Comparison

Room Impulse Response vs jAmp IR

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

Head to head
About

Room Impulse Response

Analyze the acoustic properties of rooms and loudspeakers. Record impulses or swept sines to generate Impulse Responses (IRs) and visualize various acoustic metrics like RT60, EDT, and clarity. Perform spectral analysis with FFT for detailed sound decay visualization.

Highlights
  • Record impulse or swept sine
  • Generate Impulse Response (IR)
  • View ETC with RT60 cursors
  • Analyze Schroeder curve (EDT, T10, T20, T30)
  • Spectral analysis with FFT
  • 3D waterfall plot for sound decay
Features
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Room Impulse Response measures audio characteristics of a room or loudspeaker. Start by recording an impulse, such as a handclap or balloon pop, or record a swept sine and use the built-in deconvolution to create your Impulse Response (IR). Now, view the ETC, with RT60 decay cursors, apply windowing if you wish, or trim the IR. Next, see these other graphs: ** Impulse, where you can play back the actual IR ** ETC, which includes cursors to read out RT60 times directly, and allows pinch-zoom gesture for trimming the file. Apple a window, and see the effects of the window on the ETC plot. ** Schroeder curve, with EDT, T10, T20, and T30 markers And then see these charts, all in either in Octave or 1/3 Octave bands: ** T20 or T30 (RT60) times ** Reverb Early Decay Times (EDT) ** Clarity C50 ** Clarity C80 ** CT times ** Definition ** Signal / Noise And then you can also do spectral analysis, using our FFT, which can be windowed, for analyzing loudspeaker response without reflections, or see the 3D waterfall plot to view the decay of sound in the room by frequency, over time. Works great with the internal iOS device microphone, or attach or iTestMic or iAudioInterface2 for fully professional results. See the other great apps by Studio Six Digital, including AudioTools.

About

jAmp IR

This tool loads impulse responses for guitar and bass amp cabinet simulation. It allows mixing two impulse responses and offers fine control over filters, gain, and phase. The app includes five high-quality impulse responses.

Highlights
  • Impulse response loader
  • Cabinet simulator for guitar and bass
  • Mix two impulse responses
  • High and low pass filters
  • Gain control
  • Phase inversion
Features
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jAmp IR is a zero latency impulse response loader tool in AUv3 plugin format. It is designed to be a cabinet simulator for guitar and bass amps. Two impulse responses can be mixed. Furthermore there is fine level control in the form of high and low pass filters, gain control, and phase inversion. The app comes with 5 high quality impulse responses.

Screenshots

Room Impulse Response4 screens
jAmp IR1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: jAmp IR at 100% against Room Impulse Response's 0%. jAmp IR also leads on price (Free vs $49.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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

jAmp IR is free to download; Room Impulse Response costs $49.99 up front. Room Impulse Response sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. jAmp IR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Room Impulse Response ships an update every 5 months, jAmp IR every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Room Impulse Response versus jAmp IR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoom Impulse ResponsejAmp IR
Price$49.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew SmithJan Maes

Customer experience

Room Impulse Response

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

jAmp IR

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Room Impulse Response

One-time1
  • Reference Curves Option$14.99
None

jAmp IR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Room Impulse Response free?
Room Impulse Response costs $49.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is jAmp IR free?
jAmp IR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Room Impulse Response or jAmp IR have ads?
Neither Room Impulse Response nor jAmp IR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Room Impulse Response or jAmp IR?
Room Impulse Response ships an update every 5 months, and jAmp IR every 2 weeks. Most recently, Room Impulse Response was updated on September 16, 2026 and jAmp IR on September 23, 2026.

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