COMPRESSION Radio vs Chip's Jack Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COMPRESSION Radio
This app streams 24/7 mixes of Detroit and minimal techno music. Enjoy high-fidelity audio, background playback, and a sleep timer. It's the official app for Compression Las Vegas.
- Live 24/7 techno streams
- High-fidelity audio
- Background playback
- Sleep timer
- Equalizer
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Compression .::. Radio Live 24/7 on Live365 Stream: Detroit. Minimal.Techno from Compression Radio – the official app for Compression Las Vegas. Stream Anytime: - High-fidelity audio - 24/7 mixes - Background play, sleep timer, equalizer #DetroitTechno #MinimalTechno #CompressionVegas #TechnoRadio
Chip's Jack Machine
Create classic house music with this pocket-sized drum machine. Features a 16-step sequencer, hands-on controls, and the ability to load your own samples. Export your creations as WAV or individual stems.
- 16 synthesized and sampled voices
- Per-voice sound shaping controls
- 4 scenes with instant switching
- 16/32-step patterns with swing
- Step recording
- Load custom audio samples
- Export WAV or stems
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Chip's Jack Machine is a pocket-sized classic house drum machine — 16 voices, a 16/32-step sequencer, and the hands-on knob-per-function workflow of the original hardware, with no menus to dig through. Most of the kit is synthesized live rather than played back from a sample library, so every knob genuinely reshapes the sound instead of filtering a recording. A few voices are built from recordings where a real one simply sounded better. FEATURES • 16 voices — bass drum, snare, low/mid/hi tom, clap, closed and open hat, cowbell, rim shot, maracas, low/mid/high conga, claves, and cymbal. • Per-voice TUNE, DECAY, TONE, SNAPPY, LEVEL, PAN and VERB — every one of them live. • 4 scenes (A/B/C/D) with instant switching, copy and paste. Each scene keeps its own pattern, bar length, mute/solo state and knob settings. • 8, 16 or 32-step patterns with swing. • Step recording — arm RECORD and play the pads in. • Load your own audio into any voice with SAMPLE. • Low-latency audio engine built for playing, not just playback. • Export a pattern as WAV, or export every voice separately as stems. • Save and load projects as .house files and move them between your devices — the same format the whole Architect Series uses. Runs on iPhone and iPad. Buy it once and it's yours. No subscription, no account, no ads, no in-app purchases, and no network connection — the app works entirely offline, forever. Part of the Time2Jack Architect Series.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: COMPRESSION Radio at Free against Chip's Jack Machine's $4.99. COMPRESSION Radio also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Chip's Jack Machine's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
COMPRESSION Radio is free to download; Chip's Jack Machine costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for COMPRESSION Radio against 5.0 for Chip's Jack Machine. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | COMPRESSION Radio | Chip's Jack Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AccelerateRPM LLC | Irwin Eberhart |
In-app purchases
COMPRESSION Radio
No in-app purchases
Chip's Jack Machine
No in-app purchases
Questions
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