Comparison

Pulse16 vs Beat Remixer

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

Head to head
About

Pulse16

Create beats anywhere with this versatile music production app. It features a step sequencer, drum machine, and multiple synthesizers for crafting rhythms, basslines, and melodies. Customize sounds with built-in effects and load your own samples.

Highlights
  • 16-pad step sequencer
  • 808 bass and synth lines
  • Kit mode with 16 sounds
  • Load and record custom samples
  • Automation for synth parameters
  • Hardware MIDI controller support
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Pulse16 is a beat maker and groovebox for your phone: a drum machine with 16 pads, a sampler, an 808 and an acid synth in one app. Sample a sound or pick a built-in one, tap a beat into the step sequencer, add a bass line with slides and switch patterns while the beat keeps running. No ads, no subscription, no account. Everything works offline. One small purchase unlocks saving projects and your own presets. START WITH A GROOVE • Six complete loops to start from: Acid Drive, Peak Time, Neon Nights, Midnight Run, Kit Jam and French Filter. One tap loads drums, bass line and tempo. • Ten built-in drum sounds for techno, house, trap and synthwave DRUM MACHINE AND STEP SEQUENCER • Four tracks, 16 steps, eight patterns • Tap the drum pads to set steps; the playing step lights up • Velocity per step: long-press a step • Every track can have its own length from 1 to 16 steps • Eight patterns A to H; while playing, the next one starts on the next bar • Copy, paste, clear, shift and duplicate patterns and tracks • 20 to 300 BPM, tap tempo SAMPLER • Load WAV, AIFF, MP3 or FLAC files into the sampler, or record with the microphone • Trim on the waveform, tune up or down by two octaves with fine tuning • Low-pass or high-pass filter and distortion on every sample KITS AND FINGER DRUMMING • 16 sounds on the drum pads of one track, each with its own sample • Finger drumming with Rec records into the pattern in time, with erase and undo • Volume, pan, tune, filter, distortion and choke groups per pad 808 • Synthesized kick and bass with a note per step • Decay, punch, click and drive • Slide steps glide into the next note without a new attack SYNTH • Sine, square, saw and triangle, sub oscillator, unison, filter with envelope, four LFOs, distortion and reverb • Arpeggiator with seven chord types • Draw automation curves over the pads: cutoff, resonance, drive, distortion and reverb per step • The same synth plays mono acid lines on tracks A to C, with slides • Nine factory sounds, from Berlin Minimal and Acid 303 to Outrun Bass MIXER • Volume and pan per track • Pump per track: ducks on every beat, like sidechain compression • Reverb send on tracks A to C • Boost: multiband compression on the master • Output and CPU meters, with a warning light when the mix gets too loud MIDI • USB MIDI controllers: map knobs, faders and pads with MIDI learn • MIDI clock over USB: follow a drum machine or DAW, or send clock to your gear On tablets the groovebox gets a side panel: sound, mixer and presets stay open next to the pads. Pulse16 (Pulse 16) is a beat maker made by one developer in Germany. Feedback and bug reports go straight to me: pulse16@anzalichi.de

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Beat Remixer

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Pulse164 screens
Beat Remixer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beat Remixer at none against Pulse16's 1. Pulse16's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Pulse16 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beat Remixer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse16 ships an update every 3 days, Beat Remixer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pulse16 versus Beat Remixer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulse16Beat Remixer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNavid AnzalichiFabio Policarpo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pulse16

One-time1
  • Unlock saving$1.99
None

Beat Remixer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse16 free?
Pulse16 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beat Remixer free?
Beat Remixer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulse16 or Beat Remixer have ads?
Neither Pulse16 nor Beat Remixer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse16 or Beat Remixer?
Pulse16 ships an update every 3 days, and Beat Remixer every 9 days. Most recently, Pulse16 was updated on November 13, 2026 and Beat Remixer on November 10, 2026.

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