Comparison

Pro Band vs Mp3 Backing Tracks Player

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

Mp3 Backing Tracks Player

Import and play your MP3 backing tracks with customizable speed and looping. Organize your music into playlists and save individual track settings for seamless practice sessions.

Highlights
  • Import MP3 backing tracks
  • Create and organize playlists
  • Adjust track speed
  • Set A/B loops
  • Remember track settings
  • Volume control
Features
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A simple, free mp3 backing track player. Import your mp3 files, organize them in playlist and jam along. You can set the track speed, A/B looping and volume, all the tracks settings will be remembered next time you open them.

Screenshots

Pro Band4 screens
Mp3 Backing Tracks Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mp3 Backing Tracks Player at 5.0 against Pro Band's 2.9. Mp3 Backing Tracks Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Pro Band's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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. Pro Band sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Mp3 Backing Tracks Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mp3 Backing Tracks Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pro Band has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pro Band versus Mp3 Backing Tracks Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro BandMp3 Backing Tracks Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (34 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperENCLAYVE GROUP LLCAlessandro Canonico

Customer experience

Pro Band

All ratings34 ratings
Positive44.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative44.1%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative34.0%

Mp3 Backing Tracks Player

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pro Band

One-time10
  • Practice Looper$1.99
  • 8 Blues Tracks$3.99
  • Acoustic Blues Bundle$3.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
None

Mp3 Backing Tracks Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pro Band free?
Pro Band is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mp3 Backing Tracks Player free?
Mp3 Backing Tracks Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pro Band or Mp3 Backing Tracks Player?
Mp3 Backing Tracks Player is rated higher. Pro Band averages 2.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Mp3 Backing Tracks Player averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pro Band or Mp3 Backing Tracks Player have ads?
Neither Pro Band nor Mp3 Backing Tracks Player shows ads.

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