4champ vs SquareBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
4champ
Access a vast Amiga music database, search by composer, group, or module name, and download tracks for offline playback. Create playlists and enjoy an endless stream of music with the built-in radio feature.
- Amiga music database access
- Search by composer, group, module name
- Download modules for offline playback
- Build local module playlists
- Amiga music radio stream
- Search module internal texts
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4champ connects you to the most comprehensive Amiga Music database in the internet, Amiga Music Preservation. You can do searches in the catalog by composer, group or module name, or module internal texts. Download mods for playback later offline and build playlists from your local modules. 4champ radio feature lets you listen to endless stream of music effortlessly. 4champ is also in Mastodon! Follow @4champ@mastodon.social for for news about app, forthcoming releases, service updates and other related stuff.
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 in-app purchases: 4champ at none against SquareBeat's 1. 4champ also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 80%) and ratings volume (41 vs 8). SquareBeat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). 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
Both are free to download. SquareBeat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 4champ asks for nothing beyond the download.
SquareBeat holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 4champ has 41 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of 4champ's written reviews are positive against 80% of SquareBeat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
4champ ships an update every 3 months, SquareBeat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 4champ | SquareBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (41 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksi Sitomaniemi | James Navarro |
Customer experience
4champ
SquareBeat
In-app purchases
4champ
No in-app purchases
SquareBeat
- SquareBeat Full Version$12.99
