# BYOD

> Music

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1595313287](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1595313287)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1595313287`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jatin Chowdhury
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (44 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-03-16
- **First published:** 2022-03-11
- **Size:** 31 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/byod/id1595313287)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://chowdsp.com/privacy.html](https://chowdsp.com/privacy.html)

## Description

Build-Your-Own-Distortion (BYOD) is an audio plugin that allows the user to create custom guitar effects, with a focus on guitar distortion. The plugin contains emulations of guitar distortion and tone-shaping circuits from various, along with a handful of other useful effects.

## Rankings

- #179,755 — Overall

## Review summary

BYOD is praised as a free, feature-packed iOS effects ecosystem that offers a versatile set of modules, high-quality distortion (notably Metal Face), and strong compatibility with DAWs and hardware like ToneX. Reviewers appreciate its usefulness in songwriting templates, standalone and AUv3 workflows, and the abundance of included content (IRs, Clon Minotaur). The main caveat mentioned across reviews is a performance hiccup when used as an AUv3 plugin, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.

### Pros

- Free and highly accessible to users
- Feature-rich with a wide array of modules and effects
- Excellent tone and distortion quality, especially the Metal Face preset
- Strong DAW and hardware integration (works with AUM, ToneX) and usable as standalone or AUv3 plugin
- Rich built-in content (includes Clon Minotaur, IRs, oscilloscope, Waveshaper, and more)

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