Comparison

BLEASS Phase Mutant vs Things

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

Head to head
About

BLEASS Phase Mutant

This music app applies frequency modulation to any audio source, creating complex harmonic distortions and expressive tonal variations. It offers unique modern effects for vocals, basses, leads, and percussion, with advanced modulation options.

Highlights
  • Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis for audio sources
  • Modulate input signal with an oscillator or vice versa
  • Complex harmonic distortions and tonal variations
  • Pitch-tracking oscillator with adjustable waveforms
  • Stereo field spreading via phase offset
  • 2 LFOs, Envelope Follower, and Motion Sequencer
  • Modern effects for vocals, basses, leads, and percussion
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Developing BLEASS Omega gave us the perfect opportunity to take a deep dive into the fascinating sonic capabilities of FM synthesis, and this sparked an innovative idea: A plugin that can apply the principles of frequency modulation to literally any source material. The result is BLEASS Phase Mutant. Where existing phase distortion plugins create their effect by using an audio signal to modulate itself, BLEASS Phase Mutant takes things to an entirely new level with the addition of an oscillator that can modulate the input signal or be modulated by it. This allows BLEASS Phase Mutant to fully harness FM’s ability to create complex and colourful harmonic distortions, achingly expressive tonal variations, and fascinating sonic hooks. BLEASS Phase Mutant’s oscillator tracks the input signal’s pitch, or can be set to a factor of that input pitch. It can also produce a range of different waveforms, all of which can be spread across the stereo field by offsetting the phase of left and right channels. In combination, these abilities open up a whole new universe of unique, modern-sounding effects that are perfect for vocals, basses, arpeggios and leads. You’re going to love what BLEASS Phase Mutant can do to your drum and percussion parts too! BLEASS Phase Mutant also offers 2 LFOs, an Envelope Follower and a Motion Sequencer with multiple modulation destinations, which you can easily visualize. BLEASS Phase Mutant is also available for Mac & Windows. Find more information and tutorials on https://www.bleass.com/phasemutant/

About

Things

This app offers an experimental filter bank delay effect for creative sound design. It features up to 10 band pass filters with adjustable resonance and individual delay controls. Users can manipulate various parameters across bands to generate unique echoes, reverbs, and sequences.

Highlights
  • Up to 10 band pass filters
  • Controllable resonance per band
  • Dedicated delay with feedback per band
  • Parameter spread across bands
  • AUv3 and Standalone support
Features
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Bubbles is an unusual filter bank effect plugin (AUv3 and Standalone) aimed at experimental sound design. You can use up to 10 band pass filters, represented by bubbles in the UI, with controllable resonance. Each band can have a dedicated delay with feedback. You can spread the cutoff, resonance, delay time, and delay feedback across each band to get very creative effects, from odd-sounding echoes/reverbs to impossible sequences.

Screenshots

BLEASS Phase Mutant4 screens
Things1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BLEASS Phase Mutant at every 3 weeks against Things's every 32 months. Things's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

BLEASS Phase Mutant costs $8.99 and Things $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Things holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of BLEASS Phase Mutant's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLEASS Phase Mutant ships an update every 3 weeks, Things every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BLEASS Phase Mutant versus Things: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLEASS Phase MutantThings
Price$8.99$6.99 — better
Rating4.7 (27 ratings)5.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLEASSAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

BLEASS Phase Mutant

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Things

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BLEASS Phase Mutant

No in-app purchases

None

Things

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLEASS Phase Mutant free?
BLEASS Phase Mutant costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Things free?
Things costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BLEASS Phase Mutant or Things?
Things is rated higher. BLEASS Phase Mutant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Things averages 5.0 from 19 ratings.
Do BLEASS Phase Mutant or Things have ads?
Neither BLEASS Phase Mutant nor Things shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLEASS Phase Mutant or Things?
BLEASS Phase Mutant ships an update every 3 weeks, and Things every 32 months. Most recently, BLEASS Phase Mutant was updated on October 7, 2026 and Things on October 3, 2026.

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