# Spectra vs Beatsy

The clearest difference is price: Beatsy at Free against Spectra's $1.99. Beatsy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Spectra's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 23) and chart position (#184 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Beatsy is free to download; Spectra costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Beatsy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spectra has 1.5K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Spectra's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beatsy's.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Spectra | Beatsy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $1.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | [4.6 (1.5K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spectra-music-visualizer/id1505140281/reviews) | **[4.9 (23 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beatsy/id1543162330/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **1.5K** | 23 |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews | **100.0% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Monetization | Paid | **Free** |
| Best chart rank | **#184** | — |
| Size | 32 MB | 3 MB |
| Requires iOS | **14.0** | 15.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Spectre Software Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1439952651) | [Rare Realities, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1571445940) |

## What reviewers say

### Spectra

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spectra-music-visualizer/id1505140281)

**Currently charting:** #184 Top Paid · Music (US App Store)

Experience music visually with real-time audio spectrum analysis. Customize backgrounds, logos, and visualizer elements to create stunning animations. Export your creations in high resolution for sharing.

**Highlights:** Real-time 60fps audio visualization, Video export up to 4k 60fps, Customizable background images and presets, Logo image import, Extensive visualizer and particle customization, Import audio via share sheet

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


### Beatsy

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beatsy/id1543162330)

Experience music like never before by transforming your surroundings into dynamic visualizers. This app uses your device's microphone or music library to distort the world around you with ten unique, customizable effects. Capture and share your augmented reality creations.

**Highlights:** Augmented reality music visualizer, Distort world with microphone or music library, Ten customizable visualizers, Scale visualizers to epic sizes, Immersive 3D distortion with LiDAR, Capture and share photos/videos

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Spectra free?

Spectra costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Beatsy free?

Beatsy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Spectra or Beatsy?

Beatsy is rated higher. Spectra averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Beatsy averages 4.9 from 23 ratings.

### Do Spectra or Beatsy have ads?

Neither Spectra nor Beatsy shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Spectra or Beatsy?

Spectra ships an update fortnightly, and Beatsy fortnightly. Most recently, Spectra was updated on October 10, 2026 and Beatsy on September 26, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*