RhythmReel vs Hypnogram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RhythmReel
This app synchronizes your videos and Live Photos with music, making them react dynamically to the beat. You can use existing clips or record new ones, and import audio files or let the microphone capture sound. It offers creative overlays and multi-clip functionality for engaging video creation.
- Real-time audio-reactive video playback
- Works with any video or Live Photo
- Record new clips
- Microphone input or import audio
- Live waveform visualizer
- Text overlay reacting to audio
- Multi-clip playlist mode
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RhythmReel is an iPhone app that makes your videos and Live Photos move to music. When the beat drops, your video jumps forward. When it quiets, it eases back. Pick any clip from your camera roll or record a short video in the app. Play music out loud through your speakers and the microphone picks it up automatically. Or import an audio file directly. Short clips work especially well. Live Photos are perfect. Free to download. A one-time purchase removes the watermark and unlocks high-resolution export. FEATURES • Real-time audio-reactive video playback • Works with any video or Live Photo from your camera roll • Record a new clip from the front or rear camera • Microphone input or import audio files • Live waveform visualizer overlay • Text overlay that reacts to the audio • Multi-clip playlist mode • Export as .mp4, share anywhere Made by Evan Roth, a Berlin-based artist whose work is in the permanent collection of MoMA.
Hypnogram
Effortlessly transform your music into stunning, beat-reactive visualizers. Choose from 60 dynamic worlds and let AI craft a cinematic promo reel for your tracks. Export in multiple formats for social media.
- 60 music-reactive visualizers
- AI Director for automatic edits
- Cinematic looks and color grades
- Animated cover art scenes
- Kinetic text overlays
- Export for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, YouTube
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Hypnogram turns your music into a cinematic, beat-reactive promo reel — in seconds, with almost no effort. Drop a track and your cover art, and Hypnogram builds the visual for you: 60 visual worlds, from neon abstract tunnels to fully animated 3D scenes where your cover plays on an arcade cabinet, a jukebox, a crystal ball, a drive-in screen, a cassette and more — all reacting to your beat in real time. • 60 music-reactive visualizers — swipe to change • AI Director — describe your release and it composes the whole edit • Cinematic looks & color grades — swipe to restyle instantly • Animated cover scenes that key your art onto real objects • Kinetic, timeline-based text (title + details) • Export to mp4 in Portrait, Landscape or Square for TikTok, Reels, Shorts & YouTube No timeline editing, no manual keyframing — just drop, swipe, and export. Perfect for artists, DJs and producers making release reels, event flyers and music-video visualizers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hypnogram at none against RhythmReel's 1. Hypnogram also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). RhythmReel's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. RhythmReel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hypnogram asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RhythmReel against 5.0 for Hypnogram. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RhythmReel has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RhythmReel ships an update every 3 weeks, Hypnogram daily. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RhythmReel | Hypnogram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evan Andrew Roth | OB Data LLC |
Customer experience
RhythmReel
Hypnogram
In-app purchases
RhythmReel
- Remove Watermark & High-Res Export$2.99
Hypnogram
No in-app purchases





