Beat Maker vs Earbug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beat Maker
Create professional-sounding beats on your mobile device with a wide variety of samples, including those inspired by famous songs. Enhance your tracks with effects, use a metronome for perfect timing, and record your creations to share.
- Create beats with samples
- Use samples from famous songs
- Add effects like delay and reverb
- Metronome for timing
- Record and share beats
- Customizable themes
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The best Beat Making Sampler app you will find on the app store. WHY YOU WILL LOVE BEAT MAKER • Easily create beats with the best samples • Use samples recreated from famous songs • Add awesome effects like delay and reverb • Use a metronome to always stay on beat • Record your beats to let your friend know how good you are • Choose from a variety of awesome themes to customize your board COMPLETELY FREE This app requires no money and we think that's pretty cool. WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK Do you have improvements? Bugs? Or do you just want to share other thought? Let us know: info@devnex.nl Terms of Use: https://www.devnex.nl/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.devnex.nl/privacy
Earbug
Connect with friends and discover new music through shared listening experiences. Create local or remote music sessions, share playlists seamlessly across different streaming services, and engage in text chat with fellow music fans.
- Create local and remote music jukeboxes
- Share playlists across Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music
- Guest access via QR code for local jukeboxes
- Text chat within jukebox sessions
- Discover new music and playlists
- Subscribe to playlists for updates
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Earbug delivers natural shared human connections and experiences across music streaming services. Discover and listen to new music in local and remote jukeboxes. Share playlists and songs without friction with friends on other streaming services. Get fresh news articles delivered to you for the artists you love, and more! Earbug is available today for Apple Music, and support for Spotify and YouTube Music is just a few weeks away! Jukeboxes – Create and join jukeboxes to discover and listen to music with other fans. • Local Jukeboxes - Use local jukeboxes when everyone will be in one place – best for events like parties, dinners, car trips, etc. In a local jukebox, everyone at the event can add songs to the jukebox queue, but songs play back only through the streaming service of the jukebox creator, typically on a Bluetooth speaker or stereo. • Guest Access - In local jukeboxes, any fan in the jukebox can tap an icon to display a QR code. Other event attendees can scan the code with their phone to join the jukebox session as a guest in a mobile web app, without needing the Earbug app. • Remote Jukeboxes - Use remote jukeboxes when everyone is in different places – great for jam sessions with co-workers or hanging out and vibing with remote family and friends. In remote jukeboxes, the songs play back synchronously through each person's streaming service on their own phone. • Public Jukeboxes - Public jukeboxes are a great way to let other music fans around the world join you in sharing and discovering music focused on a particular musical genre or theme. Other fans find and join your jukebox in the Earbug feed. • Private Jukeboxes - Private jukeboxes are limited to friends you invite to join, so you can have an undisturbed, safe space to hang out and share music with people you know. • Song Queue Options – You control song queue playback, with options for turn based, creator controlled, and order added. • Chat – Text chat with other music fans in your jukebox session, great for remote jukeboxes when you’re in different locations. • Cross Platform Jukeboxes - Earbug has integrated with Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music, enabling music fans to join and play in jukeboxes together, regardless of which streaming platform they use. (YouTube Music and Spotify available in a few weeks.) Playlists – Share playlists with friends across streaming services. Discover new playlists and songs matched to your musical DNA. Subscribe to playlists you like to be notified of great new songs as they’re added. • Tap a button to share your playlist and a link is copied. Paste the link into a message to your friend. Earbug automatically translates your playlist into Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube Music. Your friend can play individual songs or the entire playlist as if it were their own playlist, using their own streaming service, either in the Earbug app or in a guest browser experience if they don’t have the app. • Earbug analyzes your streaming library to understand your musical DNA – your favorite artists, genres, songs, etc. We deliver playlists to you, built and curated by other music fans, and matched to your preferences and taste. Human curation is still way better than AI and algorithms for helping you find new music. • When you find playlists you like, you can subscribe to them, and Earbug notifies you when new songs are added, delivering effortless discovery. Articles - Earbug scours the Internet daily to find fresh articles from the last week about your favorite artists, making it easy to keep up with the latest music news. Merch – Earbug finds cool merch designs for your favorite artists, like stickers, t-shirts, mugs, and posters, and we serve these up to you alongside playlists, jukeboxes, articles, and other music content and experiences. We are developing other great features now, so grab the Earbug app, and get ready for more amazing music experiences!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Earbug at 5.0 against Beat Maker's 4.5. Earbug also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). Beat Maker's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price 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
Both are free to download. Beat Maker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Earbug asks for nothing beyond the download.
Earbug holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beat Maker has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Beat Maker ships an update monthly, Earbug daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beat Maker | Earbug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devnex | Earbug, Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Beat Maker
Reported bugs
2 issues- Delayed audio playback
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to record and save own samples
- Longer loop lengths
- Individual pad volume control
- Import custom sound packs
Earbug
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beat Maker
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial2 variants$3.997 Days
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- Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
Earbug
No in-app purchases









