Comparison

Pro Band vs SUS4 Backing Tracks

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

SUS4 Backing Tracks

Features
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A drum, bass and keys band to improvise over, in the style and key you pick. Blues, jazz ii-V-I, funk, gospel, hip-hop, Latin, R&B, reggae and more, generated on your phone, so it works with no signal. Fully on-device: no cloud, no account. Choose a style and a key, set the tempo, and play. Use Solo Me to drop a part out and play it yourself: take the bass out and you are the bass player. Write a chord progression in the editor when the library does not have the changes you need. • Tracks by style, each labeled with its key and tempo • Change key and tempo • Solo Me: mute a part and play it • A chord progression editor for other changes • Loop a section to work on it For guitarists, bassists and keyboard players learning to solo, and anyone who wants to practice with a band instead of a metronome. Pro, or SUS4 All-Access across the whole range, opens the full track library, key and tempo changes, looping and stem export. Made in the UK by working musicians. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pro Band4 screens
SUS4 Backing Tracks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SUS4 Backing Tracks at every 2 weeks against Pro Band's every 2 months. Pro Band's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and SUS4 Backing Tracks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pro Band ships an update every 2 months, SUS4 Backing Tracks every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pro Band versus SUS4 Backing Tracks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro BandSUS4 Backing Tracks
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperENCLAYVE GROUP LLCThePaulSmith

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pro Band

One-time10
  • Practice Looper$1.99
  • 8 Blues Tracks$3.99
  • Acoustic Blues Bundle$3.99
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  • 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
10 purchases

SUS4 Backing Tracks

Subscriptions8
  • SUS4 Backing Tracks Pro Monthl7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • SUS4 All-Access7 Days trial$4.391 Month
  • SUS4 All-Access7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • SUS4 All-Access7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • SUS4 All-Access Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • SUS4 All-Access Annual7 Days trial$26.991 Year
  • SUS4 All-Access Annual7 Days trial$35.991 Year
  • SUS4 All-Access Annual7 Days trial$51.991 Year
One-time2
  • SUS4 Backing Tracks Lifetime$54.99
  • SUS4 Backing Tracks Lifetime$103.99

Questions

Is Pro Band free?
Pro Band is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SUS4 Backing Tracks free?
SUS4 Backing Tracks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pro Band or SUS4 Backing Tracks have ads?
Neither Pro Band nor SUS4 Backing Tracks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pro Band or SUS4 Backing Tracks?
Pro Band ships an update every 2 months, and SUS4 Backing Tracks every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pro Band was updated on November 1, 2026 and SUS4 Backing Tracks on November 9, 2026.

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