Comparison

Prime MultiTrack App vs Playback

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

Head to head
About

Prime MultiTrack App

Easily play back multitracks, loops, and click tracks for worship and rehearsals. Customize song arrangements, change tempo and key, and manage setlists with advanced playback controls and MIDI integration.

Highlights
  • Change song key and tempo
  • Customize song arrangements
  • Unlimited tracks mixer
  • Create and save setlists
  • MIDI controller integration
  • Section looping and jumping
  • Sync setlists across devices
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Prime is an easy and powerful way to play back all of your multitracks, loops and click tracks in worship or rehearsal. GENERAL FEATURES: • Change the Key of any song • Change the Tempo of any song • Customize Song Arrangements (easy drag and drop) • Unlimited Tracks Mixer: Adjust the volume, mute and solo • Multi-Out: With iOS Compatible Audio Interfaces • Auto-Pan: Click and Cues are panned LEFT, Instrument Tracks are panned RIGHT • Preview songs in full stereo or panned • Waveform: Displayed for each song • Create and Save Setlists • Add a Click Track Metronome to any setlist • Click Sounds: Choose from 5 different metronome sounds • Cue Voices: English, Spanish & Portuguese • Dark theme option PLAYBACK CONTROLS • Song Sections: Let you see where in the song you are! • Section Looping: Loop and repeat any section • Infinite Loop: Loop a section 1 time or infinitely • Section Jumping: Jump in time spontaneously to different sections of the song • Jump Time: Choose when Section Jumping takes place (end of section, after 1 bar, after 2 bars) • Transitions: Crossfade, Auto-Advance, Overlap and more! • Set Start / End Times: Trim the beginning and end of a song • Set Fade Out: Add a fade out to the end of a song • Auto-Fade In and Out Button MIDI INTEGRATION • Map any MIDI controller to various app functions • MIDI Integration with the Looptimus USB Controller • Control master volume with a MIDI expression pedal • Map individual songs sections and looping functions to a controller • MIDI Out: Send Program Changes, Control Changes and Notes over MIDI Network to control Lyrics, Lighting and more! PRIME CLOUD • Import your own audio files with Prime Cloud • Custom Section Markers: Add your own sections markers to content you upload • Dynamic Cues: When you change the arrangement of a song, the cues follow you • Sync and manage setlists between all your devices • Save custom arrangements to your library • Share setlists with team members

About

Playback

This app transforms your device into a powerful multi-track player for worship teams. It integrates with other worship production tools, offers advanced features like automation and MIDI control, and provides an intuitive interface for volunteers.

Highlights
  • Multi-track audio playback
  • Integration with worship production tools
  • Automation and MIDI control
  • Custom song arrangements
  • Setlist management
  • Ambient pad player
Features
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Playback turns your Apple device into a simple, yet powerful MultiTrack player that works seamlessly with the rest of the MultiTracks.com ecosystem of products like ChartBuilder®, RehearsalMix®, and the Church Streaming License®. Link your Planning Center account and have setlists you create automatically appear in Playback. Pairing Playback with our ProPresenter Templates gives it access to pre-made MIDI Cues that perfectly sync lyrics to your tracks. Playback has been optimized to be the best tracks solution for a worship team. While it has powerful features like automation, custom song arrangements, MIDI in/out, and even support for SMPTE timecode, it’s easy and intuitive for new volunteers. A Playback Rentals subscription is an easy and affordable way to quickly access the MultiTracks from our ever expanding library of over 24,000 original master recordings. Any previous tracks purchases from MultiTracks.com are instantly available in your Playback library. Already have your own tracks? Upload them to your library with a Cloud Pro subscription so that they can be accessed in Playback. Playback Sync® automatically scrolls charts in the ChartBuilder app to always match where you are in a song. No extra cables needed since it’s all done over Wi-Fi. This ensures your team is literally all on the same page! Pad Player® lets you to stay in the moment with ambient pads underneath every song and transition in your setlist. INTRO (Free) - Build & save setlists - Solo, mute & adjust track volumes - Set custom start & end times - Tempo/key change to all 12 keys - Play ambient pads underneath songs - Access any song in the catalog with a Playback Rentals Subscription - Song transitions - AutoPan - Add click-and-pad-only songs to setlists - Adjust click track subdivisions - Live Crossfade between songs - Reference the original song mix PREMIUM (Starting at $9.99/mo | Visit MultiTracks.com/Pricing) - All “Intro” features - Add, remove, rearrange, rename, & TRIM song sections - MIDI Map controls to a MIDI Controller - Loop/Infinite Loop Song Sections - Save Custom Song Arrangements w/Cloud Pro Intro or higher - Add an Infinite Click Track - Automation: Place cues anywhere in a song to trigger automations for track volumes, mute/unmute, Pad Player, & more! - Playback Remote - Send MIDI Cues to lyrics, lights & more with (Requires Live Bundle or MULTITRACKS ONE) - Live Re-Order: While audio is playing, jump to a particular Song Section - MIDI Map to a specific Song Section - Freely jump between Song Sections & Songs live using a MIDI Controller - Buses: Route your tracks out of 10 buses for better mix control - SmartRouting®: We’ve pre-assigned every track type to a bus. *Supported USB Audio Interfaces & Playback will automatically route your tracks to the available outputs - MultiOuts®: Route tracks & buses to multiple outputs with one of our *Supported USB Audio Interfaces. - Create & edit MIDI Cues directly in Playback. Save MIDI Cues to your Library with a Cloud Pro subscription - Advanced Pad Player Interface Playback Premium is also included in the Live Bundle & the MULTITRACKS ONE Bundle. *Please Note* Because access is given to Original Artist Master MultiTracks through our free ”Demo Setlist” & "Play of the Week," account registration is required for you to verify your identity and ensure compliance with Terms of Use. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iCloud account. Subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You won't be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you upgrade from a free subscription to a paid version. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. For more details on our Privacy Policy & Terms of Use for MultiTracks.com please visit: http://www.multitracks.com/privacy/ and http://www.multitracks.com/terms/

