Burea vs Philicorda
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Burea
This application provides access to the Bureå Church pipe organ sample set for use with MIDI keyboards and pedals on iOS and macOS devices. It requires a significant download size of approximately 1.5 GB.
- Bureå Church pipe organ sample set
- MIDI keyboard and pedal support
- iOS and macOS compatibility
- Large sample set download
- Creative Commons licensed samples
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This app makes the Bureå Church pipe organ sample set available for playing with MIDI keyboards and a MIDI pedal connected to your iOS or macOS device. The sample set was released by Lars Palo under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license, see http://www.familjenpalo.se/vpo/download . For more information about the app and the underlying Napo framework, please visit the support page http://polaron.de/Burea/ , the Napo documentation at http://polaron.de/Napo/ and in particular the user manual at http://polaron.de/Napo/manual . *** For your attention *** This app is a huge download of about 1.5 GB. Make sure there is enough free SSD space on your device.
Philicorda
This app faithfully emulates a classic 1960s transistor organ, replicating its warm and clear tones. It includes vintage features like vibrato and spring reverb, plus modern additions such as overdrive and an envelope generator.
- Faithful emulation of 1960s Philicorda organ
- Transistor-based sound replication
- Vibrato circuit
- Spring reverb
- Overdrive effect
- Envelope generator
- AUv3 and Standalone support
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Philicorda is a faithful emulation of the legendary 1960s Philicorda organ. This plugin replicates the transistor-based sound of the later GM751 models, delivering the distinctively warm yet clear tones that made the Philicorda a classic. Like the original hardware, Philicorda features a vibrato circuit, a spring reverb, and two speakers. We have also added some extra features: overdrive, envelope generator, leakage, bias, and key click. Available as AUv3 and Standalone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Philicorda at $19.99 against Burea's $29.00. Burea's advantage is iOS requirement (12.5.6 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Burea costs $29.00 and Philicorda $19.99 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 Burea against 5.0 for Philicorda. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Burea | Philicorda |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.00 | $19.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5.6 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Markus Sigg | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Burea
Philicorda
In-app purchases
Burea
No in-app purchases
Philicorda
No in-app purchases
