HEXBEAT vs Westside SuperSport
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HEXBEAT
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Make music like a pro — 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 — 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 60–200 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 — 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 — 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.
Westside SuperSport
This app offers a comprehensive synthesizer experience for creating West Coast G-funk sounds, including talkbox hooks, basslines, and classic keys. It features over 600 presets and 280 sampled instruments, with advanced sound-shaping tools and built-in effects.
- 600+ ready-to-play presets
- 280+ sampled instruments
- Dual oscillators with multiple filter models
- Flexible LFO and voice modes
- Built-in effects suite
- Standalone and AUv3 plugin support
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Westside SuperSport brings that West Coast sound to your iPhone and iPad. It is a full synth built for G-funk leads, talkbox hooks, subby basses, and warm classic keys, running the same engine and sounds as the desktop version. WHAT'S INSIDE - 600+ ready-to-play presets across bass, leads, keys, talkbox and more - 280+ sampled instruments for authentic West Coast textures - Dual oscillators plus sub and noise, with multiple filter models (Mini, SEM, Prophet, OG and Talkbox) - Filter and amp envelopes, a flexible LFO, glide, and mono, poly and unison voice modes - Built-in effects: arpeggiator, LA-213 compressor, SPACE reverb, mod FX and saturation - Six panel skins - Auto Level so every sound sits right in your mix PLAYS EVERYWHERE - Standalone app so you can jam anywhere - AUv3 plugin inside GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, BeatMaker and other iOS hosts The full sound library downloads on first launch, so you get everything with your purchase. Made by Braumah Media. Whether you are sketching a beat on the couch or building a full record, Westside SuperSport puts the West Coast in your hands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HEXBEAT at Free against Westside SuperSport's $19.99. Westside SuperSport's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 8 months). On ads and device support 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
HEXBEAT is free to download; Westside SuperSport costs $19.99 up front. HEXBEAT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Westside SuperSport asks for nothing beyond the download.
HEXBEAT ships an update every 8 months, Westside SuperSport daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEXBEAT | Westside SuperSport |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #189 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gregory Hogan | Braumah Media, LLC |
In-app purchases
HEXBEAT
- HEXBEATOTP$7.99
Westside SuperSport
No in-app purchases









