Jazz Master Tracks vs RealPlay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jazz Master Tracks
This app provides musicians with a catalog of interactive albums for learning, analyzing, and playing along with jazz music. It features high-quality recordings with individual instrument stems, allowing for detailed listening and practice.
- Interactive albums with stem player
- Mute or solo instruments
- Create and loop song sections
- Adjust playback speed in real-time
- View and export chord sheets
- High-fidelity stereo export
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Tailored to the practicing musician, Jazz Master Tracks offers a catalog of exciting sessions as "Albums in an App,” ideal for learning, analyzing, transcribing, and playing along, for both soloists and rhythm section. Each album is created specifically for this app and features top-tier contemporary musicians recorded, mixed, and mastered into stems. ___ START RIGHT AWAY ___ The song „Good Bait“ from Vol. 1, Standards Sessions, is immediately available to get you started and explore all the features the app has to offer: – See the musical structure of songs – Mute or solo instruments – Play loops anywhere – Zoom to fine-tune your loops for transcribing – Add bookmarks to recall loops – Set pre-roll for playback – Slow down or speed up playback in real-time – Adjust the 3-band equalizer – View and export chord sheets in various keys – Export songs in HiFi stereo for your favorite music player ___ MIX / LOOP / LISTEN ___ The simple, intuitive, and user-friendly stem player interface benefits all players, whether soloing or comping. What Jazz Master Tracks offers is not simply a backing track, but a real performance with a soul and a direction to work with. Being able to listen to each instrument in solo mode allows you to hear every detail, every breath. Easy navigation, bookmarks, and loops help you learn the phrases by ear — by far the most efficient way. ___ IN-APP PURCHASES ___ Individual albums are available as in-app purchases. More albums will be released on a regular basis. You can listen to these albums on most streaming platforms to discover the music before you buy. ___ FAIR MUSIC ___ Jazz Master Tracks promotes a fair ecosystem honoring the rights of musicians and original composers. By purchasing the Album in an App you are contributing to a fair music ecosystem.
RealPlay
Practice music with authentic backing tracks performed by professional musicians. Customize tempo, key, and mix for focused learning. Features over 100 standard chord progressions with an expanding library.
- Authentic backing tracks
- 100+ standard chord progressions
- Real-time tempo adjustment
- Instrument isolation and mixing
- Instant transposition to all keys
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RealPlay lets you practice with real music—not midi tracks, AI, or loops. Play along with authentic backing tracks performed by world-class rhythm sections, featuring an expanding library of over 100 essential standard chord progressions. Easily customize your practice with real-time controls for tempo, key, and mix—so you can focus on exactly what you need. Features: • World-class rhythm sections • 100+ essential jazz standards and chord progressions (expanding library) • Real-time tempo adjustment • Instrument isolation and mixing (ideal for rhythm section players) • Instant transposition to all 12 keys Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RealPlay at 73% against Jazz Master Tracks's 0%. RealPlay also leads on price (Free vs $1.90) and rating (4.8 vs 4.0). Jazz Master Tracks's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
RealPlay is free to download; Jazz Master Tracks costs $1.90 up front. Jazz Master Tracks sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and RealPlay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RealPlay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealPlay has 171 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Jazz Master Tracks's written reviews are positive against 73% of RealPlay's.
Jazz Master Tracks ships an update monthly, RealPlay every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jazz Master Tracks | RealPlay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.90 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (171 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 73.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 171 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tondo | RealPlay LLC |
Customer experience
Jazz Master Tracks
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In-app purchases
Jazz Master Tracks
- Vol.1 Standards Sessions$9.90
- Vol.2 Standards Sessions$12.99
- Vol.3 Octet Sessions$19.99
RealPlay
- RealPlay Pro Monthly$3.291 Month
- RealPlay Pro Yearly$21.991 Year
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