Comparison

SignatureDLY vs ThunderBeast

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

Head to head
About

SignatureDLY

Features
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SignatureDLY is a professional stereo delay plugin for iPhone and iPad. From tight slap-back to long ambient echoes, it delivers warm, musical repetitions shaped by a filtered feedback loop. Load it in any AUv3 compatible host and sculpt your echo with five intuitive rotary controls. Five Controls. Every Echo. DRY / WET - blend the original signal with the delayed output TIME - set the delay from 10 ms to 2000 ms FEEDBACK - control how many times the echo repeats HIGH CUT - roll off high frequencies inside the feedback loop for analog warmth LOW CUT - remove low-frequency buildup from the repeats Professional Design Hardware-style rotary knobs with graduation marks and real-time value display. Responsive layout adapts to any host window size on both iPhone and iPad. Technical Stereo circular delay buffer โ€” up to 2 seconds at 96 kHz RBJ biquad filters (Low Pass + High Pass) in the feedback chain Zero latency ยท Zero allocation on audio thread Full preset and automation support Compatible with AU EngineCore, AUM, and all AUv3 hosts #nobodysbanda

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ThunderBeast

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Rain, wind and thunder, all synthesized in real time. No samples, no loops. Every storm ThunderBeast makes is a storm happening for the first time. EIGHT CITIES, EIGHT SKIES A New York night storm. London drizzle. A Miami squall. Seattle mist. The Bangkok monsoon. A Reykjavik gale. An evening shower in Kyoto. A Cape Town storm front. Choose a preset and the scenery, the weather and the colour of the panel change together, so the city you are listening to is the city in front of you. TEN WEATHER CONTROLS Precipitation and drop size shape the rain; wind speed, gust and turbulence move the air. Storm rate decides how often lightning happens and storm energy decides how heavy each strike lands, while cell distance walks the storm from directly overhead out to the horizon. Humidity and pressure change the whole feel of the sky, and width and gain finish it. FOUR KINDS OF LIGHTNING A crack at close range, thunder that rolls, strikes that repeat, a sheet of light across the whole sky - each one carrying the swell that comes back off the landscape. The bolt is drawn on screen as it happens and changes colour as the storm moves away. No two strikes are ever the same. PLAYABLE WEATHER Play from C2 up and the rain rings at that pitch. Chords and melodies come out of the falling rain. Play below C2 and lightning strikes instead: pitch sets the distance, velocity sets the weight. Twelve hardware controller presets are built in; the mod wheel is storm energy and the sustain pedal is lightning. STANDALONE AND AUv3 Use it on its own, or as an AUv3 plug-in in GarageBand, Logic Pro and others. START FREE Three cities are free from the first launch. ThunderBeast Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: it opens the remaining cities (eight in all) and adds recording and export to WAV, AIFF and FLAC.

Screenshots

SignatureDLY2 screens
ThunderBeast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ThunderBeast at Free against SignatureDLY's $5.99. SignatureDLY's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, 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

ThunderBeast is free to download; SignatureDLY costs $5.99 up front. ThunderBeast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SignatureDLY asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
SignatureDLY versus ThunderBeast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSignatureDLYThunderBeast
Price$5.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonio Sorin TASUTomocreate, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

SignatureDLY

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ThunderBeast

One-time1
  • ThunderBeast Pro$9.99

Questions

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

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