Comparison

Musyc vs Beat

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

Head to head
About

Musyc

Transform touch gestures into music by drawing shapes and interacting with bouncing sounds. Explore a vast library of unique instruments and innovative physical tools to create and mix your own audio compositions. Record, export, and share your musical creations in high quality.

Highlights
  • Draw shapes to create music
  • 88 unique instruments
  • Physical and music tools
  • Audio track mixer
  • 2 effect channels with 5 effects
  • User sound kit with sample import
  • Real-time audio recording
  • Video recording and export
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Draw shapes, watch them bounce and collide, and listen: your music comes to life. Musyc turns physics into sound. No keyboard, no scores, no music theory — just drop objects on the screen and the ultra-realistic physics engine plays them for you. Every collision triggers a sound, every composition becomes a living, moving artwork. Electronic and acoustic, all sounds have been specifically created and produced at Fingerlab studio. Graphic design by Jonas Eriksson. Musyc is free to play with. A single In-App purchase, Musyc Full Version, unlocks everything forever: unlimited songs, audio export, all the soundkits, all the physics shapes, the motion recorder and custom user soundkits. FEATURES • Ultra-realistic physics engine • High quality sound engine • 22 instruments across multiple soundkits • Advanced physics objects (planet, black hole, modulator...) • Physics sequencer and motion recorder • Tracks audio mixer (level, pitch, length, pan, mute) • 2 effect channels (Delay, Overdrive, Reverb, Compressor...) • Real-time audio recording and export • Import your own sounds and build custom soundkits From Fingerlab, Apple Design Award winner (DM1 - The Drum Machine). Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: contact@fingerlab.net Stay tuned! The Fingerlab Team

About

Beat

Features
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Make a beat with Loops or with your mouth. Watch it paint. Beat-Splash turns your voice into art. Beatbox, hum, clap, or drop in loops from the built-in library — then watch every kick, snare and melody explode across the canvas as paint. No instruments. No music theory. If you can go "doof doof," you can make something amazing. THREE WAYS TO PAINT • Eruption — every beat detonates a fountain of paint that splashes, splatters and piles into a glorious mess • Pendulum — swinging paint funnels trace hypnotic spin-art loops, steered by your beat • Photo Reveal — pick a photo and your track splatters it into view, color by color. Sky-blue paint only sticks to sky. BUILD YOUR BEAT • 7 layers: drums, bass, beat, synth, melody, FX and vocals • Record with the mic or drop in loops — everything auto-syncs to your tempo • Big hits paint big. Quiet parts paint soft. The music is the brush. MAKE IT YOURS • Curated color palettes, or build and save your own • Record a video of your session — art and music together • Save still artworks and editable tracks to your gallery Free forever: create without limits and share your videos. One single purchase unlocks everything — every loop, saving to your gallery, and watermark-free exports. No subscriptions, ever. Your track is the artist. Press record and let it paint.

Screenshots

Musyc4 screens
Beat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Musyc at 15.6 against Beat's 17.0. 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. Musyc sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Beat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Musyc versus Beat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusycBeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (83 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFingerlabadam rogan

Bugs and requests

Musyc

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to export/share
  • Audio issues on older devices
  • Freezes and UI problems in the tutorial

Requested features

7 requests
  • MIDI implementation
  • Audiobus support
  • More sequence mix rows
  • Custom sound samples and synth engine
  • Ability to export videos
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  • Phaser effect
  • Improved sharing/collaboration features

Beat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Musyc

One-time5
  • More Soundkits$3.99
  • Additional shapes$3.99
  • Motion Recorder$3.99
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  • USER SOUNDKITS$3.99
  • Full Version$9.99
1 purchases

Beat

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Musyc free?
Musyc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beat free?
Beat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Musyc or Beat have ads?
Neither Musyc nor Beat shows ads.

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