Comparison

DEH vs Ambiotica

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

Head to head
About

DEH

Features
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Turn your phone into a pocket studio. DEH-MO is the ultimate social music app that combines a powerful mobile mixer with a global community of creators. Record your ideas, publish to the Discover feed, and collaborate by mashing up tracks from musicians around the world. Record. Mashup. Share. CREATE IN THE MOBILE MIXER • Multi-Track Recording: Build your song with up to 6 tracks using our intuitive landscape mixer. • Precision Control: Record takes via your built-in mic or headphones, and balance levels perfectly with per-track faders. • Timeline Editing: Move, split, copy, cut, and delete clips seamlessly on the beat. • Save & Export: Save projects privately or export your final mix directly to your Files to share anywhere. DISCOVER & LISTEN • Endless Inspiration: Scroll through public DEH-MOs in a full-screen, autoplaying reel feed designed specifically for music. • Follow Your Favorites: Curate your feed and never miss a beat from the creators you follow. • Engage & Connect: Listen, like, and explore exactly who contributed to each layer of a track. • The Mashup Tree: Dive into the history of a song and see how a DEH-MO evolved before and after community mashups. MASHUP & COLLABORATE • Join the Jam: Mashup any public DEH-MO! Simply add your own recorded track, put your spin on it, and post your version. • Built for Musicians: Connect with singers, beatmakers, and instrumentalists on the go to build songs together, one layer at a time. BUILD YOUR PROFILE • Your Public Stage: Showcase your unique avatar, username, and all your published DEH-MOs in one creative hub. UNLOCK MORE WITH DEH-MO PRO The free tier gives you everything you need to start recording and discovering. Ready to upgrade your sound? DEH-MO Pro (optional subscription) unlocks: • Studio Quality: HD recording and professional track effects right in the mixer. • Extended Limits: Record up to 8-minute clips (vs. 3 minutes on Free). • Massive Storage: 30 hours of cloud storage for your growing catalog. • Songbooks: Create private groups to share, collaborate, and mashup tracks away from the public Discover feed. • Advanced Control: Keep original DEH-MOs private and track your success with listener analytics. Subscription Details: $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Includes a 7-day free trial where offered. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Settings -> Subscriptions. COMMUNITY & SAFETY • Sign in securely with Apple or Email. • Push notifications keep you updated on your social activity. • Robust reporting and blocking tools give you full control over your experience. • Note: DEH-MOs on Discover are user-created and are not pre-screened. Content may include explicit language. Terms and content acknowledgement are required before use. Download DEH-MO, open the Mixer, and record your first take today! EULA: apple.com/legal/macapps/stdeula/ Support: support@dehmo.com Privacy Policy: dehmo.com/privacy

About

Ambiotica

Transform any audio input into evolving ambient soundscapes. This app offers a unique signal chain with looping, granular synthesis, and modulated reverb, all controlled by a master 'Gravity' parameter for creating drones and textures.

Highlights
  • Evolving ambient soundscapes
  • Looper, granular cloud, and modulated reverb
  • 'Gravity' macro control
  • Chord-tuned reverb
  • Standalone app and AUv3 plugin
  • Night-sky inspired interface
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Ambiotica turns any sound into a slowly evolving ambient spacescape. Feed it a chord, a field recording, a guitar, or your voice, and it spins that input into a living drone: a rolling looper, a granular cloud, micro-loops, and a modulated, chord-tuned reverb, all pulled together by one macro called Gravity. THE SIGNAL CHAIN Your sound splits into two parallel paths. One is a Looper feeding a Granular cloud; the other is a parallel Micro-loop. Both merge into a modulated Reverb, and the reverb tail regenerates back into the source, so the texture keeps re-graining and evolving on its own. THE CONTROLS Orbit: a tempo-synced rolling looper. Sets the loop length and feeds it back on itself, so layers stack into an evolving bed. Constellate: clouds the sound into grains. Turn it up and the grains grow and spread in pitch, from a sparse sparkle to a thick pad scattering into octaves and fifths. Satellite: a second, faster loop. Down for a long, rolling loop; turn it up and it tightens into a tiny fragment that freezes and sustains into a drone. Tail: the reverb's decay, from a small room to an endless wash. Flux: sets the reverb tail in motion (shimmer and a stereo drift) and feeds it back into the chain, driving the self-evolving regeneration. Spectra: a bank of resonators tuned to your chord. Rings the reverb tail into a harmonic shimmer (set Key and Chord). Dilation: reverse. Flips the loops and grains so they play backward. Gravity: the master pull. Raises feedback, decay, granular density, freeze and motion all at once, collapsing the whole chain into a single sustained drone. Event Horizon: the counter-force. Pulls feedback, decay, the chord ring and the regeneration down together, emptying the chain toward silence. Mix and Level: dry/wet blend and output trim. Tap any stage's constellation to bypass it and build the exact chain you want. Sixteen factory presets give you starting points, from gentle shimmer to a full frozen drone. A NIGHT-SKY INSTRUMENT The interface is a living constellation. Each stage is a glyph that breathes and moves with the sound, and Gravity collapses the whole field into a glowing well. A reduce-motion option stills the animation whenever you want. FORMATS Ambiotica is an AUv3 plug-in for iPhone and iPad. Load it in AUM, GarageBand, Drambo, Loopy, and other AUv3 hosts, plus a standalone app. Built for ambient, drone, film scoring, sound design, and live texture.

Screenshots

DEH4 screens
Ambiotica4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DEH at Free against Ambiotica's $4.99. Ambiotica's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

DEH is free to download; Ambiotica costs $4.99 up front. DEH sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ambiotica asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DEH ships an update monthly, Ambiotica every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DEH versus Ambiotica: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEHAmbiotica
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCHRISTIAN MATTHEW FITZGERALDCharles Vestal

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DEH

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month of DEH-MO Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • DEH-MO Pro$49.991 Year
None

Ambiotica

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DEH free?
DEH is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ambiotica free?
Ambiotica costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DEH or Ambiotica have ads?
Neither DEH nor Ambiotica shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEH or Ambiotica?
DEH ships an update monthly, and Ambiotica every 2 days. Most recently, DEH was updated on October 12, 2026 and Ambiotica on October 5, 2026.

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