Comparison

Rivet 02 vs Arc & Decay

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

Head to head
About

Rivet 02

This audio effect plugin adds space, texture, and character to your music. It offers various room modes, pre-filters, saturation, and optional gated reverb with tempo-synced ducking. It functions as an AUv3 plugin within compatible host applications.

Highlights
  • 17 room modes
  • Pre-filters and predelay
  • Gated reverb
  • Tempo-synced auto-duck
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • CrunchCoat reverb engine
Features
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Rivet 02 - Room is a room-style reverb with drive built for techno and industrial. Put it on drums, synths, or any bus to add space, texture, and character—from clean rooms to vintage digital crunch. Room works both as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin. Room is an AUv3 audio effect and requires a compatible host app. It does not run as a standalone instrument. Room combines the CrunchCoat reverb engine (16-delay Householder matrix network) with pre-filters, saturation, and optional gated reverb—plus an underlay layer with tempo-synced ducking for kick pumping effects. KEY FEATURES • 17 room modes (clubs to halls) • Pre-filters, predelay, and gated reverb • Optional underlay with tempo-synced auto-duck RIVET SERIES / OPEN SOURCE • Room is part of my Rivet series of AUv3 effects plugins targeting techno and industrial genres. Room uses the CrunchCoat algorithm by Chris Johnson (Airwindows), made available under MIT license. AUv3 Effect • Works in AUv3 hosts such as AUM, Drambo, Logic, and Cubasis IN-APP PURCHASE Room includes In-App Purchases for optional tipping. Tipping does not unlock any additional features as all features are already available.

About

Arc & Decay

Features
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Arc & Decay is a plasma arc distortion instrument for iOS, built on the physics of real xenon gas tube breakdown. Feed it any sound through the built-in microphone and it fires an electrical arc when your signal crosses the ionization threshold. The arc saturates and distorts with odd harmonics, crackles through marginal-zone sputter, and holds a long ionization tail that decays into electrical noise long after your sound stops. Six precision encoders control every dimension of the arc character: Voltage drives the current into the gap. Ignition sets the threshold. Instability introduces chaos and arc wander. Fizzle and Spark shape the crackle density and tail length. Mix blends dry signal with pure arc output. Reverb and delay extend the electrical space without losing the character. Record up to one minute of output and share directly from the app. Arc & Decay is not a guitar pedal. It is not a synthesizer. It is a plasma arc instrument that runs on whatever sound you give it. © 2026 Synthetic Pulse Industries.

Screenshots

Rivet 024 screens
Arc & Decay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arc & Decay at none against Rivet 02's 3. Arc & Decay also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Rivet 02 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Arc & Decay asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rivet 02 ships an update every 5 days, Arc & Decay daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Rivet 02 versus Arc & Decay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivet 02Arc & Decay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoe TopjianTash Baycroft

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rivet 02

One-time3
  • Tip - Small$0.99
  • Tip - Medium$1.99
  • Tip - Large$3.99
None

Arc & Decay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rivet 02 free?
Rivet 02 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arc & Decay free?
Arc & Decay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rivet 02 or Arc & Decay have ads?
Neither Rivet 02 nor Arc & Decay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rivet 02 or Arc & Decay?
Rivet 02 ships an update every 5 days, and Arc & Decay daily. Most recently, Rivet 02 was updated on October 28, 2026 and Arc & Decay on October 25, 2026.

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