Comparison

Fizzy Bacon vs REPUN

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

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About

Fizzy Bacon

This app emulates the sound of analog tape saturation and compression, adding warmth and character to your audio. It offers intuitive controls for adjusting tape 'dirt,' 'age,' and 'noise,' along with dynamic compression and modulation effects. Achieve a polished, finished sound for individual tracks or your entire mix.

Highlights
  • Tape saturation emulation
  • Analog compressor
  • Adjustable 'Dirt' and 'Age' controls
  • Built-in noise and wow/flutter
  • Real flanging effect
  • Four compression ratios plus All-buttons mode
  • 51 presets
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Some tracks are perfect and still sound like a computer. Fizzy Bacon is the box that fixes that. A tape deck and its compressor, together, on your channel strip. Turn up Dirt. Keep going. You'll know when. PUT IT ON THE DRUM BUS Drive it until the kit stops being a grid and starts being a room. The compressor catches the whole thing on the way past, and the low end arrives on its own, without you touching an EQ. PUT IT ON A VOCAL A little Dirt for body, a little Age to take the glare off a bright mic, and the loud words sit down without you drawing a single automation line. PUT IT ON THE MIX Ease it in and everything moves a little closer together. Nothing sounds processed. It just sounds finished. PUT IT ON EVERYTHING Full wet, slow tape, wow and flutter up — and now you're listening to a cassette that's been in somebody's glovebox since 1982. FIVE KNOBS AND NO HOMEWORK Dirt is how hard you're hitting the tape. Age is how many miles are on the machine. Noise is the hiss and the hum, and it only shows up while the music does. Wow and Flutter are the drift and the shimmer — let them wander, or sync their rates to your tempo. Synced Wow lands on the beat; Flutter remains random. And Mix is hiding a flanger you didn't pay for: pull it back with the wobble running and the two sides sweep past each other. Real flanging, the two-tape-machines kind, free. A COMPRESSOR WITH NOTHING TO HUNT FOR No threshold to find. You just drive it harder until it's doing what you want. Four ratios, plus an All-buttons setting for when the whole track should be breathing rather than politely controlled. Two VU meters swing the way meters should — flip them to watch the gain reduction, or to check your width survives a mono fold-down. 51 PRESETS, ALL AT THE SAME LEVEL From a barely-there print to a completely melted reel, plus mastering and mixing banks. They all sit within a decibel of each other, so you can walk the whole bank without riding the fader and hear the difference instead of the volume. Save your own and they follow you to your other devices. NOTHING TO WATCH OUT FOR Latency never changes, your DAW compensates, bypass vanishes completely. Any hardware knob drives any control. Everything automates. An AUv3 plug-in in your DAW, or a standalone app on Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro. Same engine either way. There's a full manual inside the window, if you're the type. Most people just turn Dirt up.

About

REPUN

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REPUN is an analog-minded chorus and vibrato processor for iPhone and iPad. Use it as a standalone audio app or insert the included AUv3 effect in a compatible host such as GarageBand. Its sound is built around BBD-style delay behavior, band limiting, compander contour, and controlled waveform instability. The result moves with tonal weight instead of sounding like a clean digital modulation layer placed on top of the source. FEATURES - BBD-style chorus and vibrato character - Free-running or host-tempo-synced modulation - Continuous dry-to-chorus-to-vibrato Mix control - Adjustable Rate and Depth - LFO Wave shaping - BREEZE drift and random-motion control - Instrument and line input modes - 2x and 4x processing modes - Standalone iOS/iPadOS app - AUv3 audio effect for compatible hosts TRY BEFORE UNLOCKING The working release model assumes 10 minutes of full-featured active use, shared between the standalone app and AUv3 extension. A one-time, non-consumable In-App Purchase unlocks unlimited use in both formats, with Restore Purchases available in the standalone app. Confirm this behavior in the production build before submission. REPUN works on guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, pads, drones, and melodic layers that need width, instability, or animated pitch movement.

Screenshots

Fizzy Bacon4 screens
REPUN2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: REPUN at Free against Fizzy Bacon's $19.99. Fizzy Bacon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads 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

REPUN is free to download; Fizzy Bacon costs $19.99 up front. REPUN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fizzy Bacon asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Fizzy Bacon versus REPUN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFizzy BaconREPUN
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian ThompsonShoma Kondo

In-app purchases

None

Fizzy Bacon

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

REPUN

One-time1
  • REPUN Full Version$6.99

Questions

Is Fizzy Bacon free?
Fizzy Bacon costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is REPUN free?
REPUN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fizzy Bacon or REPUN have ads?
Neither Fizzy Bacon nor REPUN shows ads.

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