Comparison

Velvet Vocoder vs Disto Disco

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

Head to head
About

Velvet Vocoder

This app transforms your device into a real-time vocal studio, offering auto-tune, harmony generation, and vocoder effects. It allows for pitch correction, adding multiple in-key voices, and controlling vocal tuning with a MIDI keyboard.

Highlights
  • Real-time auto-tune
  • Automatic diatonic harmonies
  • Vocode mode with MIDI control
  • Classic vocoder synth layer
  • Adjustable key and scale
  • Vocal FX suite
  • AUv3 plugin support
Features
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VV17 turns your iPhone and iPad into a real-time vocal studio — auto-tune, harmony, and vocoder in one app. Sing or speak into your device and VV17 corrects your pitch to any key and scale as you go. Turn on harmony and it stacks up to four in-key voices under your lead, TC-Helicon style. Switch to Vocode mode and play a MIDI keyboard to drive the tuning by hand — your lead locks to the nearest held note while the others become live harmonies. FEATURES • Real-time auto-tune with adjustable correction amount and speed, from natural to hard-tuned • Automatic diatonic harmonies — stacked in-key thirds, 1 to 4 voices • Infinite mode swaps the harmony stack for a shimmering harmonic series • Vocode mode: control the tuner live from held MIDI notes • Classic vocoder / talkbox synth layer driven by your voice • Choose your key and scale, or explore just-intonation temperaments • Vocal FX: spread, humanize, sibilance, and response controls • Presets to get you started, including lush choir and modern hard-tune rigs • Works standalone or as an Audio Unit (AUv3) plugin inside GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, and other hosts All processing happens on your device. No account, no sign-up, no data collection.

About

Disto Disco

This app transforms sound with a wide range of distortion and sound-shaping effects. Explore unique sonic territories, from gentle warmth to brutal textures, with beat-synced modulation and randomizers for creative sonic exploration.

Highlights
  • 28 sound-shaping modes
  • Beat-synced modulation
  • Random and Spice controls
  • AUv3 and standalone operation
  • Granular and spectral effects
  • Drive, Math, Time, and Spectral territories
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WHAT IT IS Disto Disco turns distortion into movement. It starts with gentle drive and classic distortion, then ventures into stranger territory: degrading echoes, vocoders, morphing vowels, spectral effects, ring modulation, granular clouds, and more. Every dial can move with the beat, while Random and Spice can send the whole patch somewhere new. Shape something smooth, tuned, and shimmering; push it toward harsh, brutal, and broken; or take it somewhere weird and otherworldly. WHAT IT DOES * 28 sound-shaping modes: explore five distinct sonic territories, each with its own controls and character. * Drive: move from gentle warmth through folding, fuzz, bit crushing, and high gain. * Spectral: filter, morph, vocode, swap, or silence different parts of the sound. * Math: combine versions of the input with simple mathematical operations for raw, harsh, and unusual textures. * Time: turn recent sound into echoes, loops, and resonances, then bend, shift, or scrub it into motion. * Granular: cut sound into tiny pieces and scatter, repeat, or layer them into sparse grains and dense clouds. * A modulator on every dial: draw a 16-step pattern, choose a shape, or generate one, all synced to the beat. * Random and Spice: generate a new direction for the whole patch, from subtle changes to complete chaos. Keep what works and refine the rest by hand. * Tone and dynamics: shape the effected signal with Low Cut, Tube, and High Cut, then use the envelope follower to make distortion react to the input. * AUv3 and standalone: use Disto Disco as an effect inside your favorite host, or process live input directly in the app. REQUIREMENTS * An AUv3 host such as AUM, Cubasis, Drambo, GarageBand, Loopy Pro, or Logic Pro.

Screenshots

Velvet Vocoder3 screens
Disto Disco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Disto Disco at $4.99 against Velvet Vocoder's $24.99. Velvet Vocoder's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

Velvet Vocoder costs $24.99 and Disto Disco $4.99 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 Velvet Vocoder against 5.0 for Disto Disco. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Velvet Vocoder versus Disto Disco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVelvet VocoderDisto Disco
Price$24.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul WandSnorkel Audio, Inh. Michael Kaisser

Customer experience

Velvet Vocoder

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

Disto Disco

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Velvet Vocoder

No in-app purchases

None

Disto Disco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Velvet Vocoder free?
Velvet Vocoder costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Disto Disco free?
Disto Disco costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Velvet Vocoder or Disto Disco?
Velvet Vocoder and Disto Disco are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Velvet Vocoder or Disto Disco have ads?
Neither Velvet Vocoder nor Disto Disco shows ads.

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