SoftPads vs Worship Pads Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoftPads
This app provides ambient background loops for musicians to fill sonic gaps during performances. It offers a variety of high-quality pad sounds that can be layered and customized, with options to save and recall combinations for set lists. Enhance your live sound with a versatile and easy-to-use tool.
- 10+ ambient loop pad sounds
- Selectable in 12 musical keys
- Layer multiple sounds for unique combinations
- Save and recall pad combinations
- Create and save set lists
- Customizable background colors
- Enhanced stage viewing mode
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Soft Pads was created for musicians to eliminate any dead space behind your band by providing an ambient background loop that continuously runs in the background. If you have a band or are a solo performer this is the app you've been waiting for! Features: Soft Pads has over 10 different ambient loop pad sounds to choose from that can be selected in any of the 12 keys of music. All of the sounds on Soft Pads were carefully selected and designed to only be top quality sounds/pads. Select one pad sound or layer many to create unique sound combinations. Soft Pads allows near limitless sound options. Our custom sounds like Phaser, Vox, and Breath can be stacked with other pad sounds to create amazing tones. The options are limitless on the different ambient sounds this app can achieve! What's new is the ability to save the pad combination that you have created. Give it a name and recall it to be used in Set Lists that you can also create and save. Soft Pads should be used as a stand alone instrument. Other programs played at the same time may interfere with the function of SoftPads. Soft Pads allows you to customize your experience with several background colors allowing you to chose your favorite colors and background schemes. It also includes an enhanced viewing mode that performs fabulously on stage to make the fonts and contrast bolder and stand out for easier viewing. Soft Pads allows users to turn crossfade on or off and even allows you to chose if you want to allow multiple pads or just single pads. Soft Pads is everything you could need all in one app! No more mess of having to download mp3's or sound files or waiting for downloads for hours just to get a few pads to work. Soft Pads gives you everything you need in the palm of your hands without having to go through any hassles or extra steps. Soft Pads offers A+ customer support to all of our customers. We strive for excellent customer service. Recommend the following: 1. Download while connected to WiFi. 2. Make sure that your device is in standard or normal viewing mode (Not zoomed or large print). This may affect the "swipe" function. To reveal the menu/settings, swipe left to right from the main screen. To reveal the sound pad choices, swipe right to left from the main screen. 3. For best results during performance, switch on "Airplane Mode". You can visit our website at: www.forwardsounds.com
Worship Pads Pro
This app provides high-quality, looped worship pads inspired by popular worship artists. It offers seamless transitions between pads with fade-in and fade-out functionality, allowing for continuous sound even when using other applications. Ideal for musicians seeking to enhance worship music with rich, sustained chords.
- Looped worship pads
- Fade in/out transitions
- Pause functionality
- Every major key available
- Continuous sound with other apps
- Minimalistic design
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Looped Worship Pads inspired by Bethel Music and other top Worship artists in every key. Equipped with fade out & fade in to naturally transition between pads and pause. This is the one stop shop for high quality looped pads for worship. Made by musicians for musicians. Key Features: -Every Major Key Available -Built with the 1 & 5 of the chord -Pause Button to fade out the current pad and not start a new pad -Click on a different pad to fade out the existing pad and start a new one -Simple functionality and minimalistic design -Continuous sound while using other apps How I use Worship Pads Pro: Play the pad for the key your song is in behind a full band or behind a single instrument to give a fuller sound and feel and also help with transitions. This app is perfectly dialed in so that keys fade out and in with no overlap. Also great for practicing vocally or instrumentally at home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SoftPads at 81% against Worship Pads Pro's 36%. SoftPads also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Worship Pads Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
SoftPads costs $4.99 and Worship Pads Pro $1.99 up front. Worship Pads Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SoftPads asks for nothing beyond the download.
SoftPads holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of SoftPads's written reviews are positive against 36% of Worship Pads Pro's.
SoftPads ships an update every 3 weeks, Worship Pads Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SoftPads | Worship Pads Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (41 ratings) — better | 3.4 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better | 36.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 919 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Forward Sounds, LLC | Caleb Smith |
Customer experience
SoftPads
Worship Pads Pro
In-app purchases
SoftPads
No in-app purchases
Worship Pads Pro
- Space Choir Pad$1.99
- Deep Blue Pad$1.99
- Decreased Transition$1.99







