Comparison

StrumLab Jam vs AuTranspose

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. Browse over 100 free, high-quality backing tracks — or unlock 1,000+ with Premium — filtered by musical style, mode, and key, so you're always playing exactly what you want to play. WHAT'S INSIDE • 1,000+ jam tracks across rock, funk, blues, and more • Filter by musical style — Rock, Funk, Blues, and many more • Filter by musical mode — Major, Minor, Dorian, and many more • Filter by scale key • Choose your playing fret range, from open position to the 24th fret • Real-time fretboard visualiser shows exactly what to play, when • Scheduled practice reminders 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://strumlab.app/privacy-policy

About

AuTranspose

This utility plugin allows for simple pitch-shifting and detuning of audio. It offers a range of +/- one octave in semitones and +/- 100 cents detune. Note that it introduces audio latency, making it unsuitable for real-time performance where timing is critical.

Highlights
  • Pitch shifting +/- one octave
  • Detune +/- 100 cents
  • AUv3 effects plugin
  • Standalone or host compatible
  • Latency reporting on UI
  • Simple and easy to use
Currently charting
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AuTranspose is a simple pitch-shifting / transpose utility plugin with a range of +/- one octave in semitones, and a +/- 100 cents detune (semitone up or down). Please note that AuTranspose has audio latency (see the PLEASE READ section below) so it is not really suitable for realtime pitch shifting in situations where timing is critical - for example, shifting the pitch of an instrument as you play it or syncing multiple tracks in a live performance. AuTranspose is an AUv3 effects plugin that can run standalone, or in any AUv3 compatible host such as Logic Pro, GarageBand or AUM. AuTranspose currently runs on iPadOS / iOS (iPad & iPhone) and macOS (Intel & Silicon) and is available as a Universal Purchase from the Apple App Store. If you’re planning on using AuTranspose on Mac / desktop, please ensure that your favourite DAW / host supports AUv3 (not just AU). PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY! AuTranspose uses a pitch shifting technique that adds latency (delay) to the processed audio. Please note that this is unrelated to your audio interface buffer size or sample rate. The quality of the pitch conversion is a compromise between low latency or decent quality results - unfortunately, you can’t have both. AuTranspose can get as low as around 25ms latency which is just about good enough for a guitar octaver type application, but will probably sound a bit “wobbly” / “lo-fi” on more general audio. If you’re interested in a more guitar-centric octaver, please check out OttavaBassa which uses similar DSP, but tuned for guitar. AuTranspose does not report its latency to the host! This is by design. Instead, the current latency is shown on the UI in samples (and ms) so you can decide yourself if you need to compensate for it - for example, when remixing projects and you need to re-sync tracks that aren’t going through AuTranspose. So what is it for, and why did I make it? In my own search for a simple pitch shifter, I found that the really simple ones didn’t sound so good, and the ones that did produce good results were fairly complicated and / or CPU intensive. So I tried to make something that was very simple to use, that produced reasonable results. When might AuTranspose be useful? Backing tracks: You might want to transpose up or down by a semitone or two to put the song in a more comfortable key to sing, or perhaps you tune your guitar to Eb. In these situations, you could probably transpose the whole track up or down and it’ll still sound OK. The only other thing to keep in mind is that the playback of the track will be delayed by the latency so as long as the backing track doesn’t have to sync with anything else, you should be fine. Remixing recorded projects: Perhaps you have a project that’s audio only and you’ve decided it needs to be in a different key. You could use AuTranspose to pitch-shift the tracks or stems that need to be in key, but leave the percussion tracks as they are. You can then add a sample length delay (*) to these tracks so that everything plays in sync. For convenience AuTranspose reports the number of samples to adjust by. And of course, you could simply use AuTranspose as an effect in itself, for example as a “Lo-Fi” pitch shifter for a retro vibe. There are a few examples in the factory presets to get you started. (*) In cases where you need to compensate for latency on tracks that aren’t using AuTranspose, add a sample delay plugin to those tracks and set the number of samples to what’s reported on the AuTranspose UI. There are several sample delay plugins available, although many of the free ones (Apple’s included) don’t go that high. By the time you read this, MicroLag should be available which supports longer delay times.

Screenshots

StrumLab Jam4 screens
AuTranspose1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AuTranspose at 100% against StrumLab Jam's 0%. AuTranspose also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). StrumLab Jam's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). 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; AuTranspose costs $2.99 up front. StrumLab Jam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. AuTranspose asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AuTranspose holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of StrumLab Jam's written reviews are positive against 100% of AuTranspose's.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
StrumLab Jam versus AuTranspose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrumLab JamAuTranspose
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#174 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB18 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%

AuTranspose

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

AuTranspose

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StrumLab Jam free?
StrumLab Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AuTranspose free?
AuTranspose costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StrumLab Jam or AuTranspose?
AuTranspose is rated higher. StrumLab Jam averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while AuTranspose averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do StrumLab Jam or AuTranspose have ads?
Neither StrumLab Jam nor AuTranspose shows ads.

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