Comparison

iCathedral Organ vs Audio Deck

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

Head to head
About

iCathedral Organ

Experience the rich sound of a cathedral pipe organ with this virtual instrument app. Connect external MIDI keyboards or use the on-screen interface to play and record music. Customize sounds and utilize advanced features for professional music production.

Highlights
  • Virtual cathedral pipe organ sound
  • MIDI keyboard connectivity (Bluetooth/USB)
  • On-screen piano keyboard
  • Sound customization and presets
  • MIDI recording and playback
  • Audio Unit v3, Audiobus, IAA support
  • Integrated reverb effect
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Play with the sound of an entire cathedral organ, created by award-winning sound designer Kurt Ader! This app is designed as professional sound module for your iPad by connecting external MIDI keyboard(s) using Bluetooth MIDI, or using the Apple USB adapter or another adapter supported by Apple.¹ Watch and listen to the demo video on our product website! This app supports Audio Unit v3, Audiobus and Inter-App Audio for audio & MIDI connections from/to other audio apps, as well as Bluetooth LE MIDI ! iCathedral Organ generates the sound of a lovely and color rich pipe organ of a real cathedral. All individual organ stops of such a pipe organ were recorded to resemble this sound as realistic as possible. You can fully adjust all individual organ stops to create your own sounds and save them as your personal sound presets. Or simply select one of the factory presets to play impressive organ sounds right from the start. The sounds of this app were created by Kurt Ader, winner of the NAMM 2015 "Best Sound Designer of the Year" award. General Features: • 28 individual organ stops, each one controllable simultaniously in real-time. • Polyphony up to several hundred stereo voices.² • Configurable audio latency down to 1 ms. • Low latency disk streaming. • Integrated cathedral reverb effect. • App can keep running in the background, so you can play on your keyboard while e.g. using Safari or another app to display scores or surfing the Internet. • Master Tune, Scale Tuning & Hermode Tuning. • Provides Audio Unit v3 plugin version of this app, which allows it to be used as virtual instrument directly within third-party multi-track DAW apps (requires iOS 9.3 or higher). • Audiobus support. • Supports Apple's "IAA" system for audio & MIDI streaming between other apps. • Virtual on-screen piano keyboard, scalable & scrollable. MIDI Player / Recorder: • Record, save and load your songs in standard MIDI file format. • Share your songs easily as audio file. • Unlimited amount of tracks. • Unlimited recording and playback length. • Open MIDI (.mid) files directly from other apps (i.e. from Safari, Mail). • Download or upload MIDI files with iTunes. • Load your favorite songs as MIDI files from the Internet, and watch at the virtual keyboard how to play it. • Metronome. • Use the "Tempo Zoom" dial knob to i.e. slow down playback at any time and learn your favorite songs more easily. There is no in-app purchase in this app. So all sounds and all app features are immediately available to you as one buy. ¹ For more information about adapters and connecting external MIDI keyboards: https://doc.crudebyte.com/iOS/External_MIDI_devices/ ² Some sound presets are using several voices per note. Polyphony depends on the exact device model being used. You find a polyphony table on our product website. Anti-Spy Commitment: We take your privacy very seriously. None of our apps contain so called „spy” behaviors and we committed ourself to a very high privacy standard. For more information about our privacy commitment, read our „Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps”.

About

Audio Deck

Organize, play, and share your audio projects with this streamlined tool. Cloud syncing ensures your library is accessible across devices, and easy sharing links simplify collaboration.

Highlights
  • Organize tracks into folders
  • Arrange and sort audio files
  • Tag tracks for easy retrieval
  • Cloud syncing across devices
  • Share tracks via direct links
  • Download and re-download audio
Features
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Use Audio Deck to listen to your sketches, mixes, and any other audio you're working on. Organize your tracks into folders, arrange and sort them, and also tag tracks. If all you need is an audio player, those features are all free. With a subscription, your tracks will be uploaded to the cloud. Your audio library will be available across all your devices and will stay in sync. If your device gets full (as it does), you can clear the storage on your device. When you need to listen to those tracks, just download them again. The Audio Deck Cloud service keeps the originals for you. A subscription also allows you to share your tracks. If you are annoyed by using standard file-sharing apps to send music, this part is for you. In Audio Deck, you create a link, and you send that link to your friend. That link will open Audio Deck on your friend's device, and they can immediately download and listen to your music. If you give permission, they can also export and save the original file. Receiving and listening to a shared folder is free and works across different mobile devices, so your subscription makes collaboration wonderfully easy.

Screenshots

Audio Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Audio Deck at Free against iCathedral Organ's $14.99. Audio Deck also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). iCathedral Organ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). On ads 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

Audio Deck is free to download; iCathedral Organ costs $14.99 up front. Audio Deck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. iCathedral Organ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Audio Deck holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of iCathedral Organ's written reviews are positive against 67% of Audio Deck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCathedral Organ ships an update every 2 months, Audio Deck every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
iCathedral Organ versus Audio Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCathedral OrganAudio Deck
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (15 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size1.0 GB50 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChristian Schoenebeck d/b/a CrudebyteBen Singer

Customer experience

iCathedral Organ

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral13.6%
Negative31.8%

Audio Deck

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

iCathedral Organ

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Audio Deck

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud$1.991 Month
  • Cloud Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is iCathedral Organ free?
iCathedral Organ costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Audio Deck free?
Audio Deck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCathedral Organ or Audio Deck?
Audio Deck is rated higher. iCathedral Organ averages 3.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Audio Deck averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do iCathedral Organ or Audio Deck have ads?
Neither iCathedral Organ nor Audio Deck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCathedral Organ or Audio Deck?
iCathedral Organ ships an update every 2 months, and Audio Deck every 2 weeks. Most recently, iCathedral Organ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Audio Deck on November 3, 2026.

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