BeatForge Studio vs MS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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 — 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
MS
Create gritty, 12-bit inspired music with this powerful sampler and sequencer. Record audio, edit samples with vintage effects, and arrange them into full tracks. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase.
- 16-pad sampler
- Step sequencer
- 12-bit sound engine
- Record from microphone or line-in
- Adjustable sample rate and bit depth
- 13 built-in effects
- WAV export
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MS-12 is a 16-pad sampler and step sequencer built around the sound of classic 12-bit hardware. Sample anything through the microphone, trim it, and play it straight from the pads. The sample rate and bit depth engine gives you the gritty, saturated character early digital samplers were loved for — not a filter placed on top, but the sound of the conversion itself. SAMPLING • Record from the built-in mic, a USB or Lightning interface, or line input • Resample the app's own output to bounce layers down • Threshold recording starts the moment sound arrives • Stereo or mono (L/R) capture SOUND • Adjustable sample rate (8–44.1 kHz) and bit depth (4–32 bit) • Presets for classic 12-bit voicings • Ring modulator, compressor, punch and saturation per pad EDITING • Trim, fade in and out, normalize, reverse, gain, silence • Time stretch • Auto slice by transient detection, or set slice points live with the pads • Split a stereo sample into separate mono left and right samples SEQUENCER • Step sequencer with velocity and tune per step • Real-time recording with selectable quantize • Up to 4 bars per pattern • Note Repeat • Song Mode chains patterns into a full track PLAYBACK AND MIXING • Volume and pan per pad, mute and solo • Mute groups so pads cut each other off, like a real drum machine • Pad Link to trigger several pads at once • Multi Level and Multi Pitch to spread one sample across the grid • 13 effects: tape echo, delay, reverb, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo/pan, distortion, overdrive, fuzz, wah, isolator and a 4-band EQ EXPORT • Bounce a pattern to a WAV file • Save projects on the device and reopen them later FREE VERSION MS-12 is free to try, and the sound engine is not held back — nothing about the audio is degraded in the free version. You get Bank A (16 pads), one 1-bar pattern, two effects, and microphone sampling up to 10 seconds per pad. A single one-time purchase unlocks everything: all four banks (64 pads), unlimited patterns up to 4 bars, Song Mode, all 13 effects, unlimited sampling time, loading your own audio files, project save and load, and WAV export. Anything you made before buying carries straight over. No subscription. No ads. No account required.
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Verdict
BeatForge Studio and MS are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. BeatForge Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and MS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeatForge Studio | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Butser | yuji yoshie |
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
MS
- Full Version$2.99









