Comparison

AudiBro vs Bent Spool

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

Head to head
About

AudiBro

This application transforms ambient sound into a dynamic, real-time visual spectrum analyzer. It displays audio frequencies with a vibrant color-coded spectrum and a unique trailing ghost effect. Ideal for musicians, engineers, and anyone curious about the visual representation of sound.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio spectrum analysis
  • Rainbow color-coded frequency display
  • Trailing ghost effect for sound history
  • dB meter with level monitoring
  • Peak frequency detection
  • Full-screen visualization
Features
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Transform sound into a mesmerizing visual experience with AudiBro – the beautifully designed real-time audio spectrum analyzer for your iPhone. VISUALIZE YOUR WORLD OF SOUND AudiBro captures audio through your device's microphone and instantly transforms it into a stunning visual display. Watch as frequencies dance across your screen in a smooth, colorful spectrum that responds to every nuance of sound around you. ◆ GORGEOUS RAINBOW SPECTRUM Experience audio like never before with our ROYGBIV color-coded frequency display. Low bass frequencies glow red on the left, while high treble tones shine violet on the right – giving you an intuitive, beautiful representation of the full audio spectrum from 20Hz to 20kHz. ◆ REAL-TIME RESPONSIVENESS Our optimized audio engine delivers smooth, lag-free visualization that reacts instantly to your sound. No delay, no stutter – just pure, fluid visual feedback. ◆ TRAILING GHOST EFFECT Watch sound leave its mark with our unique trail visualization. See the history of your audio painted on screen, with older sounds gracefully fading away in chronological order. ◆ PROFESSIONAL FEATURES • Real-time dB meter with accurate level monitoring • Logarithmic frequency scaling (matches human hearing) • Reference grid lines at 30, 60, and 90 dB • Peak frequency detection with Hz readout • Freeze function to capture and analyze moments • Full-screen visualization in portrait and landscape ◆ PERFECT FOR • Musicians and singers monitoring performance • Audio engineers and sound technicians • Music producers checking mixes • Educators teaching about sound and frequency • Sound enthusiasts and curious minds • Anyone who wants to SEE their music ◆ ELEGANT DESIGN Crafted with a sleek purple interface that puts your audio front and center. AudiBro is as beautiful to look at as it is functional to use. Whether you're tuning an instrument, analyzing room acoustics, checking speaker response, or simply enjoying the visual art of sound – AudiBro brings your audio to life. Download now and start seeing sound in a whole new way.

About

Bent Spool

This music app offers creative audio effects for live performance or use within other music apps. Explore rhythmic tremolo, pitched repeats, and looping fragments of your audio. It includes built-in overdrive and tape effects for unique sound shaping.

Highlights
  • Rhythmic tremolo effects
  • Pitched repeat sequences
  • Overlapping audio loops
  • Built-in overdrive and fuzz
  • Vintage tape effects
  • Standalone and AUv3 host support
Features
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Bent Spool is a creative effect that can transform simple musical parts into unexpected rhythms and melodies, played live or as an effect in your favorite host app. Shape a tremolo pulse, turn a note into a run of pitched repeats, or build a moving layer from fragments of what you just played. Drive the input with built-in overdrive or fuzz, add a core effect, then finally layer in vintage analog tape effects. THREE MODES TREM: a pulsing volume effect, from a rounded sine through triangle and sawtooth to a hard square gate. Syncs to your host's tempo or runs free. REPEAT: up to 64 pitched copies with their own decay and feedback, across five pitch stations from two octaves down to two octaves up. LOOPS: up to six overlapping fragments of your recent audio, spread across pitch, direction, read position and the stereo field. CHARACTER CHAOS adds movement that suits each mode: octave jumps in REPEAT, held or stalled pulses in TREM, wandering reversals and pitch drift in LOOPS. WEAR adds tape wear, magnetic saturation and digital crush after the active mode. At the input, OD is a softer clip; FUZZ is a harder distortion that sputters as it decays. PRESETS 48 factory presets: 10 TREM, 15 REPEAT, 15 LOOPS and an 8-preset Fuzz Tremolo pack. Unlock to save your own. FREE TO TRY TREM plays in full on the OD voice with ten presets. No time limit, no interruptions. A single $9.99 in-app purchase unlocks REPEAT, LOOPS, FUZZ, the rest of the presets and preset saving. No subscription. Runs as a standalone app or as an AUv3 effect in AUM, Loopy Pro and other AUv3 hosts, on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

AudiBro3 screens
Bent Spool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AudiBro at none against Bent Spool's 1. Bent Spool's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

Both are free to download. Bent Spool sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AudiBro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AudiBro against 5.0 for Bent Spool. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bent Spool has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AudiBro ships an update every 2 months, Bent Spool daily. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AudiBro versus Bent Spool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudiBroBent Spool
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStorming The Castle LLCPlastic Factory LLC

Customer experience

AudiBro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bent Spool

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AudiBro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bent Spool

One-time1
  • Bent Spool Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is AudiBro free?
AudiBro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bent Spool free?
Bent Spool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AudiBro or Bent Spool?
AudiBro and Bent Spool are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do AudiBro or Bent Spool have ads?
Neither AudiBro nor Bent Spool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AudiBro or Bent Spool?
AudiBro ships an update every 2 months, and Bent Spool daily. Most recently, AudiBro was updated on October 6, 2026 and Bent Spool on October 15, 2026.

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