Comparison

Braindance vs VU202 FX

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

Head to head
About

Braindance

This app allows real-time audio manipulation with buffer-glitch effects. Create complex rhythmic patterns, apply various audio transformations, and perform live with intuitive controls. It can be used as a standalone application or as an Audio Unit within other hosts.

Highlights
  • Real-time buffer-glitch audio manipulation
  • Step sequencer with Euclidean patterns
  • Multiple audio effects (bitcrush, flanger, delay, reverb)
  • Master filter with various modes
  • Live performance controls (XY pad, macros)
  • AUv3 and MIDI support
Features
Currently charting
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Braindance is a buffer-glitch effect for iOS. Feed it audio and cut, stutter, repitch and mangle it in real time. SEQUENCE Build glitch patterns on a step sequencer with gate, repeat, reverse and pan lanes. Fill rhythms with Euclidean patterns, set step size and length, and capture what you just played onto the history tape. EFFECTS Shape the result with bitcrush, flanger, delay and reverb, then a master filter with switchable SVF, ladder, comb and resonator modes. Automate any parameter with per-slot shapes and depth over a chosen number of bars. PERFORM Play the effect live. Morph between settings on an XY pad, hold macros like Fire, History, Forget and Freeze, and fire launch pads including Trance Gate, Half-Time, Tresillo, IDM Chop, Stutter, Machine Gun, Glitch Walk, Reverse Rain, Ping Pong, Repitch, Dub Siren and Clicks + Cuts. AUv3 Run Braindance as an Audio Unit inside your host to process tracks in place, or play it standalone. A MIDI variant is included for triggering glitches from a keyboard or sequencer. Three themes: Ark, Candy and Clarity.

About

VU202 FX

This audio effect plugin brings the character of a sampler engine to your iOS music production workflow. Apply gritty resampling, lo-fi textures, and unique tone shaping to drums, loops, vocals, and more within your AUv3 host.

Highlights
  • AUv3 audio effect integration
  • Sampler engine character
  • Four tone shaping modes (HIFI, STANDARD, LOFI, LOFI2)
  • Flexible input routing (LEFT, RIGHT, MONO, STEREO)
  • Six-slot effects chain
  • Extensive list of available effects
Features
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VU202 FX brings the sound and behavior of the free VU202 app into your AUv3 workflow. It uses the same VU202 engine, rebuilt as a compact audio effect for producers who want that crunchy sampler character directly inside their favorite iOS host. Run drums, loops, synths, vocals, or whole buses through the VU202 signal path. Shape the tone with four character modes: HIFI, STANDARD, LOFI, and LOFI2. Choose LEFT, RIGHT, MONO, or STEREO input routing, set pad-style volume, then build your own six-slot effects chain. Available effects include Pitch, Pitch Free, Filter LP, Filter HP, Filter BP, EQ Low, EQ Mid, EQ High, Comp, Drum Comp, Limit, Delay, Tape Delay, Flanger, Phaser, Reverb, Ring Mod, and Vinyl Sim. Use it for gritty resampling color, lo-fi drums, filtered breaks, unstable tape-style echoes, pitch-shifted textures, crushed mono grooves, animated modulation, vinyl wear, and simple SP-style tone shaping without leaving your AUv3 session. VU202 FX is not a generic clean effect. It is made to give your audio the attitude of the VU202 engine: direct, rough, musical, and fast to control.

Screenshots

Braindance4 screens
VU202 FX3 screens

Verdict

The call

Braindance and VU202 FX both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Braindance's written reviews are positive against 50% of VU202 FX's. Braindance also leads on chart position (#181 vs unranked). VU202 FX's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Braindance costs $4.99 and VU202 FX $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Braindance against 5.0 for VU202 FX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Braindance's written reviews are positive against 50% of VU202 FX's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Braindance versus VU202 FX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBraindanceVU202 FX
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#181 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfourtrack.fm LLCDariusz Chynek

Customer experience

Braindance

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

VU202 FX

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Braindance

No in-app purchases

None

VU202 FX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Braindance free?
Braindance costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is VU202 FX free?
VU202 FX costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Braindance or VU202 FX?
Braindance and VU202 FX are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Braindance or VU202 FX have ads?
Neither Braindance nor VU202 FX shows ads.

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