Comparison

Tailsync vs Surviving Audio

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

Head to head
About

Tailsync

Features
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Make your reverb groove with your music. When your reverb tail matches your track's tempo, the decay fades naturally between beats. This creates a cleaner, more cohesive mix where the reverb enhances the rhythm instead of fighting it. Tailsync calculates pre-delay and decay times instantly based on your BPM and desired room size. Just copy the values into your reverb plugin. FEATURES - Instant tempo-synced calculations - 5 reverb sizes from tight to hall - One-tap copy to clipboard - Beautiful, minimalist interface - Haptic feedback - Works completely offline PRO TIP With iCloud Universal Clipboard enabled, tap any value on your iPhone and paste it directly into your DAW on Mac. No typing required. Perfect for music producers, mix engineers, and sound designers who want their reverb to feel musical, not random. Made with care by AKER.

About

Surviving Audio

Features
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Plan the show, before the show. Surviving Audio is the pre-show planning suite for working sound engineers. Built around real-world workflows from the live PA design playbook โ€” McCarthy-grade math, dynamically visualized, with practical guides on every tool. The big six: Stereo PA Quick-Eval โ€” Type room dimensions (W ร— D), get a complete system recommendation: speaker spacing, coverage range, throw distance, FAR/LAR, plus a class verdict (long-throw, standard, wide, multi-box). Answers "which system do I bring?" in 30 seconds. Multi-Tower Delay Chain โ€” One tower? Five towers? The app calculates the position and electrical delay for every tower based on your venue depth and the 40 ms threshold (temperature-adjusted). Visualizes the entire chain with side-elevation diagram. Spatial Crossover โ€” The exact position where main and delay tower meet at equal level, plus the delay setting in ms and samples. Includes a level-vs-position SPL plot showing the transition zone. Sub Setup Recommende โ€” Number of subs + crossover frequency + stage width = the right configuration. Single, coupled, stereo (with power-alley warning), cardioid stack, end-fire, distributed, or coupled block. Each rendered as a top-down stage diagram with ฮป/2 reference. Cardioid + End-Fire Sub Designer โ€” Calculate delays, polarity, and forward gain. Interactive polar plots at chosen frequency. Top-down layouts with dimensioned spacing. Line Array Splay (Field Estimate) โ€” Rough estimation of splay angles using only a laser distance meter. Side-elevation showing progressively splayed boxes. Pre-MAPP/ArrayCalc reality check. And much more:

Screenshots

Tailsync4 screens
Surviving Audio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tailsync at Free against Surviving Audio's $5.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Tailsync is free to download; Surviving Audio costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Tailsync versus Surviving Audio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTailsyncSurviving Audio
PriceFree โ€” better$5.99
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4++17
DeveloperAKER SARLJuerg Andres

In-app purchases

None

Tailsync

No in-app purchases

None

Surviving Audio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tailsync free?
Tailsync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surviving Audio free?
Surviving Audio costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tailsync or Surviving Audio have ads?
Neither Tailsync nor Surviving Audio shows ads.

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