MetaSkew vs Delay Line
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MetaSkew
This audio effect processor offers granular delay and pitch-shifting for creating width, motion, and unique textures. Shape delay times, pitch intervals, grain size, and stereo spread with built-in LFO modulation and extensive preset categories. It's ideal for producers, musicians, and sound designers seeking controlled sonic damage and experimental soundscapes.
- Granular delay and pitch-shifting
- Adjustable grain size, smoothing, and gain
- Stereo spread and asymmetry control
- Built-in LFO modulation with multiple shapes
- Extensive preset categories for production jobs
- MIDI Learn for hardware control
- Standalone app and AUv3 plugin support
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MetaSkew is a granular delay and pitch-shift effect built for producers, musicians, and sound designers who want one processor for width, motion, ambience, and controlled damage. What you can shape: - Delay time from tight doubling to long phrase memory - Pitch from deep drops to shimmer intervals - Grain size, smoothing, and gain for soft clouds or chopped repeats - Feedback, pan, mix, and output for clean blend control - Latch for frozen textures and phrase-end captures - Spread and Skew for stereo width, asymmetry, and unstable character The signature Skew control is the fastest way to move from polished enhancement into unstable texture. Keep it low for subtle smear, or push it with Spread, Feedback, and LFO movement for broken motion. Modulation is built in. Three LFOs can run free or sync to musical divisions, with Sine, Triangle, Sample & Hold, and Saw shapes. Route movement to Delay, Pitch, Grain, Smoothing, Feedback, Mix, Pan, Spread, or Skew, then push subtle drift or obvious rhythmic motion. Presets are designed around real production jobs, not random patches. Browse Utility, Width, Pitch, Atmosphere, Motion, Rhythmic, Freeze, Destruction, and Signature categories. Save your own snapshots, recall them later, and keep user presets synced through iCloud when available. For hands-on control, MIDI Learn lets you map parameters to hardware. Default assignments cover the core effect, and MIDI CC broadcast can reflect parameter movement in connected setups. Use MetaSkew for: - Vocal throws and shimmer trails - Wide synth doubles and guitar halos - Drum stutters, glitch fills, and tempo-locked motion - Frozen pads and transition beds - Experimental resynthesis, smear, and warped ambience MetaSkew includes a standalone app and effect plugin for host apps that support AUv3 plug-ins.
Delay Line
This audio effect app offers a high-quality digital delay with smooth parameter control for musical echoes. It's designed to add depth and space to your sound without unwanted noise.
- High-quality digital delay
- Smooth parameter interpolation
- Feedback control
- Musical echoes
- Linear interpolation for delay time
- Comprehensive parameter smoothing
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A high-quality digital delay effect with smooth parameter interpolation and feedback control. This delay provides clean, musical echoes perfect for adding depth and space to your audio. The delay uses linear interpolation for smooth delay time changes and includes comprehensive parameter smoothing to eliminate zipper noise during real-time parameter adjustments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Delay Line at $1.99 against MetaSkew's $14.99. MetaSkew's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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MetaSkew costs $14.99 and Delay Line $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MetaSkew against 5.0 for Delay Line. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | MetaSkew | Delay Line |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Thompson | Callback Audio, LLC |
Customer experience
MetaSkew
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In-app purchases
MetaSkew
No in-app purchases
Delay Line
No in-app purchases
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