TinyTone vs QuotaFX (AUv3)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TinyTone
Create professional synth patches for music production and live performance. Design sounds in real-time with a powerful synthesizer engine, dual oscillators, and extensive modulation options. Export and import patches, and use it as an AUv3 plugin in DAWs.
- Powerful synthesizer engine
- Dual oscillators with FM synthesis
- Real-time audition with touch pads
- External MIDI keyboard support
- Unlimited user patch storage
- AUv3 Audio Unit support
- JSON export/import for patches
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TinyTone is a full-featured synthesizer sound source for iPhone sound design, stage performance, and recording. Using the on-screen controllers and a MIDI keyboard, you can design and monitor professional synth patches in real time. In addition to standalone app use, ToneEditor can also be loaded as an AUv3 Audio Unit into DAWs such as GarageBand and used as a sound source. It also works as a sound editor for its sister app, TinyTone, allowing you to reproduce consistent sounds with the same sound engine. <Features> ・Powerful Synthesizer Engine Equipped with dual oscillators, envelopes, filters, modulation, delay, limiter, and more. Enables complex sound design. Dual Oscillators with FM Synthesis, switch between Mix and Chain modes for rich tonal possibilities. ・Real-Time Audition Play single notes, chords, and transposition using touch pads. Hear sound changes instantly as you adjust sliders. External input via MIDI keyboard is also supported. ・Preset Management Unlimited user patch storage. ・JSON Export / Import Export patches as JSON. Share via Files app or clipboard. ・AUv3 Support Can be embedded as an AU instrument in DAWs like GarageBand. Reproduces consistent sounds with the same synthesis engine. <How to Use> 【Standalone】 1. Select a preset or start creating from a new patch. 2. Play sounds using the test pad at the bottom of the screen; adjust parameters with sliders to confirm real-time sound changes. 3. Save your created patch to a user slot. 【Using with DAWs (GarageBand, etc.)】 1. Add TinyTone (AU) to a track. 2. Select a factory preset or saved patch from the AU preset selection screen. 3. Play the DAW keyboard to output sound. <Important> ・When using simultaneously with camera or audio apps, noise may occur depending on your environment. Please be careful with output volume. ・Listening to loud audio for extended periods can affect your hearing. When using headphones or speakers, always check your surroundings and volume level. ・Some DAWs (e.g. Ableton Live 11) may not detect iOS-app AUv3 plug-ins. Logic Pro, MainStage, and GarageBand are recommended. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://flicker-jp.com/privacy
QuotaFX (AUv3)
This audio effects rack offers 38 hands-on performance effects for music production on iOS devices. It features a unified control surface, customizable pads, and MIDI mapping for live manipulation and real-time resampling. A free trial is available with a one-time unlock purchase.
- 38 performance effects
- Unified control surface
- 16 favorite effect pads
- 16 MIDI-mappable macros
- Live oscilloscope
- Customizable UI themes
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QuotaFX is a hands-on performance-effects instrument for iPhone and iPad. Run it as a standalone app, or load the AUv3 on a channel or bus inside COMPA, AUM, Cubasis, Drambo, Loopy Pro, Logic Pro for iPad, GarageBand, or another Audio Unit host. TWO PERFORMANCE MODES SP Mode keeps the focused hardware-style workflow: choose one effect, work with six consistent CTRL macros, and jump between sixteen assignable favorites. Browse the complete library through the MFX pages, and choose whether the on-screen MFX button works as Hold or Latch. Chomp Mode is a simultaneous multi-effect engine. Its 48 assignable positions process in visible top-left to bottom-right order. Ride the complete tile with a finger or mouse, combine several effects at once, use HOLD when you want a gesture to stay active, and show 8, 16, 32, or all 48 positions with paging that never changes the underlying effect chain. TUNE THE WAY EACH RIDE MOVES Choose any position, assign an effect from the full catalog, move or swap complete positions, and map up to four parameters to one finger movement. Set From and To endpoints, reverse a ride by swapping them, and choose Linear, Fine, Punch, Smooth, Log, or stepped response. Save named Chomp setups in a shared on-device library, load them in another host, and export or import setup files between devices. Choose an optional starting setup for new instances. Existing projects always restore their own saved tuning. 48 EFFECTS The library covers filters, isolators, delays, reverbs, modulation, distortion, lo-fi texture, pitch, repeats, freezes, throws, tape movement, glitch and performance transitions. Version 1.3 adds: - Shuttle - ride captured audio through reverse, stop, normal speed and double speed. - Reflex - transient-reactive pre-hit capture and repeat. - Wrap Filter - resonant bands that travel and wrap through the spectrum. - Contour - shape a sound between attack and body. MAKE SP MODE YOURS Set every CTRL to a knob, vertical fader or horizontal fader, or choose a different shape for each of CTRL 1 through 6. Show boolean controls as direct ON/OFF buttons or Classic 50% controls. Set every supported effect switch to Toggle or Momentary together, or change only the switch owned by the selected effect. SCOPE GLASS See the processed signal behind the performance surface with Peaks, Wave, Bars, Spectrum, Vector, Depth, or Trace. Choose clear, glass, or solid Chomp tiles, then use a flat, gradient, rainbow, or custom one-to-three-color scope palette. RECORD WITHOUT A HOST Connect a class-compliant USB-C groovebox or audio interface, monitor through the selected output, perform through QuotaFX, and record the post-effect result directly as a 24-bit WAV. Export the newest take from Settings or find it later in Files. BUILT FOR HANDS-ON CONTROL - Six MIDI-mappable SP CTRL macros - Sixteen assignable SP favorites with Select, Toggle, or Hold behavior - Toggle and Momentary modes for supported effect switches - In-plugin MIDI Learn - Responsive portrait and landscape layouts - Standalone app plus AUv3 extension QuotaFX is a free download with one non-consumable unlock. Brand-new production users purchase to unlock processing. If this device has a real QuotaFX trial record from an earlier release and has not been unlocked, version 1.3 grants that existing record one fresh seven-day window exactly once. No subscription. No Rare Data account. No analytics or tracking. QuotaFX is built and supported by one independent developer. Questions, issues, feedback and feature requests are welcome at support@getquota.app. COMPA is Rare Data's producer-first AUv3 host and music workstation. It launches alongside QuotaFX 1.3 on September 9. Run QuotaFX on a COMPA channel or bus, then build the rest of the track around it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TinyTone at 5.0 against QuotaFX (AUv3)'s 3.7. TinyTone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). QuotaFX (AUv3)'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. QuotaFX (AUv3) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TinyTone asks for nothing beyond the download.
TinyTone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
TinyTone ships an update weekly, QuotaFX (AUv3) every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TinyTone | QuotaFX (AUv3) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KEISUKE TONE | Jordan Mcdonald |
Customer experience
TinyTone
QuotaFX (AUv3)
In-app purchases
TinyTone
No in-app purchases
QuotaFX (AUv3)
- Full Unlock$14.99





