Comparison

Reel2 vs Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM

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

Head to head
About

Reel2

This audio effect app adds warm, musical echoes to your music using tape delay emulation. Shape your repeats with controls for saturation, tone, and tape age, and choose from free-time, tap tempo, or host sync modes. Save your favorite echo settings with custom presets.

Highlights
  • AUv3 effect for compatible hosts
  • Free-time, tap-tempo, and host-tempo modes
  • Tape age, tone, saturation, wow and flutter
  • Stereo width and dry/wet mix
  • Factory and user presets
  • Saturated self-oscillation feedback
Features
Read full description

Reel2 is a characterful AUv3 tape delay for iPhone and iPad. Add warm, musical echoes inside compatible Audio Unit hosts, then shape the repeats with tape-inspired controls for saturation, tone, age, wow and flutter, feedback, width, and dry/wet mix. Use free-time mode for manual delay times, tap tempo when you want to play the delay in by feel, or host sync when your session tempo should drive the repeats. Factory presets make it quick to start, and user presets let you save your own favorite echo settings. Reel2 includes a five-minute trial for audio processing. The Full Version unlock is a one-time non-consumable in-app purchase. Features: - AUv3 effect for compatible hosts - Free-time, tap-tempo, and host-tempo modes - Natural feedback through saturated self-oscillation - Tape age, tone, saturation, wow and flutter - Stereo width and equal-power dry/wet mix - Factory presets and saveable user presets - One-time Full Version unlock with restore support

About

Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM

This app offers a virtual guitar pedalboard with classic effects and a realistic amp. It can be used standalone or as an AUv3 plugin in other music apps. Start with a free overdrive pedal and purchase additional effects individually or as a bundle.

Highlights
  • Virtual guitar pedalboard
  • Amp simulation (NAM/AIDA-X)
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Built-in tuner
  • Low-latency processing
  • Individual pedal purchases
Features
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Elementi is a classic guitar pedalboard for iPhone and iPad, with a real amp at the end of the chain. Play it on its own, no DAW needed, or load any pedal as an AUv3 effect in GarageBand, Logic Pro, AUM and other hosts. WE BELIEVE OURS SIMPLY SOUND BETTER Any effect gets you from A to B; what separates them is the ride. Every pedal on this board is voiced by ear, not cloned from a preset, and we only release what we'd want to play ourselves. NO DAW NEEDED Plug in your audio interface, drop pedals on the board and play. Put on a backing track in Apple Music or YouTube Premium and play along; the board keeps running behind it. The board: • Spinta - Overdrive (free) • Bruto - Fuzz • Vortice - Phaser • Marea - Flanger • Velo - Chorus • Palpito - Tremolo • Eco - Delay • Aura - Reverb • Impronta - Amp captures A REAL AMP: IMPRONTA Impronta plays Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) and AIDA-X captures with cabinet IRs, wired like a real amp: the drives push its input and every other pedal runs in its effects loop. It is the full Impronta: two rigs, or a second guitarist who plays your part with you, a little behind and a little loose. Search TONE3000 inside the app, or import your own captures. A TUNER IN THE INPUT JACK Tap the IN jack and tune, then play. Three knobs each, a big readable face, and low-latency processing that answers your picking dynamics. A written manual for the whole board, free at caesura-effects.com/support. START FREE Spinta, our overdrive, is included at no cost. Add the pedals you want one at a time, or unlock the whole board in a single purchase. One-time purchases, no subscription. Buy a pedal once and it unlocks in the app and in your AUv3 hosts. Restore Purchases is built in. No account needed: purchases live with your Apple ID. No tracking. Want to go further? Our Caesura Guitar Effects Pedals app adds the full Caesura line and a live stage with MIDI footswitches. Elementi is made by Caesura Effects, an audio effects company.

Screenshots

Reel21 screens
Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reel2 and Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Reel2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Reel2 against 5.0 for Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Reel2 versus Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReel2Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua David AquinoGuy Nollez

Customer experience

Reel2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reel2

One-time1
  • Reel2 Full$1.99
10 purchases

Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM

One-time10
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Bruto Fuzz$1.99
  • Vortice Phaser$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Marea Flanger$1.99
  • Velo Chorus$1.99
  • Palpito Tremolo$1.99
  • Eco Delay$1.99
  • Aura Reverb$1.99
  • Impronta: NAM Amp Player$4.99
  • Whole Board$9.99

Questions

Is Reel2 free?
Reel2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM free?
Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reel2 or Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM?
Reel2 and Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Reel2 or Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM have ads?
Neither Reel2 nor Elementi Guitar Effects & NAM shows ads.

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