BLEASS Phase Mutant vs Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
Things
This app provides a versatile audio effect plugin featuring a multimode filter and a bit crusher. It can be used as a standalone application or as an AUv3 plugin for further audio manipulation.
- Multimode filter (lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch)
- 2 or 4-pole filter options
- Crisp bit crusher
- Downsampling and bit reduction
- Harshness control
- Output gain control
- Standalone and AUv3 plugin support
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Crusher is an easy-to-use Filter and Bit Crusher effect available as an AUv3 plugin and standalone. This plugin is inspired by the effect section of our instrument plugin Noises. Crusher features a multimode filter (lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch) with 2 or 4-pole and an output gain, along with a crisp bit crusher (bits, downsample, mix) paired with a harshness control taken from our plugin Reels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BLEASS Phase Mutant at every 3 weeks against Things's every 17 months. BLEASS Phase Mutant also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Things's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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
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.
Things holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of BLEASS Phase Mutant's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things's.
BLEASS Phase Mutant ships an update every 3 weeks, Things every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLEASS Phase Mutant | Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BLEASS | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
BLEASS Phase Mutant
Things
In-app purchases
BLEASS Phase Mutant
No in-app purchases
Things
No in-app purchases









