Comparison

Beescrob vs Cycle Music Timer 2

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

Head to head
About

Beescrob

This app automatically logs your music listening activity to Last.fm in the background. You can also manually scrobble tracks and edit them before they are recorded.

Highlights
  • Automatic background scrobbling
  • Manual scrobbling with editing
  • Track editing before scrobbling
  • Simple Last.fm integration
Features
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A simple Last.fm scrobbler. Beescrob can scrobble tracks to Last.fm automatically in the background or manually inside the app with ability to edit tracks before scribbling. More cool features are on their way!

About

Cycle Music Timer 2

This app provides a large, easy-to-read timer and music player for spin class instructors. It displays playlists, track durations, and custom exercise drills, optimized for both iPad and iPhone screens. Easily manage your music and class routines from your device.

Highlights
  • Large countdown timer
  • Playlist and track display
  • Integrated music player
  • Customizable exercise drills
  • Easy drill note editing
  • Optimized for iPad and iPhone
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CycleTimer2 is a free app that runs on iPads and iPhones and is particularly useful for spin class teachers. It displays playlists, tracks, a music player, and your own custom exercise drills that are easily read from a stationary bike when your iPad or iPhone is over on the stereo stack. The large time display counts down from the track's maximum duration to zero. On an iPad, CycleTimer2 runs in landscape orientation. On an iPhone, CycleTimer2 runs in portrait orientation. The app presents the playlists from the Apple device's music library. Choose a playlist and the app shows the tracks within that playlist. Each track has a time, in blue, showing the remaining minutes and seconds in the playlist, counting this track. Choose a track and the app shows the music player. Beneath the countdown timer there is a large area where you can create, edit, and save exercise drill notes. The drill notes can be copied and pasted into other tracks drill notes using standard iOS touch editing methods.

Screenshots

Beescrob2 screens
Cycle Music Timer 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cycle Music Timer 2 at 100% against Beescrob's 25%. Cycle Music Timer 2 also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Beescrob's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.2). On ratings volume, 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

Cycle Music Timer 2 is free to download; Beescrob costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cycle Music Timer 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Beescrob's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cycle Music Timer 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beescrob ships an update every 8 days, Cycle Music Timer 2 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Beescrob versus Cycle Music Timer 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeescrobCycle Music Timer 2
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.6 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdliss LLCStewart French

Customer experience

Beescrob

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral50.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral37.5%
Negative37.5%

Cycle Music Timer 2

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beescrob

No in-app purchases

None

Cycle Music Timer 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beescrob free?
Beescrob costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cycle Music Timer 2 free?
Cycle Music Timer 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beescrob or Cycle Music Timer 2?
Cycle Music Timer 2 is rated higher. Beescrob averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Cycle Music Timer 2 averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Beescrob or Cycle Music Timer 2 have ads?
Neither Beescrob nor Cycle Music Timer 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beescrob or Cycle Music Timer 2?
Beescrob ships an update every 8 days, and Cycle Music Timer 2 every 5 months. Most recently, Beescrob was updated on June 24, 2026 and Cycle Music Timer 2 on September 30, 2026.

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