Comparison

Session Studio vs OpeningSong

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

OpeningSong

This app consolidates your music streaming services and concert experiences into a single platform. Track your listening habits, discover new music through friends, and engage with artist communities. It celebrates your fandom with achievements and exclusive rewards.

Highlights
  • Connect multiple music streaming services
  • Track listening statistics and history
  • Discover music through friends' playlists
  • Save and check into upcoming concerts
  • Create and join artist fan communities
  • Match with other fans based on taste
  • Earn achievements and unlock rewards
Features
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OpeningSong turns every concert into a memory you keep. Check in at the venue, capture the night with your crowd on a shared memory wall, go live with photos and video, and when the setlist drops, save it as a playlist in one tap. Create a link to your concert memory page and share highlights with friends and family seamlessly. Finding the next show is just as easy. Your "For You" page picks concerts from what you actually listen to, each with the reason it's yours, and every Thursday a digest names the weekend's best. Discover what's playing near you or wherever you're traveling, follow the venues you love and see their full program anytime, and get tickets in one tap. Smart alerts remind you to check in before doors, go live at showtime, and relive it the morning after. Between shows, stay close to your music and your people: your streaming stats in real time, a feed of what friends are streaming and seeing, weekly community playlists, listening parties, and concert buddies for your next night out. And it all builds toward something bigger: Superfan status with the artists you love, and a direct connection between fans and artists, where showing up counts.

Screenshots

Session Studio4 screens
OpeningSong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OpeningSong at 100% against Session Studio's 63%. OpeningSong also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Session Studio's advantage is ratings volume (199 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.4). On price, ads and device support 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. OpeningSong asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OpeningSong 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 4, 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 OpeningSong's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Session Studio ships an update monthly, OpeningSong weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Session Studio versus OpeningSong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSession StudioOpeningSong
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (199 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings199 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSession.idDavid Behrends

Customer experience

Session Studio

All ratings199 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral8.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral21.1%
Negative15.8%

OpeningSong

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Session Studio

Subscriptions1
  • Creator Tier - Monthly$6.991 Month
None

OpeningSong

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Session Studio free?
Session Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpeningSong free?
OpeningSong is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Session Studio or OpeningSong?
OpeningSong is rated higher. Session Studio averages 4.7 out of 5 from 199 ratings, while OpeningSong averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Session Studio or OpeningSong have ads?
Neither Session Studio nor OpeningSong shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Session Studio or OpeningSong?
Session Studio ships an update monthly, and OpeningSong weekly. Most recently, Session Studio was updated on October 14, 2026 and OpeningSong on October 16, 2026.

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