Comparison

Onsemble vs PHASE Connect

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

Head to head
About

Onsemble

This app allows musicians to record, create, and build performances together. Users can start their own musical parts, invite others to collaborate, or join existing projects to add their unique sound. It's a platform for creating shared music videos and connecting with other artists.

Highlights
  • Record audio and video
  • Collaborate on tracks
  • Mix parts and adjust layouts
  • Create polished music videos
  • Discover musician performances
  • Learn from pro tips
  • Join creative challenges
Features
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Onsemble is a music collaboration app where your favorite musicians record, create, and build performances together. Start with your own part, invite others to collaborate, or jump into an existing Onsemble and add your sound. Whether you sing, play guitar, keys, drums, bass, or another instrument, Onsemble gives creators a simple way to turn individual performances into shared music videos. Create music with others: • Record audio and video directly in the app • Collaborate by adding your own track to another creator’s Onsemble • Mix your parts, adjust layouts, and create polished music videos • Save drafts while you work, then publish when you’re ready • Discover performances from other musicians in the feed Learn and get inspired: • Watch pro tips from musicians and educators • Explore app tips to learn how Onsemble works • Follow creators, teachers, and artists • Join challenges and create contest entries • Find new songs, ideas, and collaborators Onsemble is built for musicians who want more than scrolling. It is a place to create, contribute, learn, and connect through real performances. Record your part. Add to the music. Build an Onsemble. Terms of Use (EULA): https://onsemble.app/terms/

About

PHASE Connect

Features
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PHASE Connect is the phone companion to PHASE, the TrevBeats Multimedia DAW for Mac - and a full pocket studio on its own. Run your Mac session from across the room, or make a whole beat on the phone and send it to PHASE when you get home. THE STUDIO - ONE SCREEN The recorder and the instruments are the same screen. One counter and one transport across the top - REC, PLAY, STOP, back to the top, and the click - then a single switch: TRACKS for the timeline, PLAY for the instrument. The lane you pick is the lane the keyboard plays, so you pick it once. Everything that isn't "make a sound" or "capture it" sits in two bars along the bottom, and each one reads out where you stand before you ever tap it - TRACK for the instrument, input, FX, quantize and pocket; SESSION for tempo, count-in, record mode and the mix. 8 audio + 8 MIDI tracks, growing to 16 + 16, no Mac required. ARM and REC with a count-in, overdub or replace, quantize with TIGHT or SOFT feel, and the POCKET - push or drag a track off the grid so the beat breathes. THE INSTRUMENTS THUMP bass, FINGAZ keys, TWANG guitars, TRAPS drums and FLIP the sampler, across eight MIDI tracks. Ember-lit pads on a charcoal deck that compress and glow on the hit, with the closed hat choking the open hat like real hardware - or a keyboard that got bigger when the duplicate controls went away. Play the pads, the keys, or any Bluetooth / USB-C MIDI controller. THE TREVBEATS KIT The stock kit is the TREVBEATS KIT - 16 signature drum sounds on the pads - plus three more built in: PHASE 808, PHASE LOFI and PHASE ACOUSTIC. Step through kits from the kit bar, trim any pad, save your own. SET TEMPO FROM THIS TAKE A performance is almost never at a whole number. Tell PHASE Connect how many bars your take is and it sets the session tempo to the take's own tempo, to the hundredth of a BPM - so the click lands on the groove instead of walking off it a little more every bar. Tempo nudges in hundredths too. MIX - THE DESK IN YOUR POCKET Tap the AUDIO and MIDI bank chips to pull up every strip - faders, pan, mute/solo, three FX slots (comp, reverb, tempo-synced delay), live meters, and a MASTER with a safety limiter. STEMMINGWAY LITE exports a MIXDOWN or full STEMS in 24-bit/48k WAV, and SEND TO PHASE packs the whole session for the Mac. CONSOLE - RUN PHASE FROM YOUR PHONE Pair once with a six-digit code (Wi-Fi, or USB-C hotspot when Wi-Fi is flaky). Tape-style transport, bars/timecode, loop, click, count-in, tap tempo, undo/redo, save - plus banks of mixer strips with faders, pan, mute, solo, arm, and live meters. MIC THE KIT Turn the phone into a drum mic rig - room, overhead, kick - and fly real drums into the session. Everything lands where you can see it, and everything travels to PHASE untouched. Made by TrevBeats Multimedia. PHASE CHART MAKR The band's charts, on your phone. Seven charts off one arrangement, drawn by the same engraver PHASE uses on the Mac: - ROAD MAP: the form, bar counts and cues. Free. - CHORD CHART: chord symbols over rhythm slashes. - NASHVILLE NUMBERS: the same chart in numbers, so it transposes to any key. - DRUM CHART: the groove written once, then only what changes. - BASS PART: real notation, because an 808 line is composed. - SAMPLE CHOP CHART: for plugins where one key fires a whole phrase. The sample name sits where a chord symbol would. - MD CHART: every part braced on one page, barlines running through the band. Two ways in. Link to PHASE and GET FROM PHASE hands you the chart for the session that's open. Or PLAY IN: pick DRUMS, BASS, KEYS or GUITAR, set a count-in, tap REC and play the part on the phone against the click, then BUILD CHART turns what you played into the chart. No Mac needed. Charts stay on the phone, so they work at rehearsal with the Mac switched off. The ROAD MAP is free; the six notated charts and PLAY IN are a single in-app purchase, no subscription.

Screenshots

Onsemble4 screens
PHASE Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PHASE Connect at 3 against Onsemble's 1. PHASE Connect also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Onsemble sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and PHASE Connect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Onsemble ships an update every 6 days, PHASE Connect every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Onsemble versus PHASE Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnsemblePHASE Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB98 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOnsemble Ventures, LLCTrevor Lawrence

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Onsemble

Subscriptions2
  • Onsemble Premium Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Onsemble Premium Yearly$149.991 Year
1 purchases

PHASE Connect

One-time1
  • PHASE CHART MAKR$9.99

Questions

Is Onsemble free?
Onsemble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PHASE Connect free?
PHASE Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Onsemble or PHASE Connect have ads?
Neither Onsemble nor PHASE Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Onsemble or PHASE Connect?
Onsemble ships an update every 6 days, and PHASE Connect every 4 days. Most recently, Onsemble was updated on October 8, 2026 and PHASE Connect on September 29, 2026.

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