Comparison

Pro Band vs Jam

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

Head to head
About

Pro Band

Play along with high-quality, professionally produced backing tracks featuring live musicians. This app allows you to adjust key and tempo, record and share your solos, and access detailed chord charts and scale fingerings for practice and learning.

Highlights
  • High-quality live musician backing tracks
  • Adjustable key and tempo
  • Record, mix, and share solos
  • Detailed chord charts and scale fingerings
  • In-app track store with bundles
  • Play through effects apps or Audiobus
Features
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Pro Band Backing Tracks will give you the amazing experience of playing along with pro musicians on a wide variety of styles, grooves and tempos. These high quality, professionally produced tracks are not midi or sequencer-based. They have been produced with real live studio musicians, so the feel is real. Join the 100,000+ users of Pro Band!!! "This product is superb! The backing tracks are very well produced." "The quality of the tracks are awesome and the ability to change key and tempo creates endless variety. Awesome app!" "I rarely write reviews, but this is an app that deserves a great review. If you're looking for an app to practice with, this is it! " "Mark Fitchett and the app developer have done a great job continuing to develop and support the app. It is a perfect companion for jamming and practicing. " "I purchased all the bundles and use this app to practice every day, definitely worth every penny!!" "Best app to learn scales." "What a great app this is! It is simple to use, with a clean interface." Pro Band makes it easy to record, mix and share your solos! Play and record through any effect App or use Audiobus. Share you solos with the Pro Band Community, Facebook, Twitter or iTunes in just one step! Find shared solos directly from within the Pro Band app, tap on the like button! You can browse shared solos by popularity and by date! Like no other App, you can re-mix and re-play your solo in any key and tempo! And you can do the same for any solos shared by other Pro Band users. There's truly no limit to what you can do with Pro Band! Much thought and consideration has been put into each one of the tracks to make them representative of the many diverse elements found in guitar-driven music. Tracks specifically for Bass players and Drummers are available too! PRO BAND OFFERS THE GREATEST RANGE OF BACKING TRACKS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE! All Pro Band tracks can be PLAYED IN ANY KEY AND TEMPO. It includes detailed CHORD CHARTS for every track in every key with a synchronized cursor that follows the progression, so you can follow it while you play. Mark has selected appropriate SCALE FINGERING for each track, so you'll see exactly how to start to build up your skills, including following scale changes throughout the track. The Pro Band Track Store has over 100 tracks to purchase in many bundles for guitar players, bass players and even drummers! You can hear a sample of every track available at the Pro Band Track Store. Bundles include: - Pentatonic Blues - Classic Other Blues, inspired by R&B, Gospel, Country, Latin - Pentatonic Rock - Modes - Acoustic Blues - Jazz - Blues & Rock for Bass Players (no bass) - Blues & Rock for Drummers (no drums) - Eclectic Pro Band comes with two tracks: Stevie's House and Run That Way. Dozens of other tracks are available as in-app purchases individually or in our popular lower-priced bundles of tracks that can save up to 60%! Buy a bundle, save a bundle! Note from producer Mark Fitchett: Being a guitarist myself, I know what I like when it comes to jamming with a band so it is with utmost confidence that I can say that Pro Band Backing Tracks groove and inspire. I'll admit that I am biased, after all I did create them, but I absolutely love playing and practicing to them myself and use them all the time.

About

Jam

Practice and play along with original backing tracks for guitar, piano, bass, and ukulele. Visualize chord progressions and musical scales on interactive fretboards and keyboards. Adjust tempo and key, and loop sections for focused practice.

Highlights
  • Original backing tracks
  • Visual chord progressions
  • Fretboard and keyboard display
  • Adjustable tempo and key
  • Looping practice sections
  • 31 musical scales
  • 140+ chords
Features
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Jam-Master helps guitar, piano, ukulele, bass plays to play and practice with high-quality original backing tracks and visual notes progression. Features : - Wide variety of original backing tracks for you to play along . You can see their live chord progression on a guitar fretboard or piano so you know the right notes to hit ! - 4 instruments supported: Guitar, Piano, Bass, Ukulele - Shift the key and tempo of any of your songs .- Loop any part of your song for better practice .- Guitar / Piano display of 31 musical scales in any key and more than more than 140 chords - All kinds of scales of Modes like Major, Minor, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian etc Backing tracks genres : Rock, Blues, Metal, Ambient, Jazz etc Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pro Band4 screens
Jam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Jam at 4.8 against Pro Band's 2.9. Pro Band's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (34 vs 6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pro Band sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Jam sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jam holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pro Band has 34 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pro Band versus Jam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro BandJam
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (34 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperENCLAYVE GROUP LLC群 丁

Customer experience

Pro Band

All ratings34 ratings
Positive44.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative44.1%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative33.7%

Jam

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Pro Band

One-time12
  • Practice Looper$1.99
  • 8 Blues Tracks$3.99
  • Eclectic Styles Bundle #1$3.99
Show 9 more
  • Acoustic Blues Bundle$3.99
  • 8 Rock Tracks$3.99
  • 14 Track Mode Bundle: Parallel and Derivative$4.99
  • Jazz Bundle Volume 1$4.99
  • Emi Pentatonic - All 16 Tracks$5.99
  • Blues Volume #2: 18-Track Bundle$5.99
  • Bass Bundle$5.99
  • Super Mode Jams!$5.99
  • Ultimate Blues Package$12.99
2 purchases

Jam

Subscriptions2
  • Subscribe Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Subscribe Monthly$17.991 Month

Questions

Is Pro Band free?
Pro Band is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jam free?
Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pro Band or Jam?
Jam is rated higher. Pro Band averages 2.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Jam averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Pro Band or Jam have ads?
Jam shows ads; Pro Band does not.
Which is updated more often, Pro Band or Jam?
Pro Band ships an update every 2 months, and Jam every 2 months. Most recently, Pro Band was updated on October 17, 2026 and Jam on October 14, 2026.

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