Comparison

Trope vs BLEASS Vox

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

Head to head
About

Trope

Create evolving soundscapes by tracing abstract shapes on your screen. This app offers a darker, more introspective and atmospheric musical experience, ideal for generative music exploration. Recommended for use with headphones or external speakers.

Highlights
  • Generative soundscape creation
  • Interactive touch interface
  • Evolving musical textures
  • Introspective and atmospheric tone
  • Abstract shape tracing
Features
Currently charting
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Trope, designed by ambient pioneer Brian Eno and musician / software designer Peter Chilvers, expands further on the ideas introduced by Bloom, their acclaimed iPhone application.  Darker in tone, Trope immerses users in endlessly evolving soundscapes created by tracing abstract shapes onto the screen, varying the tone with each movement. Recommended for headphones and external speakers. "Trope is a different emotional experience from Bloom - more introspective, more atmospheric. It shows that generative music, as one of the newest forms of sonema, can draw on a broad palette of moods." - Brian Eno

About

BLEASS Vox

This app offers advanced vocal processing for musicians and producers. It allows for effortless manipulation of vocal formants, pitch correction, and the creation of rich harmonies. Enhance your vocals with unique effects and a powerful unison processor for studio or live performance.

Highlights
  • Vocal formant manipulation
  • Pitch transposition and correction
  • UNISON processor for depth
  • Flexible vibrato effects
  • Real-time and standard processing modes
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BLEASS Vox is your gateway to effortless sonic manipulation. This cutting-edge processor immerses you in a world of sonic possibilities, effortlessly shaping every nuance of your vocal performances. The plugin's powerful yet efficient engine allows you to manipulate and sculpt the formant characteristics of your vocals, allowing you to craft unique effects that really set your vocals apart. BLEASS Vox lets you explore and transform your vocal melodies with ease, transposing or fixing the pitch to deliver fascinating new melodies and harmonies. Taking inspiration from the world of synthesisers, BLEASS Vox's UNISON processor adds phenomenal depth and weight to your vocals. The UNISON processor can also spread its up-to 10 detuned voices across the entire stereo image, delivering a huge, captivating sonic presence that no other vocal processor can match. BLEASS Vox's flexible vibrato processor places a new realm of expressiveness at your fingertips. Whether creating subtle-yet-classy pitch fluctuations or extreme special effects, the dedicated vibrato controls mean there is no need to configure LFOs or mess around with modulation mapping. BLEASS Vox is at home in the studio and on the road, its real time processing mode delivering the speed and efficiency needed during tracking sessions and live performances, whilst its standard processing mode delivers the quality and accuracy demanded by the critical editing and mixing stages of your projects. With BLEASS Vox there is no getting bogged-down in the details of a complex vocal processing chain, leaving you free to concentrate on shaping unique sounds and great music. The BLEASS Vox vocal effect plugin is also available for Windows, macOS www.bleass.com/vox

Screenshots

Trope4 screens
BLEASS Vox4 screens

Verdict

The call

Trope and BLEASS Vox both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of BLEASS Vox's written reviews are positive against 64% of Trope's. BLEASS Vox also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Trope's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $9.99) and chart position (#75 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Trope costs $3.99 and BLEASS Vox $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Trope against 4.9 for BLEASS Vox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Trope's written reviews are positive against 100% of BLEASS Vox's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Trope versus BLEASS Vox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTropeBLEASS Vox
Price$3.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.8 (38 ratings)4.9 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 34 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#75 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpal LimitedBLEASS

Customer experience

Trope

All ratings38 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive63.7%
Neutral11.6%
Negative24.7%

BLEASS Vox

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Trope

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Does not run in background/sleep mode
  • App speeds up sleep timer
  • Errors about iOS 11 incompatibility
  • Cannot listen and create after update
  • Screen looks awful (outdated UI)
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  • App doesn't work/programmed feel
  • Music doesn't stop when app is closed
  • Sleep timer not working correctly in iOS6
  • Glitchy sound/static at note start
  • ノイズが入る (Noise occurs)
  • 音が割れる (Sound distortion/crackling)
  • Bug that changes line type back to default after erasing

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to save compositions
  • Option to turn off random background noises
  • More control over sound parameters (attack, duration)
  • User sound input option
  • Recording function
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  • More variety in sounds and moods
  • Mac app store version
  • Streaming to AirPort Express
  • Improve responsiveness to touches
  • Option to remove random tones
  • Background tasking/multitasking improvements

BLEASS Vox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Trope

No in-app purchases

None

BLEASS Vox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trope free?
Trope costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLEASS Vox free?
BLEASS Vox costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trope or BLEASS Vox?
BLEASS Vox is rated higher. Trope averages 4.8 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while BLEASS Vox averages 4.9 from 20 ratings.
Do Trope or BLEASS Vox have ads?
Neither Trope nor BLEASS Vox shows ads.

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