J_NO Chorus vs BYOD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
J_NO Chorus
This app recreates the warm sound of an 80s bucket brigade chorus effect. It functions as an audio unit that can be integrated into any digital audio workstation (DAW) on your devices.
- Recreates 80s bucket brigade chorus sound
- Audio unit plugin
- Compatible with DAWs
- Adds warmth to audio
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J_NO Chorus pays homage to a very famous effect from the 80s by re-creating the warmth a bucket brigade chorus gives. Use it with any of your audio apps that support audio unit hosting. Note: The app itself doesn't do anything, but it exposes an audio unit effect you can use in any DAW of your choosing.
BYOD
Create unique guitar distortion and tone-shaping effects with this audio plugin. It offers emulations of classic circuits and a variety of other useful audio effects for musicians.
- Custom guitar distortion creation
- Emulations of distortion circuits
- Tone-shaping capabilities
- Variety of other audio effects
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Build-Your-Own-Distortion (BYOD) is an audio plugin that allows the user to create custom guitar effects, with a focus on guitar distortion. The plugin contains emulations of guitar distortion and tone-shaping circuits from various, along with a handful of other useful effects.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: J_NO Chorus at none against BYOD's 5. J_NO Chorus also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). BYOD's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. BYOD sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. J_NO Chorus asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for J_NO Chorus against 4.9 for BYOD. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 43 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of J_NO Chorus's written reviews are positive against 95% of BYOD's.
J_NO Chorus ships an update fortnightly, BYOD every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | J_NO Chorus | BYOD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better | 4.9 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Bell | Jatin Chowdhury |
Customer experience
J_NO Chorus
BYOD
In-app purchases
J_NO Chorus
No in-app purchases
BYOD
- BYOD Boutique Pack$11.99
- BYOD Canuck Pack$11.99
- BYOD Kiwi Pack$11.99
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- BYOD Filters Pack$11.99
- BYOD Opto Pack$11.99
