Comparison

HSP Radio vs NoInputMixer

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

Head to head
About

HSP Radio

This app provides a 24/7 stream of ambient, drone, and meditative music from artists associated with a specific label. It focuses on healing sounds and soundscapes, offering an uninterrupted listening experience.

Highlights
  • 24/7 streaming
  • Ambient music
  • Meditative soundscapes
  • Healing sounds
  • Artist-curated content
Features
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Created by the Past Inside the Present (PITP) label, HSP Radio is a FREE streaming app that explores healing sounds and meditative dronescapes from HSP artists. Healing Sound Propagandist (HSP) is a digital-only sub-label of Past Inside the Present. HSP Radio is a 24/7 online radio station, broadcasting without interruption. HSP Radio's primary output is ambient, drone and meditative music.

About

NoInputMixer

Explore experimental sound design by creating feedback loops with a virtual analog mixer and effects rack. Generate unique electronic textures, from unsettling soundscapes to glitchy elements, with extensive configuration options and presets.

Highlights
  • Virtual analog mixer modeling
  • Feedback loop creation
  • Extensive effects rack
  • Algorithmic noise generators
  • Adjustable signal path
  • Hi-res/lo-fi processing options
  • MIDI support
Features
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No-Input Mixing is an experimental technique for creating a wide range of amazing, otherworldly electronic sounds by feeding the mixer output back to the input, thereby making a feedback loop. This application models an analog mixing console and effects rack in detail, providing the ability to make a huge number of feedback configurations with additional effects. By using this technique in the creative process, the sound designer can explore many different and special ways to create sound. Unsettling soundscapes perfect for sci-fi, dystopian and horror projects, like strange noises, disrupted signals, broken communication, buzzing drones, faulty machinery, futuristic tech sounds, and glitchy elements are some results of the No-Input Mixing technique. The downside of this technique, which can scare off beginners, is extreme unpredictability and instability, when the movement of any knob on the mixer can dramatically change the sound in the most unexpected way. But at the same time, this discover an endless space of experimentation and inspiration when creating new and unique sounds or live performance. In addition, a large set of ready-to-use drone and noise presets with a parameter randomizer provide a great point for quickly getting started with this application. NoInputMixer consists of a seven-channel mixer and an effects rack with eight slots. Each effect slot can be configured as an insert effect for a mixer channel or used with two send/return buses. Effects has an option for hi-res or lo-fi sound processing. Each mixer channel has its own algorithmic generator of different types of noise, which can be added to the feedback signal or used separately. The input selector switches between multiple points in the signal path to make different types of feedback loops or can be switched to an external input for any channel to use it as an effect processor. Also this application provides several additional options not found in usual mixers, such as preamp tube type and mode selection, op-amp type selection, adjustment of overload protection circuit, and other features that greatly expand the possibilities for experimenting with sound. The user interface can be presented in the form of a classic mixer, or in the form of complete control of a single channel. NoInputMixer is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). NoInputMixer works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, and supports Audiobus. On MacOS, NoInputMixer can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters. NoInputMixer has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application website. Quick start and demos: https://youtu.be/K7yh0-34Llw https://youtu.be/74LyfDM2dQM https://youtu.be/AeF3oBoXp80 https://youtu.be/95AM6OGoTdo You can find more information on NoInputMixer and other experimental audio processing apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

HSP Radio2 screens
NoInputMixer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HSP Radio at Free against NoInputMixer's $15.99. HSP Radio also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.4). On rating, 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

HSP Radio is free to download; NoInputMixer costs $15.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HSP Radio holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of HSP Radio's written reviews are positive against 95% of NoInputMixer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HSP Radio versus NoInputMixer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHSP RadioNoInputMixer
PriceFree — better$15.99
Rating4.9 (24 ratings) — better4.8 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews95.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2428 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTyler MerleIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

HSP Radio

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

NoInputMixer

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

HSP Radio

No in-app purchases

None

NoInputMixer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HSP Radio free?
HSP Radio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NoInputMixer free?
NoInputMixer costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HSP Radio or NoInputMixer?
HSP Radio is rated higher. HSP Radio averages 4.9 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while NoInputMixer averages 4.8 from 28 ratings.
Do HSP Radio or NoInputMixer have ads?
Neither HSP Radio nor NoInputMixer shows ads.

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