Comparison

Beat Time! vs iMPC Pro 2

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

Head to head
About

Beat Time!

This app allows musicians to practice and transcribe audio and video by changing tempo and pitch without affecting quality. It offers advanced features like note and chord detection, seamless looping, and annotation tools. Play content from various sources, including your device library and YouTube.

Highlights
  • Time stretch audio/video (1/4x to 2x)
  • Pitch shift audio/video (up to 1 octave)
  • Natural pitch shifting for voices
  • Note and chord detection
  • Seamless looping with optional pause
  • Annotate tracks with markers
  • Play YouTube videos
Features
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Beat Time plays audio & video and can change the tempo (time stretch) and/or pitch and does note & chord detection. It is aimed as a practice / study tool for musicians and as a helper tool for transcribing audio & video. Play audio & video from your iPod library, dropbox, iTunes file sharing or open from other apps. Reviews: "Beat Time! is a gem of an app that's just waiting for musicians around the world to discover it. It's almost to good to be true! You've got to check it out!!" Jordan Rudess Dream Theater/Wizdom Music. "I've used plenty of slow downer type apps, and this is among the best! It does what it says and does it well" Evp73 "It's amazing how you can hear virtually NO artefacts in the audio! Amazing!" jenius92000 Main app features: • Time stretch video and audio from 1/4x to 2x without affecting pitch. • Pitch shift audio and video up to an octave up or down. • Natural pitch shifting, pitch shift a male voice keeping it sounding male, pitch shift a female voice keep it sounding female. • High quality, state of the art, time stretching / pitch shifting using DIRAC technology. • Pitch analysis for note & chord detection. • Annotate the track with multiple markers. • Seamless looping of segments in the track. • Optionally pause between loops. • Easy file transfer: Open audio/video files from any app that supports iOS "Open In..." menu. • Play YouTube videos. • Open tracks from your iPod audio, video library or video camera roll • Export time stretched / pitch shifted audio or movies. • Universal application (iPhone/iPod/iPad). • Supports video and audio formats that are playable using iOS music/video player, including: mp4, m4v, m4a, mp3, WAV, mov, (AVI provided it's mpeg 4 encoded) See Jordan Rudess playing with Beat Time! at http://bit.ly/GO67NQ

About

iMPC Pro 2

This app is a comprehensive music creation tool that combines a powerful sampler and beatmaker with advanced features for vocal tracks and Audio Units integration. It allows for real-time audio manipulation, flexible song sequencing, and offers a vast library of sound kits and packs to enhance your productions.

Highlights
  • Audio track recording and real-time manipulation
  • Audio Units instrument integration
  • Advanced song sequencing and mixing
  • Extensive sound kits and free sound packs
  • Multi-touch audio clip editing
  • Tutorial series for music production
Features
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iMPC Pro 2 fuses innovative song creation with the iconic MPC workflow. iMPC Pro gave us a powerful sampler and beatmaker, and now iMPC Pro 2 has evolved into a full fledged song creation tool with the addition of vocal tracks, Audio Units integration, a sleek new design and tons of new features! AUDIO TRACKS: Within the audio tracks, you can time warp, pitch shift, and rearrange your audio clips in real time. The sophistication of real time manipulation is captured in a simple workflow and sleek interface. You can choose from multiple input sources to record, including external mic channels, hardware audio interfaces, and IAA. Import existing projects from iMPC Pro and add your vocal tracks easily. AUDIO UNIT TRACKS: You can now load any Audio Units instrument into an Audio Unit Track! Control your AU instrument with a classic piano keyboard interface and an iMPC interface with note variation, Flux Link, Note Repeat, 16 Levels, and more. The app also features an improvement to the workflow for song creation. Song sequencing is faster, more powerful, and more flexible, so you have complete creative control. 100% NEW SOUND KIT AND MORE: Designed exclusively for iMPC Pro 2, these kits cover some of the most iconic and cutting-edge beat genres available, from producers including ADSR, Rawcutz, SampleTools by Cr2, Niche Audio, and Sample Magic. Each kit includes 16 Hi Quality samples featuring sounds from 808’s to melodic hits and stabs, designed for the best user experience possible. iMPC Pro 2 also comes with 5 additional Sound Packs for FREE (valued at $35). Grab these packs in the AudioCopy Content Store: Essential Club Collection, Classic Cuts, Dub 2 DnB, Melodic Collection, and The Diploma! You can use them in hundreds of AudioCopy compatible apps (including iMPC and iMPC Pro). iMPC UNIVERSITY: Unlock producer secrets and learn how to become a full fledged song creator with this tutorial series. iMPCU unlocks one course per day and gives you the tools you need to take your music to the next level. Fun for both new and experienced users, iMPC Pro 2 offers an expansive dive into the world of beatmaking and song editing through these courses. We’re excited for you to try it! FEATURES: Audio Tracks: - Record from built in mic, external mics, audio interfaces, instruments, etc. - Record from Inter App Audio Apps - Warp Tracks and Clips to match tempo - Access several quick editing features on Audio Clips (Pitch shift, Time Stretch, Amplify, Crop, Split, Duplicate) - Drag to arrange Audio Clips, snap them to an adjustable grid setting - Advanced waveform editing AudioUnit integration: - Audio Unit tweak mode with full keyboard support (including 2 dozen scale modes from Chromatic to Blues to Aeolian) --- - 100% New Sound Set, with 5 additional free Sound Packs - Sample sounds from Spotify - 64 Track Mixer with EQ and 4 FX sends (Reverb, Delay, Chorus/Flange, and one Inter App Audio Effect) - Chop-shop provides intuitive multi-touch editing, trimming, auditioning, splicing, splicing and processing samples - Tracks View shows an overview of all the tracks in your song - 16 Levels mode with attack, velocity, length, and tuning settings for quickly creating variations of sounds - Live Sequence queuing for real-time performance and playback - Time correct: 1/8 note - 1/32T with variable swing - MPC Note Repeat featuring 1/8 note - 1/32T timing with latch - IAA and Ableton Link support - Share beats and songs seamlessly to YouTube - 4 Mute Groups and custom-designed envelopes for all pads - AudioCopy and AudioPaste support - Improved integration and support for iMPC Pro Packs and other Sound Packs from the AudioCopy Content Store - Expert MIDI support including multiple maps and more - New Song Arrangement workflow and integrated Song Mode makes song creation easier than ever Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Beat Time!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iMPC Pro 2 at 4.4 against Beat Time!'s 3.5. iMPC Pro 2 also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 73) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Beat Time!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (62% vs 35%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Beat Time! costs $6.99 and iMPC Pro 2 $6.29 up front. iMPC Pro 2 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Beat Time! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iMPC Pro 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iMPC Pro 2 has 1.1K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Beat Time!'s written reviews are positive against 35% of iMPC Pro 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beat Time! ships an update every 3 weeks, iMPC Pro 2 every 5 months. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Beat Time! versus iMPC Pro 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeat Time!iMPC Pro 2
Price$6.99$6.29 — better
Rating3.5 (73 ratings)4.4 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews — better34.7% of reviews
Number of ratings731.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB323 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGuy ShavivAkai Professional

