Comparison

AUFX vs TB Equalizer Pro

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

Head to head
About

AUFX

This app offers a versatile stereo dynamics processor with advanced features like a noise gate, compressor/expander, and limiter. It allows for a wide range of audio manipulation, from subtle adjustments to extreme effects, with external side-chain capabilities and high-quality DSP.

Highlights
  • Stereo dynamics processor
  • Noise gate
  • Compressor/expander
  • External side-chain input
  • Lookahead limiter
  • High quality 32-bit DSP
Features
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A highly tweakable stereo dynamics processor with noise gate, compressor/expander with external side-chain input, and limiter/clipper. From subtle compression, extreme pumping, to maximum loudness! This app is part of the AUFX series, a collection of simple and powerful audio effect apps. • High quality 32-bit DSP engine. • Compressor/expander with optional lookahead buffer. • Allows negative ratios for pumping/cancellation effects. • Hard or soft knee with adjustable radius. • Built-in side-chain low/high cut filters with monitor toggle. • External side-chain input through Inter-App Audio or Audiobus. • Built-in noise gate. • Brick-wall lookahead limiter. • Hard/soft clipper. • Supports "parallell compression". • RMS/Peak envelope followers with attack, release and hold time. • Switchable between Linear and Logarithmic mode. • Automatic makeup gain. • Stereo link on/off. • Process hardware input/output, or other apps through Inter-App Audio or Audiobus (input/filter/output slots supported). • Save, load and share user presets. • Supports Audiobus 2 state saving. • Comes with several bundled presets. • Fully MIDI controllable, including Virtual MIDI. • Background Audio. • Record the result directly in app. • Email recordings or export to AudioShare audio document manager app. • Access user presets and recordings through iTunes File Sharing.

About

TB Equalizer Pro

A professional, dynamic equalizer plugin offering over 600 filter types and shapes for detailed audio manipulation. It features innovative signal-adaptive filters, a spectrum analyzer, and EQ matching for enhanced mixing and sound design.

Highlights
  • 600+ filter types and shapes
  • Signal-adaptive filters
  • Configurable steepness (6-96dB/octave)
  • Integrated spectrum analyzer and spectrogram
  • EQ learn and match functionality
  • Zero-latency and linear phase filters
Currently charting
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ToneBoosters Equalizer Pro is a top-quality, innovative, professional, dynamic equalizer AUv3 plug-in with an unrivalled workflow, a whopping 600+ filter types and shapes suitable for any EQ task, and a gorgeous, responsive, functional user interface that is a breeze to work with. In addition to all conventional filter types, such as shelving, peaking, bandpass, tilt, low cut and high cut filters, Equalizer Pro features a range of innovative, signal-adaptive filter types, such as the ability to equalise transients, sustaining elements, foreground and background audio, ambiance, and much more. With these novel filters, Equalizer provides unrivalled control to improve your mixes, fix issues, and create a better sounding mix in less time. All filter types have configurable steepness between 6 and 96dB/octave, and can run on complete mixes, individual channels, or mid/side representations of your audio tracks and busses. Equalizer Pro supports both zero-latency as well as linear phase filter types. Equalizer Pro provides an integrated spectrum analyzer and spectrogram, with configurable spectral resolution, time constants, dynamic range. Equalizer Pro also provides EQ learn and match functionality to timbre match between tracks in a fully configurable and editable manner. Visit our website to get a more detailed overview of all innovative filter types: https://www.toneboosters.com/tb_equalizer_pro.html What you should know: - Licenses acquired for this platform are not compatible with other platforms. - Equalizer Pro is optimised for iPad and will also work on iPhone

Screenshots

AUFX4 screens
TB Equalizer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AUFX at $4.99 against TB Equalizer Pro's $12.99. AUFX also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). TB Equalizer Pro's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

AUFX costs $4.99 and TB Equalizer Pro $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TB Equalizer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of AUFX's written reviews are positive against 100% of TB Equalizer Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AUFX ships an update every 5 months, TB Equalizer Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
AUFX versus TB Equalizer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAUFXTB Equalizer Pro
Price$4.99 — better$12.99
Rating4.3 (32 ratings)4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#191 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKymatica ABToneBoosters

Customer experience

AUFX

All ratings32 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive65.8%
Neutral13.2%
Negative21.1%

TB Equalizer Pro

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AUFX

No in-app purchases

None

TB Equalizer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AUFX free?
AUFX costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TB Equalizer Pro free?
TB Equalizer Pro costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AUFX or TB Equalizer Pro?
TB Equalizer Pro is rated higher. AUFX averages 4.3 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while TB Equalizer Pro averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do AUFX or TB Equalizer Pro have ads?
Neither AUFX nor TB Equalizer Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AUFX or TB Equalizer Pro?
AUFX ships an update every 5 months, and TB Equalizer Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, AUFX was updated on October 9, 2026 and TB Equalizer Pro on October 12, 2026.

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