BeatHawk 4+

Great App

This is a cool app for getting ideas and inspiration. It’s really fun to use and can get it making some excellent sounds. The sound packs are really nice but not worth spending the money on as the work flow when wanting to use with other iOS music apps is made frustrating by the fact you can’t directly access the the sound packs using the iOS file system. BeatHawk has a poor and outdated file management. I’d purchase more audio packs if It was much easier to use them in other apps too. Obviously it’s possible export sound but the work flow is really clunky. You also need eyes like a hawk to see some of the icons and text. That said, this app is great value for money and really easy to get making fun beats and sounds, it’s likely you’ll have loads of fun using it.

A corker!!!!

I have IMPC Pro but thought I'd give this a go. It wouldn't be right to draw too many direct comparisons between the apps, because each one has so much going for it.
However, for ease of use and for sheer fun, BeatHawk has the edge. Within minutes I was putting a song together. Pre-packed sounds are very good, and there's a really good range of IAPs, some of which I've bought already - and I'm particularly happy that some of these extra purchases cater for more eclectic tastes.
So, all in all, a very good purchase. I'm looking forward to many hours of music-making.

Update: Having splurged on a midi keyboard during these dark pandemic days Beathawk has opened up even more new horizons for me! Of course you sacrifice some tweak-ability, but the harpsichord sounds in the Baroque IAP sound so much better than the preset on my Yamaha keyboard. I can’t wait to try out the B3 to see if it really sounds anything like a Hammond!

Further update: the B3 is good but clearly the BeatHawk is not designed for tweaking the sounds very much. So you have some preset organ sounds and you can alter reverb, LFO etc but that’s about it. I purchased the Grand Piano and I’m afraid it doesn’t measure up to the Ivory A available on Korg Module. The tone is quite muddy and a bit of a disappointment.

Still a 5-star app though.

11 Inch iPad Pro Support?

I use BeatHawk as a sound bank. I have purchased all of the sound packs as the sounds are very high quality (as you’d expect from UVI) and all very useable. The AUv3 functionality makes it easy to incorporate into your workflow. My first gripe is around the lack of support for the 11 inch iPad Pro display. The developer responded to this stating that this issue would be fixed in an upcoming update. However, following an update today that included “better support for newer devices”, the UI still does not fit the screen of my 11 inch iPad Pro. My second issue is the lack of Files app support. I would love to access the sounds I’ve bought and use them in other apps. I can do this with BeatMaker 3, I wish I could do it here too. Other than that, BeatHawk is a no-brainer.

Developer Response ,

Glad to hear you are liking the app, we’re currently working on an update that will fix this.