Comparison

Visual Beat vs PaSSBot

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

Head to head
About

Visual Beat

Create unique music videos by mixing instruments and vocals from diverse artists. Explore hand-crafted animations that sync with each musician's style. Experiment with various soundtracks to achieve different artistic results.

Highlights
  • Interactive music video creation
  • Mix instruments and vocals
  • Hand-crafted stop motion animations
  • Sync animations with music style
  • Experiment with soundtracks
  • Features diverse artists
Features
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Create your own composition with the interactive music video Visual Beat! Conduct different musicians by mixing their versatile instruments and vocals. Explore hand-crafted stop motion animations matching with each musicians' specific style of music. Experiment with the repertoire of soundtracks to get various results. Lets Play! **AWARDS** Best of the Best - Red Dot Award 1st Prize Visual Music Live Contest - Visual Music Award 1st Prize Motion Art - kurzundschön moving images Junior Award Silver - Art Directors Club Germany FWA Mobile Of The Day Award Selection - :output award Visual Beat is featuring the diversified music of Mohna, Nutia, Clara and Dobré: MOHNA Mohna works as a solo artist as well as with the Hamburg-based band ‘Me Succeeds’. Her process is intuitive and her vocals transmit a sensitivity that adds to the purity of her overall sound. This is complimented by the minimalistic additions of different instruments including piano and clarinet. NUTIA Hamburg-based artist Nutia is an electronic tech-house musician creating silky, pulsating tracks punctuated by different textures and sounds. This is achieved by mixing electronic samples with live sounds to produce spherical and groovy beats.   CLARA Clara is an experienced cellist who has played with an orchestra for many years as well as with different chamber music ensembles. She is also interested in experimental ways of playing her instrument. Using different techniques, she lets the warm sound of her cello vary between soft floating tones and vibrant staccato rhythms.   DOBRÉ Originally from Munich, now based in London, Dobré’s style ranges between indie and folk. His singing and songwriting emits high spirits and is often accompanied by his band. Being very versatile and spontaneous, Dobré manages to create different moods using a wide range of instruments.

About

PaSSBot

This app is a stochastic filter bank audio processor for iPad, offering advanced sound manipulation with various filter types and powerful stochastic generators. It allows for precise control over filter parameters and harmonic distribution, ideal for creating complex audio textures.

Highlights
  • Stochastic filter bank audio processor
  • Multiple filter types (Biquad, Ladder, SEM, Resonators)
  • Up to 64 filters in stereo
  • Powerful stochastic generators
  • Individual filter parameter control
  • Harmonic distribution options
  • Precision DSP rendering (<1ms control rate)
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PaSSBot is a unique stochastic filter bank audio processor. The desktop VST/AU version of PaSSbot has already arrived in February 2020 and this iOS version is equivalent to the latest version 2.1. PaSSBot filter types are Biquad, StateVariableFilter, Ladder, SEM and Resonators. With behaviors of bandpass, Lo + Hipass, Notch and up to 64 of them in true stereo ! The user can set values of center frequency, gain and resonance of the each filter, which will be then eloborated with powerful stochastic generators ( 4 independent GENs for each filter ) with continuous or discrete probabilistic distributions but also with standard waveforms. One can set each filter parameters individually, but also distribute them in harmonic order, again the harmonic spread ratio can be set by the user or even can be modulated by a GEN. Precision DSP rendering, less than 1milisec. control rate precision. The filters can run continuously or be triggered manually. In that case, each filter will be applied an independent AR envelope with configurable random duration. Important notes : - A recent iPAD model is being recommended and also setting the host buffer size to 128 or higher greatly helps to the CPU needs which also heavily depends on the number of parallel filters being used. - The resonators can be sensitive to input signal level. - The PaSSBot manual can be found at this link. https://www.sonic-lab.com/PaSSBot_files/PassBot_manual.pdf sonicLAB PaSSBot youtube playlist : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP0cOkraQHDYUoMG6BETTN1eGm-Kq5z0T

Verdict

The call

Visual Beat and PaSSBot both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PaSSBot's written reviews are positive against 50% of Visual Beat's. PaSSBot also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 123 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Visual Beat's advantage is price (Free vs $34.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Visual Beat is free to download; PaSSBot costs $34.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaSSBot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Visual Beat's written reviews are positive against 100% of PaSSBot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Beat ships an update every 123 months, PaSSBot every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Visual Beat versus PaSSBot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual BeatPaSSBot
PriceFree — better$34.99
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings68 — better
Update frequencyEvery 123 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax MoertlSonicPlanet Audio Video Teknolojileri Anonim Sti.

Customer experience

Visual Beat

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

PaSSBot

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Visual Beat

No in-app purchases

None

PaSSBot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Beat free?
Visual Beat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaSSBot free?
PaSSBot costs $34.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Beat or PaSSBot?
PaSSBot is rated higher. Visual Beat averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while PaSSBot averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Visual Beat or PaSSBot have ads?
Neither Visual Beat nor PaSSBot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Beat or PaSSBot?
Visual Beat ships an update every 123 months, and PaSSBot every 4 months. Most recently, Visual Beat was updated on October 24, 2026 and PaSSBot on October 23, 2026.

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