BPM Scout vs SCOUT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BPM Scout
Instantly detect the beats per minute (BPM) of any music playing around you. Choose between automatic listening via microphone or manual tapping to the rhythm. Features a clean interface and works offline.
- Real-time BPM detection
- Live audio waveform visualization
- Manual tap tempo mode
- Auto-listen on app start
- Works offline
- Toggle decimal precision
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BPM Scout detects the tempo of any song playing around you — instantly and accurately. AUTO MODE Just tap Listen and hold your phone near a speaker. BPM Scout uses your microphone to analyze the audio and detect the beats per minute in real time. A live waveform shows you exactly what the app is hearing. TAP MODE Prefer to feel the beat yourself? Switch to Tap mode and tap along to the rhythm. BPM Scout calculates the tempo from your taps with precision. FEATURES • Real-time BPM detection via microphone • Live audio waveform visualization • Manual tap tempo mode • Auto-listen on app start option • Toggle decimal precision • Clean, focused interface • Works offline — no internet required Perfect for DJs, musicians, producers, and anyone who wants to know the tempo of what's playing.
SCOUT
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SCOUT hears the music around you and tells you what it is. Point your phone at a speaker, a DJ booth or a rehearsal room and SCOUT locks onto the KEY and TEMPO in a few seconds — on a Camelot wheel built for harmonic mixing, with sharp or flat spelling, tuning offset and a confidence readout so you know when to trust it. When key and tempo are both sure, SCOUT tells you it has locked. Tap tempo when you'd rather count it yourself. Everything is analysed on the device: no account, no ads, no recording, nothing uploaded. FREE, FOREVER • Live key & BPM from the microphone • Camelot / sharp / flat display, tuning readout, confidence • Tap tempo, half/double time, HOLD and COPY SCOUT PRO — one payment, no subscription • CHORDS: the chord playing right now, including sevenths, sixths, sus and slash chords • PROGRESSION: the chords as they come, named as Roman numerals against the key (vi–IV–I–V) • LOG: every detection you've made, ready to copy into your set notes • +FILE: analyse any track from Files or iCloud for the definitive key, BPM and progression — then hear it play while the scope follows it live Built by Echelon Audio, makers of the SCOUT plugin for the studio. Same detector, in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SCOUT at Free against BPM Scout's $0.99. BPM Scout's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
SCOUT is free to download; BPM Scout costs $0.99 up front. SCOUT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BPM Scout asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | BPM Scout | SCOUT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juergen Frosch | Echelon Audio |
In-app purchases
BPM Scout
No in-app purchases
SCOUT
- SCOUT Pro$4.99









