Comparison

Electronic Music Guide vs Boom Lab

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

Head to head
About

Electronic Music Guide

Explore a vast encyclopedia of electronic music genres and artists. Discover detailed genre descriptions, artist biographies, and preview music directly within the app. Features a visually appealing interface with dynamic color changes.

Highlights
  • 190+ electronic music genres
  • 3000+ artists with bios and photos
  • Detailed genre descriptions
  • Wikipedia links for genres
  • In-app music previews
  • Dynamic color UI
Features
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EMG is the ultimate guide to the world of electronic music. It includes information about 190 electronic music genres and more than 3000 artists. Some of the features: - beautiful UI with dynamically changing colors, - detailed genre descriptions with links to Wikipedia, - artists info, biographies and photos, - preview music inside the app.

About

Boom Lab

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Electronic Music Guide4 screens
Boom Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Electronic Music Guide at 7.0 against Boom Lab's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Electronic Music Guide versus Boom Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElectronic Music GuideBoom Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenis TokarevJoseph Wright

In-app purchases

None

Electronic Music Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Boom Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Electronic Music Guide free?
Electronic Music Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boom Lab free?
Boom Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Electronic Music Guide or Boom Lab have ads?
Neither Electronic Music Guide nor Boom Lab shows ads.

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