AUFX vs DM10
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AUFX
Enhance your audio with a powerful 4-band parametric stereo equalizer. Achieve subtle adjustments or dramatic sound shaping with its high-quality DSP engine and real-time frequency response visualization. Supports various audio processing methods and preset management.
- 4-band parametric stereo equalizer
- High-quality 32-bit DSP engine
- Real-time frequency response graph
- Real-time FFT spectrum analyzer
- Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support
- Save, load, and share presets
- MIDI controllable
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A versatile 4-band parametric stereo equalizer for everything between subtle frequency enhancements and agressive boosting/cutting or special resonator effects. This app is part of the AUFX series, a collection of simple and powerful audio effect apps. • High quality 32-bit DSP engine. • Two parametric peak filters with gain, frequency and Q. • Low-shelf filter with gain and frequency. • High-shelf filter with gain and frequency. • Displays the resulting frequency response graph in real-time. • Real-time FFT spectrum analyzer with pre/post/off switch. • Process hardware input/output. • Process other apps through Inter-App Audio or Audiobus (input/filter/output slots supported). • Save, load and share user presets. • Supports Audiobus 2 state saving. • Comes with several bundled presets. • Fully MIDI controllable, including Virtual MIDI. • Background Audio. • Built-in lookahead limiter to prevent clipping. • Record the result directly in app. • Email recordings or export to AudioShare audio document manager app. • Access user presets and recordings through iTunes File Sharing.
DM10
This app is a powerful drum and synthesizer machine for electronic musicians. It offers a modern audio engine with a wide array of drum kits, instruments, and synth presets, alongside advanced sequencing and effects for creative music production.
- 228 drum kits
- Bass & Lead synths
- AudioUnit support
- Polyrhythmic tracks
- Advanced sequencing
- Real-time FX automation
- User drum kit creation
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DM10 is the ultimate Drum & Synth Machine for iPhone, iPad and Mac — from the creators of DM1, winner of the Apple Design Award 2012. 256 vintage & modern drum kits. Built-in Bass & Lead synths. A powerful step sequencer. Full Mixer, 4 FX slots & intuitive Song Mode. Everything you need to produce beats, from sketch to finished track — in one beautifully designed app One purchase. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. You get everything. DRUMS & KITS • 256 drum kits — Vintage, Acoustic, Hip-Hop, Electro & more • 10 instruments (Piano, Vibraphone, Wurlitzer…) • Drum Pads with customizable layout • Custom drumkit per track • User drum kit creation with samples import & export • Drums Glitch mode • Drumkits Randomizer STEP SEQUENCER • Drum & Synth step sequencer • 45 patterns • Variable step count, Accent, Triplets & Swing • Time signatures • Polyrhythmic tracks • Steps Probability & Retrig • Playhead Randomize • Custom Tempo, Kit, Mixer & FX per pattern • Steps Randomizer MIXER & FX • Mixer with level, pitch, length, pan & automation • 4 FX slots per track with real-time automation — 15 effects available: Overdrive · Delay · Reverb · Filter · Phaser · Formant · Texturizer · Robotizer · Dalek · Flanger · Decimator · Ring Modulator · Resonator · Compressor · Noise Gate • Mixer & Fx Randomizer SONG MODE • Song mode with intuitive editing • Audio export — master & separated tracks • Project import & export SYNTH ENGINE • Bass Synth — 3 VCO, Filter, ADSR, BitCrush, Detune • Lead Synth — 2 VCO, VCO Modulation, Filter, ADSR, Vibrato • 40 Bass & Lead factory presets PRO CONNECTIVITY • AudioUnit (AUv3) • Full MIDI support — Mapping, File Import & Export, External Clock • Audio Background support • Ableton Link • iCloud Shared Folder • Computer keyboard support VINTAGE DRUM MACHINES • 116 drum kits meticulously sampled from legendary machines: Roland TR-808, TR-909, TR-606 · Akai MPC2000 · Linn 9000 · Oberheim DMX · E-MU SP-12 · Simmons SDS-5 · Fairlight CMI · Teenage Engineering PO-12 · Korg · Yamaha · Boss · Casio · Alesis · Linn · Kawai · Pearl · Elektro-Harmonix · Wersi · Novation · Waldorf · Ensoniq · Sequential Circuits and many more. ACOUSTIC DRUM KITS • 32 acoustic kits recorded at Fingerlab Studio — sampled from iconic brands: Oyster · Ludwig · DW · Gretsch · Pearl · Premier · Slingerland · Sonor · Yamaha · Rogers • 26 percussion & instrument kits recorded at Fingerlab Studio STYLES DRUM KITS • 82 drum kits from various music styles: Hip-Hop, Electro, Dubstep, Trap, Synth, Concrete… Questions or feedback? contact@fingerlab.net Stay tuned! The Fingerlab Team
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AUFX at $4.99 against DM10's $17.99. AUFX also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 72%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). DM10's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
AUFX costs $4.99 and DM10 $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for AUFX against 4.6 for DM10. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 54 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of AUFX's written reviews are positive against 72% of DM10's.
AUFX ships an update every 3 months, DM10 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AUFX | DM10 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $17.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (25 ratings) | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews — better | 71.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 454 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kymatica AB | Fingerlab |
Customer experience
AUFX
DM10
Bugs and requests
AUFX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DM10
Reported bugs
2 issues- Dropping the first beat in some cases
- Syncing issues in standalone mode
Requested features
6 requests- Add probability per step
- Implement true triplets and flams
- Allow tempo changes within a song
- Increase pattern count beyond 45
- Add more time signature options
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- Implement MIDI mapping for pattern changes
In-app purchases
AUFX
No in-app purchases
DM10
No in-app purchases









