Comparison

AirSampler vs BeatForge Studio

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

Head to head
About

AirSampler

Features
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AirSampler turns your iPhone into a pocket sample crate for music makers. Record ideas, instruments, vocals, street sounds, cafe noise, airport textures, car rides, and anything else that sparks a track. Your takes are saved as WAV files with waveform previews, favorites, rename tools, quick edits, clean up, key and tempo hints, and chop markers. Use AirSampler by itself as a fast recorder and local sample library. When you are near your Mac, pair with AirSampler Bridge over your local network to sync your samples into your studio workflow. The Mac Bridge keeps your sample folder updated, and the AirSampler AU plugin can browse those synced files inside your DAW so you can drag them directly into your project. Core features: - Record WAV samples on iPhone - Preview and organize your takes - Rename and favorite samples - Edit start, end, fades, normalize, and clean up - Detect tempo and musical key when possible - Create chop points from transients - Start a quick recording from the Home Screen widget - Pair and sync locally with AirSampler Bridge for Mac No account, no cloud library, no advertising trackers.

About

BeatForge Studio

Features
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BeatForge is an AI-native music studio for iPhone. Describe a vibe and the AI drafts a full beat — drums, bass and melody, in key. Then it lands in a real studio you can actually produce in. MADE TO FINISH TRACKS • 17 on-device synth instruments — electric piano, supersaw, reese, choir, acid bass and more • A built-in sampler — record from the mic or import audio; multi-sample zones play in tune, with velocity layers, loop and reverse • 7 drum lanes + 4 melodic voices, with per-genre drum kits so every style hits different • A sequencer with per-note control — velocity, probability, ratchets and filter cutoff, triplets and 32nds, chromatic or scale-locked • A real mixer — per-channel level, tone, sidechain and sends, with a live LUFS meter • Master bus glue + limiter, then export a lossless 24-bit master, per-lane WAV stems, or MIDI PLAY IT AND SHIP IT • Song mode — chain sections into a full arrangement • Perform mode — trigger sections live • Set Builder — auto-order your tracks by key and energy, beatmatch and crossfade into one mixed set • Discover — hear what others made and remix it MADE ON YOUR PHONE Synthesis runs on-device, so the studio keeps working offline. You don't need an account to make music. The AI composer runs in the cloud. FREE TO MAKE MUSIC The whole studio is free. BeatForge Pro unlocks lossless and stem export, MIDI, watermark-free sharing and unlimited AI generations. You own everything you make. — BEATFORGE PRO SUBSCRIPTION BeatForge Pro is an auto-renewable subscription — Weekly, Monthly and Yearly plans (the Yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial). Prices are shown in-app in your local currency and charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://beatforge.music/terms Privacy Policy: https://beatforge.music/privacy

Screenshots

AirSampler4 screens
BeatForge Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AirSampler at none against BeatForge Studio's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. BeatForge Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. AirSampler asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
AirSampler versus BeatForge Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirSamplerBeatForge Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperErkan ErdoganAnton Butser

In-app purchases

None

AirSampler

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BeatForge Studio

Subscriptions3
  • BeatForge Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • BeatForge Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • BeatForge Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is AirSampler free?
AirSampler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeatForge Studio free?
BeatForge Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AirSampler or BeatForge Studio have ads?
Neither AirSampler nor BeatForge Studio shows ads.

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