Comparison

HEXBEAT vs Tabla Drum Grid

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

Head to head
About

HEXBEAT

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Make music like a pro โ€” right from your iPhone or iPad. HEXBEAT is a fully-featured iOS synthesizer and beat machine for musicians, producers, and beatmakers who want studio-quality sound in their pocket. No samples, no imports โ€” every sound is generated in real time using advanced audio synthesis. STEP SEQUENCER Build rhythmic patterns with a 16-step grid sequencer and 8 programmable drum tracks including kick, snare, hi-hat, clap, 808 bass, tom, and cymbal. Fine-tune your groove with BPM control from 60โ€“200 and swing up to 100%. Save up to 64 patterns across 8 banks and 8 slots each. SYNTH PAD Play melodies with a responsive XY touch pad. Choose from 8 musical scales including Major, Minor, Dorian, Pentatonic, and more. Slide your finger to control filter brightness and pitch simultaneously โ€” up to 5 simultaneous notes for expressive, real-time performance. POWERFUL SOUND SYNTHESIS Shape your sound with 6 oscillator types (Sine, Square, Sawtooth, Triangle, Noise, Super Saw), full ADSR envelopes for amplitude and filter, a resonant low-pass biquad filter, and a 4-waveform LFO with destinations including pitch, cutoff, volume, pan, and PWM. 8-CHANNEL MIXER Mix your tracks withper-channel volume faders, pan control, mute/solo buttons, reverb and delay sends, and real-time peak meters. A master channel with limiter keeps your mix clean and loud. BUILT-IN FX RACK Add depth and character with Reverb (5 room presets from Small Room to Cathedral), Delay with tempo sync, multi-preset Distortion, and a 10-band parametric EQ. BUILT FOR LOW LATENCY HEXBEAT runs at 44.1kHz with 32-bit internal processing and configurable buffer sizes down to 128 samples โ€” delivering under 10ms latency for live performance feel. Whether you're sketching beats on the subway, performing live on stage, or producing tracks at home, HEXBEAT gives you the tools to create. Compatible with iPhone and iPad.

About

Tabla Drum Grid

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Tabla is a tactile, no-fuss 16-step drum machine for sketching beats, jamming, and prototyping grooves on the go. A clean grid, eight drum voices, and the controls you actually use โ€” all on one stage. No accounts, no banners, no upsells. KEY FEATURES โ€ข 16-step grid with 8 drum tracks: Kick, Snare, Hat, Clap, Open Hat, Cowbell, Perc, Tom โ€ข Tap to toggle steps, long-press to add an accent โ€ข Six built-in presets: Boom Bap, Trap, House, Disco, Breakbeat, Bossa โ€ข BPM control from 60 to 200 with smooth tempo nudges โ€ข Swing slider from 50% to 75% for that human pocket โ€ข Per-track Mixer with volume, mute and solo on every voice โ€ข Save your own patterns and recall them in one tap โ€ข Mono synth-style sample engine โ€” punchy, low-latency, no streaming DESIGNED FOR FLOW Whether you are roughing out a beat in a coffee shop, locking in a tempo before band practice, or laying down ideas on the train, Tabla stays out of the way and just keeps the grid alive. PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your patterns live on your device.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabla Drum Grid at none against HEXBEAT's 1. On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. HEXBEAT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tabla Drum Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
HEXBEAT versus Tabla Drum Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHEXBEATTabla Drum Grid
PriceFreeFree
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Devicesโ€”iPhone โ€” better
Requires iOS18.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size19 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGregory HoganLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HEXBEAT

One-time1
  • HEXBEATOTP$7.99
None

Tabla Drum Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HEXBEAT free?
HEXBEAT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabla Drum Grid free?
Tabla Drum Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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