Comparison

BeatHawk vs EG Pulse

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

Head to head
About

BeatHawk

Create, record, and mix music on the go with this portable production studio. It offers a vast library of sounds, instruments, and effects, allowing you to import your own samples and collaborate with other apps. Export your creations in various formats or share them directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Create beats and compose tracks
  • Sample, record, and sequence music
  • Mix and arrange your own music
  • High-quality UVI sounds and effects
  • Import your own samples
  • Export mixes, stems, and MIDI
  • Share on YouTube and SoundCloud
Features
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Portable Music Production Studio : create beats, compose whole tracks, sample, record, sequence, perform, mix and arrange your own music! » Packed with high-quality UVI sounds, instruments and effects » Use included UVI sounds, your own samples, or high-quality expansion packs » Use with other Apps that support Ableton Link. Audiobus, AudioCopy and AudioUnits » Export your mixes, stems, MIDI tracks or as Ableton Live project files » Share with your friends on YouTube or SoundCloud » Get your ideas out quickly, efficiently and sounding great no matter where you are! STUDIO GRADE » Designed to put professional quality UVI software into a lightweight and fun performance-oriented package » Delivers extreme sonic fidelity rivaling desktop products » Power, speed and flexibility make for ultimate ease-of-use » Ensures fast, intuitive and professional quality music production SOUNDS » Including 2 factory sound packs with 2,000+ samples, 290 presets and dozens of loops » Import your own sounds (support for MP3, WAV, AIF, FLAC, and M4A) » Record using built-in mic, line-in or external devices » Edit and tweak sounds with high-quality effects and ADSR envelopes » Integrated sound expansion store (Acoustic Grand, Atlanta Urban, Funk, Brass Riffs, Asia, World Percussions, Vintage Blues Guitar, Electric Organs, Electro Pop, and much more…) CONNECTIVITY » Ableton Link, Inter-App Audio, Audio Unit v3 Plugin, Audiobus and AudioCopy support » Transfer files via. iCloud, Google Drive, DropBox or OneDrive » Paste audio directly to pads with AudioCopy » External keyboard and MIDI-over-LAN support via CoreMIDI » Jam with multiple devices using WIST Sync over Bluetooth » Export stereo mix, stems, MIDI tracks or Ableton Live project file (file format: 44.1kHz 24-bit WAV) » Share your music on SoundCloud and YouTube FEATURES » 16 track sequencer with up to 16 patterns per part » Pad, keyboard and pattern performance modes » High-quality pitch and time stretching » Numerous scales playable in Pitch mode » Step Editor mode with Note and CC » Record using built-in mic, line-in or external devices » Edit and tweak sounds with high-quality effects and ADSR envelopes » Choke groups and One-Shot sample modes » Bind parameters to MIDI CC with MIDI Learn » Perform and record arrangements in realtime SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS » iOS 9.3+ » iPad 4 or newer » iPhone 5 or newer (iPhone 6 or newer recommended) » 1.7 GB of disk space www.beathawk.com

About

EG Pulse

Create intricate rhythms and beats with a powerful drum machine and sampler. Import your own sounds, edit samples, and apply effects. Use it standalone or as an AudioUnit within other music production apps.

