Cellular Beats vs SquareBeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cellular Beats
This app is a generative musical sequencer that uses cell-based mechanics to create melodies and soundscapes. It offers interactive music creation, WAV export, and built-in reverb settings for a personalized sound experience. Ideal for game developers, music producers, and hobbyists.
- Interactive music creation
- WAV export
- Built-in reverb settings
- User-friendly interface
- Granular control over cell paths and interactions
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Introducing Cellular Beats, an innovative MIDI-based generative sequencer that allows you to create captivating melodies and atmospheric soundscapes with ease and creativity. Whether you're a game developer, music producer, or a hobbyist, Cellular Beats offers a unique and engaging way to generate music for your projects. Inspired by the classic Otomata Generative Musical Sequencer, Cellular beats utilizes unique cell-based mechanics to help you create enchanting melodies and rich soundscapes. It's like the mesmerizing dance of Conway's Game of Life but for innovative music! In Cellular Beats, every cell becomes part of your orchestra, each living in its own musical universe. Set the cells in motion on a grid, let them interact and collide, and watch as they create an enchanting symphony of sounds that is uniquely yours. Key Features: 1. Interactive Music Creation: Take charge of your soundscape. Set your cells in motion, control their interactions, and watch as they generate a captivating tapestry of sounds, perfect for game developments, musical compositions, or simply for the joy of creating. 2. WAV Export: Make your musical creations truly yours. Cellular Beats allows you to export your generated melodies in WAV format. This enables easy integration of your unique sounds into games, music production software, or any other multimedia projects. 3. Personalize Your Soundscape: Enhance your sound with built-in reverb settings. From spacious halls to intimate rooms, the choice of ambiance is yours. Customize the tonal environment to set the perfect mood for your music. 4. User-Friendly Interface: Cellular Beats offers an intuitive and seamless user experience, letting you focus on the creative process. Whether you're a beginner exploring musical generation or a seasoned producer, Cellular Beats will feel like second nature. 5. Community-Driven: Cellular Beats is built with its users in mind. Your feedback and suggestions shape our ongoing development. We're dedicated to ensuring Cellular Beats remains a tool that resonates with its community. 6. Granular Control: With Cellular Beats, you're the conductor. Define the paths your cells take, determine how they interact, and shape your soundscape down to the smallest detail. Cellular Beats isn't just a generative sequencer—it's a platform for boundless musical expression. With Cellular Beats, anyone can be a music creator. Whether you're making music for your games, producing your next album, seeking a creative outlet, or teaching the next generation of musicians and coders, Cellular Beats offers an intuitive and visual approach to music creation that is as simple as it is powerful. Uncover a new dimension of music creation with Cellular Beats. Your symphony of sound is just a tap away.
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: Cellular Beats at none against SquareBeat's 1. Cellular Beats also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). SquareBeat's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Cellular Beats asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cellular Beats against 4.9 for SquareBeat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Cellular Beats's written reviews are positive against 80% of SquareBeat's.
| Parameter | Cellular Beats | SquareBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IMABEAR STUDIOS LLC | James Navarro |
Customer experience
Cellular Beats
SquareBeat
In-app purchases
Cellular Beats
No in-app purchases
SquareBeat
- SquareBeat Full Version$12.99








