Comparison

Beatonal vs GlitchScaper

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

Head to head
About

Beatonal

Easily create and share music with built-in synthesizers and a drum machine. Sketch melodies, bass lines, and chord progressions using intuitive pattern pads. Unlock advanced features and project saving with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Create drum loops with pattern pads
  • Sketch bass lines, chords, and melodies
  • 4 audio channels (drum, bass, chords, lead)
  • Analog synth with modulation and effects
  • User-friendly track sharing via URL
  • Export tracks as MIDI or WAV
  • Load custom drum samples
Features
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!!! ON SALE !!! NOW 20% OFF !!! Beatonal is an accessible music making app, enabling you to easily create and share your musical ideas using the built-in synthesizers and drum machine. Create drum loops using pattern pads, and effortlessly sketch bass lines, chord progressions and melodies. This app is free to try, but requires an in-app purchase to unlock all advanced features and project saving. other features include: - 4 audio channels: drum machine, bass, chords and lead - Input is automatically fixed to a user selectable scale - Contains demo tracks to get you started - Analog synth with two oscillators, FM, AM and pitch modulation, lowpass filter, and various effects - Contains 60 built-in synth presets, but you can also create and store your own presets - Store tracks on your device - User friendly track sharing via track-url's - Export track as MIDI so you can continue your work inside other apps or a DAW - Export track as wav - Output realtime midi to other apps on multiple channels, or to an external device such as your DAW - Small app size - Load your own drumsamples through iTunes on your mac - Synchronize with other music apps using Ableton Link

About

GlitchScaper

Create unique glitchy patterns and soundscapes with a rhythm machine featuring six sound generators and a two-layer cycle sequencer. Explore random sequence and tone generation, advanced effects, and spatial audio processing.

Highlights
  • Six sound generators
  • Two-layer cycle sequencer
  • Random sequence and tone generation
  • Advanced effects and envelopes
  • Spatial audio processing
  • MIDI support
Features
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GlitchScaper is a rhythm machine with six sound generators, each controlled by a two-layer cycle sequencer, designed to easily create glitchy patterns and scapes. To quickly find new ideas, each generator has separate options for making sequences and tones. The parameters of the new sequences and tones are set randomly, but are guided by several user-defined options, which in outline define the steps of the sequence and the type of tone or noise. This allows you make a quick draft of a pattern and then simply tweak it to get the final sound. The advanced copy function gives you ability to quickly make a new preset by copying sequences and tones from existing ones. The tone generator makes bright and rich sounds based on 12 complex waveforms or various types of noise, and can also use an external input as a signal source. Effects transform the tone from smoothly varying to full of squeaks and rattles. Each effect is modulated by a special envelope generator with different shapes that change throughout the sequencer step. The sound generators have individual spatial effects, as well as a common reverb space for all generators that adds an ambient layer to the final mix. The final mix can be even brighter and heavy or pumping with the built-in harmonic exciter and bass enhancer. The intuitive interface and powerful sound design features make this application super convenient for creating your own, unique sound. GlitchScaper is great for creating simple beats with an interesting and unusual sound, but it was originally designed for digital distorted patterns with longer steps that blend perfectly with the rhythms of classic drum machines and sequencers. GlitchScaper is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). GlitchScaper works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, and supports Audiobus and Ableton Link. On MacOS, GlitchScaper can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option) and audio unit parameters. GlitchScaper has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. A brief overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T50WVIPUPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeF3oBoXp80 You can find more information on GlitchScaper and other experimental audio processing apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

Beatonal4 screens
GlitchScaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Beatonal at Free against GlitchScaper's $15.99. Beatonal also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.4). GlitchScaper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Beatonal is free to download; GlitchScaper costs $15.99 up front. Beatonal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GlitchScaper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GlitchScaper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Beatonal's written reviews are positive against 91% of GlitchScaper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beatonal ships an update weekly, GlitchScaper every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Beatonal versus GlitchScaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeatonalGlitchScaper
PriceFree — better$15.99
Rating4.5 (39 ratings)4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better22
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuuk van der GraaffIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

Beatonal

All ratings37 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative10.8%

GlitchScaper

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Beatonal

One-time1
  • Pro License$2.99
None

GlitchScaper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beatonal free?
Beatonal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GlitchScaper free?
GlitchScaper costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beatonal or GlitchScaper?
GlitchScaper is rated higher. Beatonal averages 4.5 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while GlitchScaper averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Beatonal or GlitchScaper have ads?
Neither Beatonal nor GlitchScaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beatonal or GlitchScaper?
Beatonal ships an update weekly, and GlitchScaper every 4 months. Most recently, Beatonal was updated on October 26, 2026 and GlitchScaper on October 24, 2026.

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