Comparison

MultiTrack DAW vs Multi Track Song Recorder Pro

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

Head to head
About

MultiTrack DAW

Record, edit, and mix up to 32 tracks of audio and MIDI with advanced features like crossfades, tempo automation, and surround sound mixing. Offers extensive plugin support and flexible export options for professional music production on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Up to 32 track recording
  • Non-destructive editing with takes
  • Crossfade creation with curve shapes
  • Tempo and time signature automation
  • AUv3 and Inter-App Audio plugin support
  • Surround sound mixing (up to 9.1)
  • MIDI recording and editing
  • Advanced automation drawing
Features
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The power of a digital audio workstation in the palm of your hand. MultiTrack has been recording on iPhone since 2009, and version 7 rebuilds it from the engine up — with all 32 tracks for everyone. RECORD Record from the built-in mic, any USB or multichannel interface, or an AUv3 or Inter-App Audio instrument — up to 32 inputs at once. Monitoring, Auto Input, punch and loop recording, and latency compensation tuned to your own setup: tap Detect and a short chirp measures it, or set it by hand to the sample. Recorded audio lines up with what you heard. EDIT WITHOUT LOSING TAKES Nothing you record is overwritten, and a take survives a call, a lost interface, or a closed song. Regions point at the audio, so slicing and trimming never touch the file. Regions can overlap, and the overlap is the crossfade. Drag one over its neighbor to blend two takes — eight curve shapes, equal-power or equal-gain. Every fade has a curve of its own: drag a fade handle up or down to bend it. Smart Snap throughout, and 100 levels of undo. TEMPO AND TIME Change time signatures on the ruler, wherever your song requires. Automate the tempo itself (Unlock All Features): draw ramps and curves, and audio, MIDI, and Ableton Link follow in real time. MIX Up to six AUv3 or Inter-App Audio plugins on every track, bus, and the master. Four send busses, pre- or post-fader. EQ and compressor throughout, plus bundled delay and reverb. Sidechains from any track or bus. Freeze a track to reclaim CPU. SURROUND, DONE PROPERLY Stereo, Quad, LCRS, 5.1, 6.1, both 7.1s, and 9.1, plus discrete pass-through from 4 to 16 channels. The panner places sound instead of smearing it: at least 24 dB between neighboring speakers in every layout, and constant level across the field. Switch a speaker off and its share is redistributed, not dropped. MIDI Play AUv3 instruments from hardware controllers, Network MIDI, or other apps, and record every note, loops included. Route it all through the MIDI Matrix with savable filter and transform chains, and import Standard MIDI Files with their tempo maps. Unlock All Features adds piano-roll editing, where Draw mode puts a note under your finger. AUTOMATION — Unlock All Features Draw or record automation for volume, mute, pan, EQ, compressor, sends, pitch, any Audio Unit parameter, and MIDI CC, pitch bend, and channel pressure. MIDI 2.0 goes further: every note carries its own pitch bend and pressure, shaped note by note with a bendable curve on every segment. WARP AND PITCH Pitch shift up to two octaves either way, with formant preservation, no unlock needed. Time stretching and warp editing (Unlock All Features) put source and target timing in one editor: place markers, correct a source BPM, and loop while you audition. EXPORT THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR MIX WAV, MP3, FLAC, Apple Lossless, AAC, and Ogg Vorbis. Normalize only if you choose, to a ceiling from -6 to 0 dBFS. Real dither, triangular or noise-shaped, applied after sample rate conversion, where the depth actually drops. Export the song, the loop, stems, or one surround mixdown. FILES AND iCLOUD Projects live in iCloud Drive or on device. Drag audio, MIDI, presets, and projects in and out of Files and other apps, or over Wi-Fi. No account, no tracking, no analytics. SPECIFICATIONS 32 tracks, 32 inputs, 16 outputs, 16 channels per track. 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit float at 44.1 to 192 kHz. AUv3 hosting, Inter-App Audio, Ableton Link, external MIDI Clock, hardware and Network MIDI. UNLOCK ALL FEATURES Adds three things: MIDI editing, time stretching and warp editing, and automation. Everything else is part of the app, all 32 tracks and pitch shifting included. Subscribe with a free trial, or buy once and keep them forever. Bought extra tracks in an earlier version? What you spent comes back as free months of Unlock All Features and a lower one-time price. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ harmonicdog.com

About

Multi Track Song Recorder Pro

Record and mix up to four audio tracks with a user-friendly interface. Create perfect loops, merge tracks for unlimited possibilities, and export your music via various cloud services and file sharing options. Ideal for musicians on the go.

