Comparison

Ample Juice vs Bliss AUv3 Sampler

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

Head to head
About

Ample Juice

This app simulates a guitar amplifier, cabinet, and microphone setup, allowing musicians to shape their tone with intuitive controls. It offers a range of sounds from clean to heavy distortion and includes a built-in tuner and preset saving.

Highlights
  • Simulated amp, cabinet, and microphone
  • Adjustable gain, EQ, and mic positioning
  • Pulp and boost effects
  • Built-in chromatic, guitar, and bass tuner
  • 25 factory presets
  • AUv3 effect and standalone app
  • MIDI and automation support
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Plug in. Tune up. Play a chord. If it needs more bite, turn it up. If the low strings need to hit harder, add Pulp. If the top end is getting in the way, move the microphone. Ample Juice works like the rig you already understand, because playing guitar should not feel like programming one. ONE SCREEN, LIKE AN AMP The whole signal path is in front of you: gate, boost, drive, amp, 4x12 and microphone. No pages to remember and no puzzle of hidden settings. Start with the controls you know, turn them until the guitar sits right, and leave the rest alone. FROM CLEAN ENOUGH TO LEAD READY Juice covers the ground between edge-of-breakup rhythm and a full lead voice. The first part of the dial adds body and sheen. The middle is where crunch lives. The last stretch opens quickly for sustain and saturation. Even when the gain is up, chords keep their notes instead of folding into one fizzy block. Pulp sits before the amp, where your boost pedal would. It trims low end before the clipping starts and leans into the midrange, so palm mutes land firmly and down-tuned riffs do not spread across the floor. Throw the Clean lever and the drive section steps aside; throw it back and every dirty setting is waiting where you left it. POSITION THE MIC BY TOUCH OR MOUSE No need to translate what you hear into studio jargon. Put a finger on the mic and move it, or grab it with a mouse. Position it toward the cone centre for cut, toward the edge for warmth, farther back for space, or off-axis to soften a sharp pick attack. The cabinet picture is the control—move what you see and listen as the tone follows. READY WHEN THE RIFF ARRIVES Use it as an AUv3 effect in your host or open the standalone app and choose your interface input. It adds no latency, so the note stays under your fingers. The tuner is already at the front of the rig, presets can save without stopping playback, and every control can follow MIDI or automation. 25 factory presets give you useful starting points for clean, crunch, metal, lead and more. Save the sounds that belong to your songs and take them across your devices. SPECIFICATIONS - Audio Unit v3 effect and standalone app - iPad, Mac, iPhone and Apple Vision Pro - Mono or stereo, zero added latency, no tail - 44.1 / 48 / 96 kHz as a plug-in and in the Mac app; 44.1 / 48 kHz in the iPhone and iPad app - All 22 controls automate and assign to MIDI - 25 factory presets across eight categories - Built-in chromatic, guitar and bass tuner - True bypass, click-free and safe to automate - Built-in user manual

About

Bliss AUv3 Sampler

This app transforms any sound into a playable synth instrument. It allows you to host and resample AUv3 instruments, offering deep modulation, studio effects, and extensive import capabilities for creating expressive music on the go.

Highlights
  • Host and resample AUv3 instruments
  • Deep modulation and dual filters
  • Full MPE expression support
  • 7 studio effects with 8x oversampling
  • 1 GB factory library
  • Import SFZ, SoundFont2, EXS, Kontakt, Akai, and more
  • Built-in wave editor and loop modes
Features
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Bliss brings desktop-class sampling to iOS. The same desktop engine now in your hands, on stage, on the couch, anywhere. Load a sample, play an instrument. Bliss turns any sound into a rich, expressive, playable synth with a workflow built for speed and a sound built to impress. — HOST & RESAMPLE ANY AUv3 — Load any AUv3 instrument right inside Bliss and capture it into your own multi-zone instrument. Auto-sample across the keyboard with velocity layers, then play it back with zero CPU overhead — even offline. Export the result as standard SFZ or Bliss ZBP, ready to reuse anywhere. Turn any synth on your iPad into a lightweight, playable sampled instrument. — A REAL SAMPLER ENGINE — • Up to 64 voices of polyphony • Pristine SINC 128 interpolation (512-point mode for mastering-grade playback) • Mono, poly, legato with glide, and 4-voice unison with detune • NEON-optimized, native Apple Silicon performance — DUAL FILTERS — • Two 24 dB/oct filters: lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch, peaking • Zipper-free cutoff, resonance and drive • Velocity and keyboard tracking — DEEP MODULATION — • Independent amp, mod, filter and LFO envelopes • Two syncable LFOs with configurable phase • Parameter morphing for evolving, living sounds • 8 assignable macro knobs — automatable from your DAW — FULL MPE EXPRESSION — Per-note pitch bend, timbre and pressure. Auto-configures with ROLI Seaboard, LinnStrument and Expressive E Osmose. — 7 STUDIO EFFECTS — Multiband limiter, soft clipper, stereo rotation, chorus, delay and reverb with 8x oversampling — plus per-slot bit reducer, phaser and distortion. Per-zone sends. — 1 GB FACTORY LIBRARY — Start making music instantly with 100+ ready-to-play instruments — keys, pads, basses, guitars, strings, winds, percussion and more. A free 1 GB download, available in-app. — IMPORT EVERYTHING — Bliss speaks every sampler dialect: SFZ, SoundFont2, EXS, Kontakt NKI (1–4), Akai S1000/S3000/S5000-6000, XPM Keygroups, Renoise and CUE sheets. Audio in WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG and MP3. — BUILT-IN EDITING — • Full wave editor with undo, 1:1 zoom, stereo/independent channel selections • Loop modes: forward, bidirectional, backward, crossfade, trim • Cut, paste, mix paste, fades, normalize • Visual key mapper for zones, velocity ranges and root keys • Tempo and transient auto-slicing — AUv3 + STANDALONE — Run Bliss standalone or as an Audio Unit v3 inside AUM, GarageBand, Cubasis, Logic and any AUv3 host. Fully automatable, resizable, and ready for your rig.

Screenshots

Ample Juice4 screens
Bliss AUv3 Sampler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ample Juice at 50% against Bliss AUv3 Sampler's 0%. Ample Juice also leads on price ($14.99 vs $19.99). Bliss AUv3 Sampler's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Ample Juice costs $14.99 and Bliss AUv3 Sampler $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ample Juice versus Bliss AUv3 Sampler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmple JuiceBliss AUv3 Sampler
Price$14.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian ThompsonDiscoDSP LLC

Customer experience

Ample Juice

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bliss AUv3 Sampler

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ample Juice

No in-app purchases

None

Bliss AUv3 Sampler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ample Juice free?
Ample Juice costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bliss AUv3 Sampler free?
Bliss AUv3 Sampler costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ample Juice or Bliss AUv3 Sampler have ads?
Neither Ample Juice nor Bliss AUv3 Sampler shows ads.

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