Comparison

dspMixFx vs PolyIvoks Filter

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

Head to head
About

dspMixFx

This app provides latency-free monitoring and control of DSP features for compatible Yamaha audio interfaces on iOS devices. It enables access to effects like REV-X reverb and Guitar Amp Classics, enhancing your audio production workflow.

Highlights
  • Control DSP mixer and effects
  • Latency-free monitoring
  • REV-X reverb
  • Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip
  • Guitar Amp Classics
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Together with the UR-RT2, UR-RT4, UR242, UR44, UR28M and UR824 audio interfaces, the dspMixFx app allows you to utilize the benefits of Yamaha’s custom-designed SSP2 DSP chip directly on your iPad and iPhone. The dspMixFx app is free of charge, providing latency-free monitoring while running the highly acclaimed REV-X reverb, the Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip and Guitar Amp Classics with other iOS audio apps. Please note that this app is only a control application for Steinberg’s USB audio interfaces UR-RT2, UR-RT4, UR242, UR44, UR28M and UR824. Without a UR interface it can be used in demo mode only. Find more information about the UR audio interfaces at: http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/audio_interfaces/ur_series Find more information about the UR-RT audio interfaces at: http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/audio_interfaces/ur-rt_series Make sure to download and install the firmware update version 2.10 first for UR44, UR28M and UR824 to enable the UR interface to run together with the dspMixFx app. You can find the firmware update at: http://www.steinberg.net/en/support/downloads Key features • Control of all DSP features like DSP mixer and DSP effects • No-latency DSP-powered monitoring with the iPad and iPhone • Works with UR-RT2, UR-RT4, UR242, UR44, UR28M and UR824* * Units need to be switched to class compliant mode to run with the iPad via the iPad Camera Connection Kit, the Lightning to USB Camera Adapter or the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter. In CC mode Loopback capability is disabled and only the analog inputs and outputs are available on UR28M and UR824.

About

PolyIvoks Filter

This audio effect plugin emulates the sound of a legendary 1980s Soviet synthesizer filter. It offers stereo output and a range of modulation and envelope controls for creative sound shaping. A demo version is available with limited free play time.

Highlights
  • Standalone and AUv3 plugin
  • Modeled vintage filter
  • LFO and envelope modulation
  • Stereo output
  • Scalable GUI
  • Undo/Redo and A/B comparison
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PolyIvoks Filter AUv3 plug-in — comes as time-limited Demo-version for you to try. It gives you 5 minutes of Free play time. (You can reload the PolyIvoks Filter AUv3 plug-in as many times as you want, thereby you get the Demo period again and again.) Unlimited version of PolyIvoks Filter AUv3 plug-in comes as In-App Purchase PolyIvoks Filter developed on the basis of the filter of the legendary Soviet synthesizer from 1980s, and only now the legendary Soviet analog sound became available in stereo mode. Features: • Standalone and AUv3 plug-in; • Precise port of Rack Extensions plug-in; • Modeled vintage Filter; • Undo/Redo; • A/B comparison; • 2x/4x/8x Upsampling; • Macro controllers; • Built-in Gain Match; • Scalable GUI. MODULATOR house the LFO controls: MODE — which offers four waveforms, including Noise and a stepped function for Sample & Hold effects, well as SPEED control. FILTER: The four controls adjust CUTOFF, RESONANCE, LPF to BPF switch, MODULATION (LFO) level and ENVELOPE level (You can set positive or negative values). ENVELOPE: repeating ATTACK/DECAY envelope. MASTER: the rightmost unit has 3 regulators ENVELOPE level (You can set positive or negative values), VOLUME (output gain) and DIGITAL/ANALOG switch. To use PolyIvoks Filter as a plug-in, you need an AUv3-compatible host app like GarageBand, Auria, AUM, Cubasis and more — PolyIvoks Filter will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins in the host app.

Screenshots

dspMixFx4 screens
PolyIvoks Filter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PolyIvoks Filter at 86% against dspMixFx's 27%. PolyIvoks Filter also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). dspMixFx's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Both are free to download. PolyIvoks Filter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. dspMixFx asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PolyIvoks Filter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of dspMixFx's written reviews are positive against 86% of PolyIvoks Filter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dspMixFx ships an update every 11 months, PolyIvoks Filter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
dspMixFx versus PolyIvoks Filter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdspMixFxPolyIvoks Filter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (9 ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings921 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteinberg Media Technologies GmbHRRS, OOO

Customer experience

dspMixFx

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative66.7%

PolyIvoks Filter

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

dspMixFx

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PolyIvoks Filter

One-time1
  • RRS PolyIvoks Filter Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is dspMixFx free?
dspMixFx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PolyIvoks Filter free?
PolyIvoks Filter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, dspMixFx or PolyIvoks Filter?
PolyIvoks Filter is rated higher. dspMixFx averages 3.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while PolyIvoks Filter averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do dspMixFx or PolyIvoks Filter have ads?
Neither dspMixFx nor PolyIvoks Filter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dspMixFx or PolyIvoks Filter?
dspMixFx ships an update every 11 months, and PolyIvoks Filter fortnightly. Most recently, dspMixFx was updated on September 20, 2026 and PolyIvoks Filter on September 13, 2026.

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