Comparison

Spectrojam vs Beatsy

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

Head to head
About

Spectrojam

This app transforms sounds from your microphone into dynamic colors and shapes on your screen. It visualizes the frequency composition of everyday noises and musical tunes, allowing you to see sound signatures and even translate them into musical notes.

Highlights
  • Real-time sound to color/shape visualization
  • Musical note display for pitch accuracy
  • Chord and harmony analysis
  • Adjustable gain for volume control
  • High-resolution premium visualizer
  • Color modulation effects
Features
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Spectrojam® listens to your microphone and turns the sound it hears into colors and shapes on your screen. If you speak, for example, you will see the individual frequencies emitted by your voice. If you whistle, you will see shapes and colors move and change on the screen in perfect sync with your tune. You will be amazed to see the frequency composition of the sounds in your everyday life. Each noise has a unique signature, and now you can see it all! The Musical Note Display can translate the sounds you make into musical notes. This allows anyone to sing a perfect "A" without even hearing a reference note. Spectrojam® can display up to 3 musical notes at the same time, allowing you to pick apart chords and harmonies. It works great with the human voice and musical instruments. Unlock Premium mode to access a high-resolution sound visualizer which displays up to 12.3 million samples simultaneously (8,192 frequencies * 1500 time slices) for extremely high precision and maximum clarity. The Color Modulator smoothly cycles through your color selections, producing stunning visuals. If your environment is loud, simply use the Gain slider to reduce the overall input volume, or boost it if you want to detect whispers, breathing, and quiet background music. Explore your world in a whole new way. Download Spectrojam® today!

About

Beatsy

Experience music like never before by transforming your surroundings into dynamic visualizers. This app uses your device's microphone or music library to distort the world around you with ten unique, customizable effects. Capture and share your augmented reality creations.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality music visualizer
  • Distort world with microphone or music library
  • Ten customizable visualizers
  • Scale visualizers to epic sizes
  • Immersive 3D distortion with LiDAR
  • Capture and share photos/videos
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Turn your wall into a giant speaker or transform a road into a rolling wave of notes with Beatsy, a groundbreaking augmented reality music visualizer. Distort the world around you to your music or voice! Highlights: • Distort the world around you using microphone input or music from your library. • Ten unique and customizable visualizers. • Scale visualizers up to epic sizes. • On devices with a LiDAR sensor, try the immersive visualizers which let you distort the world in three dimensions. • Capture and share photos and videos of the effects in action. So get Beatsy and start experiencing sound in a whole new way!

Screenshots

Spectrojam4 screens
Beatsy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Beatsy at 4.9 against Spectrojam's 3.9. Beatsy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Spectrojam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beatsy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beatsy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Spectrojam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beatsy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spectrojam ships an update every 3 months, Beatsy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spectrojam versus Beatsy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpectrojamBeatsy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (25 ratings)4.9 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNonsequential Time LabsRare Realities, LLC

Customer experience

Spectrojam

All ratings25 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative24.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%

Beatsy

All ratings23 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spectrojam

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99
None

Beatsy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spectrojam free?
Spectrojam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beatsy free?
Beatsy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spectrojam or Beatsy?
Beatsy is rated higher. Spectrojam averages 3.9 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Beatsy averages 4.9 from 23 ratings.
Do Spectrojam or Beatsy have ads?
Neither Spectrojam nor Beatsy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spectrojam or Beatsy?
Spectrojam ships an update every 3 months, and Beatsy fortnightly. Most recently, Spectrojam was updated on September 16, 2026 and Beatsy on September 26, 2026.

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