Beatchain vs Fyve Distro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beatchain
This app consolidates artist data from various online platforms into a single dashboard. It provides in-depth analytics to understand fan engagement, track content performance, and organize media assets for social media.
- Cross-platform artist analytics
- Fanbase engagement tools
- Content performance monitoring
- Audience insights
- Media library for content organization
- Playlist tracking
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Get in-depth stats and analytics for your artist profiles across the internet, and get your content organised! The Beatchain platform provides musicians with the tools and data they need to engage and grow their fanbases. We bring your data from around the internet into one app to help you understand your audience, across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify and more! *Monitor your post performance, see which content works, which platforms you’re blowing up on, which cities your fans live in and where you’re being playlisted. *Upload photos into your free Beatchain Media Library, and edit them for posting to your social platforms later.
Fyve Distro
This app empowers music creators to upload their songs directly from their smartphone, acting as their personal record label. It distributes music to over 30 streaming platforms for increased exposure, all for a fixed yearly fee, while creators retain 100% of royalties.
- Upload music from smartphone
- Distribute to 30+ streaming platforms
- Act as your own record label
- Keep 100% of royalties
- Fixed yearly fee
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FYVE is a music distribution app that allows music makers and creators like you to upload your music directly from your smart phone without having to submit tons of paperwork and music through web-based service providers or label services that cost you money. With FYVE you can upload your music directly from your smartphone and we do the rest. We act as YOUR RECORD LABEL and we distribute your music to over 30 OF THE BEST ONLINE STREAMING PLATFORMS in order to help your music hit the charts and get the exposure that you want...all for one fixed yearly fee. PLUS, you keep 100% of the royalties* you earn. SIMPLE! EASY! EFFECTIVE!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beatchain at 2.7 against Fyve Distro's 1.0. Beatchain also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Fyve Distro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Beatchain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fyve Distro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Beatchain holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beatchain has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Beatchain ships an update every 5 weeks, Fyve Distro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beatchain | Fyve Distro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (24 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beatchain | Tshepo Mgaga |
Customer experience
Beatchain
Fyve Distro
In-app purchases
Beatchain
- M Credit Bundle$59.99
Fyve Distro
No in-app purchases
