ARA City vs Sessionography
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARA City
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The ARACity app offers you Luxembourg’s only English radio station on your iPhone and iPad. ARACity is the only independent radio station in Luxembourg bringing you the best of new music mixed with classics. ARACity Radio brings you daily Local, International and Business News. The app allows you to contact the studio, listen live and to chart podcasts.
Sessionography
Explore the complete careers of jazz musicians, discovering every album, session, and sideman appearance. Link artists, albums, and tunes to trace musical connections and build custom playlists with natural language commands.
- Full artist career exploration
- Detailed session and personnel data
- Linked albums, labels, and tunes
- Musician collaboration tracking
- Interactive player orbit graph
- Smart playlists via Siri
- Label and studio browsing
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Sessionography is the best way to explore and listen to jazz. • See any artist's full career as leader and sideman - every date, in true session order • Full personnel on every album - tap any name to explore their career • Everything is linked: albums, labels, recording sessions, even the tunes themselves • Pick two musicians and see everything they ever recorded together • Interactive player orbit graph Go deep on a tune- Every recording of a standard in one place. Filter by instrument, artist, era, or group size. Explore labels and studios- Browse Blue Note or Impulse! like a discography. Step inside Van Gelder's studio and see the stable of session regulars. Smart Playlists via Siri- Ask in natural language to get your perfect playlist- instantly. "Play Miles Davis quintets from the 50s" "Play John Coltrane deep cuts as a sideman" "Play Michael Brecker essentials" For more control over your smart playlists you can adjust the filters on device. Everywhere you listen- iOS, Mac, VisionOS, CarPlay support, an Apple Watch app- all supported natively. Sessionography requires an Apple Music subscription for playback. Terms of Use: https://dynamicappdesign.com/tos.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ARA City at none against Sessionography's 3. ARA City also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). Sessionography's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 17 months) and device support (5 vs 2). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Sessionography sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. ARA City asks for nothing beyond the download.
ARA City ships an update every 17 months, Sessionography weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARA City | Sessionography |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | apart sàrl | Dynamic App Design LLC |
In-app purchases
ARA City
No in-app purchases
Sessionography
- Unlock Sessionography$0.997 Days
- Unlock Sessionography$19.991 Year
- Sessionography Lifetime$79.99









