Comparison

Idiotic vs ThunderBeast

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

Head to head
About

Idiotic

Create silly music with this sound recording and pitch-changing keyboard. Features built-in sounds, the ability to record your own voice, and a unique pitch control for hilarious effects. It's designed to be the world's silliest instrument for fun and experimentation.

Highlights
  • Sound recording
  • Pitch changing
  • Built-in sound banks
  • Record your own voice
  • Pitch control slider
  • Silly instrument
Features
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Idiotic is a fun, sound recording, pitch changing music keyboard for the iPhone and iPad. With lots of crazy built-in sounds and the ability to record your own, start making Idiotic music today! Slide the Pitch Control to make the sounds higher and lower and truly Idiotic! There are 20 sound banks built-in. From chickens to pianos, to your own voice, Idiotic makes music fun. There are just 8 colourful keys - with Idiotic, there's no such thing as a wrong note. Unless you press the Idiotic button, then all the notes get a bit wrong! Try sliding the pitch control up and down whilst playing for extra annoying, extra Idiotic sounds, or wipe over the key to get some bendy sonics! Record a different sound onto each key, reverse them, perform them, record your Idiotic-ness and send it to your friends! Hold a key and hit record and enter MULTI mode. You can make whole sentences for your friends to enjoy! Idiotic is truly the world's silliest instrument. For more fun nonsense and some fantastic catchy songs, visit www.djeurope.com. DJ Europe is the world's number two DJ, he makes songs about home appliances, love, holidays and more. Take the incredible Washing Machine app for a spin!

About

ThunderBeast

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Rain, wind and thunder, all synthesized in real time. No samples, no loops. Every storm ThunderBeast makes is a storm happening for the first time. EIGHT CITIES, EIGHT SKIES A New York night storm. London drizzle. A Miami squall. Seattle mist. The Bangkok monsoon. A Reykjavik gale. An evening shower in Kyoto. A Cape Town storm front. Choose a preset and the scenery, the weather and the colour of the panel change together, so the city you are listening to is the city in front of you. TEN WEATHER CONTROLS Precipitation and drop size shape the rain; wind speed, gust and turbulence move the air. Storm rate decides how often lightning happens and storm energy decides how heavy each strike lands, while cell distance walks the storm from directly overhead out to the horizon. Humidity and pressure change the whole feel of the sky, and width and gain finish it. FOUR KINDS OF LIGHTNING A crack at close range, thunder that rolls, strikes that repeat, a sheet of light across the whole sky - each one carrying the swell that comes back off the landscape. The bolt is drawn on screen as it happens and changes colour as the storm moves away. No two strikes are ever the same. PLAYABLE WEATHER Play from C2 up and the rain rings at that pitch. Chords and melodies come out of the falling rain. Play below C2 and lightning strikes instead: pitch sets the distance, velocity sets the weight. Twelve hardware controller presets are built in; the mod wheel is storm energy and the sustain pedal is lightning. STANDALONE AND AUv3 Use it on its own, or as an AUv3 plug-in in GarageBand, Logic Pro and others. START FREE Three cities are free from the first launch. ThunderBeast Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: it opens the remaining cities (eight in all) and adds recording and export to WAV, AIFF and FLAC.

Screenshots

Idiotic3 screens
ThunderBeast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ThunderBeast at every 2 weeks against Idiotic's every 8 months. Idiotic's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idiotic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ThunderBeast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idiotic ships an update every 8 months, ThunderBeast every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idiotic versus ThunderBeast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdioticThunderBeast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWimbledon SoundTomocreate, Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idiotic

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

ThunderBeast

One-time1
  • ThunderBeast Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Idiotic free?
Idiotic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThunderBeast free?
ThunderBeast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idiotic or ThunderBeast have ads?
Neither Idiotic nor ThunderBeast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idiotic or ThunderBeast?
Idiotic ships an update every 8 months, and ThunderBeast every 2 weeks. Most recently, Idiotic was updated on September 26, 2026 and ThunderBeast on September 28, 2026.

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