Comparison

WINdowsAMP, The Old School vs Session

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

Head to head
About

WINdowsAMP, The Old School

Relive the classic music player experience with a retro design and modern functionality. Enjoy offline playback of your local files with a powerful equalizer and live visualizers. Manage your music library and playlists with ease, all without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Classic WINdowsAMP-style design
  • Offline playback of local music files
  • 10-band parametric equalizer with presets
  • Live visualizers (spectrum, oscilloscope, waveform)
  • Persistent playlist management
  • System integration (Lock Screen, Control Center)
  • Ad-free and subscription-free
Features
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Instant nostalgia. Classic WINdowsAMP-style design with modern iOS polish. Retro equalizer. Local files. Zero ads. Own your music. Plays files you add. Works offline. Sound your way. 10-band parametric EQ, presets, and loudness you control. No clutter. No ads, accounts, or streaming lock-in. True file-based library: add MP3/AAC/FLAC/WAV/M4A from the Files app or iCloud Drive. Precise playback engine: gap-free start/stop, reliable seek, and background audio. Live visualizers: bar spectrum, oscilloscope, and waveform with neon glow. Persistent playlists: quick “Add” from Recents, auto-saved order, easy clear or delete. Classic transport: shuffle, repeat-one, repeat-all, previous/next, stop, and play/pause. System integration: Lock Screen controls, Control Center, and headset/CarPlay remote commands. Volume + EQ control in one screen for fast tuning. Tutorial for first-time setup with legal free-music sources. 100% local playback. No subscriptions. Zero analytics by default. No sign-in. Designed for one-hand use with big transport buttons and readable monospaced text. Retro look without skeuomorphic lag. Smooth, 60-fps visual feedback. 10-band EQ with on/off toggle and presets. Real-time spectrum bars and oscilloscope. Shuffle, repeat modes, and persistent volume. Playlist manager with play and delete per track. File picker with multi-select. Stereo indicator, elapsed and remaining time, mm:ss display. Offline-first architecture. Download songs to Files. Tap Add in the app and select tracks from Recents. Press Play. Your playlist is saved and persistent.

About

Session

Features
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Your offline practice room. Any song → your speed, your key, no lead vocals — everything runs on your iPhone, nothing is uploaded, and it's completely free. REMOVE VOCALS — OR KEEP ONLY THEM On-device AI splits any song into vocals and backing. Practice with a clean instrumental, or solo the vocal to study the phrasing. Works with audio files and videos. SLOW DOWN WITHOUT CHANGING PITCH 50–150% speed with clean time-stretching. Step-Up Tempo raises the speed a little every loop — the classic way to master a hard passage. CHANGE THE KEY ±12 semitones in real time. Session detects the song's key and shows you where your transposition lands. LOOP EXACTLY THE RIGHT BARS Drag precise A-B handles on the waveform, snap them to the detected beat, and save named sections (verse, chorus…) to jump between. EXPORT YOUR PRACTICE MIX Export audio — or the original video with your slowed, re-keyed, vocal-free mix, picture retimed to stay in sync. Save straight to Photos. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No upload. Your music never leaves your phone — and there's no monthly fee, no usage quota, no catch. Made by the developer of TakeCover Studio.

Screenshots

WINdowsAMP, The Old School2 screens
Session4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Session at Free against WINdowsAMP, The Old School's $1.99. WINdowsAMP, The Old School's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16 vs 18.0). On 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

Session is free to download; WINdowsAMP, The Old School costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WINdowsAMP, The Old School versus Session: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWINdowsAMP, The Old SchoolSession
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEyeOS Store Inc.Sheng-Hsin Kang

In-app purchases

None

WINdowsAMP, The Old School

No in-app purchases

None

Session

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WINdowsAMP, The Old School free?
WINdowsAMP, The Old School costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Session free?
Session is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WINdowsAMP, The Old School or Session have ads?
Neither WINdowsAMP, The Old School nor Session shows ads.

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