Comparison

PhaseRings vs Dahlia Delay

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

Head to head
About

PhaseRings

Create expressive music with intuitive touch gestures. Explore various sound schemes and generative composition tools to craft unique musical pieces. Supports MIDI and Audiobus for advanced integration.

Highlights
  • Expressive touch gesture music creation
  • Seven unique sound schemes
  • Generative composition engine
  • Customizable pitch compositions
  • Core MIDI support
  • AudioBus and Inter-App Audio support
Features
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PhaseRings is a musical instrument for performing expressive music with touch gestures. Anyone can create a beautiful piece of music with our sound schemes and generative composition engine! Each ring on the screen represents a different pitch, and you can tap and swirl on each ring to create combinations of long and short notes. The angle and size of your tap will change the timbre of the notes you create! New in version 3.0, PhaseRings is also an AUv3 Audio Unit plugin. Load it as an instrument in hosts like AUM, GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad, and Cubasis — play the rings inside your host, run several instances at once, drive it from MIDI tracks, and record it through your host's effects. PhaseRings includes seven expressive "sound schemes" featuring percussive sounds like marimba and singing bowls as well as pure synth sounds like phase and string synthesis. Four "compositions" of pitches are included in the app, but you can also create your own custom composition by choosing three base notes and scales. PhaseRings will do the rest, generating a series of great setups from the harmony you choose! Features: - AUv3 Audio Unit instrument for AUM, GarageBand, Logic Pro, Cubasis, and other hosts - 7 sound schemes - 4 built-in compositions - Custom generative composition - 11 scales and modes - Core MIDI in and out for iOS MIDI accessories and MIDI-enabled apps - VoiceOver support and light/dark appearance

About

Dahlia Delay

This audio effect app provides a tape-style echo with adjustable feedback and warble. It's designed to be lightweight and integrate with other music production apps via Inter-App Audio and Audiobus.

Highlights
  • Tape style delay effect
  • Filtered feedback control
  • Warble amount control
  • Lightweight audio processing
  • Inter-App Audio support
  • Audiobus support
Features
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Dahlia Delay is a tape style delay effect with filtered feedback and warble amount controls. Built upon the tenet of simplicity, the flora project presents great sounding, lightweight audio effects using Inter-App Audio and Audiobus technologies to allow you to get the sound you want, without sacrificing processing power. More information about the flora project can be found at http://timothy-j.com/flora NB: Dahlia Delay requires either Audiobus or Inter-App Audio capable applications in order to operate. See http://audiob.us for more information.

Screenshots

PhaseRings3 screens
Dahlia Delay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PhaseRings at Free against Dahlia Delay's $1.99. Dahlia Delay's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

PhaseRings is free to download; Dahlia Delay costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for PhaseRings against 4.3 for Dahlia Delay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of PhaseRings's written reviews are positive against 88% of Dahlia Delay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PhaseRings versus Dahlia Delay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhaseRingsDahlia Delay
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (16 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles MartinFlora Creative Ltd.

Customer experience

PhaseRings

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

Dahlia Delay

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

PhaseRings

No in-app purchases

None

Dahlia Delay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhaseRings free?
PhaseRings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dahlia Delay free?
Dahlia Delay costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PhaseRings or Dahlia Delay?
PhaseRings is rated higher. PhaseRings averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Dahlia Delay averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do PhaseRings or Dahlia Delay have ads?
Neither PhaseRings nor Dahlia Delay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhaseRings or Dahlia Delay?
PhaseRings ships an update every 5 months, and Dahlia Delay every 5 months. Most recently, PhaseRings was updated on October 15, 2026 and Dahlia Delay on October 9, 2026.

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