Tully vs Session Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tully
This app empowers musicians and songwriters to create, manage, and distribute their music. It offers tools for songwriting, secure storage, collaboration, and direct distribution to major streaming platforms. Access exclusive opportunities and manage your music business all in one place.
- Write lyrics with audio playback
- Free premium beats
- Rhyming suggestions
- Record and mix song ideas
- Secure cloud storage for masters
- Music distribution to streaming platforms
- Create contracts and split sheets
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Tully was created to allow recording artists and songwriters to write and record ideas, store and manage their creative content and distribute their music all within one application. It's the only app available with tools for everything the Artist needs, from songwriting, secure storage, file sharing and music industry management tools right through to music distribution. Plus access to life-changing opportunities with named Artists. From just $9.95 a month, Tully allows you t`o: - Write lyrics while listening to your audio - Get free premium beats to us in your song writing projects - Find rhyming suggestions while you write lyrics - Get personalized songwriting help with AI Notepad - Record ideas for your song and create mixes - Store your Masters and music in a secure cloud server - Share and collaborate with others - Track and secure your audio and media files - Distribute your music to all major streaming platforms - Create contracts and split sheet agreements - Manage your metadata for your audio files - Get access to life changing opportunities Create. Manage. Distribute. All from one app!
Session Studio
This app helps musicians and producers manage song rights and credits from creation to release. It facilitates collaboration by allowing users to share audio, lyrics, and notes, and ensures accurate royalty payments by injecting creator metadata into the music ecosystem.
- Collaborate with music creators
- Share audio, lyrics, notes, voice memos
- Synchronize song information from DAWs
- Log creator credits via QR check-in
- Manage releases and label copy
- Cross-platform access (mobile, desktop, web)
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Session Studio is the must-have music collaboration tool for music creators, producers and musicians who want to manage their song rights and credits, from the studio right through to release. • Collaborate with music creators by uploading & sharing audio, lyrics, notes and voice memos. • Synchronize song information from major DAWs and recording software to the Session Studio App (desktop only) • Log creator credits and identifiers from all collaborators via QR check-in. • Manage your releases and label copy. • Access to the app across mobile, desktop and web. The Session Studio app collects all creator metadata and ensures it’s injected authoritatively into the music ecosystem (labels, distributors, publishing rights organizations, streaming platforms), facilitating correct creator credits and accurate, timely music royalty payments. Make music, get credit. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Session Studio at 4.7 against Tully's 4.1. Tully's advantage is ratings volume (950 vs 199). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Tully sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Session Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Session Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 950 and 199 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Tully's written reviews are positive against 63% of Session Studio's.
Tully ships an update every 5 weeks, Session Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tully | Session Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (950 ratings) | 4.7 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 950 — better | 199 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertical Craft | Session.id |
Customer experience
Tully
Session Studio
Bugs and requests
Tully
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Lyrics/projects randomly deleted
- Recording not syncing with beat
- Login/sign-in issues
- Beats not staying downloaded
Requested features
5 requests- Add beat making capabilities
- Improve collaboration features
- Implement spell check
- Add landscape mode for iPad
- Improve export/sharing options
Session Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tully
- 500 GB Storage$4.991 Month
- 1TB Storage$6.991 Month
- 1TB Storage$8.991 Month
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- 500GB storage and PRO Features$9.991 Month
- 500GB storage & SOLO Features$9.991 Month
- Unlimited Storage$12.991 Month
- DIY Distribution$24.991 Year
- 1TB storage and TEAM Features$28.991 Month
- 2TB storage and AMP Features$58.991 Month
- AI Credits $25$25.00
Session Studio
- Creator Tier - Monthly$6.991 Month
