Comparison

Echochops vs BLEASS Spectral Resonator

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

Head to head
About

Echochops

This app creates a feedback delay effect on sounds from your device's microphone, mimicking an echo. It allows for creative musical patterns and ambient sound experiences through adjustable delay times and filters. Experiment with various audio effects for both musical and experimental purposes.

Highlights
  • Adjustable delay time up to 60 seconds
  • Feedback rate control
  • Four audio filter types
  • Parameter control via tilt and rotation
  • Glitch and Funny delay modes
  • Background audio playback
Features
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The extreme delay machine that you've never heard before. In short: This is a Karaoke echo machine. Words spoken in the iPhone's microphone will come back a few seconds later. It's like the echo effect you can hear at a mountain. You can get various kinds of effects by changing the delay time and the feedback rate. To make music: Tap on the table - it sounds like "tock"......"tock"....."tock"..... Clap your hands - you'll hear "tock", "clap", "tock", "clap", "tock", "clap"... You can produce simple musical patterns this way. Daily life use: Leave it as it is. It's fun to hear repeating sounds of ordinary life. You can use the stereo headset with the mic. Take a walk with the iPhone in your pocket and enjoy the repeating sounds around you. In detail: "Echochops" produces a feedback delay effect (an echo effect) on the sounds from the iPhone's microphone. The feedback delay is widely used to produce rich vocal and guitar sounds. It is also used as a special kind of musical performance. You can use "Echochops" not only as a "musical" application but also as a "noisy" experiment. Features: - Input and output level meter - Input and output level setting - Delay time setting, within 60 seconds. - Feedback rate setting, from 0% to 100% - Direct and Delay balance setting - Four types of audio filters (Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Notch) - Audio filter frequency setting - Audio filer Q setting - Parameter control by audio input/output levels - Parameter control by tilting - Parameter control by rotating (a compass-equipped device only) - Mode setting to change delay time, "Glitch" or "Funny". - Output route setting, headphone/receiver or speaker. - Tilt angle setting for controlling - Upside-down portrait mode for efficient use of microphone and speaker - Delayed sound can be erased - Works with iPod audio simultaneously - Background audio playback (iOS 4.0 and later) [[ ATTENTIONS ]] Due to a latency of an audio input and output, the actual delaying time will be slightly longer than the setting. A natural feedback through the air may happen because the microphone and speaker are placed closely on the iPhone. Distorted sounds or harsh grating noises will be produced depending of the setting of parameters. It would be better NOT to use this application if you cannot stand noisy sounds. [[ Address of Gratitude ]] Thanks to Mr. Kaoru Sato (EP-4)

About

BLEASS Spectral Resonator

Transform audio by manipulating its frequency content to create unique spectral textures and resonances. Generate complex harmonic sounds from internal tone generators or MIDI input, with deep control over pitch, timbre, and spectral filtering.

Highlights
  • Spectral domain audio conversion
  • Frequency shifting, blurring, and filtering
  • Internal tone generator and MIDI input
  • Up to eight voices of polyphony
  • Detailed control over resonance parameters
  • Interactive 3D spectrogram visualization
  • Freeze and Kill controls
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By converting audio into the spectral domain, BLEASS Spectral Resonator can shift, blur, filter, and restructure the frequency content of any sound before generating resonances. When blended with the source signal, this adds a controllable layer of pitch and timbre. Used fully wet, it produces rich and complex spectral textures. Resonances can be generated from an internal four-voice tone generator or directly from incoming MIDI notes. With up to eight voices of polyphony, glide, pitch bend, and up to 256 harmonics per voice, BLEASS Spectral Resonator can be played from MIDI to create tuned harmonic resonances and evolving spectral textures. Intuitive controls provide detailed manipulation of the resonator behaviour, including unison, detuning, harmonic stretching, density, damping, decay, and harmonic filtering. Harmonics can be restricted to even or odd series, while spectral shifting and blurring further reshape the resulting resonances. A spectral-domain filter lets you select the frequency range used to excite the resonators. The interactive 3D spectrogram visualises resonator activity over time while also providing direct control over the spectral filter. BLEASS Spectral Resonator also includes Freeze and Kill controls for holding or clearing active resonances. Designed to combine deep spectral processing with an accessible interface, it opens new possibilities for harmonic, rhythmic, and dynamic sound design, including inharmonic or atonal material such as drums. BLEASS Spectral Resonator is also available for Desktop. Find more information here: http://www.bleass.com/spectral-resonator

Screenshots

Echochops4 screens
BLEASS Spectral Resonator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Echochops at $0.99 against BLEASS Spectral Resonator's $19.99. BLEASS Spectral Resonator's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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

Echochops costs $0.99 and BLEASS Spectral Resonator $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BLEASS Spectral Resonator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Echochops versus BLEASS Spectral Resonator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchochopsBLEASS Spectral Resonator
Price$0.99 — better$19.99
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 15 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasayuki AkamatsuBLEASS

Customer experience

Echochops

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

BLEASS Spectral Resonator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echochops

No in-app purchases

None

BLEASS Spectral Resonator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echochops free?
Echochops costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLEASS Spectral Resonator free?
BLEASS Spectral Resonator costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echochops or BLEASS Spectral Resonator?
BLEASS Spectral Resonator is rated higher. Echochops averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while BLEASS Spectral Resonator averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Echochops or BLEASS Spectral Resonator have ads?
Neither Echochops nor BLEASS Spectral Resonator shows ads.

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