Comparison

Musicate vs Beat ID

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Musicate

Test your music knowledge with this app that transforms your personal music library into an engaging quiz. Choose from two distinct game modes and customize question types to challenge your recall of titles, artists, or albums. Enjoy a unique gaming experience with its beautifully designed user interface.

Highlights
  • Music library quiz
  • Two game modes (10 in a row, survival)
  • Customizable question types (title, artist, album)
  • Beautifully designed UI
  • Personalized music challenges
Features
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Welcome to Musicate, the app that turns your music library into a quiz. You can chose between 2 game modes: 10 in a row or survival where you can play as long as your get each round correctly. You can set the question type: title, artist, album or all. The beautifully designed UI creates an unique game experience.

About

Beat ID

Features
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How fast can you name a track? Hear the clip. Call it before anyone else. Nail it in the first second and feel like a genius. BeatID is the music guessing game for people who actually know their music — built in East London, powered by Apple Music. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY Never the same game twice. One catalogue, five ways in: Type to Guess — free-text the title. No hints, all glory. Multiple Choice — four options, one shot. Drum Pads — tap the rhythm on a live launchpad. Guess by Cover — name it from the artwork alone. Guess the Year — slide to the release year. Closest wins. GUESS FASTER. SCORE HIGHER. Every millisecond counts. The quicker you call it, the bigger the points drop. Speed bonuses, streaks, and a weekly leaderboard that resets Monday — so there's always a way back to the top. PLAY THE ROOM Host a live game from beatid.online and get everyone racing the same clip — mates on the sofa, the whole pub, the office at 5pm. Enter a PIN or scan a QR code and you're in. Think Kahoot, but for music. BEAT YOUR FRIENDS Send challenges, climb the weekly board, and settle once and for all who really knows their music. Ranks, badges, and bragging rights included. BUILD YOUR STREAK. FIND NEW MUSIC. Play the daily round to keep your run alive. And every misfire becomes a discovery — tracks you didn't recognise get saved straight to your Apple Music library, so losing a round still wins you a song. GOOD TO KNOW Full-length playback with an Apple Music subscription; previews work for everyone Free to play daily — go premium for unlimited rounds and more Made independently in East London Download BeatID and prove you know the track before the drop.

Screenshots

Musicate3 screens
Beat ID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Musicate at 3 against Beat ID's 1. Musicate also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.4). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Musicate ships an update every 5 weeks, Beat ID monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Musicate versus Beat ID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusicateBeat ID
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB32 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTobias LenzXAVIER JUVENTINA JOHN-CHARLES

In-app purchases

None

Musicate

No in-app purchases

None

Beat ID

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Musicate free?
Musicate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beat ID free?
Beat ID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Musicate or Beat ID have ads?
Neither Musicate nor Beat ID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Musicate or Beat ID?
Musicate ships an update every 5 weeks, and Beat ID monthly. Most recently, Musicate was updated on November 3, 2026 and Beat ID on October 30, 2026.

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