Tabla Drum Grid vs BeatForge Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Tabla Drum Grid
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Tabla is a tactile, no-fuss 16-step drum machine for sketching beats, jamming, and prototyping grooves on the go. A clean grid, eight drum voices, and the controls you actually use ā all on one stage. No accounts, no banners, no upsells. KEY FEATURES ⢠16-step grid with 8 drum tracks: Kick, Snare, Hat, Clap, Open Hat, Cowbell, Perc, Tom ⢠Tap to toggle steps, long-press to add an accent ⢠Six built-in presets: Boom Bap, Trap, House, Disco, Breakbeat, Bossa ⢠BPM control from 60 to 200 with smooth tempo nudges ⢠Swing slider from 50% to 75% for that human pocket ⢠Per-track Mixer with volume, mute and solo on every voice ⢠Save your own patterns and recall them in one tap ⢠Mono synth-style sample engine ā punchy, low-latency, no streaming DESIGNED FOR FLOW Whether you are roughing out a beat in a coffee shop, locking in a tempo before band practice, or laying down ideas on the train, Tabla stays out of the way and just keeps the grid alive. PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your patterns live on your device.
BeatForge Studio
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BeatForge is an AI-native music studio for iPhone. Describe a vibe and the AI drafts a full beat ā 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 ā electric piano, supersaw, reese, choir, acid bass and more ⢠A built-in sampler ā 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 ā velocity, probability, ratchets and filter cutoff, triplets and 32nds, chromatic or scale-locked ⢠A real mixer ā 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 ā chain sections into a full arrangement ⢠Perform mode ā trigger sections live ⢠Set Builder ā auto-order your tracks by key and energy, beatmatch and crossfade into one mixed set ⢠Discover ā 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. ā BEATFORGE PRO SUBSCRIPTION BeatForge Pro is an auto-renewable subscription ā 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabla Drum Grid 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
Both are free to download. BeatForge Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Tabla Drum Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tabla Drum Grid | BeatForge Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh | Anton Butser |
In-app purchases
Tabla Drum Grid
No in-app purchases
BeatForge Studio
- BeatForge Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- BeatForge Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- BeatForge Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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