# Beat Time!

> Musician practice tool for audio/video tempo and pitch manipulation. (iPhone/iPad app by Guy Shaviv.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beat-time/id469390635 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Guy Shaviv](https://appshunter.io/developer/301042830)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: $6.99
- Rating: 3.50/5 from 73 App Store ratings · 146 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 44 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-12-15
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beat-time/id469390635/reviews.md

## What is Beat Time!?

Beat Time plays audio & video and can change the tempo (time stretch) and/or pitch and does note & chord detection. It is aimed as a practice / study tool for musicians and as a helper tool for transcribing audio & video. Play audio & video from your iPod library, dropbox, iTunes file sharing or open from other apps.

Reviews:
"Beat Time! is a gem of an app that's just waiting for musicians around the world to discover it. It's almost to good to be true! You've got to check it out!!" 
Jordan Rudess
Dream Theater/Wizdom Music.
"I've used plenty of slow downer type apps, and this is among the best! It does what it says and does it well" Evp73
"It's amazing how you can hear virtually NO artefacts in the audio! Amazing!" jenius92000

Main app features:
• Time stretch video and audio from 1/4x to 2x without affecting pitch.
• Pitch shift audio and video up to an octave up or down.
• Natural pitch shifting, pitch shift a male voice keeping it sounding male, pitch shift a female voice keep it sounding female.
• High quality, state of the art, time stretching / pitch shifting using DIRAC technology.
• Pitch analysis for note & chord detection.
• Annotate the track with multiple markers.
• Seamless looping of segments in the track.
• Optionally pause between loops.
• Easy file transfer: Open audio/video files from any app that supports iOS "Open In..." menu.
• Play YouTube videos.
• Open tracks from your iPod audio, video library or video camera roll
• Export time stretched / pitch shifted audio or movies.
• Universal application (iPhone/iPod/iPad).
• Supports video and audio formats that are playable using iOS music/video player, including: mp4, m4v, m4a, mp3, WAV, mov, (AVI provided it's mpeg 4 encoded)

See Jordan Rudess playing with Beat Time! at http://bit.ly/GO67NQ

## Key features

- Time stretch audio/video (1/4x to 2x)
- Pitch shift audio/video (up to 1 octave)
- Natural pitch shifting for voices
- Note and chord detection
- Seamless looping with optional pause
- Annotate tracks with markers
- Play YouTube videos

## Chart rankings

- #124 in Top Paid · Music (US App Store)

## What do users think of Beat Time!?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎵 Excellent audio quality when slowing down videos
- ⚡ Fast and responsive performance
- 🎸 Perfect tool for musicians learning songs
- 🔄 Reliable pitch shifting without distortion
- 📱 Works seamlessly with YouTube integration
- ⏱️ Effective time-stretching algorithm
- 🔁 Loop and marker functionality for practice
- 💬 Responsive developer with quick support
- 📤 Easy export to multiple formats
- 🎼 Chord and pitch detection features

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes on export
- 🐛 App crashes when loading YouTube videos
- 😕 Confusing and unintuitive user interface
- 🔄 YouTube integration breaks after updates
- ⚠️ No documentation or user instructions
- 🔌 Inconsistent performance across devices
- 😞 Recent UI redesign poorly received
- 🔐 YouTube authentication loops infinitely
- 📉 Data loss on reinstallation
- ⏳ Slow video loading times

**Commonly reported bugs**

- YouTube video import fails with 'error reading file'
- App crashes when exporting audio files
- Black screen appears when loading YouTube audio
- Download button stops working without app restart
- Infinite buffering with 'Preparing for Playback' message
- File open button stalls and doesn't respond
- Audio doesn't reload on app reopening
- Incompatibility with iOS updates (iOS 8, 10, 14)
- Video format compatibility issues (.mov files)
- Keyboard doesn't function properly

**Most requested features**

- Reverse audio capability
- AU3 plugin option
- Dark mode interface
- Better file organization and alphabetical sorting
- Step forward/backward navigation buttons
- Save loop markers with files
- Dropbox export integration
- Improved bookmark management system
- Percentage-based pitch control mode
- Better keyboard functionality

## Recent user reviews (10 of 146)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beat-time/id469390635/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Gets the job done

*2026-03-07*

Awesome!  Thanks for keeping it updated 🙏🏽

### 3/5 — 최근에 유튜브에서 안되는 음원들이 생겼는데 왜 이러는지 아시나요 ㅠㅠ?

*2025-10-26*

어떤것은 되고 어떤것은 안되고,, 이유가 있나요?

