Minimic vs SquareBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minimic
Record short audio clips from your microphone, then manipulate their pitch, loop them, and add effects. Arrange these clips in a tracker-style interface to compose songs quickly. Export your creations as audio files.
- Record microphone audio clips
- Pitch shifting and looping
- Add audio effects
- Tracker-style song sequencer
- Auto-tune detected samples
- Export as WAV audio
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Make music at the speed of sound! Minimic allows you to directly record short clips from your microphone and play them at different notes, loop them, pitch them and add a ton of effects! You can sequence those little clips in a user-friendly tracker-like interface to shape your song. This is one of the fastest sample based tracker for mobile, you’ll be creating a complete song in no-time! Very useful for beatbox music or song drafts. How to make a song in a few simple steps (later explained in the in-app tutorial): 1) Open the instrument editor and press the big red button to record a new sample. 2) Polish your sample by adding loop points and removing any silent part it can have. 3) Use the main tracker-like interface to place notes. Minimic auto detects the pitch of your sample so any musical sound you have recorded will be automatically in tune! 4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 as much as you like! 5) By opening the pattern list menu you can add more and more patterns sections to increase and set the order of your song blocks! 6) Save your song into .mic (project) or export .wav audio files! 7) Enjoy! Plot twist! Think inside the box: You can have only a max of 6 sounds playing back at the same time and your clips could be of a max of 1 second (but you can make them loop in ping-pong (start to end and back)). Show us what you can do with Minimic! Feedback is appreciated at: staff@minimic.app
SquareBeat
Create music by building patterns with samples and AUv3 plugins. Arrange these patterns into songs, import your own sounds, and mix tracks. Features a text-based tracker GUI for rapid development, with all core functionality free except for WAV file export.
- Sequence and manipulate audio samples
- Mix tracks
- Use AUv3 audio unit instruments
- Use AUv3 effects on effect busses
- Connect with other apps via Audiobus
- Export and share songs
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SquareBeat is a music sequencer. Build patterns out of samples and AUv3 plugins, and build songs out of patterns. Import your own samples to make new sounds. Develop songs rapidly with the text based tracker GUI. All functionality is free except wav file export. • Sequence and manipulate audio samples. • Mix tracks. • Use AUv3 audio unit instruments. • Use AUv3 effects on effect busses. • Connect with other apps with Audiobus. • Export and share your song.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SquareBeat at 80% against Minimic's 0%. SquareBeat also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.9 vs 4.0). Minimic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, ads 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
SquareBeat is free to download; Minimic costs $2.99 up front. SquareBeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minimic asks for nothing beyond the download.
SquareBeat holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Minimic's written reviews are positive against 80% of SquareBeat's.
Minimic ships an update every 7 months, SquareBeat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimic | SquareBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leonardo Demartino | James Navarro |
Customer experience
Minimic
SquareBeat
In-app purchases
Minimic
No in-app purchases
SquareBeat
- SquareBeat Full Version$12.99









