Comparison

MixPad Master's Edition vs GrooveSmith

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

Head to head
About

MixPad Master's Edition

This professional multi-track recording and mixing software offers a streamlined platform for creating music and audio productions. It supports unlimited tracks, simultaneous recording, and a wide range of audio effects and formats. Access a royalty-free library of sound effects and music clips to enhance your projects.

Highlights
  • Unlimited music, vocal, and audio tracks
  • Simultaneous multi-track recording
  • Extensive audio file format support
  • Add EQ, compression, reverb effects
  • Royalty-free sound effect library
  • High sample rate and bit depth support
  • Export to various audio formats
Features
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MixPad is a professional multi-track recording and mixing software. You can access all the power of professional recording and mixing equipment through a single platform that streamlines the process and makes mixing a breeze. MixPad Master's Edition Features: • Mix an unlimited number of music, vocal and audio tracks • Record single or multiple tracks simultaneously • Load any audio file; more supported formats than any other mixer • Add audio effects including EQ, compression, reverb and more • Includes a royalty-free sound effect and music library with hundreds of clips to use in your productions • Supports sample rates from 6 kHz to 96 kHz • Export at all popular bit depths up to 32 bits floating point audio • Mix to mp3 and several other file formats • Save in any file type you need, from studio quality wav files to high compression formats for sharing online This version of MixPad is under a 7-day free trial. Once the trial expires, you will have to pay for the subscription in order to access the full features. For assistance using MixPad: http://www.nch.com.au/support/supportcontact.html?software=MixPad Terms of service: https://www.nch.com.au/general/legal.html Privacy Policy: https://www.nch.com.au/general/privacy.html

About

GrooveSmith

Features
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You sit down at the kit — and play the same three beats you always play. GrooveSmith solves the hardest part of practising alone: deciding what to play. Tap once and you get a fresh practice sheet — a groove flowing into a fill — written out properly, with the audio to match. Not a random note generator: every combination is checked so it sounds like real drumming. YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ MUSIC If you read charts, this is a chart. If you don't, turn on labels and the notes tell you which drum to hit — so you're learning real notation from day one, not a simplified version you'd have to unlearn later. IT GROWS WITH YOU Ten levels, from your very first beat to material you'll have to work at. Each one adds a single new idea instead of a wall, so the next level always feels like the next step — not a cliff. BUILT FOR PLAYING ALONG, NOT WATCHING Hit play and the drums, the click and a moving cursor stay locked together. Change tempo without stopping. Count yourself in. Mute the kit and keep the click, or the other way round. FILLS, AND THE RUDIMENTS YOU KEEP MEANING TO WORK ON Short pickups or a full bar, with the sticking written in so you're never guessing which hand leads. Paradiddles, flams, rolls — properly notated. FITS THE WAY YOU ALREADY PRACTISE Play something once or twenty times. Slow it right down, stop halfway, come back tomorrow. There's no course to work through and no streak to keep — you decide what counts as progress. Rock and pop, straight, half-time or shuffle — and 6/8 and 12/8 when you want them. Works offline. No account, no ads, nothing to sign up for. Made by a drummer who got bored of his own practice routine.

Screenshots

MixPad Master's Edition4 screens
GrooveSmith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GrooveSmith at none against MixPad Master's Edition's 1. MixPad Master's Edition's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. MixPad Master's Edition sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. GrooveSmith asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MixPad Master's Edition ships an update monthly, GrooveSmith every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MixPad Master's Edition versus GrooveSmith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMixPad Master's EditionGrooveSmith
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCH SoftwareBlackshift s.r.o.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MixPad Master's Edition

Subscriptions1
  • MixPad Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
None

GrooveSmith

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MixPad Master's Edition free?
MixPad Master's Edition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GrooveSmith free?
GrooveSmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MixPad Master's Edition or GrooveSmith have ads?
Neither MixPad Master's Edition nor GrooveSmith shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MixPad Master's Edition or GrooveSmith?
MixPad Master's Edition ships an update monthly, and GrooveSmith every 3 weeks. Most recently, MixPad Master's Edition was updated on October 24, 2026 and GrooveSmith on October 15, 2026.

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