### 1/5 — Broken

*2025-10-05, version 4.1.3*

It use to be a great app, but now it doesn’t work anymore. Can we please fix this app??!

### 5/5 — Freaking out

*2025-09-26, version 4.1.3*

Absolutely love this app, but for some reason, it’s not letting me do what I do with the app for any of the songs on YouTube not even my own music that I posted that is actually made by me like my own tracks. I can’t even it just keep saying import air help me out.

### 3/5 — Not working

*2025-09-25, version 4.1.3*

The past 3 YouTube beats I’ve tried to download doesn’t work it gives me an error.. I’m not trying to rip any one off. Just trying to practice and have music to share with friends

### 2/5 — It was working before

*2025-08-26*

I can’t extract any videos no more ,it was working before the new update

### 4/5 — Great App!

*2025-08-22*

Awesome app. Super easy to use. But lately, it’s been crashing. I hope they fix the issue soon.

### 1/5 — Don’t know why you decided to ruin the app but now it’s so bad that I’m uninstalling it.

*2025-08-19*

Update: Looks like the developer is doubling down on making the app worse. I guess it was just was too simple and worked too well for too long. Oh no, we can’t have that. Let’s destroy everything what worked and replace it with barely functional tackiness. Complete with a random burgundy stage curtain framing the main menu for some reason.

The whole user interface is different (for the worse). It has all these tacky buttons around and some of them don’t work. Like the one that’s supposed to open files. It just stalls. I couldn’t even share an audio file to open it in the app. Nothing works and the app looks like a pop-up ad that you have to close before you can start a new game in a free chess app. Uninstalled until the real app comes back.

### 5/5 — What happened?

*2025-07-26, version 4.1.2*

Why is the interface so different? Now it wants me to log into YouTube, but takes me round and round when I try. What the h*** happened to this app? It used to be so easy and elegant to use. Get the URL and go. 

PLEASE bring back the ease of use. This is nuts. Makes me so very sad.

### 5/5 — The best App ever

*2025-07-14*

Just get it ....

## Frequently asked questions about Beat Time!

### What does Beat Time! do?

Beat Time! is a practice and study tool for musicians that allows you to change the tempo and pitch of audio and video files. It also features note and chord detection, making it useful for transcribing music.

### What are the main features of Beat Time!?

Key features include time stretching audio and video without affecting pitch, pitch shifting up to an octave, natural pitch shifting for voices, note and chord detection, seamless looping, and the ability to annotate tracks with markers. You can also play YouTube videos directly within the app.

### How much does Beat Time! cost?

Beat Time! is a paid application. The specific price can be found on the app store listing.

### What devices is Beat Time! compatible with?

Beat Time! is a universal application, meaning it is compatible with iPhone, iPod, and iPad devices running a compatible version of iOS.

### How can I import audio or video files into Beat Time!?

You can import files from your iPod audio/video library, Dropbox, iTunes file sharing, or by opening them from other apps that support the iOS "Open In..." menu. It also supports playing YouTube videos.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.4.4 — 2026-08-22

Improved video playback

### 4.4.3 — 2026-04-25

= Fix UI for audio on iPhone.
- Various other fixes.

### 4.4.1 — 2026-02-12

- Various fixes.

### 4.4.0 — 2026-02-01

- Enhanced bookmark editing in sound and video files. See a marker table with all your markers, tap to go to a mark, or swipe the cell to delete or rename a marker.
- New bookmark and scrub button.
- Stability fixes.

### 4.3.2 — 2025-12-07

- Fix video export on some devices.

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All apps by Guy Shaviv: https://appshunter.io/developer/301042830

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