Comparison

Phish Just Jams vs SetMate

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

Head to head
About

Phish Just Jams

This app provides a vast library of Phish music, focusing solely on instrumental jams by removing lyrics and composed sections. Explore over 4500 tracks from 1993 to the present, with advanced filters to customize your listening experience. Enjoy curated playlists or create your own mixes on the fly.

Highlights
  • Instrumental Phish jams
  • 4500+ tracks (1993-present)
  • Advanced track filtering
  • Curated playlists
  • On-the-fly mix creation
  • Continuous playback
Features
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The PhishJustJams website and app presents the music of Phish with the lyrics and composed sections removed, so you can get just to the jams. The complete track list has 4500+ tracks, from 1993 all the way up to the most recent tour, and could be played continuously for more than 3 straight weeks. In order to help tailor the music to your mood or taste, we offer a range of filters to refine the track list. These filters can all be combined to give you exactly what you're looking for. If you're only looking for Pipers from the Summer Tour of 1999 over 10 min long you can do that. We offer a variety of curated playlists, ranging from our Top Shelf series, which presents the top tracks of each year from 1993 to the present, to certain moods or styles of playing, like our Ambient, Dark-Evil, and Machine-Gun Trey playlists. You can choose to interact with the app as much or as little as you like. The beauty of Phish Just Jams is that you can have an enjoyable experience by digging into the filters and regularly updating your available playlist or you can simply hit Play and put the phone back in your pocket. You can create your own mix on the fly at any moment.

About

SetMate

Organize your music library, practice effectively, and perform with confidence using this comprehensive toolkit for musicians. Import or create chord charts, customize song layouts with various widgets, and utilize practice modes for scales, chords, and more. Seamlessly build setlists and perform on stage with a dedicated full-screen view and hands-free scrolling.

Highlights
  • Import and create chord/lyric charts
  • Customizable song layout with widgets
  • Practice mode for scales, chords, and tabs
  • Setlist builder and full-screen performance view
  • Hands-free auto-scroll for lyrics
  • Nashville Number System toolkit
  • Guitar tab editor
Features
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SetMate is the all-in-one guitar toolkit built for gigging musicians. Build setlists, organize chord charts, transpose songs, use Nashville numbers, and take everything you need on stage. From learning a song at home to playing it live, SetMate keeps your charts, setlists, tabs, notes, backing tracks, and guitar tools in one place. BACKING TRACKS & STEM SEPARATION Bring the recording on stage with you. Import a song you own and SetMate splits it into parts you control separately. • Separate any song into vocals, drums, bass, and instruments • Mute your own part and play it live over the rest of the band • Import from your music library, Files, or iCloud • Already have multitracks? Upload your own — WAV, AIFF, FLAC and more • Rename every stem to match your session • Volume, mute, and solo on each part • Scrubbing, restart, and 15-second skip • Floating mixer in perform mode — drag it anywhere, shrink it to a pill • Keeps playing in the background and from the lock screen SETLISTS & PERFORM MODE Turn every song into a stage-ready workspace. • Build setlists and arrange songs in any order • Add venue, set time, and performance notes • Set each song's key for the gig and SetMate remembers it • Full-screen stage view, portrait or landscape • Hands-free auto-scroll; tap lyrics to pause • One-tap transpose and capo display • Large, stage-friendly song controls • Screen stays awake throughout your set SONG LIBRARY • Import chords and lyrics or ChordPro • Create and edit chord charts • Edit lyrics, chords, key, BPM, and capo • Transpose any song with one tap • Duplicate songs for alternate arrangements • Keep your library available offline GUITAR TOOLS Add the widgets each song needs: • Backing Track — play the song's stems and mute any part • Lyrics & Chords — chords or Nashville numbers above lyrics • Chord Shapes — visualize every chord in the song • Scales — explore 20+ scales and modes across the fretboard • Triads — find diatonic triad shapes across the neck • Nashville Numbers — convert and create number charts • Note Finder — find any note across the fretboard • Guitar Tabs — create tabs for riffs, solos, and parts • Tuner — reference tones for each string • Notes and Images — cues, reminders, and attached chord sheets TABS & NASHVILLE NUMBERS • Build tabs or paste existing tablature • Hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends, vibrato, and muted notes • Convert song chords to Nashville numbers instantly • Build number charts with a dedicated keyboard • Save and share tabs and number charts with bandmates WORKSHOP Practice without creating a song. Pick any key and explore scales, modes, triads, chord shapes, Nashville numbers, and arpeggios. LEARN 49 interactive guitar lessons designed to help you understand what you're playing — not just memorize shapes. Six parts: Fretboard Fundamentals, Chord Anatomy, Harmony & Theory, Rhythm & Technique, Improvisation, and Jamming with Others — from the major scale and pentatonic vocabulary through chord construction, diatonic harmony, ii–V–I progressions, modes, and playing over changes. Interactive fretboards, chord diagrams, arpeggio explorers, and ChordMorph let you see concepts in any key. SHARING & COMMUNITY • Export clean chord charts • Publish charts and share them with a link • Browse charts shared by other musicians SETMATE PRO Unlock unlimited songs and setlists, stem separation for your songs, all 49 lessons, every scale and mode, and cloud sync across your devices. Pro includes 20 stem separations a month, and your stems stay in your library. Choose monthly, annual, or lifetime access. SetMate is free to download with up to 3 songs, 2 setlists, 2 backing tracks, one free stem separation, and 11 interactive guitar lessons. Build your library. Make the setlist. Hit the stage. Privacy Policy: https://setmateapp.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://setmateapp.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Phish Just Jams4 screens
SetMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Phish Just Jams at none against SetMate's 3. Phish Just Jams also leads on ratings volume (89 vs 3). SetMate's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, 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. SetMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Phish Just Jams asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SetMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phish Just Jams has 89 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Phish Just Jams's written reviews are positive against 100% of SetMate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phish Just Jams ships an update every 5 weeks, SetMate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Phish Just Jams versus SetMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhish Just JamsSetMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (89 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB67 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrian VernarskyNoah Davison

Customer experience

Phish Just Jams

All ratings85 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative6.7%

SetMate

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Phish Just Jams

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SetMate

Subscriptions2
  • SetMate: Gig Sheets Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SetMate: Gig Sheets Pro Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • SetMate Pro — Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Phish Just Jams free?
Phish Just Jams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SetMate free?
SetMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Phish Just Jams or SetMate?
SetMate is rated higher. Phish Just Jams averages 4.8 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while SetMate averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Phish Just Jams or SetMate have ads?
Neither Phish Just Jams nor SetMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phish Just Jams or SetMate?
Phish Just Jams ships an update every 5 weeks, and SetMate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Phish Just Jams was updated on November 7, 2026 and SetMate on October 31, 2026.

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