Comparison

Ableton Note vs Diggin' It

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

Head to head
About

Ableton Note

Create musical ideas with curated sounds and effects. Build beats, melodies, and sample your surroundings. Seamlessly transfer your projects to Ableton Live for further development.

Highlights
  • Create beats and melodies
  • Sample sounds with phone microphone
  • MIDI Editor for sequencing
  • Transfer projects to Ableton Live
  • 76 Drum Sampler kits
  • 317 synth sounds
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Start new musical ideas with a curated selection of sounds and effects. Create beats and melodic parts, sample your world, and continue your tracks in Ableton Live. Note is a place to form ideas, explore new sounds and find direction. Get your ideas out or just experiment until inspiration hits, using a selection of Ableton Live’s drum kits, synths and melodic instruments. Create your own sound palette by sampling with your phone’s built-in microphone. And use Note’s built-in MIDI Editor to sequence notes, beats and chords or make tweaks as you listen back Follow your ideas wherever they lead by sending your projects to Live without leaving the app with the help of Ableton Cloud. Open projects from Live’s browser and keep working – you can edit all your MIDI notes, and all your samples and sounds from Note are exactly the same. Ableton Note users get a free license for Ableton Live Lite – simple, intuitive software used by musicians, producers and DJs around the world to write, record, and perform. For Ableton Move users, Note also offers the chance to keep working on a Set from your phone. Begin with a beat: • Choose from 76 Drum Sampler kits • Tap out a beat using the 16-pad grid, or sequence one with the MIDI Editor • Play each drum hit melodically using 16 Pitches mode • Quantize your beat or nudge notes to fix loose timing or mistakes • Add more layers of rhythm • Create beat repetitions with Note Repeat • Change parameters to shape your sound • Experiment with effects or apply swing for variations Start with a melody: • Choose from 317 synth sounds and 60 Melodic Sampler instruments • Play or program your melody or chord progression with the 25-pad grid, piano roll or MIDI Editor • Set a key and scale to get instantly harmonic results • Add more layers of harmony • Change parameters to shape your sound • Add effects to experiment with sound design Sample your environment: • Create your own kits by recording percussive sounds into Note’s Drum Sampler • Record tonal sounds to create your own Melodic Sampler instruments • Manipulate your samples by cutting, filtering or repitching them • Sequence samples into beats, melodies and chords using the MIDI Editor • Shape or transform your sounds with effects • Import your own samples or audio directly from videos Work with Audio • Add audio clips from the library • Warp tempo or adjust pitch of your clips • Record audio directly using your phone’s built-in microphone • Connect an audio interface to record external sources • Combine recorded and imported audio with your beats and melodies Capture improvisations: • Play something, then tap the Capture button to keep it • Play at a tempo that feels comfortable and Note will detect it • Note will recognize the length of the phrase and create a loop • Quantize it, add to it, or change the sound • Connect MIDI hardware to play keys and change the sound of your instruments Create variations: • Note features a grid-based Session View layout • Double your loops to create variation within clips • Duplicate your clips and create different versions of your ideas • Add, delete or adjust multiple notes at once with the MIDI Editor • Create eight tracks with up to eight clips on eight scenes • Try different clip combinations and song structures • Export your work as an audio file to listen and share

About

Diggin' It

Features
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Hey DJs and music lovers! We are bringing you the new form of music digging. Ranging from 1930s until today, you can now swipe through releases of any genre and subgenre, stack your filters, favorite or wishlist your track, and watch their full YouTube clips. Logged in with your Discogs account? Your wishlist items will sync directly into your Discogs wantlist. Features: - Swipe through thousands of releases with YouTube audio previews - Filter by genre, subgenre, year range, and format - Build your personal wantlist and library - Sign in with Apple, Google, or Discogs - Sync your wantlist to Discogs, if logged in with Discogs - Support development with optional donations No account required to start — just open and swipe. Powered by Discogs API. Terms of Use: https://digin-it.versesoftware.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://digin-it.versesoftware.org/privacy

Screenshots

Ableton Note4 screens
Diggin' It3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Diggin' It at Free against Ableton Note's $6.99. Diggin' It also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Ableton Note's advantage is chart position (#7 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Diggin' It is free to download; Ableton Note costs $6.99 up front. Ableton Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Diggin' It sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ableton Note ships an update monthly, Diggin' It every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Ableton Note versus Diggin' It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbleton NoteDiggin' It
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (676 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings676 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1007 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbleton AGVerse Software

Bugs and requests

Ableton Note

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional loss of unsaved work
  • Freezing issues when editing clips

Requested features

6 requests
  • Audio track support
  • Expanded note editing tools
  • Midi controller support
  • More effects and synth options
  • Time signature flexibility
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  • Ability to import samples from Ableton Live

Diggin' It

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ableton Note

One-time1
  • Drift In-App Purchase$3.99
7 purchases

Diggin' It

Subscriptions4
  • Support Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Support Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Support Yearly$8.991 Year
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  • Support Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Support$1.99
  • Support$3.99
  • Support$8.99

Questions

Is Ableton Note free?
Ableton Note costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Diggin' It free?
Diggin' It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ableton Note or Diggin' It have ads?
Neither Ableton Note nor Diggin' It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ableton Note or Diggin' It?
Ableton Note ships an update monthly, and Diggin' It every 3 days. Most recently, Ableton Note was updated on September 25, 2026 and Diggin' It on September 14, 2026.

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