Factory vs NoteBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Factory
Create complex and organic sounds with a powerful modular synthesizer. Explore a vast array of synthesis types, a deep modulation matrix, and dynamic signal flow. Easily find and morph between sounds with a built-in browser and crossfader.
- Modular synthesis with extensive modulation matrix
- Multiple oscillator engines and synthesis types
- Dynamic signal flow with 3-FX chain
- Morph crossfader for sound transformation
- Preset browser with tagging and rating
- Sequencers, Arpeggiator, and Quantizer
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Made for complex and organic sounds, Factory sports a big modulation matrix with all kinds of features to create a wildlife of sounds. A vast array of DSP is ready to play: Analog style oscillators and filters, but also different flavors of wavetable synthesis, Wavetable driven Waveguide resonators and a 3-FX-Chain in a dynamic signal flow. With the Morph crossfader, sounds can be changed drastically, but always musically. The Preset Browser with tags and rating makes finding sounds easy and fun. Don´t miss out on super sonic modular mayhem and check Factory today! Key Features: • Poly Synth with Mod-Matrix and Sequencers • 2x10 Oscillator Engines • Sub-Oscillator with Ringmodulation • Noise Generator with 5 colors • 8-voice VA-Sync, Wavetable, Waveguide & Fractal Synthesis • 8x10 Mod Matrix with 36 targets • Morph Fader, 2 States & Copy/Paste • Envelopes and LFOs • Sample & Hold Modul • 4x Sequencers for all kinds of Gates and CV's, incl. 36 motion curves, uni/bipolar. • Arpeggiator, Intonation engine, Scale Quantizer • 11 Filter models & 3x Multi-Effect with drag 'n' drop signal flow • Audio Unit v3 & Standalone • Virtual, Network, External & Bluetooth MIDI • Ableton Link • MIDI Learn & Host Automation • Preset iCloud Sync • Preset Share
NoteBeat
Create music with this intuitive beat-making app. It offers dual audio track playback, an 88-key piano sound, and precise note and rhythm input. Preview your arrangements and export them as m4a audio files.
- Dual audio track playback
- 88-key piano sound
- Precise note and rhythm input
- Automatic arrangement preview
- M4a audio export
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NoteBeat is a simple music arrangement and beat-making app with zero-threshold operation.It supports independent playback of dual audio tracks, with a full 88-key piano sound. You can precisely input notes, rhythms and track information, and preview your arrangement automatically.Once finished, you can export audio in m4a format directly. NoteBeat 是一款简单易用的音乐编曲与节拍制作应用,操作零门槛、轻松上手。应用支持双音轨独立播放,搭载完整 88 键钢琴音色,可精准录入音符、节奏与音轨信息,支持编曲自动播放预览,完成创作后可直接导出 m4a 格式音频。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NoteBeat at every 3 days against Factory's every 4 months. NoteBeat also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Factory's advantage is ratings volume (487 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Factory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NoteBeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Factory against 5.0 for NoteBeat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Factory has 487 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Factory's written reviews are positive against 100% of NoteBeat's.
Factory ships an update every 4 months, NoteBeat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Factory | NoteBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (487 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 487 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 347 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sugar Bytes GmbH | 剑 陈 |
Customer experience
Factory
NoteBeat
Bugs and requests
Factory
Reported bugs
2 issues- Presets not loading correctly in DAW projects
- CC assignment issues causing controls to freeze
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to modulate morph slider
- Option to modulate effects parameters individually
- Arpeggiator with retrigger on key press
- Better integration with GarageBand and other DAWs
NoteBeat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Factory
- Factory Full Version$24.99
NoteBeat
- NoteBeat$1.99









