Strumn vs Pickr Music
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strumn
Streamline your music career with an all-in-one platform for managing schedules, bookings, communications, and payments. Connect with venues directly, find gigs, and receive secure direct deposit payments. Simplify your business operations and focus on your art.
- Schedule and booking management
- Direct venue communication
- Gig discovery
- Secure payment processing
- Direct deposit payments
- 1099 tax form support
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Strumn is your all-in-one platform for managing your schedule, bookings, communications, and payments with venues. Tired of blasting out hundreds of DMs and cold calls to venues and never hearing back? Use Strumn to ensure that your pitch finds its way to the right person without going through Instagram or Email. On the road and looking for a Friday night gig in the city? Use Strumn to quickly find a venue who loves your genre and has an opening in their calendar. Still waiting on that check or cash payment after you performed? Use Strumn to receive scheduled direct deposit payments from the venue, including a 1099. Terms & Policies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.strumn.com/terms
Pickr Music
This platform connects music industry professionals, allowing users to find and book studios, engineers, and musicians. Service providers can easily showcase their offerings, rates, and secure payments. It also features industry news, a job board, and networking opportunities.
- Connect music industry professionals
- Book studios, engineers, and musicians
- Showcase services and rates
- Secure upfront payments
- Industry news and job board
- Network with other users
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Pickr is a platform designed to help recording studios, engineers, musicians, and other music industry professionals connect and showcase their services. Users looking to book a studio, engineer, or musician for a project no longer need to contact multiple providers to find out more information about the gear they have, the services they offer, or what their rates are. With Pickr, you have everything you need at your fingertips, so you can put together a session in minutes. Providers can instantly update their information, their rates, secure payment up front in advance through the app, and easily vet potential clients or collaborators. Pickr is a targeted marketing platform where you can search for or showcase your own services absolutely free. It’s a one-stop-shop for music professionals. Stay up-to-date on the latest industry news, post jobs or questions on the Board, connect with other users, or book services within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pickr Music at none against Strumn's 2. Strumn's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 5). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Strumn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Pickr Music asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Strumn against 5.0 for Pickr Music. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 5 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strumn | Pickr Music |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Strumn LLC | Pickr LLC |
Customer experience
Strumn
Pickr Music
In-app purchases
Strumn
- Monthly Plan$10.001 Month
- Yearly$90.001 Year
Pickr Music
No in-app purchases









