Comparison

PSOFT Audio Player vs RHYTHM DELAY

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

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About

PSOFT Audio Player

This music player allows independent adjustment of key, playback speed, and sound extraction with exceptional audio quality. It's ideal for musicians, language learners, and anyone needing to analyze or manipulate audio content.

Highlights
  • Change playback speed
  • Adjust musical key
  • Modify voice characteristics
  • Remove or extract specific sounds
  • Analyze music and display chords
  • Export modified audio (add-on)
Features
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“Freely manipulate sound with incredibly natural results.” Make the comparison with your own ears. This music player makes it easy to independently change your music's key and playing speed and remove or extract specified sounds, while preserving an overwhelming audio quality that cannot be matched. Recommended for: ・ Musical instrument practice. ・ Making karaoke tracks. ・ Musical transcription. ・ Creating audio tracks for dance practice. ・ Learning foreign languages by listening to podcasts. ・ Efficiently gathering information from podcasts. ・ Audio-typing comfortably. With usual audio equipment, large changes to key and playing speed typically result in a heavy degradation of the audio quality. However, by using our company's “PhaseGear” technology, this app succeeds in reducing audio degradation to its utmost minimum. The result is surprisingly natural-sounding audio. ============== [ Main Features ] ============== ▼ Change playing speed [Time stretch] Change the playing speed without affecting the key (0.00x – 4.00x). ▼ Change key [Pitch shift] Change the key without affecting the playing speed (±24.00 semitones). ▼ Change voice [Formant] Apply changes to voices (±24.00). Includes the [Correction] function which restrains voice alterations caused by changing the key. ▼ Remove / extract sounds [Audio masking] Visualize the audio and remove / pick out sound from a specified band. Obtain exceptional audio quality thanks to a new technology preventing mixing in rhythm sound. * Depending on the musical structure, it might not be possible to obtain the desired results. ▼ Analyze audio and display chords [Musical scale analysis] Analyzes music as it plays and displays the musical scale on a keyboard. Also allows on-screen display of inferred chords. ▼ Output the modified audio [Export (*Add-on)] Output the audio data file with modified key, sound masking, etc. The exported file can also be used with a PC or other device. * This function must be purchased as an add-on. ====================================== ■ Specifications - Play menu - Play / Pause - Skip 15s / Back 15s (*Only available on 4 inch displays) - Fast forward / Rewind - Next song / Previous song - Play position adjustment slider - Play mode - Play all songs - Repeat all songs - Play 1 song - Repeat 1 song - Shuffled play - Shuffled repeat - Share song information - Send the current song info to other apps, share functionality. - Select songs by - Playlist - Song - Artist - Album - Composer - Genre - Compilation - Podcast - Audiobook - Document - Supports background play * Note Contents on iCloud and protected contents not supported. ■ About PhaseGear PhaseGear is our company's audio signal processing engine based on patented technology. It implements high quality time stretch and pitch shift processing as well as superior sound masking. Please refer to the link below for more details about this technology. (*In Japanese) http://www.psoft.co.jp/jp/corporate/technology/phasegear.html * Patent registered in Japan, USA and South Korea.

About

RHYTHM DELAY

Features
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RHYTHM DELAY - Hear now. Tap previous. A rhythm memory training app for musicians and music lovers. Listen to the rhythm playing NOW - then tap the rhythm from 1 or 2 bars ago. This deceptively simple challenge trains your rhythmic memory, sense of pulse, and the ability to maintain independence between hearing and playing. HOW TO PLAY ----------- 1. Listen to the rhythm as it plays (NOW row) 2. Tap the rhythm from 1 or 2 bars ago (TAP PREVIOUS) 3. Your timing is judged in real time - Good or Miss 16 LEVELS --------- - Level 1-4: Delay 1 (1 bar back) / BPM 60 - Level 5-8: Delay 2 (2 bars back) / BPM 60 - Level 9-12: Delay 1 / BPM 100 (advanced) - Level 13-16: Delay 2 / BPM 100 (advanced) Each group progressively adds note types: Quarter / Eighth / Triplet / Sixteenth Custom Mode ----------------------- - Free BPM selection (60-200) - Choose 16 or 32 bars - Delay 1 or Delay 2 - Mix and match note types freely FEATURES -------- - Fully offline - no account, no ads, no tracking - Clean dark interface designed for focus - Dynamic judgment window adapts to the rhythm - No long tutorials - short in-game guidance every run RHYTHM DELAY is the training tool that separates what you hear from what you play.

Screenshots

PSOFT Audio Player4 screens
RHYTHM DELAY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RHYTHM DELAY at Free against PSOFT Audio Player's $6.99. RHYTHM DELAY also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). PSOFT Audio Player's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

RHYTHM DELAY is free to download; PSOFT Audio Player costs $6.99 up front. PSOFT Audio Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RHYTHM DELAY asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PSOFT Audio Player versus RHYTHM DELAY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPSOFT Audio PlayerRHYTHM DELAY
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPSOFTToshio Nagayoshi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PSOFT Audio Player

One-time1
  • Export Add-on$24.99
None

RHYTHM DELAY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PSOFT Audio Player free?
PSOFT Audio Player costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is RHYTHM DELAY free?
RHYTHM DELAY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PSOFT Audio Player or RHYTHM DELAY have ads?
Neither PSOFT Audio Player nor RHYTHM DELAY shows ads.

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