Comparison

StrumLab Jam vs ANALOGySAW

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

Head to head
About

StrumLab Jam

Enhance your guitar practice with a vast library of YouTube backing tracks. Visualize your fretboard in real-time, filter by genre and key, and receive practice reminders. Unlock over 1000 tracks and advanced features with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • 100+ free backing tracks
  • 1000+ premium tracks
  • Real-time fretboard visualization
  • Genre, key, and scale filtering
  • Scheduled practice reminders
  • Full fretboard view (0-12 frets)
Features
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StrumLab Jam turns practice into a full-band experience. Jam along with over 100 free backing tracks, or unlock 1,000+ with Premium. Filter by style, mode and key, so you're always playing exactly what you want to play. Premium also lets you jam over generated songs. A full band plays a fresh chord progression in your chosen key, scale and genre, and each chord lights up as it plays. WHAT'S INSIDE • 1,000+ jam tracks across rock, funk, blues and more • Filter by style, from Rock and Funk to Blues and beyond • Filter by mode, from Major and Minor to Dorian and beyond • Filter by key • Generated songs with a full band, swing feels and slash chords • A scale fretboard showing the notes that fit, with root notes highlighted • Play the scale or a pentatonic run, and jump between positions • Choose your fret range, from open position to the 24th fret • Left-handed fretboard and a choice of wood finishes • Streaks and badges to track your progress • Practice reminders to keep you consistent Whether you're working on scales, learning a new mode, or just want to play instead of practising alone, StrumLab Jam gives you a band that's always ready, and the visual feedback to build real improvisational confidence. This is where skills become music. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.strumlab.app/privacy-policy

About

ANALOGySAW

This virtual instrument plugin emulates 90s-era 'super saw' synthesizers with a warm, virtual-analog sound. It offers variable unison oscillators, polyphony, and stereo spread for atmospheric pads and EDM textures.

Highlights
  • Variable unison saw oscillators (1-5 per voice)
  • 10-voice polyphony
  • Detune, drift, and stereo spread options
  • Virtual analog warmth
  • Full ADSR amp envelope
  • 24dB ladder filter
  • Dedicated modulation LFOs
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ANALOGySAW Super Saw Synth (AUv3) ANALOGySAW is a virtual instrument plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host such as Logic Pro or GarageBand. Please note that the standalone version does not include a built-in keyboard - you need to connect a suitable MIDI device to play the synth. Overview ANALOGySAW is a tribute to the "super saw" digital synths from the 90's, wrapped up in old-school virtual-analog warmth, with a few "ANALOGy" twists. Featuring up to five unison saw wave oscillators per voice, and ten voice polyphony (*) with detune, drift and stereo spread options, ANALOGySAW might be your new favourite mini synth for big STEREO atmospheric pads, or dreamy EDM textures. Breaking from the "super saw" tradition, the number of unison oscillators for a voice is continuously variable between one and five, allowing for some interesting "in-between" sounds not available on other synths. Spread is applied to the unison oscillators so every note you play can have a big stereo image, and ten note polyphony remains consistent regardless of the number of unison oscillators. The virtual analog vibe is also well represented with randomised drift for the voice oscillators and modulation LFOs. ANALOGySAW also breaks slightly from the "ANALOGy" family tradition by offering a full ADSR amp envelope, a 24dB "ladder" filter, and a separate modulation section with dedicated LFOs for pitch and filter modulation, plus filter envelope. (*) About Voices and Oscillators Sometimes these terms are interchanged in a confusing way, especially in the case of super-saw synths. For ANALOGySAW, a voice corresponds to a note that you play, and you can play up to ten notes before "voice stealing" occurs. Each voice has up to five oscillators each, so you can think of ANALOGySAW as a 50 oscillator synth! MIDI Implementation ANALOGySAW is a 10 voice polyphonic velocity-sensitive MIDI instrument and is playable over a keyboard range from A0 (21) to C7 (96) on any MIDI channel. ANALOGySAW also responds to mod wheel, expression / volume (CC#11), sustain (CC#64), all notes off (CC#123) and pitch-bend (+/- 2 semitones). About The UI Not everyone likes the UIs of my latest (2025) plugins - I get it. However, the simplistic and generic approach allows me to (a) 99% focus on the DSP, sound quality and CPU performance, and (b) significantly reduce the development (and potential maintenance) time, which is reflected in my pricing. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson

Screenshots

StrumLab Jam4 screens
ANALOGySAW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StrumLab Jam at Free against ANALOGySAW's $2.99. StrumLab Jam also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). ANALOGySAW's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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

StrumLab Jam is free to download; ANALOGySAW costs $2.99 up front. StrumLab Jam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. ANALOGySAW asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ANALOGySAW holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StrumLab Jam ships an update fortnightly, ANALOGySAW every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
StrumLab Jam versus ANALOGySAW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrumLab JamANALOGySAW
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGary HarknessRob Jackson

Customer experience

StrumLab Jam

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ANALOGySAW

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StrumLab Jam

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Plan7 Days trial$2.991 Year
  • StrumLab Jam Pro1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • StrumLab All Access1 Year trial$49.991 Year
None

ANALOGySAW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StrumLab Jam free?
StrumLab Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ANALOGySAW free?
ANALOGySAW costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StrumLab Jam or ANALOGySAW?
ANALOGySAW is rated higher. StrumLab Jam averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ANALOGySAW averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do StrumLab Jam or ANALOGySAW have ads?
Neither StrumLab Jam nor ANALOGySAW shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StrumLab Jam or ANALOGySAW?
StrumLab Jam ships an update fortnightly, and ANALOGySAW every 2 months. Most recently, StrumLab Jam was updated on October 22, 2026 and ANALOGySAW on October 24, 2026.

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