Beat Scholar Mobile vs GORILLA SYNTH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beat Scholar Mobile
Create rhythms and drum patterns with a unique approach to subdivisions and measures. This app offers a powerful sampler, built-in effects, and MIDI capabilities for deep exploration of sound.
- Intuitive rhythm and drum pattern creation
- Advanced subdivision and measure manipulation
- Robust sampler with over 250 curated samples
- Load custom samples via drag and drop
- Built-in effects section
- MIDI export and output capabilities
- Standalone, Plugin, and MIDI FX formats
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Beat Scholar (AUv3 + Standalone) is fresh take on rhythm composers and drum machines. It is completely fully featured and compatible with the desktop version of Beat Scholar. It presents a new way to compose rhythm, allowing you to manipulate measures and subdivisions with unparalleled ease. Beat Scholar comes equipped with a robust sampler, built in effects, midi features, pattern triggering and just about everything you need to explore the world of rhythm with outstanding depth, style and leisure. Innovative beat making platform with features never before seen in drum machines and rhythmic composers: - Presents a unique & intuitive way to explore subdivisions, measures & create drum patterns. - Divide beats into up to 42 slices and combine multiple drums on the same beat! Quintuplets & Triplets on the same pattern? No problem. Play 35 kicks on a ¼ note? psh... easy! - Any drum can be placed anywhere! the ultimate percussive-playground. - Over 250 carefully curated samples, from classic drum machines & acoustic samples to synthesized drums hand-crafted especially for Beat Scholar - Load your own samples with an easy drag n' drop interface. - Built-in FX section to get you started quickly. - Easy midi file export - drag directly from the plugin's interface to your DAW. - Use Beat Scholar MIDI to output midi to any instrument or even to hardware drum machines! - Standalone, Plugin & Midi FX Formats Included.
GORILLA SYNTH
This app offers a punchy, analog-style subtractive synthesizer for iOS, designed for fast sound design and expressive musical performance. It provides studio-quality sound with a clean interface, ideal for sketching ideas, producing tracks, or live playing.
- Dual oscillators with sub and noise
- Classic ladder filter
- Dual ADSR envelopes
- Duophonic mode with glide
- LFO modulation
- Touch-optimized controls
- AUv3 instrument support
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GORILLA - Analog-Style Subtractive Synth GORILLA is a focused, punchy analog-style subtractive synthesizer designed for fast sound design and expressive play on iOS. Built for musicians, producers, and sound designers, Gorilla delivers studio-quality sound in a clean, performance-ready interface — whether you’re sketching ideas, producing tracks, or playing live. Key Features: - Dual oscillators with sub and noise - Classic ladder filter - Dual ADSR envelopes (Filter + Amp) - Duophonic mode with glide - LFO for pitch, filter, and PWM modulation - Touch-optimized performance controls - Built-in spectrum / EQ visualizer - AUv3 instrument support - CoreMIDI & Bluetooth MIDI - Designed for iPhone and iPad Gorilla is intentionally focused — no clutter, no distractions. Just fast access to powerful sound shaping and expressive control. Designed for mobility. Built for creation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Beat Scholar Mobile at Free against GORILLA SYNTH's $4.99. Beat Scholar Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.2). GORILLA SYNTH's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Beat Scholar Mobile is free to download; GORILLA SYNTH costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GORILLA SYNTH holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Beat Scholar Mobile's written reviews are positive against 88% of GORILLA SYNTH's.
Beat Scholar Mobile ships an update every 3 days, GORILLA SYNTH every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beat Scholar Mobile | GORILLA SYNTH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) | 4.9 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modalics LLC | Steffen Mølgaard Larsen |
Customer experience
Beat Scholar Mobile
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In-app purchases
Beat Scholar Mobile
No in-app purchases
GORILLA SYNTH
No in-app purchases
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