SBL Groove Trainer vs Jamulus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBL Groove Trainer
This app is a comprehensive practice toolkit for bass players. It offers a metronome, tuner, beat trainer, and a drum looper featuring live samples from professional drummers. Enhance your bass playing skills with realistic jamming and practice tools.
- Metronome
- Precision tuner
- Beat trainer
- Drum looper with live samples
- Practice with real musicians
- Jam with famous drummers
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The Groove Trainer from Scott's Bass Lessons (SBL) is not just another metronome app - it’s the ultimate bass player’s practice toolkit. Play along with real musicians, jam with famous drummers like Mark Guiliana and Nate Wood, and more. It's a precision tuner, beat trainer, and metronome - and the SBL Groove Trainer is also a drum looper packed with live samples from the hottest drummers on the planet. Every time you sit down to practice, the Groove Trainer is at your side with a power pack of tools to help level up your playing, quickly and easily.
Jamulus
Connect with musicians worldwide for real-time, low-latency online jamming, rehearsals, and performances. Compatible with desktop versions, it enables bands, choirs, and individuals to play together seamlessly over the internet, regardless of location.
- Real-time online jamming
- Low-latency sound
- Remote rehearsals
- Global musician connection
- High-quality audio
- Cross-platform compatibility
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This is the official Jamulus App for iPad and iPhone compatible with Jamulus on your desktop. You should use wired headphones and a stable internet connection for good performance. For best performance, a wired audio interface and a wired internet connection or stable 5G cellular is highly recommended! Jamulus lets you play, rehearse, or jam with your friends, your band, or anyone you find online. Play together remotely in time with high quality, low-latency sound on a normal internet connection. All over the world Jamulus allows choirs to rehearse and rock bands to play. Jamulus brings folk and classical musicians together. It’s being used for remote music lessons, in schools and universities, in private and in public — all in real time on the Internet, as if you were there in person.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SBL Groove Trainer at 152 against Jamulus's 1. Jamulus's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jamulus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SBL Groove Trainer has 152 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SBL Groove Trainer ships an update every 5 months, Jamulus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBL Groove Trainer | Jamulus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (152 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 286 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Devine Music Limited | Jonathan Chung |
Customer experience
SBL Groove Trainer
Jamulus
Bugs and requests
SBL Groove Trainer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Grooves not loading after iOS update
- Drone feature not working properly
- Drum beats not loading on certain devices
Requested features
8 requests- Add visual tempo display
- Include reggae and other genre-specific beats
- Implement count-in feature
- Add lights to indicate each beat
- Integrate loop recording functionality
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- Support for third-party hardware like iRig
- Implement Dynamic Island support on iOS
- Add timer or practice session tracking
Jamulus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SBL Groove Trainer
No in-app purchases
Jamulus
No in-app purchases









