Comparison

Musicians Hypnosis vs Berliner Philharmoniker

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

Head to head
About

Musicians Hypnosis

This app offers a comprehensive self-help program designed for musicians to enhance performance, confidence, and creativity. It utilizes hypnosis to address issues like nerves, sight-reading, improvisation, and memory, aiming to improve playing abilities beyond traditional practice.

Highlights
  • Replace nerves with confidence
  • Improve sight-reading
  • Enhance improvisation skills
  • Boost memory for lyrics
  • Achieve better practice results
  • Customizable hypnosis sessions
  • Performance visualization tracks
Features
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Musicians Hypnosis is a powerful and flexible self-help app created specifically for musicians. Whether you want to build confidence, improve focus, prepare for performances, handle stage fright, strengthen rhythm and timing, improve practice habits, or support creativity, Musicians Hypnosis lets you create custom hypnosis sessions from a wide range of audio tracks. Choose your induction, deepener, background sound, and suggestion topics, then build a session that fits what you want to work on. Add one topic or several, reorder them as needed, and listen with headphones as you relax into the session. Designed by musician and hypnotherapist Sam Brown, the app combines guided hypnosis, background audio, and musician-focused suggestions to help you work on the mental side of playing, performing, practicing, and creating. Features include: - Custom hypnosis session builder - Multiple induction and deepener options - Music, waves, and ambient background sounds - Topic tracks for confidence, stage fright, rhythm, reading, auditions, creativity, practice, and more - Estimated session time - Pause/resume and rewind controls during playback - Sleep Outro option - Refreshed in-app information and guidance Do not use when driving or operating machinery. If you suffer from a mental health condition, please consult your doctor before using hypnosis or relaxation audio.

About

Berliner Philharmoniker

Experience classical music performances from a world-renowned orchestra, live and on demand. Access hundreds of concert videos, interviews, documentaries, and educational content in high-quality audio and video. Enjoy a 7-day free trial to explore the extensive archive.

Highlights
  • Live concert broadcasts
  • On-demand concert archive
  • Interviews and documentaries
  • Educational concerts
  • 4K UHD Video and Hi-Res Audio
  • Chromecast support
Features
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Treat yourself to a guest performance by the Berliner Philharmoniker – live and on demand Closer to the music: In the Digital Concert Hall, you always have the best seat in the house! Each season, over 40 concerts are broadcast live and then offered in the on-demand archive. There are already hundreds of concert videos featuring all the stars of classical music, plus interviews, films and playlists. Register now and test the Digital Concert Hall for 7 days – free of charge and without obligation! The Digital Concert Hall at a glance: • Over 40 live broadcasts per season with all the stars of classical music • Hundreds of archive concerts from six decades on demand • Free interviews and concert introductions • Fascinating documentaries, portraits and playlists • Free educational concerts for the whole family • Highest Quality: 4K UHD Video, Hi-Res Audio, Immersive Audio (Dolby Atmos) Conductors: Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle, Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan, Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Pierre Boulez, Semyon Bychkov, Sergiu Celibidache, Riccardo Chailly, Gustavo Dudamel, Iván Fischer, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, Vladimir Jurowski, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Seiji Ozawa, Donald Runnicles, Tugan Sokhiev, Christian Thielemann, John Williams and many others Soloists: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piotr Anderszewski, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Joyce DiDonato, Isabelle Faust, Sol Gabetta, Christian Gerhaher, Hélène Grimaud, Barbara Hannigan, Janine Jansen, Jonas Kaufmann, Leonidas Kavakos, Evgeny Kissin, Magdalena Kožená, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Murray Perahia, Maria João Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Thomas Quasthoff, András Schiff, Baiba Skride, Christian Tetzlaff, Mitsuko Uchida, Yuja Wang, Frank Peter Zimmermann and many others. For optimal use, the Digital Concert Hall app requires access to the following elements: - Local network: For playing via Chromecast Terms of use: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/terms