Customer experience

Beat Time!

All ratings73 ratings
Positive58.9%
Neutral8.2%
Negative32.9%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative30.8%

iMPC Pro 2

All ratings1,064 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews288 reviews
Positive34.7%
Neutral16.0%
Negative49.3%

User reviews

Beat Time!

From 73 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎵 Excellent audio quality when slowing down videos
  • ⚡ Fast and responsive performance
  • 🎸 Perfect tool for musicians learning songs
  • 🔄 Reliable pitch shifting without distortion
  • 📱 Works seamlessly with YouTube integration

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes on export
  • 🐛 App crashes when loading YouTube videos
  • 😕 Confusing and unintuitive user interface
  • 🔄 YouTube integration breaks after updates
  • ⚠️ No documentation or user instructions

iMPC Pro 2

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great workflow
  • 👍 Powerful features
  • 🔥 Awesome sound quality
  • 💡 Spotify sampling
  • 🎨 Attractive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🔍 Difficult to import own samples
  • 🤔 Confusing UI elements
  • 🔇 Lack of metronome in playback
  • 🔌 Compatibility issues with controllers

Bugs and requests

Beat Time!

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • YouTube video import fails with 'error reading file'
  • App crashes when exporting audio files
  • Black screen appears when loading YouTube audio
  • Download button stops working without app restart
  • Infinite buffering with 'Preparing for Playback' message
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  • File open button stalls and doesn't respond
  • Audio doesn't reload on app reopening
  • Incompatibility with iOS updates (iOS 8, 10, 14)
  • Video format compatibility issues (.mov files)
  • Keyboard doesn't function properly

Requested features

10 requests
  • Reverse audio capability
  • AU3 plugin option
  • Dark mode interface
  • Better file organization and alphabetical sorting
  • Step forward/backward navigation buttons
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  • Save loop markers with files
  • Dropbox export integration
  • Improved bookmark management system
  • Percentage-based pitch control mode
  • Better keyboard functionality

iMPC Pro 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Audio track recording issues
  • Disappearing samples and projects
  • Unstable performance on iPad Pro
  • Exporting problems with static and glitches

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize pad sizes
  • Per-track effects and EQ
  • Improved MIDI support
  • Seamless project transfer from previous versions
  • Expanded file management options

In-app purchases

None

Beat Time!

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

iMPC Pro 2

Subscriptions4
  • Producer Subscription (Monthly)1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • iMPC Pro Professional Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Producer Subscription (Annual)1 Year trial$69.991 Year
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  • Professional Subscription (Annual)1 Year trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Beat Time! free?
Beat Time! costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iMPC Pro 2 free?
iMPC Pro 2 costs $6.29, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beat Time! or iMPC Pro 2?
iMPC Pro 2 is rated higher. Beat Time! averages 3.5 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while iMPC Pro 2 averages 4.4 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Beat Time! or iMPC Pro 2 have ads?
Neither Beat Time! nor iMPC Pro 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beat Time! or iMPC Pro 2?
Beat Time! ships an update every 3 weeks, and iMPC Pro 2 every 5 months. Most recently, Beat Time! was updated on September 28, 2026 and iMPC Pro 2 on September 28, 2026.

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