Audio Deck vs StudioNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Audio Deck
Organize, play, and share your audio projects with this streamlined tool. Cloud syncing ensures your library is accessible across devices, and easy sharing links simplify collaboration.
- Organize tracks into folders
- Arrange and sort audio files
- Tag tracks for easy retrieval
- Cloud syncing across devices
- Share tracks via direct links
- Download and re-download audio
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Use Audio Deck to listen to your sketches, mixes, and any other audio you're working on. Organize your tracks into folders, arrange and sort them, and also tag tracks. If all you need is an audio player, those features are all free. With a subscription, your tracks will be uploaded to the cloud. Your audio library will be available across all your devices and will stay in sync. If your device gets full (as it does), you can clear the storage on your device. When you need to listen to those tracks, just download them again. The Audio Deck Cloud service keeps the originals for you. A subscription also allows you to share your tracks. If you are annoyed by using standard file-sharing apps to send music, this part is for you. In Audio Deck, you create a link, and you send that link to your friend. That link will open Audio Deck on your friend's device, and they can immediately download and listen to your music. If you give permission, they can also export and save the original file. Receiving and listening to a shared folder is free and works across different mobile devices, so your subscription makes collaboration wonderfully easy.
StudioNotes
Organize your music career with this app, managing songs, recordings, releases, collaborators, and files. It provides a central system for your music catalog, including notes, lyrics, and chords, with a built-in audio player and playback queue functionality.
- Manage songs, recordings, and releases
- Attach audio files and documents
- Built-in audio player with playback queues
- Track collaborators and splits
- Rich note-taking with Markdown
- Filter catalog by genre and keywords
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StudioNotes is a music catalog and project organization app for songwriters, artists, and producers. Keep the information behind your music organized and connected: songs, recordings, releases, collaborators, files, splits, agreements, registrations, identifiers, notes, and the work that still needs to be done. SONGS, RECORDINGS, AND RELEASES StudioNotes keeps the different parts of your catalog connected without treating them as the same thing. A Song holds the composition: lyrics, chords, songwriters, splits, registrations, and other songwriting information. Recordings keep track of the actual versions you've recorded, including performers, producers, engineers, agreements, identifiers, audio files, stems, alternate mixes, and other deliverables. Releases bring those Recordings together as singles, EPs, and albums, with artwork, release dates, distribution information, links, and track details. FIND WHAT YOU NEED Search across your catalog and jump directly to the information you're looking for. Use filters and Smart Collections to find groups of items based on the information StudioNotes already tracks. Find recordings that are missing agreements, songs that still need registrations, releases that need attention, or anything else you want to keep track of as your catalog grows. Keep To-Dos with individual songs and recordings so the work that still needs attention stays connected to the project. FILES AND AUDIO Keep audio, artwork, agreements, documents, and other files with the songs and recordings they belong to. The built-in audio player lets you listen to mixes and ideas, create playback queues, loop sections, and use song markers. CarPlay support makes it easy to listen to your mixes in the car. ANALYZE YOUR MUSIC StudioNotes can analyze your recordings to identify key, tempo, loudness, and song sections. Suggest Descriptors can help fill in keywords, mood/feel, and lyric themes based on your music and lyrics. LYRICS, CHORDS, AND NOTES Write and edit lyrics and chords alongside the rest of your song information, with full-screen and performance-ready views when you need them. Keep longer notes, press releases, bios, and other text with your projects using Markdown formatting. On Mac and iPad, text can open in a separate editing window when you need more room to work. SHARE AND EXPORT Create shareable Release Pages with artwork, streaming and social links, and see page views and link clicks. Create copies of audio files containing selected metadata already stored in StudioNotes, including songwriter and split information, contact details, lyrics, artwork, identifiers, and clearance information. BUILT FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES StudioNotes works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with your catalog and files synced across your devices using iCloud. It is offline-friendly and designed with privacy in mind. There are no ads or social feeds, and your catalog isn't shared with third parties. FREE TO START Use nearly all of StudioNotes with your first 10 Songs, Recordings, and Releases. StudioNotes Pro removes the creation and editing limit for larger catalogs. If your Pro subscription ends, your existing catalog remains available to view, search, and export. AUTOMATIC RENEWAL • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID Account at confirmation of purchase. • The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of your selected subscription. • Your subscription can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off in your App Store Account Settings. • The Terms of Service and End User License Agreement are Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StudioNotes at 5.0 against Audio Deck's 4.0. StudioNotes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Audio Deck's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Audio Deck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and StudioNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StudioNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Audio Deck's written reviews are positive against 100% of StudioNotes's.
Audio Deck ships an update every 2 weeks, StudioNotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audio Deck | StudioNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Singer | TeeShot Software |
Customer experience
Audio Deck
StudioNotes
In-app purchases
Audio Deck
- Cloud$1.991 Month
- Cloud Yearly$19.991 Year
StudioNotes
- StudioNotes Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- StudioNotes Pro (Annual)$39.991 Year









