Comparison

FAC Gravity vs ClockBridge

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

Head to head
About

FAC Gravity

Create unique audio effects like Barberpole glissandos, spectral illusions, and evolving echoes. This frequency shifter offers stereo or mono processing with customizable feedback loops and modulation for dynamic sound design.

Highlights
  • Barberpole glissandos and spectral illusions
  • Stereo or mono frequency shifting
  • Spiral feedback loop with delay and filtering
  • Modulation matrix with LFO and envelope follower
  • Tempo-synced or MIDI-driven effects
  • Dry/wet mix and optional limiting
Features
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FAC Gravity AUv3 Plugin is a frequency shifter for creating Barberpole and Shepard style glissandos, spectral illusions, stereo rotation, chorusing, phasing, evolving echoes, infinite cosmic spaces, and all the combinations you’ll make. The plugin gives you two ways to process the audio source. In Stereo mode, each channel is shifted independently, with a Ratio control determining how closely their frequency shifts align. In Mono mode, FAC Gravity extends the internal quadrature processing to create a wide stereo image from the mono source. The frequency shift can move up or down, from subtle to more extreme spectral transformations. You can set the amount in Hz for classic Bode-style frequency shifting, make it follow your host tempo for rhythmic patterns, or even control it from MIDI notes for a more hands-on approach. A new dimension appears when you let the shifter feed back into itself with Spiral, a customizable loop with delay, blur, filtering, and different characters that shape how the sound circles, smears, interacts, and evolves over time. The result can range from bubbling textures to infinite sustained tones and noisy analog self-oscillation. Each character takes the feedback somewhere different. To dive deeper into new sonic dimensions, FAC Gravity comes with its own modulation module. The LFO, envelope follower, and flexible modulation matrix let you animate most parameters, from subtle evolving movements to complex, rhythmically reactive changes. You can even make the stereo field animate and rotate continuously by making the Width, Phase, and Pan parameters spin! You can shape the effect further by blending the processed signal with the original, while the optional limiter keeps the most extreme combinations in check. • Barberpole glissandos, spectral illusions, rotating stereo, evolving echoes • Dual Frequency Shifting, or Mono Shifting with Quadrature Stereo Widening • Organic Spiral Loop, from gentle feedback to pure analog self-oscillation • Integrated delay, diffusion blur, and independent low/high filtering • Modulation matrix, multi-source envelope follower • LFO with classic waveforms and random spline • Spinning modulation to rotate and animate the stereo field • Tempo-synced or MIDI-driven Frequency Shift, LFO, and Delay • Dry/Wet mix, optional limiting, and goniometer visualization • Advanced Responsive Design, portrait and landscape views • Universal Purchase: AUv3 for iOS (iPad/iPhone), macOS and Vision Pro The documentation is available at fredantoncorvest.com/FAC_Gravity.html This is an AUv3 Effect and requires a compatible host to work The in-app purchases are for tipping only, the app is fully functional without them

About

ClockBridge

Features
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AUM can send MIDI clock, but it can't follow one. ClockBridge closes that gap. Load ClockBridge in AUM as a MIDI processor, route your hardware's MIDI into it and turn on Link. Your groovebox or sequencer now sets the tempo, and pressing play on it starts AUM straight away, on the hardware's downbeat. Stop stops it. It's one button. The ring tells you what's happening: grey while it waits for clock, yellow once it has locked on, red if the clock goes away. Pull the cable mid-song and the tempo holds and the music keeps going. • Follows tempo changes as you turn the knob • Starts AUM on the hardware's downbeat instead of at the next bar • Steady timing even when the host delivers clock in audio-buffer steps • Timing offset in milliseconds, to line up with your hardware's latency • Sync can be mapped to a hardware button in the host • Light enough to load in every project ClockBridge uses Ableton Link, so the tempo is shared with every Link-enabled app on your iPad and your local network.

Screenshots

FAC Gravity4 screens
ClockBridge2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClockBridge at none against FAC Gravity's 3. ClockBridge also leads on price ($3.99 vs $9.99). On ads, device support 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

FAC Gravity costs $9.99 and ClockBridge $3.99 up front. FAC Gravity sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ClockBridge asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FAC Gravity versus ClockBridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFAC GravityClockBridge
Price$9.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrederic CorvestTanel Teemusk

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FAC Gravity

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$14.99
None

ClockBridge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FAC Gravity free?
FAC Gravity costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is ClockBridge free?
ClockBridge costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do FAC Gravity or ClockBridge have ads?
Neither FAC Gravity nor ClockBridge shows ads.

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