PatchMap vs BassEducation Composer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
PatchMap
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PatchMap is the fast, structured way for Eurorack players to document, search, and recreate their patches. Stop relying on blurry phone photos and scattered notes โ capture every connection in seconds and find any patch later. Fast Patch Recording Pick a module, mark an output and an input, and save the connection. Logging a full patch takes seconds, not minutes, so you can document a great sound before it slips away. Your Module Library Build a library of your rack's modules once and reuse it for every patch. Add modules with their HP, type, and I/O so your records stay accurate and consistent. Powerful Search Search your entire patch history by module name, tag, or date. The good patch you made last month is always one tap away. Signal Flow Visualization See each patch as a clean connection diagram โ modules laid out with color-coded cables โ so you can understand the routing at a glance and recreate it exactly. Tags & Notes Organize patches with tags like ambient, percussion, or drone, and add text notes to capture settings, knob positions, and ideas. Shareable Patch Cards Generate a clean patch card image and share it to Instagram, Reddit, or with friends in one tap. Privacy First PatchMap works completely offline. No account, no cloud, no data collection. Everything stays on your device. Built for modular synth players with mid-to-large systems who patch often and want to remember every great sound.
BassEducation Composer
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See where the harmony can go โ and why. BE Composer is a writing tool for musicians and student who want to understand the choices they're making. Put down a chord and it shows you where that chord actually wants to go, ranked by how often the move gets used โ with the reasoning in plain English underneath. You're not guessing. You're learning the language while you write. Tap a suggestion to hear it before you commit. Hold it to lock it in. Keep going, and the tune builds itself in front of you. SEE IT AND HEAR IT Every chord shows its voicing on a piano keyboard, note for note โ exactly what you're hearing, not an approximation. A guitar shape sits alongside as a visual reference. A real sampled piano plays the chords and a real electric bass takes the roots underneath, so a progression sounds like music instead of a computer. READ IT LIKE A CHART Flip to the lead sheet and the whole tune becomes a chord chart you can read at arm's length โ the kind you'd put on a music stand. Type new chords straight into it, mark your sections like rehearsal letters, and watch a playback line sweep the bars as it plays. Export it as a PDF chart, or send a song as a link that opens straight into the app on someone else's phone. SHAPE THE SOUND Set the spice from Pop to Bebop and every suggestion and voicing rethinks itself. Slip passing chords in between what you've already written. Change any chord's bass note for an inversion or a slash chord. Set how long each chord holds. Play the whole thing back at any tempo, with a click if you want one โ or start from any chord in the middle. Your songs save to a library you can organize into playlists, like sets. Built by a touring bassist, for anyone who writes music โ on any instrument.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PatchMap at Free against BassEducation Composer's $7.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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PatchMap is free to download; BassEducation Composer costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | PatchMap | BassEducation Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $7.99 |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ๆ ้ญ | BassEducation, LLC |
In-app purchases
PatchMap
No in-app purchases
BassEducation Composer
No in-app purchases
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