Comparison

Drift vs Devils Turntable

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

Head to head
About

Drift

This audio plugin offers dynamic saturation with a continuously shifting distortion curve. Achieve warm, musical tones or gritty, unpredictable textures. It's designed for musicians and producers seeking unique sonic character.

Highlights
  • Dynamic saturation with shifting distortion
  • Adjustable drive for warmth to clipping
  • Drift parameter for continuous curve changes
  • Depth and Spread for stereo variation
  • React for transient-following distortion
  • Post-saturation tone shaping
  • AUv3 plugin support
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DRIFT is a saturation plugin with a wandering soul. The distortion curve doesn't sit still — it shifts continuously, driven by the Drift parameter, so your signal is never processed the same way twice. Warm and musical at low settings. Gritty and unpredictable pushed hard. Everything in between. — DRIVE — Pushes the signal into saturation. From gentle warmth to hard clipping. — DRIFT — The wandering parameter. Steers the saturation curve continuously over time — the higher it goes, the more the character shifts. — DEPTH — Controls how far the curve travels from its center position. More depth, more variation. — SPREAD — Widens the drift behavior between left and right channels for stereo movement. — REACT — How quickly the curve responds to transients. Low React for smooth, gradual drift. High React for transient-following distortion. — TONE — Post-saturation tonal shaping. Roll off highs or open up the top end after the drive. — MIX — Dry/wet blend for parallel saturation. — OUTPUT — Final output level after saturation and tone shaping. — AUv3 PLUGIN — Run DRIFT inside AUM, ApeMatrix, Audiobus, or any AUv3 host. Multiple instances, each with independent settings. — WORKS ON — iPhone and iPad, all modern screen sizes.

About

Devils Turntable

This app allows you to play audio in reverse, simulating the effect of backmasking found in old records. Record or import audio, then use controls to flip playback, bend pitch, and add atmospheric effects for fun or experimentation.

Highlights
  • Reverse audio playback
  • Import audio or video
  • Adjust playback speed and pitch
  • Add fire and smoke effects
  • Record directly into the app
Features
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WHAT DOES THAT SOUND LIKE BACKWARDS? For about thirty years people were convinced that rock and metal records had messages hidden inside them. Play the album in reverse and the devil speaks. It was nonsense, but it was very fun. Devils Turntable is a pocket-sized backmasking machine. Load a sound, hit SATANIZE, and hear it play in reverse while fire and smoke crawl up the face of the deck. HOW IT WORKS Record straight into the app with your microphone. Or import an audio file. Or drop in a video and the app pulls the audio right out of it. Then flip it. The record slows to a dead halt like you dragged your hand across the platter, then spins back up the other way. THE CONTROLS - SATANIZE — flips playback backward, then forward again - SPEED — bends pitch exactly like a real turntable. Slow it to a crawl or run it fast and chipmunked. - FIRE and SMOKE — two knobs that crank the atmosphere on the deck itself WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE IT FOR - Settling arguments. "That melody is just Happy Birthday backwards." Prove it in ten seconds. - Learning to speak backwards, which is a genuinely useful and genuinely stupid party skill. - Guitarists checking a reversed solo before they commit it to tape. - Testing your own voice memos for accidental demonic content. - Being the person at the party who says "wait — listen to this." HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT ISN'T This is a listening tool. It plays audio backwards. It does not export, edit, or save reversed files. If you need a reversed stem for a track, open your DAW like an adult. Devils Turntable is for checking, learning, and goofing off, and it does that faster than anything else on your phone. PRIVACY Nothing leaves your phone. No account, no analytics, no tracking, no ads, no data collection of any kind. Your recordings are yours and they stay on your device. No actual demons or poltergeists were summoned during the making of this app.

Screenshots

Drift4 screens
Devils Turntable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drift at 100% against Devils Turntable's 0%. Drift also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Devils Turntable's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Devils Turntable is free to download; Drift costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drift has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Drift's written reviews are positive against 0% of Devils Turntable's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Drift versus Devils Turntable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriftDevils Turntable
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB35 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStephan BolchScott Hsiung

Customer experience

Drift

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Devils Turntable

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Drift

No in-app purchases

None

Devils Turntable

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drift free?
Drift costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Devils Turntable free?
Devils Turntable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drift or Devils Turntable?
Drift is rated higher. Drift averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Devils Turntable averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Drift or Devils Turntable have ads?
Neither Drift nor Devils Turntable shows ads.

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