Highlights
  • 4-track recording
  • Pendulum-style metronome
  • Perfect loops
  • Track merging
  • Waveform/volume meter view
  • Independent track volume control
  • Export via Dropbox, Email, SMS, iTunes
Features
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Multi-Track Song Recorder Pro is a premier 4 track recording app. MTSR Pro allows you to record up to 4 tracks with a simple and easy to use interface. Designed with a simple tape recording style and with many features for creative and more advanced music recording. Includes a pendulum-style Metronome with options for creating Perfect Loops and duplicating your recordings to loop as many times as you’d like. Features options for merging all of your tracks in to allow for unlimited recording possibilities. You can also export your songs via Dropbox, Email, SMS, and iTunes File Sharing. Multi Track Song Recorder is the perfect iOS app for musicians looking to write and record simple songs at home or on the move! Includes: - Pause, seek, and scrub through recorded audio easily - Option of viewing your recordings as Waveforms or with Volume Meters - Option of merging all recorded tracks - Includes pendulum-style Metronome with options for enabling audible taps, tap your tempo for finding the perfect BPM to your song, and perfect looping which trims the audio of your recordings so that your track will loop to the beat! - Independent volume control on each track for simple mixing - Input gain control for each track - Input monitoring while headphones are plugged in - Simple saving and loading of your Songs - Allows you to import music from your device's music library as well as from other apps with the ‘Open in...’ feature - Dropbox support, you can export your current song or all saved songs directly to your Dropbox account

Screenshots

MultiTrack DAW4 screens
Multi Track Song Recorder Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MultiTrack DAW at Free against Multi Track Song Recorder Pro's $0.99. MultiTrack DAW also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (77% vs 47%). Multi Track Song Recorder Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.6). On 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

MultiTrack DAW is free to download; Multi Track Song Recorder Pro costs $0.99 up front. MultiTrack DAW sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Multi Track Song Recorder Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MultiTrack DAW holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MultiTrack DAW has 298 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of MultiTrack DAW's written reviews are positive against 47% of Multi Track Song Recorder Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MultiTrack DAW ships an update every 8 days, Multi Track Song Recorder Pro fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MultiTrack DAW versus Multi Track Song Recorder Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMultiTrack DAWMulti Track Song Recorder Pro
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (298 ratings) — better2.5 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews — better47.0% of reviews
Number of ratings298 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.69.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarmonicdogDerrick Walker

Customer experience

MultiTrack DAW

All ratings298 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral4.4%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.3%
Negative13.4%

Multi Track Song Recorder Pro

All ratings21 ratings
Positive23.8%
Neutral19.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive47.0%
Neutral10.6%
Negative42.4%

Bugs and requests

MultiTrack DAW

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Multi Track Song Recorder Pro

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Tracks out of sync
  • App freezes during merging
  • Metronome stumbles/irregular
  • App crashes frequently
  • Import feature not working
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  • Does not record in time
  • VoiceOver accessibility missing
  • Cannot monitor through wireless headphones
  • Latency issues
  • Files too big
  • Pro version is the same as free
  • Poor sound quality with drums
  • No I/O options
  • Exporting fails due to memory issues
  • App shuts down if iPhone locks
  • App will not operate in the background
  • Duplicate emails sent when sharing tracks
  • App shuts down if other notifications are not disabled

Requested features

21 requests
  • Add file conversion
  • Add panning left and right
  • Add customer service number
  • Allow recording for full-length songs
  • Adjust BPM automatically
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  • Exit app without turning off phone
  • Add VoiceOver support
  • Add magic tap for playback
  • Add landscape mode
  • Add strobing metronome spot
  • Tag exported audio
  • Add more tracks
  • Add auto-tune
  • Allow background playback
  • Allow starting recording from anywhere
  • Add reverb
  • Add Audiobus support
  • Allow monitoring input device
  • Allow background operation
  • Fix duplicate email sending
  • Disable other notifications

In-app purchases

9 purchases

MultiTrack DAW

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock All Features14 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time8
  • Add 8 Stereo Tracks$4.99
  • Add more tracks$4.99
  • Unlock Forever (Loyalty Price)$9.99
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  • Add 16 Stereo Tracks$9.99
  • Unlock Forever (Loyalty Price)$14.99
  • Unlock Forever (Loyalty Price)$19.99
  • Unlock Forever (Loyalty Price)$24.99
  • Unlock All Features Forever$29.99
None

Multi Track Song Recorder Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MultiTrack DAW free?
MultiTrack DAW is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Multi Track Song Recorder Pro free?
Multi Track Song Recorder Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MultiTrack DAW or Multi Track Song Recorder Pro?
MultiTrack DAW is rated higher. MultiTrack DAW averages 4.5 out of 5 from 298 ratings, while Multi Track Song Recorder Pro averages 2.5 from 20 ratings.
Do MultiTrack DAW or Multi Track Song Recorder Pro have ads?
Neither MultiTrack DAW nor Multi Track Song Recorder Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MultiTrack DAW or Multi Track Song Recorder Pro?
MultiTrack DAW ships an update every 8 days, and Multi Track Song Recorder Pro fortnightly. Most recently, MultiTrack DAW was updated on November 6, 2026 and Multi Track Song Recorder Pro on November 6, 2026.

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