Comparison

DISCO Music Management vs Session Studio

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

Head to head
About

DISCO Music Management

Organize, search, and share music and files in a centralized platform. It facilitates collaboration for music industry professionals, allowing real-time teamwork and efficient file management on the go.

Highlights
  • Organize and search music and files
  • Real-time team collaboration
  • Offline listening
  • Drag-and-drop playlist creation
  • Metadata editing
  • File uploads and submissions via inboxes
  • Playlist sharing with notifications
Features
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Where music lives, works and moves. DISCO makes it easy to organize, search and share your music and other files, all in one place. Artists, labels, managers, publishers, broadcasters and music supervisors around the world use DISCO to organize their files and collaborate with their teams and networks. With DISCO for iOS, access all your music and playlists wherever you are. Upload and download files, receive submissions via inboxes, organize and edit playlists, and playlist and listen to new tracks. Collaborate with your team in real-time - view your teammates' work and quickly build on it. • Listen online and offline • Create playlists in minutes using drag and drop • Update existing lists on the fly • Edit metadata • Upload files directly from other apps, and receive submissions from others via inboxes • Share playlists with a few taps and get in depth notifications on access and new files A DISCO account is required to use DISCO for iOS.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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/

Screenshots

DISCO Music Management4 screens
Session Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Session Studio at 4.7 against DISCO Music Management's 3.0. Session Studio also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 23%) and ratings volume (199 vs 24). DISCO Music Management's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Session Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. DISCO Music Management asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Session Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Session Studio has 199 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of DISCO Music Management's written reviews are positive against 63% of Session Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DISCO Music Management versus Session Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDISCO Music ManagementSession Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (24 ratings)4.7 (199 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.3% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24199 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB83 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperS-Wave Holdings Pty LtdSession.id

Customer experience

DISCO Music Management

All ratings24 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral16.7%
Negative45.8%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive23.3%
Neutral23.3%
Negative53.5%

Session Studio

All ratings199 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral8.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral21.1%
Negative15.8%

In-app purchases

None

DISCO Music Management

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Session Studio

Subscriptions1
  • Creator Tier - Monthly$6.991 Month

Questions

Is DISCO Music Management free?
DISCO Music Management is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Session Studio free?
Session Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DISCO Music Management or Session Studio?
Session Studio is rated higher. DISCO Music Management averages 3.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Session Studio averages 4.7 from 199 ratings.
Do DISCO Music Management or Session Studio have ads?
Neither DISCO Music Management nor Session Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DISCO Music Management or Session Studio?
DISCO Music Management ships an update monthly, and Session Studio monthly. Most recently, DISCO Music Management was updated on November 3, 2026 and Session Studio on November 3, 2026.

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