Screenshots

Musicians Hypnosis4 screens
Berliner Philharmoniker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Berliner Philharmoniker at Free against Musicians Hypnosis's $9.99. Berliner Philharmoniker also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (3K vs 25). Musicians Hypnosis's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.4). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Berliner Philharmoniker is free to download; Musicians Hypnosis costs $9.99 up front. Berliner Philharmoniker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Musicians Hypnosis asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Berliner Philharmoniker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Berliner Philharmoniker has 3K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Musicians Hypnosis's written reviews are positive against 85% of Berliner Philharmoniker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Musicians Hypnosis ships an update every 32 months, Berliner Philharmoniker weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Musicians Hypnosis versus Berliner Philharmoniker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusicians HypnosisBerliner Philharmoniker
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (25 ratings)4.9 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews85.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings253K — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB199 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSam Brown Music & MediaBerliner Philharmoniker

Customer experience

Musicians Hypnosis

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative7.9%

Berliner Philharmoniker

All ratings3,024 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews785 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative10.8%

User reviews

Musicians Hypnosis

From 25 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly effective for musicians
  • 🚀 Improves confidence and performance
  • 💡 Enhances creativity and focus
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 😌 Relaxing and soothing voice

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Audio interruptions require restart
  • 🐛 No pause or rewind functionality
  • 🐛 Screen stays on during playback
  • 🐛 Battery drain due to screen staying on
  • 🐛 Voice can be irritating for some

Berliner Philharmoniker

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎶 Excellent music quality
  • 🎥 Outstanding video production
  • 📚 Extensive concert archives
  • 🌍 Global accessibility
  • 🤩 Captivating performances

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional app crashes
  • 🔍 Difficult navigation/search
  • 🔇 Lack of surround sound support
  • ⏱️ Slow rewind/fast-forward
  • 💰 Expensive subscription

Bugs and requests

Musicians Hypnosis

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App doesn't work on iOS 8.3
  • Most recent update deleted all hypnosis tracks
  • Tracks not working or playing after iOS upgrade
  • Issues with download/installation

Requested features

20 requests
  • Pause and play button
  • Skip intro option
  • Save custom playlists
  • Set playlist to repeat
  • Better app icon
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  • Female voice option
  • Subliminal messages for songwriters
  • Sleep mode/screen off option
  • Ability to lock screen
  • Use with iTunes library
  • More tracks for chamber/ensemble playing
  • Specific tracks for conductors and singers
  • Choice between wake and sleep after session
  • Description of affirmations
  • Ability to build custom sessions with multiple affirmations
  • Indication of session duration
  • Allow app to run in background
  • Integrate with iTunes for song learning
  • Echo effect for voice
  • More convincing wave sounds

Berliner Philharmoniker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Video playback issues
  • Inconsistent performance across devices
  • Subscription renewal problems
  • Unreliable streaming on some platforms

Requested features

6 requests
  • Personalized playlists
  • Improved search and browsing
  • Surround sound audio
  • Seamless Chromecast/AirPlay integration
  • Offline concert downloads
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  • Subtitles for operas/concerts

In-app purchases

None

Musicians Hypnosis

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Berliner Philharmoniker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Annual subscription1 Year trial$199.991 Year
One-time6
  • 7 days2 variants$9.99
  • 30 days2 variants$19.99
  • 12 months$149.99
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  • 12 Months$174.99
  • 12 months$179.99
  • 12 Months$194.99

Questions

Is Musicians Hypnosis free?
Musicians Hypnosis costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Berliner Philharmoniker free?
Berliner Philharmoniker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Musicians Hypnosis or Berliner Philharmoniker?
Berliner Philharmoniker is rated higher. Musicians Hypnosis averages 4.7 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Berliner Philharmoniker averages 4.9 from 3K ratings.
Do Musicians Hypnosis or Berliner Philharmoniker have ads?
Neither Musicians Hypnosis nor Berliner Philharmoniker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Musicians Hypnosis or Berliner Philharmoniker?
Musicians Hypnosis ships an update every 32 months, and Berliner Philharmoniker weekly. Most recently, Musicians Hypnosis was updated on November 2, 2026 and Berliner Philharmoniker on November 1, 2026.

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