Comparison

os vs Media Assistant

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

Head to head
About

os

Create unique sounds by dragging your finger across the screen. This application offers a simple yet engaging way to explore audio textures and generate music.

Highlights
  • Interactive sound generation
  • Finger-based control
  • Unique audio textures
  • Simple interface
Features
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os is a sound machine. Drag your finger across the screen to make dope sounds.

About

Media Assistant

Manage your media files, play audio offline, and edit audio with various tools. This app also includes a web browser with a built-in player to enhance your listening experience.

Highlights
  • File and folder management
  • Offline media playback
  • Audio editing and tagging
  • Web browser with audio player
  • File transfer over WiFi
  • Batch file renaming
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Media Assistant is a file manager, offline media player, audio converter, audio editor, audio tagger, media joiner, a web browser with a built-in audio player so that you can apply audio effects to enhance your listening experiences [FREE FEATURES] TRANSFER & MANAGE FILES & FOLDERS • Manage your files and create folders for all of your needs • Partly integrated Dropbox Drive, Onedrive Drive • Transfer files and folders between two iDevices OR between your iDevice and PC. Fast and easy transfers over WiFi • Import videos from Photos app • Batch rename files (prefix, suffix, leading zero, regex). Great for naming sample sets (Dance_Vol1_Cm_100bpm_SynthLeadMelody, EDM_Vol2_Kick_909, etc.) AUDIO & VIDEO & MIDI PLAYER • Listen to music offline • Batch Play: Long-press a folder to bring up the menu. • Fully functional MIDI file player with a built in GM Soundfont player, and ability to add custom Soundfonts • Gapless loop • Loop mode, one-shot mode, playlist loop mode, shuffle mode • Simple tap to play audio, video or MIDI file. Tap multiple files to queue them, then shuffle or reorder. • Supports AirPlay, Lock screen controls, PiP(Picture in Picture) • Apply audio effect to enhance listening experience (reverb, simple vocal removal ...) BROWSER • Auto detect streams audio from many websites • Build-in stream player allows you to apply audio effects and buffers streams for playback • Capture multiple streams at once in the buffer and then play back in any desired order • Download files from websites directly into File Manager • Block ads & tracking _/_/_/_/_/ Add-on features _/_/_/_/_/ AUDIO EDITOR BASIC IAP • Free to try - purchase to unlock export to file option. • Edit ID3 tags metadata such as Title, Artist, Album… • Edit markers, play from marker, split at marker • Displays the audio file in 3 modes: waveform, spectrogram, or both • Zoom-in at the audio sample level • Export entire file or export slices • Open multiple files at once • Support history, undo, redo • Spectral editing AUDIO EDITOR UTILITY IAP • Free to try some modules. Preview playback with changes to waveform. Requires purchase to allow saving changes. • Apply Fade,Gain,Normalize,Time stretch,Pitch shift,Reverb • Other audio editor utilities added in the future will be included with this lifetime purchase AUDIO EDITOR VOCAL REMOVAL IAP • Required iOS17 • Vocal Removal using AI • Remove/Isolate vocals AUDIO EDITOR DE-REVERB IAP • Required iOS17 • De-reverb using AI • Remove/Isolate reverb AUDIO TAGGER IAP • Free to try - All features work with a limited number of files. Requires purchase to drag/drop/export files and run as AUv3 module • Manage audio files with tags - e.g Hats, Kick, Percussion, etc • Edit meta-data in-place • Filter list by include/exclude, select multiple tags • Support auto tagging files • Support files in local AAHome, iCloud, AADropbox, AAOnedrive, Mac or Window directories • Built-in Audio player supports simple timestretching/pitch shifting/fade in,out/crop and export with edits (no extra IAP required) • Drag and drop files to other applications such as Logic and Koala, add multiple files to a queue and copy in a single action • Support copy to PasteBoard WEB BROWSER IAP • Free to try - Requires purchase to run as AUv3 module • Run as AUv3 plugin inside DAW host app such as AUM, Logic Pro, Cubasis • Auto detect audio stream from Web Audio API (onemotion chord player, websdr, samplette ...) READ ALOUD IAP • Requires purchase to run as AUv3 module. • Reads text content from web pages • Read aloud with hundreds of voices (including robot, bell, organ) then save to file for offline listening • Can adjust speed and pitch • Great for listening to free ebooks on the web or reading articles aloud AUDIO CONVERTER/JOINER IAP • Extract audio from video files to many different audio file formats • Supports common formats • Select bitrate, sample rate, stereo/mono, dithering • Concatenate multiple audio files or video files

Screenshots

os4 screens
Media Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: os at none against Media Assistant's 8. os also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Media Assistant's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Media Assistant sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. os asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Media Assistant holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of os's written reviews are positive against 85% of Media Assistant's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
os versus Media Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterosMedia Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (27 ratings)4.7 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better24
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB190 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCoda Labs IncorporatedDuc Anh Nguyen

Customer experience

os

All ratings27 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative16.7%

Media Assistant

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

None

os

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Media Assistant

One-time8
  • Read Aloud & AUv3$1.99
  • Audio Converter & Joiner$2.99
  • Audio Editor Basic Features$3.99
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  • Audio Editor Utilities$3.99
  • Audio Editor De-Reverb$4.99
  • Audio Editor Vocal Removal$5.99
  • Audio Tagger & AUv3$9.99
  • Browser AUv3 + IAA$12.99

Questions

Is os free?
os is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Media Assistant free?
Media Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, os or Media Assistant?
Media Assistant is rated higher. os averages 4.2 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Media Assistant averages 4.7 from 24 ratings.
Do os or Media Assistant have ads?
Neither os nor Media Assistant shows ads.

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