Comparison

Music Pulse vs Beatworld

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

Head to head
About

Music Pulse

Transform ambient sound into dynamic visual displays like VU meters and light shows. Customize themes, colors, and text for a personalized audio-visual experience. Audio is processed locally for privacy.

Highlights
  • VU meters and LED displays
  • Frequency spectra and light effects
  • Customizable themes and colors
  • Adjustable sensitivity
  • Add custom text overlays
  • Offline audio processing
Features
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Give sound a visual form with Music Pulse. Place your phone or tablet near the music, enable the microphone, and explore VU meters, spectra and glowing scenes that react to sound. EXPLORE THREE COLLECTIONS Browse square previews in Initial, Halloween and Christmas packs. Discover 18 initial designs, five Halloween scenes and five Christmas visualizers with snow, glowing lights and warm fireplace effects. MAKE IT YOURS Adjust sensitivity, choose colors in supported themes, and add your own text. Double-tap to hide the controls and enjoy the visuals. ACCESS AND ADS Voluntarily watch a rewarded video to enter a pack. Use and switch its themes without another video until you leave the pack. Returning to the pack selector ends access; entering any pack again requires another rewarded video. Banners appear only in pack and theme selectors. No ads appear during visualization. No account or in-app purchases are required. AUDIO PROCESSED LOCALLY Microphone audio is processed on your device. It is not saved as a recording or uploaded to our servers. Advertising may process data as described in the privacy policy. Music Pulse uses the microphone. It is not a music player and does not directly capture internal audio from other apps. Its meters are visual effects, not calibrated measuring instruments. Some themes contain flashing lights and rapid changes in brightness.

About

Beatworld

Features
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Pick a song, and the world on your screen starts moving to it. Beatworld is not just a waveform. The kick makes a crowd of balls jump, the snare sends out a shockwave, and when the chorus hits, the whole world lights up. Save what you see as a vertical video in one tap. WORLDS THAT DANCE TO YOUR MUSIC - Bouncing Balls: balls bounce on every kick, the floor shakes with the bass, and shockwaves ring out on the snare - Dancing Cats: neon cats change their choreography every two bars: steps, claps, waves, solos, and a big jump together on the drop - Neon Band: a robot band plays along: kick drum on the kick, sticks on the snare, and the crowd goes wild on the drop - Night Drive: cruise a neon city at night where the windows are an equalizer, through tunnels and over bridges, speeding up on the drop - Photo Beat: your own photo turns into pulsing tiles, shatters on the drop, and snaps back together on the next bar - Neon Tunnel: fly through a neon tunnel whose lights race along with the beat CLASSIC VISUALIZERS - Spectrum: every band from deep bass to bright highs becomes a bar of light - Circular Spectrum: a ring of frequencies that pulses with each beat - Particles: thousands of particles rise and burst with the song, swirling into vortexes and flowers - Kaleidoscope: a neon kaleidoscope that blooms on the beat and bursts outward on the drop - Laser Show: festival lasers sweep the venue, changing patterns with each part of the song SYNC THAT FEELS RIGHT When you load a song, Beatworld analyzes it once, on your device: loudness, bass, mids and highs, kick, snare, hi-hat, tempo, where each beat falls, and how the energy builds across the whole track. The visuals lean in just before the chorus and explode the moment it lands. Bluetooth headphone delay is compensated, too. SAVE AS A VERTICAL VIDEO - Export 9:16 vertical videos (1080x1920) to your photo library or share them right away. Square (1:1) and wide (16:9) are available too - Choose the part of the song to export - The song's audio is included MAKE IT YOURS Adjust color, sensitivity, glow, camera effects, thickness, particle amount and more for each visual. WHICH SONGS YOU CAN USE DRM-free audio files in the Files app (MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, AIFF and more) and the demo track in the app. Copy-protected streaming songs, such as Apple Music tracks, cannot be used. Before you publish a video, make sure you have the rights to the music. Songs are analyzed on your device only and are never uploaded. WHAT IS INCLUDED, AND WHAT NEEDS A PURCHASE The core visuals can be used without paying. Without Premium, exported videos carry a small watermark in the corner and are 30fps, and the app shows ads. Some visuals, watermark-free export and 60fps export require Premium (an in-app purchase). Watching a video ad unlocks one watermark-free export, or a locked visual until you close the app. SUBSCRIPTION "Beatworld Premium" is offered as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly): no ads, no watermark, every visual, and 60fps export. The yearly plan may include a free trial for eligible users. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. LIFETIME "Beatworld Premium (Lifetime)" is a one-time purchase that unlocks the same Premium forever. It does not renew. NOTES You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple ID settings under Subscriptions. If you cancel, Premium stays active until the end of the current period. Partial periods are not refunded. RESTORE PURCHASES If you have purchased before, tap "Restore Purchases" on the purchase screen. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tomople.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Music Pulse4 screens
Beatworld4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Music Pulse at none against Beatworld's 3. Beatworld's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Beatworld sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Music Pulse asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Music Pulse ships an update fortnightly, Beatworld every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Music Pulse versus Beatworld: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusic PulseBeatworld
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB56 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAdrian Fernandeztomople

In-app purchases

None

Music Pulse

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Beatworld

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is Music Pulse free?
Music Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beatworld free?
Beatworld is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Music Pulse or Beatworld have ads?
Both Music Pulse and Beatworld show ads.
Which is updated more often, Music Pulse or Beatworld?
Music Pulse ships an update fortnightly, and Beatworld every 4 days. Most recently, Music Pulse was updated on October 31, 2026 and Beatworld on October 26, 2026.

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