Comparison

BeatFX vs Live Slicer

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

Head to head
About

BeatFX

Transform videos into dynamic, music-synced visual experiences. Automatically apply effects like speed changes, zooms, and color shifts that pulse with the beat of your chosen audio. Share your creations instantly to social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Beat-synced visual effects
  • Automatic effect application
  • Speed, zoom, and color effects
  • Intelligent beat detection
  • Customizable effect intensity
  • Instant sharing to social media
Features
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Transform ordinary footage into extraordinary content. BeatFX analyzes your music and automatically applies perfectly-timed effects that pulse with every beat. --- EFFECTS • Speed - Dramatic speedup, slowdown, and rewind segments for that music video look • Lull Detection - Dreamy effects during quiet moments • Zoom Pop - High-energy beats trigger an instant zoom punch • Pulse - Cinema-quality motion blur creates a breathing rhythm • Chroma - Beat-synced color shifts with psychedelic energy • Fractal - Kaleidoscopic patterns that pulse with every beat • Glass - Prismatic distortions that refract in rhythm Mix and match effects. Toggle Speed on or off to use only visual effects without changing playback speed. --- KEY FEATURES • Intelligent Beat Detection - Multi-band frequency analysis tracks bass, mids, and highs with precision • Any Audio Source - Apple Music library or extract audio from videos • Hardware-Accelerated - Built with Apple's Accelerate framework • Customizable - Fine-tune sensitivity and intensity • Instant Sharing - Export to Camera Roll, Instagram, TikTok, and more --- PERFECT FOR Content creators, music video enthusiasts, social media managers, and anyone who wants scroll-stopping content. --- HOW IT WORKS 1. Select a video from your Camera Roll 2. Choose your audio source 3. Tap process and watch the magic 4. Save and share your masterpiece --- BEATFX PRO Unlock the full experience: • Unlimited exports • All effects: Pop, Pulse, Chroma, Fractal & Glass • Speed toggle control • Advanced beat detection settings • Full-length video processing --- PRIVACY FIRST All processing happens on your device. Your videos never leave your phone. --- BeatFX Pro: $3.99/month, $34.99/year, or $89.99 lifetime. Payment charged to Apple ID at purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled 24 hours before period end. Manage subscriptions in App Store settings. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://beatfx.ck0software.com/legal.html --- Download BeatFX and turn every video into a rhythm-driven experience.

About

Live Slicer

Effortlessly create music videos from your live performance footage. This app automatically syncs beat cuts and applies genre-specific effects to your videos, all processed offline on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic beat-synced video editing
  • Genre-specific effect presets
  • Customizable beat engine
  • 12 GPU-accelerated video effects
  • Beat-synced zoom shots
  • Offline processing
Features
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The moment is happening now. Your edit should be ready now too. Live Slicer is an automatic video editor built specifically for music performances. Record the show you are experiencing, and Live Slicer transforms the footage into an exciting, beat-driven original video on your device. When recording ends, your edit is ready to share—and your untouched original is safely saved to Photos for any changes you want to make later. No more record now, edit someday. Capture it. Let Live Slicer cut it. Share the moment. CREATED WITH A LIVE VIDEO EDITOR The visual language and workflow are supervised by an active music-live video editor, so anyone can create energetic performance videos without learning a complex editing timeline. 8 GENRE PRESETS—FREE Choose ROCK, POP, HIP-HOP, REGGAE, ELECTRO, INDIE, JAZZ, or PUNK. One tap changes BPM, cut intensity, zoom behavior, color, flashes, glitch, and the overall visual character. BEAT-SYNCED AUTOMATIC EDITING Live Slicer builds quick cuts, half-beat cuts, full-beat variations, zoom shots, flashes, scanlines, and genre-specific effects from your BPM settings. YOUR ORIGINAL IS KEPT Camera recordings are validated before editing. The untouched original is saved to Photos as well as the finished edit. If Photos saving is interrupted, the original remains safe in the app and can be saved again. MADE TO SHARE Export in 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 16:9 for YouTube, or 1:1 for Instagram. All three formats and all eight presets are available in the free version. FLASH TEXT Add up to three short messages that appear in time with the music. PRIVATE AND ON DEVICE No account. No upload. No tracking. Video processing stays on your iPhone or iPad. FREE • All 8 genre presets • 9:16, 16:9, and 1:1 output • Up to 3 flash texts • All beat, zoom, and visual effects • 720p export with the Live Slicer watermark • Original and edited videos saved to Photos PRO—ONE-TIME PURCHASE • 1080p export • Remove the Live Slicer watermark • Add your own custom logo • No subscription or recurring fee

Screenshots

BeatFX4 screens
Live Slicer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BeatFX at weekly against Live Slicer's every 3 weeks. BeatFX also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. BeatFX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Live Slicer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BeatFX against 5.0 for Live Slicer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeatFX ships an update weekly, Live Slicer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BeatFX versus Live Slicer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeatFXLive Slicer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCK0 Software LLCTomocreate, Inc.

Customer experience

BeatFX

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Live Slicer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BeatFX

Subscriptions2
  • BeatFX$3.991 Month
  • BeatFX Pro Yearly$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • BeatFX Pro Lifetime$89.99
1 purchases

Live Slicer

One-time1
  • Live Slicer Pro$4.99

Questions

Is BeatFX free?
BeatFX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Slicer free?
Live Slicer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BeatFX or Live Slicer?
BeatFX and Live Slicer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BeatFX or Live Slicer have ads?
Neither BeatFX nor Live Slicer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeatFX or Live Slicer?
BeatFX ships an update weekly, and Live Slicer every 3 weeks. Most recently, BeatFX was updated on October 31, 2026 and Live Slicer on November 5, 2026.

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