Comparison

Backing Track Builder vs JAMMATES Lite

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

Head to head
About

Backing Track Builder

Create custom backing tracks for practice or songwriting. Choose chords, tempo, and style from a wide variety of genres. Features live instruments and suggested scales for guitarists.

Highlights
  • Create billions of unique jam tracks
  • Select chords, tempo, and style
  • Wide range of musical genres
  • Random chord progression generation
  • Uses live instrument sounds
  • Suggests scales and displays diagrams for guitarists
Features
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************************************ Create you own custom jam tracks. Pick your chords, tempo and style and let Backing Track Builder do the rest! FEATURES: CREATE LITERALLY BILLIONS OF POSSIBLE JAM TRACKS. It's like having your own personal backing band! BUILD YOUR TRACK YOUR WAY. Choose the perfect chords, tempo and style. WIDE RANGE OF STYLES IN A VARIETY OF GENRES. Rock, blues, jazz, metal, pop, country and more. GET PLAYING IMMEDIATELY WITH RANDOM CHORD SEQUENCES. Randomly generate chord progressions for rock, blues and jazz. ALL TRACKS USE LIVE INSTRUMENTS. Midi sequencers and drum machines are not used. SUGGESTED SCALES FOR EACH TRACK. Backing Track Builder will also suggest scales and display diagrams for guitar players. ---------------------------------------------------------- The custom tracks are great for improvising for guitarists, pianists, saxophonists and other instrumentalists. The tracks are also very useful for song writers. 20 STYLES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE: Moody Blues: Straight back beat guitar chops, organ chords and a low bass riff. Pop Strums: 16th note strummed guitar with a syncopated rhythm. Aussie Rock: Distorted guitar chords with an offbeat rhythm, powerful drums and a constant 8th note bass guitar pulse. Blues Swing: Muted swing guitar with a lead organ part. Metal Riffing: 16th note metal guitar riff with roots, thirds or fifths. Agressive drums. It's like having your own heavy metal band in a phone! Blues Rhoads: Rhythmic Fender Rhoads piano recorded with a DI box along with a straight rhythm and cross stick drums. Simple Jazz: Major, minor, 7 and a wide range of other piano chords with 2 beats per bar accompanied by a swing hihat. Piano Rock: Play-along with driving piano chords with solid drums. Slow and Heavy: Slow, heavy powerchords with a high harmony lead guitar. Piano Rock: Driving piano chords with solid drums. Funky Organ: Crunchy Hammond organ with a 16th note syncopated rhythm. Split Strums: Strums in 2/4 time. Great for creating tracks with split bars. Keys and Pad: Electric piano arpeggios over soft synth pad. Soft Picking: Slow muted arpeggios with a synth pad accompaniment. Ballad Arps: Soaring piano arpeggios with a subtle synth pad. Jazz Trio: Classic piano, drums and bass trio. Organ Rock: Distorted organ with a swing rhythm eigths rhythm. Slow Blues: Blues swing with piano and organ comping. Offbeat Pop: Offbeat strums with a funky bass line. Big Band Jazz: Fast swing with horns. Metal Groove: Palm muted power chord chugs with an eight note drum beat. Smooth Jazz: Muted guitar with a straight 16ths feel. 6/8 Ballad: Slow arpeggios in a 6/8 time signature. Blues Piano: Piano, upright bass and jazz brushes in a jazz blues style. Epic Rock: Slow rock ballad. Rock Arps: Clean electric guitar arpeggios with power chords. Simple Blues: Piano, organ, bass and drums with a slow shuffle beat. Fast Rock: Fast hard rock power chords. The chords used include major, minor, minor7, major7, dominant7, minor7b5, altered dominants, add9 and diminished 7th.

About

JAMMATES Lite

This app provides high-quality backing tracks for over 190 Jazz standards, recorded by professional musicians. It offers a live band experience with variations and humanistic character, moving beyond robotic loops. Download tracks to your playlist and play along with piano, bass, and drums.

