Beat Sync Maker vs BeatSync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beat Sync Maker
Enhance your DJ and EDM performance videos with professional beat-synced visual effects. Automatically detect music beats and apply dynamic effects, or mix in your own clips for a more engaging viewer experience. Transform smartphone videos into exciting content with ease.
- Automatic beat detection
- Beat-synced visual effects
- 2-Mix Video function
- Customizable effect depth
- Pre-installed movie clips
- In-app purchase for unlimited export
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Pump Up Your EDM/DJ Performance Videos with Pro-Quality Beat-Synced Visual Effects Many professional music promotion videos hire the technique of changing the scene sync with the beat. But this requires complex and advanced video editing works and technique, Roland’s Beat Sync Maker for iOS realizes this professional video creation instantly just using smart phones. It is very useful when EDM performers or DJs produce their performance videos using their smartphone. Normally smartphone videos with fixed angles that focus on hands over drum machines, controllers, synths, and laptops can be a little boring, especially for viewers who are not so into gear. Beat Sync Maker changes all that, allowing you to bring extra interest and excitement to your performance videos with very little effort. Beat Sync Maker automatically detects the beats in your performance and adds all sorts of cool video effects that stay in perfect time with the music. Going further, you can also drop in other movie clips with the app’s 2-Mix Video function. With a simple and creative process, you’re able to transform a video in minutes, save it to your device, and post it to social media. Using Beat Sync Maker, it’s never been easier to take EDM and DJ performance videos to the next level. - Automatically detects the beats in your music videos with ABS (Auto Beat Sync) technology - Perfect for enhancing DJ or EDM performances with edgy beat-synced video effects - Choose from five visual effects types and apply the timing you want during playback - Easily adjust the effect depth with an onscreen slider - 2-Mix Video function allows you to cut in movie clips from your iPhone/iPad camera roll; 18 pre-installed movie clips included - Free version's video export time is 30 seconds.The video export time limit can be removed by an in-app purchase, or by connecting a GO:MIXER series. Highly Creative and Easy to Use Using Beat Sync Maker is simple, just choose a movie on your device and then select one of five visual effect types while it’s playing back. That’s all you need to do! You can also create unique variations by alternating among the different effect types. Insert Movie Clips with 2-Mix Video Beat Sync Maker’s 2-Mix Video function allows you to cut in movie clips as well, making your performance videos even more interesting and engaging. There are 18 pre-installed clips to choose from, and it’s also possible to use your own movie clips stored on your device’s camera roll. Get Beat Sync Maker Upgrade with new Roland Cloud Membership options, now available in-app. All memberships come with Beat Sync Maker Upgrade for as little as $2.99 USD per month. * Roland Cloud membership might not be available depending on your country or region.
BeatSync
Easily create trendy music videos from your photos or a single video clip. Select a template, add your media and music, and let the app automatically sync effects to the beat. Export your creation or send it as a project file to KineMaster for advanced editing.
- Create trendy music videos
- Automatic beat-synced effects
- Use photos or one video clip
- Select custom music
- Send projects to KineMaster
- No watermark
- Save and share videos
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Finally, you can send your video as a project file to KineMaster, the World's Most Powerful video editor, for more editing. No Watermark The Easiest way to make your own Hot Trendy Videos All you have to do is just pick a bunch of photos or a video on your phone and select a BeatSync template. Voila! Your amazing video is ready to be shared with your friends and to the world. Moreover, you can use your own video files! (Select 1 video file only) BeatSync Effects on the Music that You selected Select any music that you like, BeatSync will automatically provide you with the hot video effects on the perfect timing. Want to use your favorite music in your video and the effects are still in sync with the music? No problem! Our Beat Detection Algorithm will detect the perfect beat positions of your selected music, so the video effects could precisely match the beats. * 18 languages supported (Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese) * Project sharing to KineMaster will be available only for KineMaster v.5.1.0 or later. * The previews might be unstable on low-tier devices, but the exported videos will look fine. The Fastest and Easiest way to set up a KineMaster project Project share from BeatSync app to KineMaster app means that you are able to create a sophisticated video editing project in less than a minute. All the selected photos in BeatSync will be there in the primary timeline of the KineMaster as well as the transitions and the clip effects will be displayed in the KineMaster editing screen as a project, which means that everything is ready to be edited in the KineMaster automatically. You can change any transitions or clip graphics that have been created in BeatSync and enjoy the full editing strength of KineMaster. This means that you can add multiple video layers and use reverse mode, blending modes, voiceovers, chroma key, speed control, transitions, subtitles, special effects, and so much more into your video in KineMaster! Key Features . Select your photos or a video to make your own Hot Trendy Music Videos. . No need to edit anything, just select photos or a video and a template . You can add 1 video only or up to 30 photos. . You can make an order of the selected photos. . You can cancel the selected photos at once. . Various video effects and transitions (All included in KineMaster) . Hot and trendy music tracks (All included in KineMaster) . You can select any music that you like on your phone and the video effects will precisely match the beats automatically. . Send your video as a project file to the KineMaster video editing app . Seek bar is ready for a comfortable preview . Save your video in your local storage . Share your video to your favorite SNS such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram Download BeatSync now, and become a world coolest video maker! Are you a KineMaster user? Do not miss this chance to utilize the way to set up a sophisticated KineMaster project, easy and quick. For more details, questions and feature requests, please contact us. email : support.bs@beatsyncapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BeatSync at 3.3 against Beat Sync Maker's 2.3. BeatSync also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (38% vs 15%). Beat Sync Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Beat Sync Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BeatSync asks for nothing beyond the download.
BeatSync holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeatSync has 66 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Beat Sync Maker's written reviews are positive against 38% of BeatSync's.
Beat Sync Maker ships an update every 4 months, BeatSync every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beat Sync Maker | BeatSync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 3.3 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.0% of reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roland Corporation | KineMaster Corporation |
Customer experience
Beat Sync Maker
BeatSync
Bugs and requests
Beat Sync Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BeatSync
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashing often on iPhone 17
- App crashing when selecting videos
- App shuts down when adding video
- App crashes itself (April 2023)
- App crashed on iOS 16
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- App stuck on loading screen
- App creates thousands of albums on iPad
- App cannot proceed with hidden photos
- Video loading errors on iOS 15
- App force closes on new iPhone 13
- App contains a virus, creates thousands of folders
- Cannot transfer effects to KineMaster on iOS
- No sound anymore
- Cannot download translations on iPhone
- BeatSync problems, cannot add to KineMaster
- Cannot transfer clip graphics and transitions to KineMaster on iOS
- App does not use all photos in video
Requested features
15 requests- Add option to choose multiple videos and photos
- Add ability to add own music/songs
- Add ability to select certain part of song
- Allow using a short video for effects
- More effects
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- Switch positions of photos
- Change coloring of picture
- Add option to choose sounds from device storage
- Add feature to mute music
- Longer videos
- More templates
- Add YouTube music support
- Add KineMaster integration for iOS
- Add extra clip graphics
- Add ability to use videos instead of only photos
In-app purchases
Beat Sync Maker
- Roland Cloud Core Month$2.991 Month
- Roland Cloud Core Year$29.991 Year
- Upgrade: One-time purchase.$2.99
BeatSync
No in-app purchases
Questions
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