Comparison

Tone Scan vs Beat

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

Head to head
About

Tone Scan

Analyze live or recorded audio to reveal musical details like pitch, timbre, and tonal balance. This app offers three live scans to help you understand sound more deeply, simplifying tasks like instrument tuning and learning songs by ear.

Highlights
  • Chromatic spectrum analysis
  • Polyphonic tuner
  • Note mix for tonal balance
  • Pitch recognition
  • Timbre analysis
  • Instrument tuning
  • Chord and key spelling
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Discover musical secrets in any live or recorded audio. Elevate your perception of sound with this unique app. You’ll be amazed. See what you hear — and can’t hear — with three live scans: 1. A chromatic spectrum to see sound partials and pitch 2. A polyphonic tuner to see the pitch accuracy of select notes 3. A note mix to see changes in tonal balance Simplify tasks like: • Pitch recognition • Timbre analysis • Instrument tuning • Chord and key spelling • Tonality analysis • Learning a song by ear Ready to explore? Try the app for free.

About

Beat

Features
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Make a beat with Loops or with your mouth. Watch it paint. Beat-Splash turns your voice into art. Beatbox, hum, clap, or drop in loops from the built-in library — then watch every kick, snare and melody explode across the canvas as paint. No instruments. No music theory. If you can go "doof doof," you can make something amazing. THREE WAYS TO PAINT • Eruption — every beat detonates a fountain of paint that splashes, splatters and piles into a glorious mess • Pendulum — swinging paint funnels trace hypnotic spin-art loops, steered by your beat • Photo Reveal — pick a photo and your track splatters it into view, color by color. Sky-blue paint only sticks to sky. BUILD YOUR BEAT • 7 layers: drums, bass, beat, synth, melody, FX and vocals • Record with the mic or drop in loops — everything auto-syncs to your tempo • Big hits paint big. Quiet parts paint soft. The music is the brush. MAKE IT YOURS • Curated color palettes, or build and save your own • Record a video of your session — art and music together • Save still artworks and editable tracks to your gallery Free forever: create without limits and share your videos. One single purchase unlocks everything — every loop, saving to your gallery, and watermark-free exports. No subscriptions, ever. Your track is the artist. Press record and let it paint.

Screenshots

Tone Scan4 screens
Beat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tone Scan at 15.5 against Beat's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Tone Scan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Beat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tone Scan versus Beat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTone ScanBeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpenchord Inc.adam rogan

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tone Scan

One-time2
  • Audio Free Trial3 variantsFree
  • Unlock Audio$4.99
1 purchases

Beat

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Tone Scan free?
Tone Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beat free?
Beat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tone Scan or Beat have ads?
Neither Tone Scan nor Beat shows ads.

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