FrankenJazz vs Beat Remixer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
FrankenJazz
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Write a jazz progression, hear it immediately, and study what makes the changes connect. FrankenJazz is a private lead-sheet and harmony workshop for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Enter chord symbols in a compact chart, choose a key and tempo, then play the form with a responsive chord-tone piano. The app reads Roman-numeral context, traces guide-tone movement, and lets you compare five practical voicing families. Use the bundled progression library as a starting point or build your own. Change the key, tempo, groove, instrument, and voicing while the chart remains editable. Playback includes seeking and looping for close listening and practice. When the chart is ready, export a FrankenJazz document, plain text, or a standard MIDI file. Local recovery protects the current session if the app closes unexpectedly. FrankenJazz works without an account or network connection. It includes no telemetry, advertising, sample downloads, or cloud processing.
Beat Remixer
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Turn your music into a live remix. BeatRemixer lets you rearrange and perform your tracks on iPhone and iPad. Load a song, explore its eight-beat phrases, and build a new arrangement by moving, repeating, and combining your favorite sections. Keep the original track alongside your remix, jump between phrases during playback, or queue them to play in sequence. Similar phrases are grouped and labeled, making it easy to find variations and try different combinations. Add your own touch with hands-on performance controls. Loop a section, jump between beats, change tempo and pitch, and trigger effects and samples as the music plays. Features include: ⢠Automatic BPM detection with manual tempo and beat-grid adjustments. ⢠Drag-and-drop phrase arrangements with repeats and looping groups. ⢠Live phrase switching and playback queues. ⢠Beat jump pads, loop controls, pitch adjustments, effects, and samples. ⢠Optional colored waveforms showing low, mid, and high frequencies. ⢠Batch BPM analysis to prepare your downloaded music library. ⢠Undo and redo, with arrangements saved automatically for each track. ⢠Layouts designed for iPhone and iPad, in portrait and landscape. ⢠Supports new iPhone Duo, opened and closed, in both portrait and landscape. ⢠Record live remixes and manage recordings. Import audio from Files or choose compatible downloaded songs from your Music library. DRM-protected tracks, including Apple Music subscription downloads, are not supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FrankenJazz at 17.0 against Beat Remixer's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | FrankenJazz | Beat Remixer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Emanuel | Fabio Policarpo |
In-app purchases
FrankenJazz
No in-app purchases
Beat Remixer
No in-app purchases







