Comparison

Beat Maker vs CalmusNotation

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

Head to head
About

Beat Maker

Create professional-quality music with an intuitive interface. Make beats, loops, and full tracks using a variety of sounds and instruments. Record, import, and export your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Create beats, loops, and tracks
  • 14 drum sounds and 75 instrument sounds
  • Record or import sounds
  • Layer up to 8 sounds per loop
  • Up to 10 channels per track
  • Export creations as sounds, loops, or tracks
Features
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Create music effortlessly and produce professional-quality tracks with ease. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, this app is designed to help you make beats, loops, and tracks with minimal effort. PERFECT FOR EVERYONE: - Intuitive interface for quick beat creation - Powerful features for experienced musicians and producers KEY FEATURES: - Create beats, loops, and full tracks - Access 14 drum sounds and 75 instrument sounds - Preloaded with 7 loops and 2 tracks for instant inspiration - Record your own sounds or import .wav files - Layer up to 8 sounds in a loop - Use up to 10 channels in a track - Save and load an unlimited number of sounds, loops, and tracks - Set the tempo from 10 to 300 bpm for full control - Adjust the volume of each sound in a loop and each channel in a track - Export your creations as sounds, loops, or tracks - Merge multiple sound layers into one for cleaner mixes - Easily export your loops and tracks to share or remix Unlock your creativity with this simple yet powerful music-making tool and start producing your next hit today!

About

CalmusNotation

Create and visualize musical compositions using AI-powered graphical notation. This app leverages advanced AI, inspired by NASA's Lisp programming, to generate original music based on user input and can display music from other compatible apps for live performance.

Highlights
  • AI-powered music composition
  • Graphical notation display
  • Real-time performance visualization
  • Lisp-based AI engine
  • User input-driven music creation
  • Integration with CalmusComposer and CalmusPlay
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Graphical Notation is an app for music creation and graphical notation using Artificial Intelligence. The coreof Graphical Notation is the CalmusAI brain where the modern composing methods are programmed into the brain using Lisp programming language. NASA has historically used Lisp for artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, most notably in the 1990s Remote Agent project, the first AI system to control a spacecraft. CalmusNotation does not collect or use any musical material from the internet but creates new music based on the input from the user. In addition - CalmusNotation can also receive composed music from CalmusComposer and CalmusPlay - and present the music as graphical notation for live performance - in real-time. CalmusComposer composes music with Artificial Intelligence and can send the musical result to GraphicalNotations to be presented for life performance. CalmusComposer is connected to GraphicalNotation through WiFi local network - by selecting CalmusNotation in Settings. GraphicalNotation is connected to CalmusComposer, through WiFi local network - by selecting the MacOS device in the settings of GraphicalNotation. CalmusNotation needs Internet connection.

Screenshots

Beat Maker4 screens
CalmusNotation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CalmusNotation at Free against Beat Maker's $3.99. Beat Maker's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and ratings volume (28 vs 5). On rating, update cadence, 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

CalmusNotation is free to download; Beat Maker costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Beat Maker against 4.4 for CalmusNotation. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beat Maker has 28 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Beat Maker's written reviews are positive against 0% of CalmusNotation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beat Maker ships an update every 2 months, CalmusNotation every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Beat Maker versus CalmusNotation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeat MakerCalmusNotation
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (28 ratings) — better4.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB294 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikhail AkopovErki-tonlist sf

Customer experience

Beat Maker

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%

CalmusNotation

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beat Maker

No in-app purchases

None

CalmusNotation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beat Maker free?
Beat Maker costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CalmusNotation free?
CalmusNotation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beat Maker or CalmusNotation?
Beat Maker is rated higher. Beat Maker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while CalmusNotation averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Beat Maker or CalmusNotation have ads?
Neither Beat Maker nor CalmusNotation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beat Maker or CalmusNotation?
Beat Maker ships an update every 2 months, and CalmusNotation every 4 months. Most recently, Beat Maker was updated on October 22, 2026 and CalmusNotation on October 8, 2026.

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