Comparison

Violin ٞ vs Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

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

Head to head
About

Violin ٞ

Features
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A realistic Violin app. Play by bowing (arco) or plucking (pizzicato).

About

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

This audio plugin acts as a noise gate for digital audio workstations, allowing users to suppress unwanted background noise from microphones or instruments. It offers fine-grained control over attack, release, and hold times, along with filtering to remove hum and hiss, ensuring subtle sounds are preserved.

Highlights
  • AUv3 compatible plugin
  • Suppresses background noise
  • Controllable attack, release, and hold
  • High and low pass filtering
  • Preserves subtle sounds
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This is an AUv3 compatible noise gate which can be used as a plugin with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Meteor, GarageBand or Auria. Anyone working in a live recording environment whether that be with a microphone or a high gain guitar effects will feel the need to suppress unwanted noise. This gated noise gate allows you to suppress any background noise over a specified level by a chosen suppression amount. This allows subtle sounds to still be heard as opposed to the brick wall approach. The effect has controllable attack, release and hold times as well as high and low pass filtering to eliminate main hum and hiss. This is one of a series of AUv3 compatible plugins available from 4Pockets;

Screenshots

Violin ٞ3 screens
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin at every 42 months against Violin ٞ's every 131 months. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.6). Violin ٞ's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $5.99). 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

Violin ٞ costs $4.99 and Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Violin ٞ ships an update every 131 months, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Violin ٞ versus Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViolin ٞNoise Gate AUv3 Plugin
Price$4.99 — better$5.99
Rating—4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 131 monthsEvery 42 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEgert-Olger Lattemaa4Pockets.com

In-app purchases

None

Violin ٞ

No in-app purchases

None

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Violin ٞ free?
Violin ٞ costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin free?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Violin ٞ or Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin have ads?
Neither Violin ٞ nor Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Violin ٞ or Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin?
Violin ٞ ships an update every 131 months, and Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin every 42 months. Most recently, Violin ٞ was updated on September 25, 2026 and Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin on October 12, 2026.

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