Beat Sync Maker vs VideoPad Masters
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.
VideoPad Masters
Easily create professional-looking videos on your mobile device. Edit footage, add effects, music, and narration, then share directly to social media. Ideal for on-the-go video editing.
- Import or record videos
- Adjust brightness and color
- Add visual effects and transitions
- Include music and narration
- Trim and rotate clips
- Direct sharing to YouTube and Facebook
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Create amazing videos in minutes with VideoPad Master's Edition for iOS. Import or record videos from your tablet and then get straight to editing. Fine tune the brightness, color and add other visual effects. Trim videos down to size, rotate clips recorded at different orientations, zoom in on the action, add transitions, music, narration, video effects and more all from the palm of your hand. Don't wait to get to your computer to start editing. Take your movies to the next level, whenever and wherever you are. Videos can be saved or uploaded to YouTube or Facebook directly from the VideoPad video editing application. This version of VideoPad is under a free trial. Once the trial expires, you will have to pay for the subscription in order to access the full features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VideoPad Masters at 71% against Beat Sync Maker's 15%. VideoPad Masters also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and VideoPad Masters sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VideoPad Masters holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VideoPad Masters has 32 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 71% of VideoPad Masters's.
Beat Sync Maker ships an update every 4 months, VideoPad Masters every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beat Sync Maker | VideoPad Masters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roland Corporation | NCH Software |
Customer experience
Beat Sync Maker
VideoPad Masters
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
VideoPad Masters
- Full monthly subscription$2.991 Month
- Full Features (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Unlock All Features$14.99
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