Comparison

Tachyon vs Mix Bus Compressor

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

Head to head
About

Tachyon

This app allows users to blend any two sounds together to create unique musical expressions. Its intuitive interface lets you control pitch and tone independently, offering a mesmerizing visual experience as you play.

Highlights
  • Blend any two sounds
  • Independent pitch and tone control
  • Intuitive touch interface
  • Mesmerizing visual feedback
  • Custom sound library
Features
Currently charting
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Do you want to play an electric guitar and a piano at the same time? What about choosing the electrifying buzz of a drill and blending it into the soothing tone of a human voice? Jordan Rudess and Kevin Chartier’s Tachyon gives you all these options and more. From the makers of the award winning app, MorphWiz, comes a new creation that allows images and sound to become one as they magically blend under your fingertips. Each note you play is an individual expression, allowing independent control of pitch and tone far beyond that of traditional instruments. Most instruments only allow you to play one sound at a time, but with Tachyon, you can seamlessly blend between any two sounds as you slide your fingers up and down the screen. The visual experience of Tachyon is just as mesmerizing. As you move along the playing surface, a field of twinkling stars morphs into the shape of your selected instrument, allowing a direct correlation between sight and sound. As described by Jordan Rudess, “Tachyon is simple to use and at the same time offers a unique musical expressive power. The sonic core of the app is a custom crafted sound set from my personal library, encompassing sounds as familiar as those you would find in your home toolbox, and as exclusive as the ones I use on tour with Dream Theater." Whether you’re a seasoned musician looking for a next generation instrument to further express your creativity, or just a regular Joe browsing the app store looking for a fun and simple purchase that will delight the whole family, Tachyon is the app for you! “Check out Jordan Rudess’s new album with Steve Horelick entitled “interSonic”which features Wisdom Music Apps”

About

Mix Bus Compressor

This audio plugin offers ultra-transparent compression with exceptionally low harmonic distortion. Its unique design provides immediate response without adding latency or phase distortion, making it ideal for real-time audio processing. The scalable interface ensures a clear visual experience on all iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Ultra-low harmonic distortion
  • Unique envelope follower
  • Immediate response time
  • No added latency
  • No phase distortion
  • Scalable user interface
Features
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This compressor has the lowest total harmonic distortion of any plugin we have seen, including desktop units. At the heart of it is a unique envelope follower design that makes it possible to compress the signal without creating distortion harmonics. On the spectrum of compressor tone that ranges from "vintage analog" to "pristine digital", this plugin sits at the extreme end of low-noise digital clarity, but it is different from other low-noise digital designs because it doesn't use digital look-ahead. Therefore its response time is immediate, it adds no extra delay to the signal chain, and it works great for processing real-time performance effects. It uses no oversampling so there is no phase distortion or loss of high-frequency energy from anti-aliasing filters. It also uses no digital-style filters (FIR filters) and no digital look-ahead, so it adds no additional latency to the signal chain. Although it is not a model of an existing piece analog hardware, every component of its signal path is realizable in the analog domain. We think of it as a digital model of our ideal analog compressor: it could exist as an analog circuit but would be very expensive to build with physical analog electronic parts. The user interface is 100% scalable, designed specifically for iOS, so it looks beautiful at any screen size or orientation, from tiny portrait views in AUM on iPhone to the largest full-screen views on iPad Pro.

Screenshots

Tachyon4 screens
Mix Bus Compressor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mix Bus Compressor at every 6 weeks against Tachyon's every 14 months. Tachyon's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $5.99) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Tachyon costs $1.99 and Mix Bus Compressor $5.99 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 — 3.8 for Tachyon against 3.9 for Mix Bus Compressor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Tachyon's written reviews are positive against 75% of Mix Bus Compressor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tachyon ships an update every 14 months, Mix Bus Compressor every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Tachyon versus Mix Bus Compressor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTachyonMix Bus Compressor
Price$1.99 — better$5.99
Rating3.8 (13 ratings)3.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.7% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#178 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better10.2
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWizdom Music LLCBlue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

Tachyon

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive77.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative11.7%

Mix Bus Compressor

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Tachyon

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • IAA and Audiobus compatibility issues
  • Does not work with Audiobus
  • Does not launch with Audiobus
  • Inter-app audio and Audiobus connectivity missing
  • Broken on iPad 2 - iOS 7
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  • Not compatible with iOS 11
  • No sound output
  • App doesn't work anymore
  • App is broken

Requested features

18 requests
  • Audiobus and IAA support
  • MIDI support
  • MPE support
  • Ability to record
  • Update for notched iPhones
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  • Keyboard view
  • More sounds/instrument packs
  • Reverb settings
  • User sample import
  • Customizable scales
  • Automation/Arp
  • MIDI control
  • Ability to import sounds from other Wizdom apps
  • Moving filter in FX section
  • Hold button
  • Option to choose backgrounds
  • Lock menu buttons
  • More scales and custom scale creation

Mix Bus Compressor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tachyon

No in-app purchases

None

Mix Bus Compressor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tachyon free?
Tachyon costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mix Bus Compressor free?
Mix Bus Compressor costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tachyon or Mix Bus Compressor?
Mix Bus Compressor is rated higher. Tachyon averages 3.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Mix Bus Compressor averages 3.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Tachyon or Mix Bus Compressor have ads?
Neither Tachyon nor Mix Bus Compressor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tachyon or Mix Bus Compressor?
Tachyon ships an update every 14 months, and Mix Bus Compressor every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tachyon was updated on October 26, 2026 and Mix Bus Compressor on October 24, 2026.

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