M vs Beatly Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
M
This app automatically composes original music based on your chosen settings for duration, tempo, and style. You can refine compositions by liking or disliking sections, and export generated music in MP3, MIDI, or sheet music formats. It's designed for content creators, producers, and music enthusiasts.
- Automated music composition
- Customizable duration, tempo, and style
- Like/Dislike feedback for refinement
- Export in MP3, MIDI, and PDF formats
- Track Editor for rewriting sections
- Separate track generation (melody, harmony, bass, percussion)
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For best results, please use headphones/speakers and stable broadband connection. M-Gen is a unique app that automatically composes musical content for: - Content creators - Music producers - Games creators - Students of music - Music lovers Simply tap the red button and send the generated music to your Email account or Google Drive in the following formats: - MP3 - for listening or mixing - MIDI - for using with DAW software - PDF - for reading and playing sheet music Please use earphones/speakers for best results. Also, this app has NO ADS! ==========FREE FUNCTIONALITY========== - endless source of musical compositions and ideas - keep tapping the red button until you hear something you like - use the Setup Wizard to adjust duration, tempo and style of song - use Track Editor to have tracks re-written until you love the song - select melody/harmony/bassline/percusion/effects tracks to be generated separately or together as a song - use Like/Dislike buttons whilst listening to rewrite sections of a song - select the number of instrumental layers in each track (4 max, 8 for percussion) - select key/tempo/soundset/style - select structure of song using chorus/verse/middle-eight sections - name and then store up to 5 generated songs on your device for later listening ==========IN-APP PURCHASES========== - Downloads Pack (one-off payment) - send MP3, MIDI and PDF (sheet music) files of the generated music to your Email account or Google Drive. - Library Expansion (one-off payment) - increase the number of slots in your device's M-Gen library so you can store more songs for later listening - 'License Pack' (subscription) - License to use M-Gen music in your own work and distribute it on a commercial basis M-Gen ("Music Generator") creates random yet tonally and rhythmically integrated songs based on a number of settings you can play with in the Setup section together with user feedback on previous songs. You can use the Setup Wizard in the Play tab to quickly and easily configure duration, speed and style of the song. During playback, you can tap like/dislike buttons. Disliked sections can be rewritten by M-gen, keeping the rest of the song intact. Liked sections will provide M-Gen with clues as to how you like your songs to sound that will be used when composing future songs or song parts. The algorithms used by M-Gen are always evolving and improving to include more possible musical structures and methods of composition. The app has no advertising and there's no need to set up an account. Simple! ==========MIDI TRACKS========== In your DAW, the following generated tracks use these MIDI track numbers: Percussion - 10 Bassline - 11 Harmony - 12 Melody - 13 Effects - 14 Enjoy!!!
Beatly Pro
Generate unlimited original looped music in various genres. Features include a powerful piano roll, chord progression builder, and stem exporting. Ideal for creators needing unique soundtracks.
- Unlimited original looped music generation
- Multiple genre styles (rap, lo-fi, chiptune, cinematic, dance)
- Advanced piano roll with undo and pattern editor
- Chord progression builder
- Export to MIDI and render stems
- Sample recorder and import
- Audiobus and Ableton Link sync support
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Beatly Pro is a generative music studio for moments when you want to create but need a spark. Generate rap-inspired, lo-fi, chiptune, cinematic, and dance instrumentals, then shape them into your own tracks with hands-on arranging, editing, mixing, and export tools. Beatly Pro is not an AI music generator. It creates music on your device from curated patterns, musical rules, and controlled randomness—no prompts, cloud generation, or trained AI models. Style-aware melodies follow the harmony and develop across the arrangement, while varied instrument levels and effects give each new track its own balance and character. Whether you need quick inspiration, a backing track, or fresh material for a larger production, Beatly Pro takes you from the first generated idea to a finished track. FEATURES • Generate as many new musical ideas as you like • Create and arrange up to 8 bars of music • Build tracks across up to 7 mixer channels • Edit notes in a flexible piano roll with undo, velocity controls, copy and paste, per-beat transposition, a chord-aware keyboard lock, and reusable custom patterns • Build your own chord progressions and change the key or chord of individual beats • Regenerate one instrument part while keeping the rest of your track • Let Song Mode arrange the generated bars for you • Set the key and tempo, or let Beatly choose them • Mix every channel with volume, solo, mute, low-pass filtering, resonance, decimation, reverb, delay, and compression • Record your own samples or import WAV and AIFF audio • Import SF2 SoundFont banks • Drag and drop WAV samples and SF2 sound banks • Save and recall drum-kit presets • Import a four-beat region from a MIDI file into the piano roll, with optional transposition • Export the complete track as MIDI or create separate MIDI files for each instrument • Render a WAV mix, individual stems, or a seamless loop of the active mix • Record a live performance to WAV • Send MIDI with configurable channel assignments and drum-note mappings • Connect through Audiobus with the full audio mix and separate MIDI outputs for drums and each instrument group • Synchronize tempo and transport with Ableton Link • Save your tracks and return to them later WHO IS BEATLY PRO FOR? Beatly Pro is made for producers, composers, singers, artists, filmmakers, game developers, content creators, practicing musicians, and anyone curious about generative music. HOW DOES IT WORK? Open Beatly Pro and tap Play. The app chooses instruments, tempo, key, and musical patterns, then creates up to 8 bars—32 beats—of instrumental music. Tap Next whenever you want a different idea. Every generated track is yours to shape. Rearrange or repeat its bars, change the tempo or key, swap sounds, adjust the mix, regenerate one instrument, or open the piano roll and edit the notes yourself. Choose from five styles: Default, Lo-fi, Chiptune, Cinematic, and Dance. Default is well suited to rap-inspired beats, while every style brings its own instruments and musical character. For more control, use the chord progression builder to define the harmony, or create custom bar patterns that Beatly can use in future tracks. You can also change the key or chord of any beat, and Beatly will transpose its notes to match. When your track is ready, save it, export it as MIDI, record your performance, render a WAV mix, create stems, or export a seamless loop for use in another project. You can also connect Beatly Pro to your studio through MIDI, Audiobus, or Ableton Link. CAN I USE MY OWN SOUNDS? Yes. Record a sample inside the app, import a WAV or AIFF file, or load an SF2 SoundFont bank. Samples tuned to C will usually give you the most predictable melodic results. Enjoying Beatly Pro? A rating or review on the App Store means a great deal. You can also support future development through the optional tip jar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beatly Pro at 82% against M's 0%. Beatly Pro also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (37 vs 4). M's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On update cadence, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
M is free to download; Beatly Pro costs $4.99 up front. M sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Beatly Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beatly Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beatly Pro has 37 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of M's written reviews are positive against 82% of Beatly Pro's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | M | Beatly Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick Carter-Bond | Antonin Charvat |
Customer experience
M
Beatly Pro
In-app purchases
M
- Commercial Use License$3.491 Month
- Sharing Pack$4.491 Month
- Library Expansion (+50 slots)$2.99
- Library Expansion (+100 slots)$4.99
- Downloads Pack$6.99
Beatly Pro
- Small tip$1.99
- Large tip$3.99









