Comparison

Quick BPM vs Beatpin

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

Head to head
About

Quick BPM

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Quick BPM helps musicians, DJs, and fitness enthusiasts find the tempo of any song or rhythm. Just tap along and see the beats per minute instantly. Features: • Accurate tap-to-BPM detection • Save and manage favorite tempos • Metronome mode with adjustable accents • Clean, intuitive design Quick BPM is free to use.

About

Beatpin

This app analyzes music to display its live BPM without requiring user accounts or data tracking. It offers features like tempo range selection, song recognition, and on-device audio analysis for privacy.

Highlights
  • Live BPM detection
  • Tuned for gym and electronic music
  • Selectable tempo ranges
  • Optional Shazam song recognition
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island Live Activity
  • On-device audio analysis
  • Standalone metronome (Pro)
Features
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Beatpin reads the tempo of the music around you and shows you the BPM — live, on your phone, with no account and no tracking. Point it at the speakers and a provisional number appears within seconds, then sharpens into a confident lock as the read gets surer. Built for the gym floor, the spin studio, and the DJ booth — anywhere the beat matters and the room is loud. WHAT IT DOES — FREE, FOREVER • Live BPM, from the first beat — a tempo appears in seconds and firms up as Beatpin gets surer. No waiting for a lock. • Tuned for the floor — multi-band detection built for gym and electronic music (house, techno, trance, drum & bass), with octave-aware locking that resists half/double-tempo errors. • Pick your range — choose a tempo range that matches your music (e.g. House · Techno, or Drum & Bass · Fast), or let Auto detect and snap to the right one. • Know the track — optional Shazam recognition names the song that's playing, right on the BPM screen, with the tempo it played at. • A beat marker beside the readout — watch the number pulse on the beat. • Lock screen & Dynamic Island — keep the BPM in view with a Live Activity while you move. • Screen stays awake — the readout won't disappear mid-workout; it's released when you stop. • Match the room — a default ember display, plus Light and Dark schemes for bright studios or darkened spin rooms. • Your latest 15 saved reads and 10 saved tracks, kept on-device. BEATPIN PRO — PAY ONCE, YOURS FOREVER • Musical key + Camelot code beside the tempo, for harmonic mixing. Reads the room, not a database. • Session recording — capture the exact audio the detector heard (uncompressed WAV plus a readout log), with sizes shown up front, one-tap export, delete-all, and optional auto-delete windows. • A standalone metronome — click and haptics, set by hand, by tap, or adopted straight from the live tempo. • Unlimited saved history and track library. • Every new user gets the full Pro preview for the first 7 days — nothing to sign up for. Pro is a single one-time purchase. Never a subscription, never ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Audio is analysed entirely on your device to detect tempo. Nothing is recorded or uploaded for BPM detection — session recordings (Pro) happen only when you switch them on, and stay on your device. • No sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no third-party trackers. • Your settings, history, and matched tracks stay on your device. • If you turn on song recognition, an acoustic fingerprint is sent to Apple's Shazam service to identify the track — Beatpin never receives your raw audio. It's off by default. Beatpin is a focused instrument, not a social app: open it, read the tempo, get on with your session. Questions or feedback? Email support@beatpin.app.

Screenshots

Quick BPM4 screens
Beatpin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick BPM at none against Beatpin's 1. Quick BPM also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Beatpin's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Beatpin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quick BPM asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick BPM ships an update every 2 days, Beatpin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Quick BPM versus Beatpin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick BPMBeatpin
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIlker KARAMANLIMichael Cutler

In-app purchases

None

Quick BPM

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Beatpin

One-time1
  • Beatpin Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Quick BPM free?
Quick BPM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beatpin free?
Beatpin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quick BPM or Beatpin have ads?
Quick BPM shows ads; Beatpin does not.
Which is updated more often, Quick BPM or Beatpin?
Quick BPM ships an update every 2 days, and Beatpin every 2 weeks. Most recently, Quick BPM was updated on November 5, 2026 and Beatpin on October 31, 2026.

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