DEBEATS vs ArcCreate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DEBEATS
This music rhythm game allows players to create and monetize their own beatmaps using copyrighted songs. It leverages the creator economy to distribute earnings among artists and beatmap creators, offering a unique blend of music, gaming, and digital ownership.
- Create and monetize beatmaps
- Use copyrighted songs
- Decentralized music gaming
- Creator economy distribution
- User-generated content
- Multiple difficulty levels
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DEBEATS is the first playable, craftable and obtainable decentralized music game built on Polygon, which allows you to combine musical resources with rhythmic performances to map beats and monetize your own beatmaps. DEBEATS offers music fans, artists and creators a growing library of "Copyrighted Songs" to design their own beatmaps. Each beatmap is listed in-game and played by others, generating revenue for its creator, which makes it possible to return the digital ownership to creators and herald a brand new era of music gaming. Players can interpret the songs in different ways and create multiple beatmaps of varying difficulty to extend the "user-generated content" and improve the "playability" for other users. DEBEATS leverages Creator Economy to distribute earnings among contributors. All artists and beatmap creators receive a portion of beatmap sale and other revenue. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, DEBEATS supports multiple platforms and delivers outstanding visual effects and gaming experiences.
ArcCreate
An open-source rhythm game where you can create, play, and share custom levels. Engage with a community of players and contribute to the game's development.
- Create custom levels
- Play community levels
- Share your creations
- Open-source development
- Community-driven
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YOU SHOULD Get ArcCreate... NOW! Welcome to ArcCreate, an open-source, community based rhythm game made by team Arcthesia. Create, play, and share your levels with the community! Disclaimer: ArcCreate is not affiliated with Arcaea or lowiro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArcCreate at 97% against DEBEATS's 50%. ArcCreate also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). DEBEATS's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DEBEATS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArcCreate has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of DEBEATS's written reviews are positive against 97% of ArcCreate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DEBEATS ships an update every 4 weeks, ArcCreate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DEBEATS | ArcCreate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.0 GB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Binatir Limited | Theresa Barker |
Customer experience
DEBEATS
ArcCreate
In-app purchases
DEBEATS
No in-app purchases
ArcCreate
No in-app purchases
