Comparison

Tabla Sampler Pro vs StemLab

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

Head to head
About

Tabla Sampler Pro

Experience authentic Tabla taals with professional recordings for practice or live performance. Enhance your musical journey with exquisite rhythmic details.

Highlights
  • Authentic Tabla taals
  • Professional recordings
  • Exquisite rhythmic details
  • Practice and performance tool
  • Enhance musical journey
Features
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From the magical fingers of Ustad Toryalai Hashemi (USA) we bring to you the most accurate execution of Tabla taals right on your finger tips. Be it for riyaz or using it in an instrumetal music event, you can use this app to enhance your musical journey and take it to the next level. All the taals were recorded in a highly professional environment and you should be able to feel all the exquisite laya's to the finest details.

About

StemLab

This app uses AI to isolate up to six musical stems from any song directly on your device. It offers a multi-track mixer with studio effects, looping, recording, and export capabilities for musicians and producers. No subscription is required for core functionality.

Highlights
  • AI song stem separation
  • Multi-track mixer
  • Studio effects chain
  • A/B looping
  • On-device processing
  • Stem export
Features
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Split any song into 6 isolated stems on your iPhone — vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and other. Nothing uploads. Nothing waits in a cloud queue. No subscription required. StemLab runs the AI separation entirely on your device, then opens a full multi-track mixer with studio FX, A/B looping, recording, and stem export. Built for musicians, producers, and singers who want clean, isolated stems without monthly fees. SEPARATE Imports MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, even MP4 and MOV video — up to 500 MB per file. Pick a 4-stem or 6-stem AI model to extract vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and more in a single pass. Works as a vocal remover, instrumental maker, acapella extractor, karaoke track maker, and backing track creator. Everything happens on your iPhone — your music never leaves the device. MIX A real multi-track mixer, not just a separator. Per-stem volume, solo, mute. Set A/B loop points to slow down a solo, transcribe a phrase, or rehearse the chorus on repeat. Scrub the timeline with centisecond precision and watch live waveforms render in real time. CHOP & SAMPLE Pull a clean drum break, lift a vocal chop, or grab a bass line for a lofi beat. Isolate any stem, loop the exact bars with A/B points, and export it as a WAV sample ready to flip in your sampler or DAW. MAKE IT YOURS Record your own vocal over the instrumental, lay down a guitar take on top of the AI bass, or import any audio file as a custom layer. Build mashups, track covers, write demos, replace a stem entirely — all inside one session, on your phone. ADD EFFECTS Shape each stem with a 6-effect chain: Pitch Shift, Reverb, Delay, Compressor, 4-band EQ, and Saturation. Run Bus FX on the master mix. Bypass any effect without removing it. Save your settings as a reusable preset and load them on the next song with one tap. EXPORT Send out individual stems or a new stereo mixdown in WAV, FLAC, or M4A — now baked with your FX chain, so your Pitch Shift, Reverb, Delay, Compressor, EQ, and Saturation settings carry straight into the export. Pick your sample rate (44.1 / 48 / 96 kHz) and bit depth (16 / 24 / 32-bit). Drop the result straight into your DAW, sampler, looper, or any other app. Built for guitarists isolating solos, bassists transcribing lines, beatmakers pulling clean acapellas, DJs making edits, music teachers building practice tracks, worship leaders covering for missing players, and singers laying covers over original songs. ---------- StemLab Pro unlocks unlimited separations, individual stem export, the full FX chain, and unlimited presets. Available as a one-time lifetime purchase — buy once, keep what you bought. Yearly subscription option also available. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms: https://lauperlabs.com/stemlab/terms Privacy: https://lauperlabs.com/stemlab/privacy

Screenshots

Tabla Sampler Pro4 screens
StemLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StemLab at Free against Tabla Sampler Pro's $44.99. StemLab also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). Tabla Sampler Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 26.2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

StemLab is free to download; Tabla Sampler Pro costs $44.99 up front. StemLab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Tabla Sampler Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StemLab holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Tabla Sampler Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of StemLab's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabla Sampler Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, StemLab every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tabla Sampler Pro versus StemLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabla Sampler ProStemLab
Price$44.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (13 ratings)4.5 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1328 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB350 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmal MandozaILauper Labs

Customer experience

Tabla Sampler Pro

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

StemLab

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tabla Sampler Pro

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

StemLab

Subscriptions1
  • StemLab Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • StemLab Pro Lifetime$16.99

Questions

Is Tabla Sampler Pro free?
Tabla Sampler Pro costs $44.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StemLab free?
StemLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabla Sampler Pro or StemLab?
StemLab is rated higher. Tabla Sampler Pro averages 4.3 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while StemLab averages 4.5 from 28 ratings.
Do Tabla Sampler Pro or StemLab have ads?
Neither Tabla Sampler Pro nor StemLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabla Sampler Pro or StemLab?
Tabla Sampler Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, and StemLab every 11 days. Most recently, Tabla Sampler Pro was updated on October 25, 2026 and StemLab on October 24, 2026.

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