Ambience vs Warm Distortion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ambience
Create personalized ambient soundscapes to enhance focus and promote relaxation. Mix various nature sounds to block out distractions and improve your environment.
- Customizable soundscapes
- Nature sound library
- Focus enhancement
- Relaxation aid
- Distraction blocking
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Mix your own ambient soundscapes to block out distractions. Ideal for keeping you focused and helping you to relax.
Warm Distortion
This app provides a real-time distortion audio effect designed for instruments like guitars and drums. It offers unique algorithms for a natural tube sound, clearing hiss and adding artificial feedback. It functions as an Audio Unit plugin or a standalone effect.
- Unique distortion algorithms
- Natural tube sound emulation
- Hiss clearing slider
- Master reverb
- Camera-controlled feedback
- Built-in noise gate
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Warm Distortion is real time distortion audio effect. It is a non linear distortion that works great with guitars, drums and other instruments. It clears the “hiss” sounds just like real tube amplifier. All algorithms are unique, created and designed for nice distortion effect. The app works as an Audio Unit plugin and can also be used as stand alone real time effect via the device microphone or using iRig or similar device. Features: - Unique distortion algorithms with natural tube sound - Gain - Level - Smoothie (hiss clearing magic slider) - Reverb (master reverb) + Camera controlled artificial feedback in standalone mode and built in noise gate. Just move your hand over the front camera to create feedback If you play acoustic instrument you can use headphones without a mic and put the phone close to your instrument so the app will work as realtime effect.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ambience at 64% against Warm Distortion's 0%. Ambience also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (3.4 vs 1.0). Warm Distortion's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 52 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Ambience is free to download; Warm Distortion costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ambience holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ambience has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Ambience's written reviews are positive against 0% of Warm Distortion's.
Ambience ships an update every 52 months, Warm Distortion every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ambience | Warm Distortion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (14 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 52 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Halpin | Aleksandar Mlazev |
Customer experience
Ambience
Warm Distortion
In-app purchases
Ambience
No in-app purchases
Warm Distortion
No in-app purchases
