Pico Audio Editor vs Bytebeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pico Audio Editor
Edit audio files in real-time as they play. Import music from your library or supported file types and export your creations as WAV files. This compact tool allows for immediate feedback on effect adjustments.
- Edit audio while playing
- Import from Music Library
- Import FLAC and WAV files
- Export as WAV
- Real-time effect parameter tweaking
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Pico Audio Editor like the name implies, is a very small Audio Editor. Its key feature is that you can edit your Audio while it's playing, so each time you tweak a effect parameter it doesn't have to process the whole track again. You can import audio from your Music Library or files however if you are importing from files, do keep in mind that right now only (FLAC, WAV) files are partially supported. After you are done editing, you can Export your audio into a WAV file and save it anywhere on your Device.
Bytebeat
Transform mathematical formulas into unique music by writing code. Edit your creations in real-time while they play, visualize the sound waves, and explore various modes for different audio outputs. Export your generated music to WAV format.
- Formula-based music generation
- Real-time editing during playback
- Waveform visualization
- Multiple audio modes (Bytebeat, Signed, Floatbeat)
- Export to WAV format
- Includes 29 preset formulas
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t*(42&t>>10) That one line is the whole song. Bytebeat turns a formula straight into sound. It evaluates your expression while t counts up from zero, one step at a time, and writes the result out as the waveform. No synthesizer, no audio files, no samples. The formula is the music. ■ Edit while it plays - Rewrite the formula without stopping playback. t keeps running - Change a single character and the song becomes something else - A keypad holding only the characters that appear in bytebeat formulas, so one tap is one character ■ See the waveform - An oscilloscope draws the samples that are actually playing - Traces are aligned to the rising edge, so the wave stays still instead of scrolling - Instruction count and stack depth are shown too ■ 29 famous formulas - Includes the one-liners from the experiments viznut published in 2011 - Save the ones you like to favorites with your own names ■ Three modes - Bytebeat: result & 255 mapped to 0...255, the way the original sounded - Signed: treated as signed 8-bit - Floatbeat: the result used directly as a -1...1 waveform, where sin and cos come alive ■ Change the speed of t - 500 to 48000 Hz. The original bytebeat ran at 8000 Hz - Slower runs lower, faster runs higher ■ Export to WAV - 8-bit, 8000 Hz, mono, which is exactly what bytebeat is - 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute or 3 minutes ■ What you can write - The variable t, and the constants PI and E - Arithmetic, bitwise operators, shifts, comparison, logic, the ternary operator - sin cos tan asin acos atan abs floor ceil round sqrt exp log sign int pow min max atan2 mod - Everything is computed in Double and rounded to 32-bit integers only for bitwise operations and shifts. This matches JavaScript's ToInt32, so formulas you find on the web play as they are ■ No connection - No account to create - No ads, no tracking - The app never connects to the internet. It works on a plane Many of the presets come from the experiments Ville-Matias Heikkila (viznut) published in 2011.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bytebeat at 4.3 against Pico Audio Editor's 1.0. Bytebeat also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Pico Audio Editor's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Bytebeat holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Pico Audio Editor | Bytebeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lion Wohlmacher | Ryo Tsudukihashi |
In-app purchases
Pico Audio Editor
No in-app purchases
Bytebeat
No in-app purchases
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