Comparison

Beat Time! vs AudioShare

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

AudioShare

Manage all your sound and MIDI files with this comprehensive audio document manager. Organize, record, trim, convert, and transfer audio files between apps and your computer. It's an essential tool for music creators.

Highlights
  • Organize audio and recordings
  • Record external input
  • Record live output of other apps
  • Import/Export via Document Pickers
  • WiFi Drive file transfer
  • Convert between sound file formats
  • Trim and normalize audio
Features
Currently charting
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A sound file manager with powerful import and export abilities. If you are using music-making apps, then this tool is a must-have! Organize all your soundfiles and midifiles on your device, and manage your AUM recordings. Record, trim, convert, normalize, transfer, export, import, zip, unzip. Create folders, rename and move files and folders around, put everything where you can find it. Use it to transfer files between apps and between your device and computer. For example, transfer your new track from your favorite music-making app and import into the AudioShare library, then share it on your SoundCloud account, or transfer it into other apps. Or record your live-jam from other IAA or Audiobus apps. You can record directly in the app, from microphone, external audio interfaces, Inter-App Audio, or other Audiobus compatible apps. Preview and play soundfiles with waveform display and looping, trim and normalize soundfiles, and convert to other file formats such as M4A AAC or ALAC (Apple Lossless), WAV, AIFF, CAF with options for bit rate or bit depth and sample rate. FEATURES • Organize audio and recordings in files and folders • Record external input (such as microphone) directly in app • Record the live output of other Audiobus-compatible apps • Record Inter-App Audio node apps • Plays and records in 96k, 48k, 44.1k, 22k, 11k and 8k sample rates • Plays and records 16, 24 and 32 bit files • General pasteboard Audio Copy/Paste • Import/Export through standard iOS Files system • AudioShare FileProvider extension allows direct access to your sound file library from within other apps • Built-in Dropbox client • Use "Open in" from other apps or to open a file in other apps • WiFi Drive: transfer files from/to any computer on your local network • Import songs from your on-device Music library • Easy Import/Export from/to AudioShare-compatible apps • Access files through iTunes File Sharing • Playback of almost any kind of soundfile • Add notes with the built-in text editor • Trim, apply fade ins and fade outs • Convert between sound file formats • Normalize • Send your sounds by email

Screenshots

Beat Time!2 screens
AudioShare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AudioShare at 4.7 against Beat Time!'s 3.5. AudioShare also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 62%) and ratings volume (857 vs 73). Beat Time!'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 AudioShare $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AudioShare holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AudioShare has 857 ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Beat Time!'s written reviews are positive against 89% of AudioShare's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beat Time! ships an update every 3 weeks, AudioShare every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Beat Time! versus AudioShare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeat Time!AudioShare
Price$6.99$4.99 — better
Rating3.5 (73 ratings)4.7 (857 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews88.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73857 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#65 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGuy ShavivKymatica AB

Customer experience

Beat Time!

All ratings72 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative30.8%

AudioShare

All ratings849 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews523 reviews
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.8%

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

AudioShare

From 857 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Essential for iOS music production
  • 🔍 Excellent audio file management
  • 🔊 High-quality recording and editing
  • 🔀 Seamless integration with other apps
  • 💾 Reliable file storage and organization

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited file browser integration
  • 🔊 Occasional audio quality issues
  • 🔋 Battery drain concerns
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported

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

AudioShare

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • SoundCloud upload button not working
  • Inability to rename files easily
  • Crashes when using the pasteboard feature
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add MP3 conversion option
  • Implement iCloud sync and sharing
  • Improve editing tools (e.g., timeline, markers)
  • Introduce a metronome and tempo tools
  • Add support for more cloud storage services

In-app purchases

None

Beat Time!

No in-app purchases

None

AudioShare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beat Time! free?
Beat Time! costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AudioShare free?
AudioShare costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beat Time! or AudioShare?
AudioShare is rated higher. Beat Time! averages 3.5 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while AudioShare averages 4.7 from 857 ratings.
Do Beat Time! or AudioShare have ads?
Neither Beat Time! nor AudioShare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beat Time! or AudioShare?
Beat Time! ships an update every 3 weeks, and AudioShare every 5 months. Most recently, Beat Time! was updated on October 22, 2026 and AudioShare on October 21, 2026.

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