Comparison

VU202 FX vs Drikus Demo Deck

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

Head to head
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
Currently charting
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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.

About

Drikus Demo Deck

Features
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Drikus Demo Deck — four tracks, as fast as Voice Memos. For the moment a song shows up and you need it on tape before it leaves again. Record onto four tracks, overdub without losing the take, and find the song again later — even if all you remember is one line from the lyrics. Built for actual songwriting, not just voice notes - Four tracks with arm, volume, pan, mute, solo, and live meters - Per-track three-band EQ, saved with the session - Multiple clips per track, gap-accurate — silence stays silence - Precise overdub timing, compensated for your headphones' real latency, with a manual nudge for stubborn gear - Bounce all four tracks down to one, undoable until your next bounce - Export to M4A or WAV and share anywhere - Import audio from Files, or share a Voice Memo straight in - Pick separate microphone and output devices per session Find the song, not just the file Forty sessions in, "Aug 26 · Marigold" tells you nothing. Search the shelf by a word from the title, your notes, or anything the phone heard on a take you asked it to listen to. On-device transcription (iOS 26+) means nothing ever leaves your phone — it's there to help you find the song, not to write down the lyrics. Nothing leaves your phone. No accounts, no uploads, no cloud. Your takes stay yours.

Screenshots

VU202 FX3 screens
Drikus Demo Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Drikus Demo Deck at Free against VU202 FX's $2.99. VU202 FX's advantage is chart position (#73 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Drikus Demo Deck is free to download; VU202 FX costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
VU202 FX versus Drikus Demo Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVU202 FXDrikus Demo Deck
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#73 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDariusz ChynekDrikus Roor

In-app purchases

None

VU202 FX

No in-app purchases

None

Drikus Demo Deck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VU202 FX free?
VU202 FX costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drikus Demo Deck free?
Drikus Demo Deck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VU202 FX or Drikus Demo Deck have ads?
Neither VU202 FX nor Drikus Demo Deck shows ads.

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