Comparison

Flowthru vs StudioNotes

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

Head to head
About

Flowthru

A collaborative music workspace for effortless file sharing, lossless streaming, and version control. Manage collaborators, control access, and organize projects with an intuitive interface. Export music data for labels, publishers, and more.

Highlights
  • Effortless file sharing
  • Lossless streaming
  • Version toggling
  • Automatic organization
  • Role-based access control
  • Intuitive music data entry
Features
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One place for everything before release: Bring your music, collaborators and credits together. Stream the sound you made: Listen to your mixes and masters in lossless quality. Stay in control of what you share: Share a listen and choose when to allow downloads. Keep the work together: Keep versions and collaborators connected to your music. Keep credits with the music: Collect contributor details as the project develops. Sound Credit is now Flowthru: Sign in with your existing Sound Credit account to continue working on your projects.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

Screenshots

Flowthru4 screens
StudioNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: StudioNotes at 100% against Flowthru's 33%. StudioNotes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). Flowthru's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. StudioNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Flowthru asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StudioNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flowthru has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Flowthru's written reviews are positive against 100% of StudioNotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flowthru ships an update fortnightly, StudioNotes every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flowthru versus StudioNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowthruStudioNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSound CreditTeeShot Software

Customer experience

Flowthru

All ratings18 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative27.8%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

StudioNotes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flowthru

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

StudioNotes

Subscriptions2
  • StudioNotes Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • StudioNotes Pro (Annual)$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Flowthru free?
Flowthru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StudioNotes free?
StudioNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flowthru or StudioNotes?
StudioNotes is rated higher. Flowthru averages 3.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while StudioNotes averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Flowthru or StudioNotes have ads?
Neither Flowthru nor StudioNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flowthru or StudioNotes?
Flowthru ships an update fortnightly, and StudioNotes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Flowthru was updated on October 24, 2026 and StudioNotes on October 24, 2026.

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