Comparison

NYCompressor vs BassEducation Ear Trainer

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

Head to head
About

NYCompressor

A professional audio compressor plugin for iOS devices, offering versatile dynamics management for music production. It supports various hosts and provides features like sidechaining and parallel compression for achieving desired mix effects.

Highlights
  • Compression ratio up to 1:10
  • Optional key signal filtering
  • True sidechaining
  • Hard/soft knee
  • Parallel (New York) compression
  • Independent L/R or Mid/Side compression
Features
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A professional compressor plugin for iOS. Compatible with Garageband, Cubasis, AuriaPro and other AUv3 or Inter App Audio compatible hosts. The NYCompressor is the ideal workhorse when it comes to dynamics management in a mix. From gentle compression for glueing your mix together to heavy drum compression for the ultimate punch: NYCompressor can do it all. Features: – Compression ratio up to 1:10. – Optional key signal filtering. – True sidechaining (4 inputs, needs to be supported by host) – Hard/soft knee. – Parallel (New York) compression. – Independent L/R or Mid/Side compression. Planned, designed and lovingly handcrafted by DDMF, a renowned audio software company from Southern Germany.

About

BassEducation Ear Trainer

Develop your musical ear by identifying intervals, chords, and scales through interactive exercises. This app offers focused training with instant feedback and a free play mode for exploration. It's designed to build essential listening skills for musicians.

Highlights
  • Interval training
  • Chord quality identification
  • Modal color recognition
  • Scale degree naming
  • Free play reference mode
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Printable cheat sheets
Features
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Great ears aren't a gift — they're a habit. BE Ear Trainer builds yours a few minutes at a time. Open the app, hit Play, and start naming what you hear. No setup, no theory lecture — just sound, your answer, and instant feedback. Four ways to train: name the distance between two notes (Intervals), the color of a chord — major, minor, sevenths (Chord Quality), the mood of a scale, like Dorian or Mixolydian (Modal Color), or where a note sits in the key (Scale Degrees, with numbers or solfège). Questions play on a warm, real sampled piano — clear, musical reference tones, not synth beeps. And when you just want to explore, switch to Free Play: a no-quiz reference mode. Pick Intervals or Chords, tap any one to hear it from any root, and read a quick theory card — the actual notes, the spelling, and where it turns up in real music. It's the perfect warm-up before you test, or a fast way to check a sound. Difficulty grows with you: start with a handful of answers and unlock more as you level up. A built-in coach gives hands-on tips for every mode, and two printable cheat-sheets — a practice field guide and a theory reference (modes, chords, and how they're built) — are yours to save or share as a PDF. Your streaks and stats stick around, so you can watch the habit pay off. Built by a touring bassist and educator who uses this exact practice to keep his ears on the bandstand.

Screenshots

NYCompressor1 screens
BassEducation Ear Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BassEducation Ear Trainer at 100% against NYCompressor's 50%. BassEducation Ear Trainer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months). NYCompressor's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

NYCompressor costs $9.99 and BassEducation Ear Trainer $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BassEducation Ear Trainer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NYCompressor has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of NYCompressor's written reviews are positive against 100% of BassEducation Ear Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NYCompressor ships an update every 6 months, BassEducation Ear Trainer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NYCompressor versus BassEducation Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNYCompressorBassEducation Ear Trainer
Price$9.99$7.99 — better
Rating3.8 (15 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian SiedschlagBassEducation, LLC

Customer experience

NYCompressor

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

BassEducation Ear Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NYCompressor

No in-app purchases

None

BassEducation Ear Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NYCompressor free?
NYCompressor costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BassEducation Ear Trainer free?
BassEducation Ear Trainer costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NYCompressor or BassEducation Ear Trainer?
BassEducation Ear Trainer is rated higher. NYCompressor averages 3.8 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while BassEducation Ear Trainer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do NYCompressor or BassEducation Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither NYCompressor nor BassEducation Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NYCompressor or BassEducation Ear Trainer?
NYCompressor ships an update every 6 months, and BassEducation Ear Trainer every 10 days. Most recently, NYCompressor was updated on November 2, 2026 and BassEducation Ear Trainer on November 10, 2026.

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