Comparison

Visual Beat vs Voice DC30 Custom Valve

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

Head to head
About

Visual Beat

Create unique music videos by mixing instruments and vocals from diverse artists. Explore hand-crafted animations that sync with each musician's style. Experiment with various soundtracks to achieve different artistic results.

Highlights
  • Interactive music video creation
  • Mix instruments and vocals
  • Hand-crafted stop motion animations
  • Sync animations with music style
  • Experiment with soundtracks
  • Features diverse artists
Features
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Create your own composition with the interactive music video Visual Beat! Conduct different musicians by mixing their versatile instruments and vocals. Explore hand-crafted stop motion animations matching with each musicians' specific style of music. Experiment with the repertoire of soundtracks to get various results. Lets Play! **AWARDS** Best of the Best - Red Dot Award 1st Prize Visual Music Live Contest - Visual Music Award 1st Prize Motion Art - kurzundschön moving images Junior Award Silver - Art Directors Club Germany FWA Mobile Of The Day Award Selection - :output award Visual Beat is featuring the diversified music of Mohna, Nutia, Clara and Dobré: MOHNA Mohna works as a solo artist as well as with the Hamburg-based band ‘Me Succeeds’. Her process is intuitive and her vocals transmit a sensitivity that adds to the purity of her overall sound. This is complimented by the minimalistic additions of different instruments including piano and clarinet. NUTIA Hamburg-based artist Nutia is an electronic tech-house musician creating silky, pulsating tracks punctuated by different textures and sounds. This is achieved by mixing electronic samples with live sounds to produce spherical and groovy beats.   CLARA Clara is an experienced cellist who has played with an orchestra for many years as well as with different chamber music ensembles. She is also interested in experimental ways of playing her instrument. Using different techniques, she lets the warm sound of her cello vary between soft floating tones and vibrant staccato rhythms.   DOBRÉ Originally from Munich, now based in London, Dobré’s style ranges between indie and folk. His singing and songwriting emits high spirits and is often accompanied by his band. Being very versatile and spontaneous, Dobré manages to create different moods using a wide range of instruments.

About

Voice DC30 Custom Valve

This guitar amplifier plugin emulates the classic "jangly" British sound, offering both clean and overdriven tones. It features separate channels with unique gain stages and modulation effects, plus a built-in recording chain and noise gate.

Highlights
  • Classic "jangly" British sound emulation
  • Enchanting clean and raucous overdriven sounds
  • Brilliant channel with optional top boost
  • Vib-Trem channel with vibrato and tremolo
  • Custom design noise gate circuit
  • Standalone app, AudioUnit v3, and Inter-App Audio support
Features
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Voice DC30 Custom Valve Guitar Amplifier plugin is characterised by it's "jangly" high-end sound it has become widely recognized by British musicians and others. Voice DC30 Custom Valve is capable of both enchanting clean and raucous overdriven sounds, the signature chime of the Voice DC30 Custom pairs Valve seamlessly the intricacies of your playing style, resulting in a sound that is truly your own. Brilliant channel and Top Boost The Voice DC30 has a separate brilliant channel. This has been achieved by adding a gain stage and a ‘cathode follower’ stage, thereby dropping the impedance and bringing up the current and adding Bass/Treble controls to this channel. The brilliant channel with optional top boost is placed after the volume control section and before the phase inverter. This means you can shape the sound after the distortion. The Vib-Trem channel offered a choice between vibrato (wavering pitch) and tremolo (wavering amplitude). A rotary, three position Speed switch adjusted the the rate of modulation. The Voice DC30 Custom Valve guitar amplifier plugin includes a complete recording chain emulation and our custom design noise gate circuit. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

Visual Beat and Voice DC30 Custom Valve both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Visual Beat's written reviews are positive against 0% of Voice DC30 Custom Valve's. Visual Beat also leads on price (Free vs $19.99). Voice DC30 Custom Valve's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 123 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Visual Beat is free to download; Voice DC30 Custom Valve costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Voice DC30 Custom Valve holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Visual Beat's written reviews are positive against 0% of Voice DC30 Custom Valve's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Beat ships an update every 123 months, Voice DC30 Custom Valve every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Visual Beat versus Voice DC30 Custom Valve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual BeatVoice DC30 Custom Valve
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 123 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax MoertlNembrini Audio

Customer experience

Visual Beat

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Voice DC30 Custom Valve

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Visual Beat

No in-app purchases

None

Voice DC30 Custom Valve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Beat free?
Visual Beat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Voice DC30 Custom Valve free?
Voice DC30 Custom Valve costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Beat or Voice DC30 Custom Valve?
Voice DC30 Custom Valve is rated higher. Visual Beat averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Voice DC30 Custom Valve averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Visual Beat or Voice DC30 Custom Valve have ads?
Neither Visual Beat nor Voice DC30 Custom Valve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Beat or Voice DC30 Custom Valve?
Visual Beat ships an update every 123 months, and Voice DC30 Custom Valve every 5 months. Most recently, Visual Beat was updated on November 1, 2026 and Voice DC30 Custom Valve on October 29, 2026.

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