Comparison

Quartet 6 vs Sessionography

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

Head to head
About

Quartet 6

Enhance your jazz performance with a vast library of live-recorded standards. Mute your instrument to play along, change keys, adjust tempo, and loop sections for focused practice. Features animated chord diagrams and royalty-free multitrack exports for further development.

Highlights
  • Live jazz standards play-along
  • Mute instrument tracks
  • Adjustable tempo and key
  • Looping practice sections
  • Animated chord diagrams
  • Multitrack audio export
  • Royalty-free content
Features
Currently charting
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Practice and perform jazz standards on another level with Quartet. And with a host of brand-new features, the top-selling jazz standards play along apps just got even better. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Quartet Volume 6 includes another 100 stunning jazz standards recorded exclusively by 5 of the world’s best jazz musicians. All ‘live’ studio recordings with intros, endings and top line solos. Whether you play jazz piano, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums…simply mute your instrument from the Quartet for the ultimate jazz play along. And for jazz singers too, each edition of Quartet is an unrivalled collection of jazz backing tracks powerful enough to gig with. Change key on the fly. Speed up or slow down the audio seamlessly. Loop sections and slow them right down for practice. Select the number of repeats. Choose from either preset mixes (8 per song) or create your own custom mix using the new onboard mixer. Arrange each song exactly the way you want it with the new automated ‘Arranger’ feature enabling different mixer channel settings for each song repeat. Add a touch of reverb and you’re good to go. Improve your skills with full screen animated chord diagrams for Piano, Guitar and Ukulele. Finding songs is easy with the ‘Search+’ feature. Search the entire Quartet song library (700 songs) by composer, style, BPM, associated artist and more. Build and share stunning multi-app playlists and easily export PDF chord charts for every song. Export your stereo mix or export the multitrack if you want to remix or develop the high quality separated parts in GarageBand or whatever DAW you use. Either way, all recordings are offered to you royalty-free giving you endless creative possibilities. Quartet Volume 6 includes jazz improvisations in the style of… ‘Afternoon in Paris’, ‘Ain’t She Sweet’, ‘All The Things You Are’ (3/4 and 5/4), ‘Autumn Leaves’ (3/4, 7/4 and Bossa), ‘Epistrophy’, ‘Giant Steps’ (Bossa), ‘Groovin’ High’, ‘I Got Rhythm’ (Latin), ‘Let’s Get Lost’, ‘Mas Que Nada’, ‘Milestones’, ‘Mo’ Better Blues’, ‘One For My Baby’, ‘Stormy Monday’, ‘Tricotism’, ‘Try a Little Tenderness’, 'Vivo Sonhando’ plus 80 more songs! Install Quartet on all of your iOS devices plus your Mac devices (M series only) at no extra cost. Ready to take your jazz standards to another level? Hear more at www.quartetapp.com Featured artists Guitar Nigel Price Nigel has recorded with many big-name artists, performing on over 50 albums, most recently Van Morrison’s studio album ‘Keep Me Singing’. A former member of The James Taylor Quartet, Nigel was voted the UK’s ‘Best Guitarist’ in the 2016 British Jazz Awards and is “…probably the most dynamic and gifted guitarist on the British jazz scene today” [All About Jazz]. Saxophones /Flute Andy Panayi Performing and recording credits include Shirley Bassey, Jessye Norman, Paul McCartney, Seth MacFarlane, Elaine Paige, Salena Jones, Elvis Costello, Georgie Fame, Irene Reed, Elaine Delmar, Helen Shapiro, Madeline Bell, Patty Austin, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Roy Hargrove… Piano Graham Harvey Credits include Incognito (MD), Stacey Kent, George Benson, M People, Hamish Stuart, Will Lee, The Jones Girls, Philip Bailey, Chaka Khan, The BBC Big Band, Omar, Madeline Bell, Jocelyn Brown, Mica Paris, Kenny Thomas, Sir Cliff Richard… Bass Geoff Gascoyne Credits include Jamie Cullum (MD), Sting, Van Morrison, Bill Bruford, Mari Wilson, Paloma Faith, Georgie Fame, Gloria Estefan, Guy Barker, Charlie Watts, Benny Golson, Jacqui Dankworth, Bob Dorough, John Martyn, Claire Martin, Eartha Kitt… Drums Sebastiaan de Krom Credits include Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Phil Woods, Dave Holland, Jamie Cullum, Guy Barker, Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry, