Beescrob vs Cycle Music Timer 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Automatic background scrobbling
- Manual scrobbling with editing
- Track editing before scrobbling
- Simple Last.fm integration
Read full descriptionHide full description
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!
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.
- Large countdown timer
- Playlist and track display
- Integrated music player
- Customizable exercise drills
- Easy drill note editing
- Optimized for iPad and iPhone
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Beescrob | Cycle Music Timer 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edliss LLC | Stewart French |
Customer experience
Beescrob
Cycle Music Timer 2
In-app purchases
Beescrob
No in-app purchases
Cycle Music Timer 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Beescrob free?
Is Cycle Music Timer 2 free?
Which has better reviews, Beescrob or Cycle Music Timer 2?
Do Beescrob or Cycle Music Timer 2 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Beescrob or Cycle Music Timer 2?
Other comparisons















