Comparison

Pico Audio Editor vs Bytebeat

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Edit audio while playing
  • Import from Music Library
  • Import FLAC and WAV files
  • Export as WAV
  • Real-time effect parameter tweaking
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Pico Audio Editor3 screens
Bytebeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pico Audio Editor versus Bytebeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPico Audio EditorBytebeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLion WohlmacherRyo Tsudukihashi

In-app purchases

None

Pico Audio Editor

No in-app purchases

None

Bytebeat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pico Audio Editor free?
Pico Audio Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bytebeat free?
Bytebeat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pico Audio Editor or Bytebeat?
Bytebeat is rated higher. Pico Audio Editor averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Bytebeat averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Pico Audio Editor or Bytebeat have ads?
Neither Pico Audio Editor nor Bytebeat shows ads.

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