NYCompressor vs BassEducation Ear Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Interval training
- Chord quality identification
- Modal color recognition
- Scale degree naming
- Free play reference mode
- Progressive difficulty
- Printable cheat sheets
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | NYCompressor | BassEducation Ear Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $7.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Siedschlag | BassEducation, LLC |
Customer experience
NYCompressor
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In-app purchases
NYCompressor
No in-app purchases
BassEducation Ear Trainer
No in-app purchases
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