Session Studio vs Wave Music Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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/
Wave Music Manager
This app helps music artists and producers collaborate and share their work. It supports multiple song versions for better organization and offers CarPlay integration for on-the-go access. Create and share new music with ease.
- Music collaboration
- Song version management
- Music sharing
- CarPlay support
- Organized music creation
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The go-to app for music artists and producers to collaborate and share music. Supports multiple versions of the same song to help you stay organized while creating new music to share with the world. Fully supports CarPlay, giving you streamlined access to your music on the go. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wave Music Manager at 100% against Session Studio's 63%. Wave Music Manager also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Session Studio's advantage is ratings volume (199 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Session Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month and Wave Music Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wave Music Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Session Studio has 199 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Session Studio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wave Music Manager's.
Session Studio ships an update monthly, Wave Music Manager every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Session Studio | Wave Music Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (199 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 199 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Session.id | SOUNDS STUDIOS TECHNOLOGIES LLC |
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Session Studio
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In-app purchases
Session Studio
- Creator Tier - Monthly$6.991 Month
Wave Music Manager
- Wave Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Wave Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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