Dedalus vs frekvens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dedalus
This app manipulates audio in real-time using a network of delay lines. It offers a wide range of effects, from ambient echoes to rhythmic pulsations and noise, with extensive processing options.
- Real-time audio mangling
- Granulated and modulated delay lines
- Filters, dynamic processors, and saturation
- Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support
- Built-in stereo sampler
- LFO for parameter control
- MIDI and network control
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Dedalus Delay is a real time audio mangler. A network of delay lines is continually granulated and modulated, producing a labyrinth of echoes, which are further processed by filters, dynamic processors and saturation modules. Dedalus can produce a wide variety of effects, from reverb-like ambiences to evolving resonation, from rhythmic pulsation to chaotic layering, from subtle chorusing to pure noise. Main Features: - Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support (sender and FX) - Multiple delay lines with feedback and granulation - Signal saturation - Built In Stereo Sampler with varispeed - Control Manager LFO for Parameters - Midibus, Virtual Midi and Network: 14 bit NRPN controllers - File Manager, sharing common audio files via iTunes, Dropbox and AudioCopy - Snapshot Presets Morphing Pad - Post Fx Chain: Low-shelf Filter, High-shelf and Compressor
frekvens
This app offers a unique frequency shifter and stereo delay effect. It utilizes single sideband modulation and an infinite impulse response filter for advanced audio manipulation. Additional features include high/low pass filters and an LFO for delay modulation.
- Frequency shifter
- Stereo delay
- High and low pass filter
- LFO for delay modulation
- Core MIDI CC input
- Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support
- Audio Unit extension
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Frekvens is a frequency shifter and delay effect. Unlike a pitch shifter all frequencies are shifted linearly and then fed back into itself using the stereo delay unit. The frequency shifting is achieved with single sideband modulation using a hilbert transform and an infinite impulse response filter for fast computations. Frekvens also comes with a high and low pass filter and a lfo for modulating the delay play head. - frequency shifter - high, low pass filter - stereo delay - core midi cc input - audiobus - inter app audio - audio unit extension - save, load
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: frekvens at $2.99 against Dedalus's $5.99. frekvens also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and 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
Dedalus costs $5.99 and frekvens $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
frekvens holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Dedalus's written reviews are positive against 83% of frekvens's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dedalus ships an update every 4 months, frekvens every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dedalus | frekvens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (41 ratings) | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amazing Noises | Erik Sigth |
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No in-app purchases
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