, without ever touching a second effect. FEATURES • Dual reverb engine: hall reverb and particle reverb run simultaneously, with Bloom controlling the amount of shimmer. • Granular particle engine: pitch transposition from -12 to +12 semitones. Dual overlapping grains eliminate the metallic artifacts common in lesser shimmer reverbs, and an octave down gives darker, sub-octave shimmer just as easily as pitching up. • Expanse control: three tuned room modes (Small, Medium, Large) shape the delay network and spatial character of the hall, not just the decay time. • Particulate: adds a touch of randomness to grain pitches for thicker, more organic texture. • Built-in dynamic ducking: reverb tails pull back on transients automatically, keeping your dry signal present without constant fader riding. • Full preset manager with factory presets and favorites. • Runs as an AUv3 plugin in your favorite host, plus a standalone app. Ascent is part of Audio Damage's Motion Effects family, alongside Descent and Traverse. No accounts, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases. Buy it once and it is yours.

Screenshots

Quick BPM4 screens
Ascent Reverb3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick BPM at Free against Ascent Reverb's $4.99. Quick BPM also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Ascent Reverb's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On in-app purchases 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

Quick BPM is free to download; Ascent Reverb costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick BPM ships an update every 2 days, Ascent Reverb every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quick BPM versus Ascent Reverb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick BPMAscent Reverb
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIlker KARAMANLIAudio Damage, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Quick BPM

No in-app purchases

None

Ascent Reverb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick BPM free?
Quick BPM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ascent Reverb free?
Ascent Reverb costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quick BPM or Ascent Reverb have ads?
Quick BPM shows ads; Ascent Reverb does not.
Which is updated more often, Quick BPM or Ascent Reverb?
Quick BPM ships an update every 2 days, and Ascent Reverb every 2 months. Most recently, Quick BPM was updated on October 10, 2026 and Ascent Reverb on October 11, 2026.

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