Comparison

SingVoicer vs Sampledex Effect Shift

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

Head to head
About

SingVoicer

Features
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SingVoicer turns your iPhone into a pocket vocal effects rack and recorder — and, with SingVoicer FX, into an Audio Unit plugin for GarageBand and other DAWs. Tap the mic and sing. Your voice runs live through a studio chain — compressor, echo, reverb and a safety limiter — straight to your headphones with near-zero latency. Set the input gain by the meter, pick a preset or shape the sound with real knobs, and capture every take as a clean WAV you can rename and share. STAGE • One-screen instrument panel: nothing to scroll while you sing • Input gain 0…+24 dB with a dB meter and clip indicator • Presets Dry, Studio, Hall, Radio — or dial in your own sound • ECHO (time, feedback, mix), COMPRESSOR (amount), REVERB (size, mix) • Monitor toggle: record without hearing yourself • Low-latency engine with a limiter that keeps your ears and speakers safe RECORD & SHARE • Records the processed sound exactly as you hear it, 48 kHz 16-bit WAV • Library with playback, rename, share sheet and delete • Works with the built-in mic, wired headsets and audio interfaces WORKS INSIDE YOUR DAW • SingVoicer FX is an Audio Unit (AUv3): the same chain as an effect on any track in GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad, Cubasis, AUM and other hosts • Ten automatable parameters, four factory presets, native panel MADE FOR SINGERS • Feedback protection: echo cancellation kicks in on the speaker and monitoring starts off • Input and output device picker with engine status • No account, no ads, no data collection — your recordings stay on your device WHO IT IS FOR Singers warming up and practising, songwriters sketching ideas, karaoke nights at home, podcasters and voice-over artists checking a take on the go — anyone who wants a studio vocal sound without a studio.

About

Sampledex Effect Shift

Features
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Give your sound a new direction. Sampledex Effect Shift brings 50 effect choices, seven hands-on macro controls and the seven-band Bender EQ to iPhone and iPad. Add drive to a drum loop, movement to a synth or space around a melody, then shape the result to fit your track. FIND A STARTING POINT Choose from 51 factory presets: Default plus a starting sound for each of the 50 effects. A factory preset recalls a complete sound. Use the separate effect menu when you want to change the algorithm while keeping your other settings. CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER Explore drive, digital textures, filters, chorus, flanging, phasing, tremolo, ring modulation, delay and reverb. Start with an effect, then turn Amount, Tone, Time, Mix, Dimension, Sparkle and Output to make it your own. SHAPE IT WITH BENDER EQ Follow seven colored band curves and their numbered handles. Select a band to adjust frequency, gain and Q directly. Use Fine for smaller graph movements, or lock dragging to frequency or gain. High-pass, low-pass and Prism controls give you more ways to shape the response. COMPARE AND KEEP YOUR IDEAS Use EQ A/B to compare two settings and copy a favorite into the other slot. Save the full sound as a preset and import or export preset documents when moving between your workflows. Each instance keeps its own sound in your host's project state. BUILT FOR TOUCH Move between Effects, Bender EQ and Advanced pages. Scroll to reach every control, enter a precise value or turn a textured macro knob. Switch Light or Dark directly from the touch header, or use the theme menu in Advanced. Your theme and settings return when the instance is restored. BRING IT INTO YOUR MUSIC WORKFLOW The included AUv3 audio effect extension loads in compatible hosts. The containing app also offers live input processing: connect headphones or an audio interface, then enable live input. Microphone permission is requested when you enable input. Your host manages audio when you use the extension. GO FURTHER Explore HoloRune character, spatial modes, EQ routing, parallel mix and Mid/Side levels in Advanced. Sidechain ducking requires a compatible host and a routed sidechain source.

Screenshots

SingVoicer4 screens
Sampledex Effect Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

SingVoicer and Sampledex Effect Shift are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SingVoicer versus Sampledex Effect Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSingVoicerSampledex Effect Shift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRANDO.PRO SIARobert Clemons

In-app purchases

None

SingVoicer

No in-app purchases

None

Sampledex Effect Shift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SingVoicer free?
SingVoicer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sampledex Effect Shift free?
Sampledex Effect Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SingVoicer or Sampledex Effect Shift have ads?
Neither SingVoicer nor Sampledex Effect Shift shows ads.

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