Highlights
  • 190+ Jazz standard backing tracks
  • Recorded by professional musicians
  • Live band experience
  • Tempo variations
  • Playlist saving
  • Humanistic accompaniment
Features
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[JAMMATES is newly opened as a trial version!] JAMMATES is an app that features accompaniments to over 190 Jazz standards recorded by professional musicians. It is a performance companion for all musicians. Stop practicing with robotic, mechanical backing tracks. You can play as many times as you want at any time with the experience of playing with a live band every time you play. Every single JAMMATES backing track was recorded by a live playing trio with thoughtful consideration for the user. Try JAMMATES, an unprecedented Jazz accompaniment collection app. Features: - Wherever you are, that place becomes the stage. Once you download the backing tracks from the app database by saving them to your playlist, try playing along a full live band sound with piano, bass, and drums. - Playing without grooves is no longer helpful. Start moving away from repetitive mechanical loops. The accompaniment needs variation and humanistic character to enhance your performance. - Get the same live experience across different tempos. The songs provided by default have up to 3 different tempo selections that have each been recorded separately. - Various music included in JAMMATES Do you spend time searching online to find backing tracks that barely meet your standards? Install JAMMATES and search for the standard you want to play along with, then start practicing as if there is a live band playing behind you. JAMMATES contains various music that are commonly played in jam sessions and professional performances. ※ The 'JAMMATES - Trial ver.' has a limited number of songs. If you want to play the various song, please download the 'JAMMATES Full ver.' Be classy, be crazy, be jazzy Do you have any questions, comments, or suggestions? Please contact us at eve@adup.kr

Screenshots

Backing Track Builder4 screens
JAMMATES Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JAMMATES Lite at none against Backing Track Builder's 18. JAMMATES Lite also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and rating (2.6 vs 2.4). Backing Track Builder's advantage is review sentiment (37% vs 13%) and ratings volume (19 vs 5). On price, ads 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. Backing Track Builder sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. JAMMATES Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JAMMATES Lite holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Backing Track Builder's written reviews are positive against 13% of JAMMATES Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backing Track Builder ships an update monthly, JAMMATES Lite every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Backing Track Builder versus JAMMATES Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacking Track BuilderJAMMATES Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (19 ratings)2.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.2% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan Bell(주)애드업

Customer experience

Backing Track Builder

All ratings19 ratings
Positive31.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative57.9%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive37.2%
Neutral23.3%
Negative39.5%

JAMMATES Lite

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Backing Track Builder

One-time18
  • Unlock the Aussie Rock style$0.99
  • Unlock the Blues Swing style$0.99
  • Unlock the Metal Riffing style$0.99
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  • Unlock the Simple Jazz style$0.99
  • Unlock the Piano Rock style$0.99
  • Unlock the Slow & Heavy style$0.99
  • Unlock the Funky Organ style$0.99
  • Unlock the Ballad Arps style$0.99
  • Unlock the Jazz Trio style$0.99
  • Unlock the Organ Rock style$0.99
  • Unlock the Slow Blues style$0.99
  • Unlock the Big Band Jazz style$0.99
  • Unlock the Simple Blues style$0.99
  • Unlock the 6/8 Ballad style$0.99
  • Unlock the Epic Rock style$0.99
  • Unlock the Soft Picking style$0.99
  • Unlock the Smooth Jazz style$0.99
  • Unlock all styles$6.99
None

JAMMATES Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backing Track Builder free?
Backing Track Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JAMMATES Lite free?
JAMMATES Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backing Track Builder or JAMMATES Lite?
JAMMATES Lite is rated higher. Backing Track Builder averages 2.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while JAMMATES Lite averages 2.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Backing Track Builder or JAMMATES Lite have ads?
Neither Backing Track Builder nor JAMMATES Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backing Track Builder or JAMMATES Lite?
Backing Track Builder ships an update monthly, and JAMMATES Lite every 10 days. Most recently, Backing Track Builder was updated on October 13, 2026 and JAMMATES Lite on October 4, 2026.

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