Comparison

Baton vs Foundry

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

Head to head
About

Baton

This app serves as a platform for discovering and sharing unreleased music. It allows creators to upload, organize, and collaborate on music, while also providing opportunities to connect with other artists and sync placements. Users can discover new music globally and utilize AI tools for sample discovery and curation.

Highlights
  • Upload and organize music library
  • Offline listening and cross-device sync
  • Creator messaging and collaboration tools
  • Browse and send music for sync opportunities
  • AI-powered sample discovery
  • Share and discover music opportunities
  • Track listener analytics
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Baton is the new home for unreleased music. - Upload your music, organize your library, listen offline, and sync across devices. - Messaging other creators in conversation threads that update as you collaborate. - Browse and send your music to placement and sync opportunities. - Store privately, or publish to your profile. - Always see who listens, no matter where your music goes. - Use AI to find samples from other creators that fit with your music. - Share your own opportunities to find new music and collaborators. - Discover unreleased music from all around the world. - Curate combinations of samples to spark new collaborations. - Message other creators when you find music you like. - Tag collaborators to instantly share material and credit friends. - EQ to refine your mix. Terms of Use: https://www.baton.media/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.baton.media/privacy

About

Foundry

This app is a powerful sampler designed for music producers. It automatically detects tempo and key, allowing for precise slicing and manipulation of audio samples. Perform and record on velocity-sensitive pads, then refine your performance on a timeline for professional results.

Highlights
  • Automatic BPM, key, and downbeat detection
  • Beat-grid slicing with draggable markers
  • Per-slice pitch, type, and length editing
  • Velocity-sensitive pad grid
  • Timeline editing with quantization
  • On-device processing, no account needed
Features
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Foundry is a sampler for producers who want to get right to chopping. Import a track from Files, and Foundry finds the tempo, key, and downbeat automatically. Slice it on a beat grid with draggable markers, audition each slice, and retune or restretch it to your project tempo, repitch for that classic sampler feel, or stretch to keep the key. Then play. Sixteen velocity-sensitive pads, a count-in, and a loop of any length. Arm, record, and your performance lands on a timeline where you can nudge hits, quantize them to a grid with adjustable strength, and bounce the result to a WAV in Files. CHOP • Automatic BPM, key, and downbeat detection • Beat-grid slicing with draggable markers and a minimap • Loop finder that confirms the grid on tricky tracks • Per-slice pitch, type, and length editing • Repitch or time-stretch slices to follow the project tempo • Project-wide transpose PADS • 4×4 pad grid with a scrolling waveform playhead • Adjustable loop length and count-in • Arm + record transport TIMELINE • Every hit recorded as a dot on its lane • Drag single hits or whole groups • Quantize grid and strength • Bounce takes to WAV, share to anywhere Sessions save automatically and pick up where you left off. Everything runs on-device - no account, no upload, no tracking. Foundry offers features under a pro subscription and will auto-renew at the end of the period, unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payments will be chaged to your AppleID. You can manage your subsctiption via the Apple App Store "Subscriptions" panel. You may cancel your subscription any time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Baton4 screens
Foundry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Baton at free with in-app purchases against Foundry's subscription. Baton also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (244 vs 5). Foundry's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Baton sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Foundry sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Baton holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baton has 244 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Baton's written reviews are positive against 100% of Foundry's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Baton versus Foundry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBatonFoundry
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (244 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings244 — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB97 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBaton Media IncQuerci

Customer experience

Baton

All ratings223 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative24.0%

Foundry

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Baton

Subscriptions4
  • Baton Pro Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Baton Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Baton Pro Annual$49.991 Year
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  • Baton Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

Foundry

Subscriptions2
  • Foundry Pro$2.991 Month
  • Foundry Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Foundry Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Baton free?
Baton is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foundry free?
Foundry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Baton or Foundry?
Baton is rated higher. Baton averages 4.6 out of 5 from 244 ratings, while Foundry averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Baton or Foundry have ads?
Both Baton and Foundry show ads.
Which is updated more often, Baton or Foundry?
Baton ships an update weekly, and Foundry weekly. Most recently, Baton was updated on November 8, 2026 and Foundry on November 10, 2026.

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