BeatStyle vs Rap Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeatStyle
Record and share your music with a built-in studio and notepad. Discover beats, connect with other artists on a social feed, and showcase your talent on a leaderboard. Explore various genres and find inspiration for your next track.
- Mobile recording studio
- Lyric notepad
- Track sharing
- Social feed for artists
- Leaderboard for popular songs
- Beat discovery
- Genre variety
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Our Features: - In-app mobile recording studio to practice and hone your singing & rapping - Notepad to write down your best lyrics and fire bars - Ability to share your tracks with anyone through a personally generated link - Social feed where artists can post their songs and interact with other members - Leaderboard that keeps track of the most popular songs made in-app - Variety of genres to help diversify your sound and style - Hundreds of beats to discover and listen through - Premium beats available for purchase, created by our talented producers - Profile page to connect all your social media Music can be extremely powerful. Many artists can make you feel a range of emotions with their raw talent. However, everyone needs to start somewhere. BeatStyle is the intersection of where talent meets resources. Freestyling isn’t just limited to rappers… our community includes singers, a Capella artists, and even beatboxers! Our mobile app serves as a recording studio that enables artists to practice over instrumentals they discover. With our producers regularly uploading new beats, we provide diverse and fresh new content for our entire community! Once a selection is made, artists can write lyrics down on a notepad and practice recording their tracks until they get it right. Our community is growing every day, so share your creations on our social feed and listen to other talented users! Our goal is to give you, the underground community, the tools necessary to hone your skills and improve everyday. The BeatStyle team is dedicated to ensuring that our users have a smooth and uninterrupted experience when flowing freely, so we minimize the distractions as much as possible. Good music is made every day, but no one needs a fancy studio to be phenomenal. So what are you waiting for? Beatstyle is here to make sure your sound is heard, so LET’S MAKE SOME MUSIC!
Rap Maker
Create rap songs by choosing instrumentals, recording vocals, and applying studio-quality effects like autotune and reverb. Mix your tracks and share your music with the world.
- Large catalog of high-quality type beats
- Record vocals with live FX
- Autotune and reverb effects
- Full track mixing capabilities
- Royalty-free beats
- Share to social media
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Choose your instrumental among our large high quality type beats catalog, and record your verse! Mix your voice and add effects such as autotune or reverb, and share your new banger with your friends! CHOOSE YOUR INSTRUMENTAL IN A HIGH QUALITY TYPE BEATS CATALOG: • We're offering dope type beats made with high quality samples & instruments, created by the best beatmakers & sound designers in the rap game! • From Atlanta's trap to the West Coast gangsta rap, through cloud, pop and mumble rap, you'll find instrumentales for every taste in Rap Maker. We're regularly adding new type beats to keep our catalog in the trends! • Moreover, as our beats are royalty free, you own your tracks. Create without limits, record and share as many tracks as you want, and become a real rapper! ADD POWERFUL LIVE FX: • Do you think your voice doesn't sound good enough? You're not alone, this is why Rapmaker lets you use many real-time effects to enhance your voice : autotune, reverb, compression and many more! • Rap Maker automatically determines the tone of the beat to align your voice with it. You have an instant render of your performance so that you can easily topline on your favorite type beat. You can also adjust every effet to get the perfect tweak! Here is the list of available effects: - Autotune - Vocoder - Compressor - EQ - Reverb - Chorus - Phaser - Distortion - Delay You can also write your text directly in the app. MIX YOUR TRACK: • Rap Maker is more than just recording, it also allows you to mix your whole track thanks to our included mixtable. You can tweak every volume or effect to your make your track sound as you want. • The voice recording adjusts itself automatically to the volume of the track to get the best mix possible with any type beat. You can also change it manually to fit your needs. Saturation is not a problem anymore when recording your voice thanks to our app algorithm that instantly deletes any saturated sound. SHARE YOUR HIT: • Once your voice is recorded and mixed on our royalty-free beats, you can share them wherever you like: YouTube, Soundcloud, Instagram, Facebook... Share your track with your friends, who knows it might get viral! PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION PLANS: The app offers Monthly and Yearly subscription plans that give you access to all sound packs. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless auto-renewal is turned off. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost for the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a premium subscription during the free trial period. Please go to our website for more information: Terms of use: http://www.mixvibes.com/terms Privacy policy: http://www.mixvibes.com/privacy Follow us for the latest product news and updates: www.facebook.com/mixvibes www.youtube.com/user/mixvibes https://www.instagram.com/mixvibes/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeatStyle at none against Rap Maker's 3. BeatStyle also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Rap Maker's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 169). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Rap Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per 7 days. BeatStyle asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for BeatStyle against 4.6 for Rap Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rap Maker has 1.1K ratings behind it against 169, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of BeatStyle's written reviews are positive against 73% of Rap Maker's.
BeatStyle ships an update every 3 weeks, Rap Maker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeatStyle | Rap Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (169 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better | 73.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 169 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FreeFlows LLC | MIXVIBES |
Customer experience
BeatStyle
Rap Maker
User reviews
BeatStyle
From 169 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎶 Great freestyle beats
- 👍 High quality instrumentals
- 📱 Solid layout and UI
- 🚀 Fast idea to song creation
- 🎤 Smooth recording process
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- ❌ Sign-up and login issues
- 🤔 Difficulty saving songs
- 🔇 Cannot change rap name
- 📉 Low kbps quality recordings (free version)
Rap Maker
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful for making songs
- 🎨 Lots of creative features
- 🎶 Good selection of beats
- 🔊 Decent sound quality
- 🎨 Useful vocal effects
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive premium features
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🔒 Difficult to unsubscribe
- 🔇 Audio sync issues
- 🔍 Limited beat selection
Bugs and requests
BeatStyle
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes
- Track not saving
- Sign up logs out and prevents sign up
- Login issues after verification
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save songs to files
- Option to share on SoundCloud
- Updates with videos and news feeds
- Ability to change rap name
Rap Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Songs getting locked after free trial
- Inability to save or clear recordings
- Freezing during final song processing
- Microphone not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more beat genres and styles
- Improve audio sync and latency
- Allow importing custom beats
- Provide better tutorial/instructions
- Offer one-time purchase option
In-app purchases
BeatStyle
No in-app purchases
Rap Maker
- Full Access to All Packs$4.497 Days
- Premium - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









