Orooga vs SquareBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orooga
Create and customize drum beats with dynamic patterns for three percussion instruments. Adjust tempo and swing, save and load presets, and send MIDI to other music applications. Ideal for musicians and beatmakers.
- Create beat combinations
- Adjust instrument dynamics
- Control tempo and swing
- Save and load presets
- Trigger presets during performance
- Send MIDI to other apps
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* Create combinations of beats for three percussion instruments. * Adjust each instrument's dynamic pattern. * Adjust the tempo and swing. * Save beats as presets. Load presets into pads and trigger them during performance. * Send MIDI to other musical apps. Please report issues to orooga@fqfdev.com
SquareBeat
Create music by building patterns with samples and AUv3 plugins. Arrange these patterns into songs, import your own sounds, and mix tracks. Features a text-based tracker GUI for rapid development, with all core functionality free except for WAV file export.
- Sequence and manipulate audio samples
- Mix tracks
- Use AUv3 audio unit instruments
- Use AUv3 effects on effect busses
- Connect with other apps via Audiobus
- Export and share songs
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SquareBeat is a music sequencer. Build patterns out of samples and AUv3 plugins, and build songs out of patterns. Import your own samples to make new sounds. Develop songs rapidly with the text based tracker GUI. All functionality is free except wav file export. • Sequence and manipulate audio samples. • Mix tracks. • Use AUv3 audio unit instruments. • Use AUv3 effects on effect busses. • Connect with other apps with Audiobus. • Export and share your song.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SquareBeat at Free against Orooga's $0.99. SquareBeat also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). Orooga's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, 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
SquareBeat is free to download; Orooga costs $0.99 up front. SquareBeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orooga asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Orooga against 4.9 for SquareBeat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively.
Orooga ships an update every 5 weeks, SquareBeat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orooga | SquareBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fernando Quinones | James Navarro |
Customer experience
Orooga
SquareBeat
In-app purchases
Orooga
No in-app purchases
SquareBeat
- SquareBeat Full Version$12.99
