Comparison

Session Studio vs DREAM.DO.

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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/

About

DREAM.DO.

Discover independent artists, preview music, and watch music videos for free. Own your music library with background playback and offline listening. Artists can upload, price, and sell their music directly.

Highlights
  • Discover independent artists
  • Preview music and watch videos
  • Own and download music
  • Offline listening
  • Artist music sales
  • Community groups
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DREAM.DO connects you with the music and artists you love. Explore new releases, listen to free previews and watch available artist music videos. Sign in to your existing DREAM.DO account to follow your favorite artists, save favorites and join conversations in open community groups. No music purchase or paid subscription is required for these free features. YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in to your existing DREAM.DO account in the app. Email/password sign-in and password recovery are available in the app. Account registration is not available in the iOS app. You can browse music previews and available artist music videos without signing in. WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR FREE • Discover independent artists and preview their music, even without an account • Watch available artist music videos • Follow your favorite artists and save favorites with a free fan account • Join conversations in enabled open community groups; some other groups require approval or additional access • Like, comment and share artists, releases and tracks YOUR DREAM.DO MUSIC LIBRARY Your library brings together music you have obtained through DREAM.DO. Full playback and downloads of paid releases require ownership of those releases; a free account does not unlock paid music. • Listen to the music you own, with background playback, lock screen and Bluetooth controls • Download your music for offline listening • Make the player your own with a queue, a 10-band equalizer and a sleep timer • Read available synced lyrics for the music you own, with a short taste for everyone else • Keep favorites and playlists on your device • Receive messages from artists and reply from your inbox HOW OPTIONAL MUSIC PURCHASES WORK On iOS, tapping Buy opens DREAM.DO in your external browser. Sign in there with the same account and complete payment through Stripe Checkout. After payment confirmation, return to the app to find the music in your Library. Tap Refresh Library in Settings if it has not appeared yet. Music release purchases are one-time. You do not need to buy music to use the free features described above. FOR ARTISTS Sign in to your account and apply to be an artist from inside the app. Once you are approved, Studio gives you: • Upload — your masters, cover art, credits, genre and a release date • Pricing — set a price, or let fans pay what they want above a minimum you choose • Review — a human reviews every release before it goes live • Analytics — plays, followers, likes, top tracks, sales by drop type, and a map of where your sales came from • Payouts — connect Stripe and get paid; you keep 85% of each sale after payment processing fees • Lyrics — edit the lyrics your fans read while the track plays SAFETY AND PRIVACY Report profiles, messages or room posts, and block users. Choose to appear anonymous to artists when you buy music. Delete your account from Settings. Available music videos and community groups vary by artist. Questions or trouble? hello@dreamdomusic.com

Screenshots

Session Studio4 screens
DREAM.DO.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DREAM.DO. at none against Session Studio's 1. DREAM.DO. also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Session Studio's advantage is ratings volume (199 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Session Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. DREAM.DO. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DREAM.DO. 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Session Studio versus DREAM.DO.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSession StudioDREAM.DO.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (199 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings199 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSession.idTech Adventures

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Session Studio

Subscriptions1
  • Creator Tier - Monthly$6.991 Month
None

DREAM.DO.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Session Studio free?
Session Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DREAM.DO. free?
DREAM.DO. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Session Studio or DREAM.DO.?
DREAM.DO. is rated higher. Session Studio averages 4.7 out of 5 from 199 ratings, while DREAM.DO. averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Session Studio or DREAM.DO. have ads?
Neither Session Studio nor DREAM.DO. shows ads.

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