Dedalus vs Crystals Harmonizer®
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
Crystals Harmonizer®
This app offers advanced pitch shifting, delay, and reverb effects inspired by a classic hardware unit. Create expansive, modulated soundscapes for instruments and vocals, with real-time control over parameters.
- Twin reverse pitch shifters
- Reverse granular delays
- Real-time RIBBON control
- Octave up FLEX button
- Long decay reverb
- Musical micro-pitching
- Standalone and AUv3 plugin
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Eventide Crystals Harmonizer® combines twin reverse pitch shifters with reverse delays and reverb. This iconic H3000 effect can be used to create out-of-this-world climbing and cascading pitched delays or to create unique sounding reverbs. It features two reverse granular delays that can be manipulated by length and pitch. Crystals excels at adding life to boring synths, guitar, and vocals making them sound huge and majestic. From sound design to other-worldly solos, Crystals will spark inspiration. The innovative RIBBON control allows you to modulate many parameters at once. Manipulate the pitches to play it like an instrument or slowly increase feedback to make your signal explode into infinity. Need some extra gusto? Hold down the FLEX button to shift one octave up from the current pitch. Features: - Two pitch-shifters, each with a four-octave range from two octaves down to two octaves up. - Two independently adjustable delays, up to 4 seconds each, with their own individual feedback. - Reverb with 100 seconds of decay. - Make it musical by micro-pitching each voice around the 4th (500 cents), 5th (700 cents), or octave (1200 cents). - Smooth out delay grains by applying up to 4 seconds of delay for each voice. - RIBBON lets you ‘play’ the effect in real-time and provides dynamic and fluid control to morph back and forth between the settings of your choice. - FLEX shifts both voices up one octave at the push of a button. - MIXLOCK keeps MIX control constant as you audition presets. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dedalus at $5.99 against Crystals Harmonizer®'s $14.99. Crystals Harmonizer®'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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
Dedalus costs $5.99 and Crystals Harmonizer® $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Dedalus against 4.6 for Crystals Harmonizer®. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Dedalus's written reviews are positive against 92% of Crystals Harmonizer®'s.
Dedalus ships an update every 4 months, Crystals Harmonizer® every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | Dedalus | Crystals Harmonizer® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (41 ratings) | 4.6 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 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 | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amazing Noises | Eventide |
Customer experience
Dedalus
Crystals Harmonizer®
In-app purchases
Dedalus
No in-app purchases
Crystals Harmonizer®
No in-app purchases