Screenshots

Prime MultiTrack App4 screens
Playback4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prime MultiTrack App at none against Playback's 3. Prime MultiTrack App also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and review sentiment (75% vs 66%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Playback sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Prime MultiTrack App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Prime MultiTrack App against 4.8 for Playback. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 4.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Prime MultiTrack App's written reviews are positive against 66% of Playback's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prime MultiTrack App ships an update every 2 weeks, Playback monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prime MultiTrack App versus Playback: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrime MultiTrack AppPlayback
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings)4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.3% of reviews — better66.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.1K4.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoop CommunityMultiTracks.com

Customer experience

Prime MultiTrack App

All ratings2,069 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews194 reviews
Positive75.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.5%

Playback

All ratings4,293 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews359 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative28.7%

User reviews

Prime MultiTrack App

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Enhances worship experience
  • 🚀 Fills in missing instruments
  • 🚀 Helps small churches sound full
  • 🚀 Improves worship team performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches in recent updates
  • 💰 Subscription model and expensive tracks
  • 🔍 Unintuitive user interface
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find features
  • 🔍 Missing important functionality (e.g. MIDI control, custom markers)

Playback

From 4.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Powerful features
  • 🚀 Seamless playback
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 👍 Great for small churches

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Difficult to use on multiple devices
  • 🔒 Lack of free trial or demo
  • 🐛 Inconsistent behavior after updates

Bugs and requests

Prime MultiTrack App

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tracks not loading or disappearing from library
  • Crashes and freezes, especially after recent updates
  • Sync issues between app and web platform
  • Inconsistent volume levels between tracks

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more detailed song arrangement features (e.g. vamps, additional verses/bridges)
  • Improve MIDI integration and support for external controllers
  • Provide more customization options (e.g. fade in/out, tempo changes)
  • Add ability to record and upload custom tracks
  • Implement better organization and search for purchased tracks

Playback

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Click track and guide audio issues
  • Playback freezing or crashing on certain devices
  • Syncing problems between multiple devices
  • Rental tracks not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create and save custom setlists
  • More advanced editing capabilities for individual tracks
  • Tempo and key change options during live performance
  • Improved MIDI integration for lyrics and lighting control
  • Standalone version without subscription requirement

In-app purchases

None

Prime MultiTrack App

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Playback

Subscriptions3
  • Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro1 Month trial$8.991 Month
  • Premium$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Prime MultiTrack App free?
Prime MultiTrack App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Playback free?
Playback is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Prime MultiTrack App or Playback?
Playback is rated higher. Prime MultiTrack App averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Playback averages 4.8 from 4.3K ratings.
Do Prime MultiTrack App or Playback have ads?
Neither Prime MultiTrack App nor Playback shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prime MultiTrack App or Playback?
Prime MultiTrack App ships an update every 2 weeks, and Playback monthly. Most recently, Prime MultiTrack App was updated on September 24, 2026 and Playback on September 24, 2026.

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