Comparison

Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel vs FALSE MEMORY

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

Head to head
About

Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel

This app analyzes music in real-time, identifying chords, their functions within a key, and recording progressions. It also includes a tuner, metronome, and key detection for producers and musicians.

Highlights
  • Real-time chord and key identification
  • Chord function labeling (I, IV, V, etc.)
  • Recording of musical progressions
  • MIDI input with built-in synth
  • Real-time tuner and metronome
  • Key detection for DJs
Features
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The Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel is a musician and producer toolkit — a tuner for chords and a measurement device for the vitals of the music in front of you. Point it at your mic or play it over MIDI, and it reads the harmony as it happens — the chord, the key, and the job that chord is doing. Works on piano, guitar, or recorded music with clear harmonic movement. It identifies each chord's role, not just its name, using the Beat Kitchen Ten Chord Toolkit (explained in the guidebook built into the app): the tonic (I) you keep coming back to, the IV that opens things up, the V that wants to resolve, a V/vi setting up a detour, a bVII pulled from the parallel minor. The matching wedge lights up as you play. What it does Hears chords from your mic in real time, right on your device — nothing leaves your phone Labels the wheel by function, not just by chord name: I, ii, IV, V, V/vi, bVII, and the rest Records what you played so you can study the path a progression took Tap any wedge to hear the chord Takes MIDI in, wired or over Bluetooth, with a built-in synth Locks to your key so the wheel orients to the music you're in A Learn tab that walks through what you're looking at If you've reached for a circle of fifths or a key finder before, you're in the same neighborhood — except this one works in real time, while the music is still playing. Producer Tools A tuner and a metronome, built for the studio. Check your tuning. Tap a tempo or let the mic detect it for you, then read it in BPM and in milliseconds for every subdivision — with your own click sound on each one. Watch the beat pulse from across the room and feel it in your pocket with haptics (iPhone). And because the wheel already reads your key in real time, it doubles as a key detector for DJs lining up harmonic transitions. Who it's for Producers, DJs, songwriters, students, and anyone who can tell a progression is doing something to them but can't always say what. You don't need to read music. You need to be curious about why a few chords in a row can move you. It's theory you can hear before you can spell it. Beat Kitchen is a school that teaches harmony by ear and by function first. Harmony Wheel puts that same way of listening on your phone.

About

FALSE MEMORY

This app transforms any sound into a decaying audio effect, simulating tape degradation or digital corruption. Explore various destruction parameters to create unique sonic textures and atmospheres. It can also evolve the sound automatically over time.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio disintegration
  • Analog/Digital destruction engine
  • Pitch and timing destabilization
  • Frequency spectrum smearing
  • Past audio bleed-through
  • Automatic evolution over time
  • Randomize parameters
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FALSE MEMORY is a real-time audio disintegration effect. Feed it any sound and watch it decay. A tape left in the sun. A corrupted file half-recovered from a dead drive. A memory dissolving as you try to hold onto it. Turn up MEMORY and the destruction begins. Everything else shapes how the sound falls apart. DESTRUCTION ENGINE The Analog / Digital slider is the soul of the effect. Slide left for warm, organic decay: Cassette wobble, Reel-to-reel saturation, VHS tracking errors. Slide right for cold, precise corruption: Lo-fi aliasing, Circuit-bent glitches, Data-mosh block artifacts. Drift destabilizes pitch and timing. At low settings it breathes. Cranked up, the signal loses its grip on reality. Damage controls how aggressively the signal gets torn apart. ATMOSPHERE Fog smears the frequency spectrum into clouds. Three modes: Tonal keeps harmonic structure intact, Inharmonic scatters it, Evolving slowly morphs between the two. Ghosts lets past audio bleed through the current signal. Echoes repeat rhythmically. Imprints leave residual traces. Granular scatters fragments across time. TEXTURE Hiss adds tape noise, from subtle warmth to a roaring floor. Crackle introduces vinyl pops and surface damage. SET IT AND FORGET IT Evolve lets the destruction deepen automatically over time. Pick a duration from 1 to 64 minutes. Walk away. Come back to something completely different. The Randomize button rerolls all destruction parameters instantly. Hit it until something clicks. AUv3 plugin for iOS. Runs in AUM, GarageBand, Logic, and any AUv3 host. Standalone app for iPhone and iPad. From All The Machines.

Screenshots

Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel4 screens
FALSE MEMORY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FALSE MEMORY at daily against Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel's every 4 days. FALSE MEMORY also leads on price ($3.99 vs $6.99). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel costs $6.99 and FALSE MEMORY $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel against 5.0 for FALSE MEMORY. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel ships an update every 4 days, FALSE MEMORY daily. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel versus FALSE MEMORY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeat Kitchen Harmony WheelFALSE MEMORY
Price$6.99$3.99 — better
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings88
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeat Kitchen LLCStephan Bolch

Customer experience

Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FALSE MEMORY

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel

No in-app purchases

None

FALSE MEMORY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel free?
Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FALSE MEMORY free?
FALSE MEMORY costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel or FALSE MEMORY?
Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel and FALSE MEMORY are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel or FALSE MEMORY have ads?
Neither Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel nor FALSE MEMORY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel or FALSE MEMORY?
Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel ships an update every 4 days, and FALSE MEMORY daily. Most recently, Beat Kitchen Harmony Wheel was updated on September 23, 2026 and FALSE MEMORY on September 22, 2026.

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