YMGuide vs Sidechain Compressor Plugin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YMGuide
Organize, play, and customize your YouTube viewing experience. Trim videos, skip intros/outros, and control playback remotely on other devices. Record karaoke sessions and manage playlists with custom categories.
- Trim video streams
- Skip intros and outros
- Remote playback control
- Edit video chapters
- Karaoke recording
- Playlist organization
- Picture-in-Picture mode
Read full descriptionHide full description
YMGuide app for iOS, play, organize, and enjoy YouTube videos. You can trim the YouTube video stream to your liking as it streams to your device.. Remote control video playback(Remote Play) on iPad/Mac/Vision Pro with your iPhone, the YMGuide app controls the other YMGuide app on another Apple device. Edit chapters* and allows you to play directly to the chapters in the order you want and skip the chapters you don't want to watch. Have you ever wanted to automatically skip intros and outros of YouTube videos? Edit the start and end times of each video* you watch and save it so that you only watch the parts that you want, using our T button. Record your karaoke singing sessions.* Listen to the original song, so you can learn how to sing it, then switch to the karaoke version of the video instantaneously at the press of a microphone button. Switch from one video to a similarly linked video that you customize. Located at the top of our Player Page: ● Y button opens video in YouTube page ● M button for connecting to Remote Player(iPhone YMGuide app connects to web player)** ● G button to generate access code for our web player(password less) ● Network button(Peer 2 Peer) - allows using iPhone(YMGuide app) as remote control of an iPad(running YMGuide app)* Remote Play** feature allows you to use your phone as a remote control for YouTube videos playing on your TV, Tesla screen, or Apple Vision Pro. Steps to connect YMGuide app to external device(web enabled TV/Laptop, on Chromecast use TV Bro browser app, on FireTV use Silk browser) Step 1. Visit our page at https://www.ymguide.org/player (if using iPad/Mac/Vision Pro/Tesla) Step 2. Login using your login or by access code. Get access code by pressing G button at the top of Player page in our mobile app. Step 3. On mobile device, press M button(located next to G button), after adding some videos, to connect app to web player. Visit our X page (formerly Twitter) for "how to" use our app: https://www.twitter.com/YMGuideApp Picture-in-Picture is available on iPhone, minimize our mobile app to allow background audio to play in the lock screen. Elite subscribers can use remote control mode on iPad/MacBook to have PiP capability, users have to open browser to https://www.ymguide.org/player where our mobile app sends the playlist to the iPad browser which can go into PiP. New with My Home, organize your favorite videos into playlists and place them in custom categories and subcategories so that you can quickly go back to them. We provide YMGuide Home, our own example playlists that update daily that we curated for users and place them in our created categories and sub categories. New widgets, allows you to select recently played, country, playlist, playlist grouping, and category to open to. *Requires Premium subscription **Requires Elite subscription -- 7 day free trial from first login. Additional Subscription information ● Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. ● Account will be charged for renewal in accordance with your plan, within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. ● Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. ● Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Legal: Terms of Use: https://www.ymguide.org/term_of_use Privacy Policy: https://www.ymguide.org/privacy_policy All the content is provided by YouTube services, please follow these: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/ https://www.youtube.com/yt/policyandsafety/ Support: Twitter/X: @YMGuideApp
Sidechain Compressor Plugin
This audio plugin enables side-chain compression for music production, creating rhythmic pumping effects. It offers true side-chaining in compatible DAWs and a unique sudo side-chain method for broader compatibility.
- Standard compressor features
- Real calibrated VU and reduction meters
- Real-time visual graphing
- True sidechain in AUM
- Sudo sidechain with MASTER/SLAVE
- 3 available busses
- Mono/Stereo modes
Read full descriptionHide full description
This is an AUv3 compatible stereo compressor plugin which is intended for use inside your favourite DAW/HOST such as AUM, Cubasis, Auria, Meteor, AUM or GarageBand etc. So lets start by answering the question what is side chaining? Side chaining is a technique used in a lot of modern dance music which involves using the volume level of one sound source to control another. You can hear plenty of examples of this in modern Trance/Dubstep music where sound engineers use the impact of a bass drum to duck a sustained string sound, creating space in the mix. This can be heard as a rythmic pumping sound which gives your music drive and energy. This compressor is quite unique since it was designed to get around the limitations of AUv3 plugins on iOS and the lack of multi-audio routing inside DAW apps. Until recently it wasn't possible to do true side chaining using AUv3, but now AUM has recently integrated support for multiple inputs and outputs per AUv3 plugin, it opens up a whole new world of possibilities. This is great for AUM users, but this still leaves users of other DAW's in the dark. This is where this app has you covered as it provides a method of sudo side-chaining by allowing you to attach two instances of this plugin to multiple sources and route audio between them to achieve a sudo sidechain. This works by ensuring two instances of the plugin are loaded as insert effects, one being the MASTER and the other a SLAVE. The slave sends audio to the master by means of one of 3 available busses. True side chaining can be achieved in AUM. Simple set the SideChain Mode to 'Normal' and install an instance of the plugin on the channel you want to control. Then using the new 'Multiple Audio Unit Instances' option in AUM you can add a redirection of the controlling source to send to the same bus the plugin is listening to. It's that simple. In this case you need to set both instances to either Bus 2 or 3, since Bus 1 is the original audio. Features: ○ Standard Compressor features. ○ Real calibrated VU and reduction meters ○ Real-time visual graphing of parameters. ○ Real sidechain in AUM. ○ Sudo side chain using MASTER and SLAVE for others. ○ 3 available busses. ○ Mono / Stereo modes. ○ Integrated help.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: YMGuide at Free against Sidechain Compressor Plugin's $5.99. YMGuide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 67 months). Sidechain Compressor Plugin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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
YMGuide is free to download; Sidechain Compressor Plugin costs $5.99 up front. YMGuide sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Sidechain Compressor Plugin asks for nothing beyond the download.
YMGuide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively.
YMGuide ships an update every 2 weeks, Sidechain Compressor Plugin every 67 months. The most recent releases landed on June 12, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YMGuide | Sidechain Compressor Plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 67 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sothear Ly | 4Pockets.com |
Customer experience
YMGuide
Sidechain Compressor Plugin
In-app purchases
YMGuide
- YMGuide one month .$0.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- YMGuide Elite Monthly(1 Month)$4.991 Month
Show 5 moreShow fewer
- YMGuide annual subscription .$9.991 Year
- Elite Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- YMGuide Elite Yearly(1 Year)$29.991 Year
- Elite Yearly$69.991 Year
Sidechain Compressor Plugin
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is YMGuide free?
Is Sidechain Compressor Plugin free?
Which has better reviews, YMGuide or Sidechain Compressor Plugin?
Do YMGuide or Sidechain Compressor Plugin have ads?
Which is updated more often, YMGuide or Sidechain Compressor Plugin?
Other comparisons















