Comparison

Rivet 03 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 03

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Rivet 03 - Verb is a three-engine reverb with drive, degradation, and gating built for techno and industrial. Put it on drums, synths, or any bus to add space, from tight concrete rooms to gated snares to lush, blooming swells. Verb works both as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin. Verb combines the MV2 reverb engine with pre-filters, saturation, lo-fi grit, and tempo-synced gating. Three distinct engines cover tight rooms, 80s gated snare snap, and reverse-style atmospheric swells. KEY FEATURES • Three reverb engines: Concrete (tight rooms), Pit (gated snare), Bloom (swells) • DRIVE saturation and GRIT lo-fi degradation • CLAMP tempo-synced gating with STAGGER rhythmic pulses RIVET SERIES / OPEN SOURCE • Verb is part of my Rivet series of AUv3 effects plugins targeting techno and industrial genres. Verb uses the MV2 algorithm by Chris Johnson (Airwindows), made available under MIT license. REQUIRES • An AUv3-compatible iOS/iPadOS host (for example: AUM, Audiobus, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Loopy Pro, etc.) AUv3 Effect • Works in AUv3 hosts such as AUM, Drambo, Logic, and Cubasis IN-APP PURCHASE Verb includes In-App Purchases for optional tipping. Tipping does not unlock any additional features as all features are already available.

About

Arc & Decay

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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. Ā© 2026 Synthetic Pulse Industries.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arc & Decay at none against Rivet 03's 3. Arc & Decay also leads on device support. On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Rivet 03 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Arc & Decay asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Rivet 03 versus Arc & Decay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivet 03Arc & Decay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoe TopjianTash Baycroft

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rivet 03

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

Arc & Decay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rivet 03 free?
Rivet 03 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arc & Decay free?
Arc & Decay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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