Highlights
  • Standalone and AU3 AudioUnit support
  • Import and edit custom drum samples
  • Individual pad effects (reverb, delay, EQ)
  • Pattern automation and probability mode
  • Over 40 included drumkits and 180 grooves
  • Ableton Link and MIDI support
Features
Currently charting
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EG Pulse is the ultimate Drum Machine / Sampler for iOS. It can be used both in standalone or hosted as AudioUnit AU3 inside apps like GarageBand, AUM, BeatMaker3, NanoStudio2, n-Track9 and others. The solid ElliottGarage sequencing engine has been updated and expanded, and you can now create ultra precise trap rhythms, hip hop grooves, electronic beats, rock and acoustic drum tracks and more. EG Pulse comes with more than 40 drumkits and more than 180 grooves already included to cover many different genres from EDM, House, Trap, Hip Hop and Electronic Music to Rock, Metal, Reggae or Jazz; moreover, you can create your custom drumkit importing samples with simple drag & drop or combining the builtin kits, and you can modify them inside the app with the sample editor (sample start, attack time, release time and sample length). Each of the 16 pads can be also pitched and panned in the mixer section of the app and also reverb, delay, bitcrusher and eq can be set individually. Each pattern can be automated to obtain dynamic changes and with the probability mode you can create always new grooves adding randomization and human feel to them. EG Pulse contains drumkits and presets created by some of the best iOS Beat Makers and Producers like SoundOfIzrael, Soundtrack Loops, the Beat Community and more. Full feature list: - Standalone & AU3 Audio Unit - Pads View, Grid View, Mixer, Automation View, FX View & Song View - Chromatic Pads - Play melodic line like on a keyboard - 64 step audio engine - 1/8, 1/12, 1/16, 1/32 & 1/64 quantization - Samples Drag & drop from File App (supports multiple files import) - Import of Wave, AIFF, M4a, MP3 audio files or MOV and MP4 video screen recording (audio will be extracted) - Kit sharing (left swipe on a kit to access additional menu) - Fill & Autofill (every 2, 4, 8, 16 bars) - Custom drumkit & user banks save - Song view - Pad Roll (with 1/8, 1/12, 1/16, 1/32 & 1/64 quantization) - Ableton Link - Step recording into grid view - Polyrhythms - Choke groups - Mixer with Solo, Mute, Volume, Gain, Pan, Pitch - Automation of Pitch, Volume and Pan for each pad and pattern dependant - Probability to create unpredictable and random patterns - Samples editor (Start offset, attack time, release time, length) - AU Fx - put EG Pulse in the FX slot of your daw and record any incoming audio - Time stretching - Loop bpm detection and automatic sync to tempo (works with 4 bar loops) - Transient detection and audio slice - Pitch detection and pitch shifting - Bank import/export - Midi In with MIDI learn to control pads - MIDI out to host (AU3 version) - Midi Program Change to switch patterns - FX (Reverb, Delay, Bitcrusher and EQ) for each pad - Tap tempo & Swing - More than 40 drumkits and 180 grooves created by iOS Producers and Beat Makers - Bank presets covering several genres - Ableton Live Set Export support for patterns - Multi stems export of patterns - AU3 Multi output - Route up to 16 separate stems to any daw supporting multi-output AU EG Pulse will give you a free Ableton Live Lite license - follow the instructions inside the app to get it

Screenshots

BeatHawk4 screens
EG Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EG Pulse at none against BeatHawk's 10. EG Pulse also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and chart position (#181 vs unranked). BeatHawk's advantage is price ($9.99 vs $14.99) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 11.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

BeatHawk costs $9.99 and EG Pulse $14.99 up front. BeatHawk sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. EG Pulse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for BeatHawk against 4.4 for EG Pulse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 394 and 147 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeatHawk ships an update every 2 months, EG Pulse every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
BeatHawk versus EG Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeatHawkEG Pulse
Price$9.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.3 (394 ratings)4.4 (147 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.1% of reviews — better67.0% of reviews
Number of ratings394 — better147
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#181 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size981 MB268 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUVIElliott Garage

Customer experience

BeatHawk

All ratings394 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral6.6%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral12.3%
Negative20.6%

EG Pulse

All ratings147 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral4.1%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative21.6%

Bugs and requests

BeatHawk

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Repeat Quantize setting not working properly
  • Saving and loading projects can be unreliable
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS devices
  • Latency and performance problems when used as an AUv3

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more pad banks and sample editing capabilities
  • Improve file management and integration with cloud storage
  • Implement MIDI learn and more advanced MIDI functionality
  • Add built-in synth engine and more effects
  • Enhance song mode and multi-track capabilities

EG Pulse

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

BeatHawk

One-time10
  • World Percussion$1.99
  • Latin Percusion$1.99
  • 808$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Trip Hop$3.99
  • Atlanta Urban$4.99
  • Funk$4.99
  • Guitar Loops$4.99
  • Acoustic Drums$4.99
  • Choirs$7.99
  • Acoustic Grand$9.99
None

EG Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeatHawk free?
BeatHawk costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is EG Pulse free?
EG Pulse costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BeatHawk or EG Pulse?
EG Pulse is rated higher. BeatHawk averages 4.3 out of 5 from 394 ratings, while EG Pulse averages 4.4 from 147 ratings.
Do BeatHawk or EG Pulse have ads?
Neither BeatHawk nor EG Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeatHawk or EG Pulse?
BeatHawk ships an update every 2 months, and EG Pulse every 4 days. Most recently, BeatHawk was updated on September 29, 2026 and EG Pulse on September 8, 2026.

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