Comparison

Rap Beat Maker vs Wave Slicer

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

Head to head
About

Rap Beat Maker

Create custom rap and hip-hop beats with this intuitive mobile studio. Features include a 3x3 drum pad, high-quality sound kits, AI beat generation, and smart looping. Perfect for beginners and on-the-go producers.

Highlights
  • 3x3 drum pad grid
  • High-quality sound kits
  • AI beat generation
  • Smart looping system
  • Tap-to-record functionality
  • Save and export beats
Features
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Rap Beat Maker is the ultimate beat-making studio for iPhone and iPad. Tap pads, build loops, record ideas, and create your own custom rap and hip-hop beats in minutes. Whether you’re a beginner or a producer on-the-go, Rap Beat Maker gives you powerful tools in a simple and fun interface. Make Beats Fast • 3×3 drum pad grid for instant creativity • High-quality sound kits: Lo-Fi Hip Hop, 808 Heat, Trap, Boom Bap & more • Tap pads to layer drums, percs, FX, and melodies • Smart looping that automatically syncs your beat during playback Record & Build Tracks • Tap-to-record with high-precision timing • Automatic loop duration detection for seamless playback • Adjustable loop length and loop on/off toggle • Save your beats to the “My Beats” library and play anytime AI Music Generator • Describe a style or vibe • Instantly generate an AI beat • Load it into the pad view and perform drums on top • Create full tracks with AI + your own rhythm Powerful Features • Multiple sound kits • Mixer controls • Loop editor (1–10 seconds) • Import future samples (coming soon) • Clean and simple workflow designed for musicians of any level Gamification & Rewards • Earn points for completed beats • Unlock badges for sharing, saving, and creating • Challenge yourself to improve your timing and creativity Designed for iPhone & iPad With a responsive layout, Rap Beat Maker works beautifully on all screen sizes. Perfect For: • Rappers • Producers • Beginners learning to make beats • Musicians recording ideas • Anyone who wants a portable studio Rap Beat Maker gives users: * Unlimited beat creation * Full access to all sound kits * Unlimited AI beat generation * Smart Looping System * Save & export beats * Mixer controls & advanced tools * All themes & customization * Gamification rewards & badges * Ad-free experience * Access to all future features Ready to create? Start making beats today with Rap Beat Maker. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Rap Beat Maker offers a subscription plan that gives you a premium experience with access to everything inside the app. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable For more information please visit the link https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Privacy Policy: https://www.coseyappbuilder.com/#/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.coseyappbuilder.com/#/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Rap Beat Maker is a trademark of Cosey Management. All rights reserved.

About

Wave Slicer

Features
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Wave Slicer cuts a sound down to the piece you actually want. Load a track, record something, or send a file to it from anywhere on your phone — then zoom in until you can see the individual samples and cut exactly there. WHAT IT DOES A waveform that stays smooth on a ten-minute file and keeps going down to sample level. Drag the edges of a selection, slide the whole selection along, or draw a new one. Every edge snaps to a zero crossing, so a cut never clicks. A full effect chain that you hear while you turn it. Transpose by semitones, high-pass and low-pass with resonance, tanh saturation, bitcrush and sample rate reduction, echo with feedback, and a reverb that can ring out for eight seconds past the end of the slice. An amplitude envelope you draw by hand. Tap to add a point, drag to move it, bend the curve between two points. The same envelope drawing as the pitch curve in Drum Rack. Fades on both ends, and a loop crossfade that folds the tail over the head so a loop comes round without a seam. Export as a 16 or 24-bit WAV, with TPDF dither on 16-bit. The file lands where you choose to save it, named so you can find it again in a DAW browser. Record straight from the microphone when you want to sample something in the room. Echo cancellation and noise suppression stay off, because those are built for speech and ruin anything worth sampling. Twelve sounds are built in to start with, including two drum loops on the grid, so there is something to cut the moment you open it. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No account. No sign-in. No advertising. No analytics. No tracking. Audio you load, record or export never leaves your device. The app asks the internet for exactly one thing: a small text file holding the current links shown on the last screen. FROM THE LAB Wave Slicer is part of Lumlux Art Lab, a set of free browser tools for people who make music. The same slicer runs on the website, so you can try it before installing anything. Made in Antwerp by FDR-Sound.

Screenshots

Rap Beat Maker4 screens
Wave Slicer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wave Slicer at Free against Rap Beat Maker's $4.99. Wave Slicer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 36 months). Rap Beat Maker's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Wave Slicer is free to download; Rap Beat Maker costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wave Slicer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rap Beat Maker has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rap Beat Maker ships an update every 36 months, Wave Slicer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rap Beat Maker versus Wave Slicer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRap Beat MakerWave Slicer
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCosey Management LLCFrank De Rop

In-app purchases

None

Rap Beat Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Wave Slicer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rap Beat Maker free?
Rap Beat Maker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wave Slicer free?
Wave Slicer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rap Beat Maker or Wave Slicer?
Wave Slicer is rated higher. Rap Beat Maker averages 2.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Wave Slicer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Rap Beat Maker or Wave Slicer have ads?
Neither Rap Beat Maker nor Wave Slicer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rap Beat Maker or Wave Slicer?
Rap Beat Maker ships an update every 36 months, and Wave Slicer every 4 days. Most recently, Rap Beat Maker was updated on October 23, 2026 and Wave Slicer on October 24, 2026.

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