Boom Lab vs BeatForge Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Boom Lab
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Boom Lab is a futuristic mobile music creation app for building beats, mixing tracks, recording original sounds, and organizing project ideas on your device. Start in Beat Lab with glowing pads, BPM controls, loop recording, quantize, swing, and a collapsible mini synth keyboard. Move into DJ Lab to load two decks, blend tracks, scratch virtual vinyl, adjust deck volume, and save sample ideas back into your crate. Stem Lab tools provide the interface for vocals, drums, bass, and instrumental separation workflows as the app evolves. Boom Lab is designed around local device storage. Saved projects, sample metadata, and recorded sounds are kept on your device so you can keep working smoothly and offline. Current features include: - 4-pad beat machine - Loop recording controls - BPM, swing, and quantize controls - Collapsible mini piano synth - Landscape-style DJ mixing board - Two deck import and playback controls - Virtual vinyl scratch interaction - Sample crate for saved sounds - Original sound recorder - Stem Lab placeholder workflow - Saved project vault - .boom project export and import - Device-first offline workflow Boom Lab is free with ads. The only paid upgrade is Boom Lab Premium, which removes ads. Core creation tools are not locked behind a paywall.
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 โ drums, bass and melody, in key. Then it lands in a real studio you can actually produce in. MADE TO FINISH TRACKS โข 17 on-device synth instruments โ electric piano, supersaw, reese, choir, acid bass and more โข A built-in sampler โ record from the mic or import audio; multi-sample zones play in tune, with velocity layers, loop and reverse โข 7 drum lanes + 4 melodic voices, with per-genre drum kits so every style hits different โข A sequencer with per-note control โ velocity, probability, ratchets and filter cutoff, triplets and 32nds, chromatic or scale-locked โข A real mixer โ per-channel level, tone, sidechain and sends, with a live LUFS meter โข Master bus glue + limiter, then export a lossless 24-bit master, per-lane WAV stems, or MIDI PLAY IT AND SHIP IT โข Song mode โ chain sections into a full arrangement โข Perform mode โ trigger sections live โข Set Builder โ auto-order your tracks by key and energy, beatmatch and crossfade into one mixed set โข Discover โ 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. โ BEATFORGE PRO SUBSCRIPTION BeatForge Pro is an auto-renewable subscription โ 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: Boom Lab at none against BeatForge Studio's 3. Boom Lab also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BeatForge Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Boom Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Boom Lab | BeatForge Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Joseph Wright | Anton Butser |
In-app purchases
Boom Lab
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








