Beat Engine vs ZQNZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beat Engine
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The Universe is Driven by the Beat. Turn your musical skills into rocket fuel in Beat Engine, the high-octane rhythm game where your accuracy dictates how far you explore the cosmos. Immerse yourself in a journey across the stars, using every tap to propel your ship through a stunning celestial odyssey from Pluto back to Earth.
ZQNZ
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Turn your favorite song on YouTube into a rhythm game that you can play and share with your friends. Start with a link to a song or music video on YouTube. Record your taps, refine the notes in the editor, and play your sequence in portrait or landscape mode. Share the sequences you've made with the world, and play sequences made by the community. FREE: Play unlimited community sequences. Browse the library and discover new music while you play. Create, save, and play a sequence for one YouTube video at a time. Creator Unlock (One-time purchase): Create and save an unlimited number of sequences for multiple different YouTube videos, and publish the sequences you've created so that anyone can play them. Create a free community account to publish your sequences. No subscription. Screenshot footage: “Synthwave City Animation Loop 4K- 60 Minutes of Synthwave Aesthetics” by RoyaltyFreeTube, licensed under CC BY 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/). Footage shown within the app interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Beat Engine at 15.0 against ZQNZ's 18.5. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Beat Engine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ZQNZ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beat Engine ships an update weekly, ZQNZ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beat Engine | ZQNZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Neti Phochot | Edvard Zeke Julius Witasp Gruvelgard |
In-app purchases
Beat Engine
- Remove Ads$1.99
ZQNZ
- Creator Unlock$1.99








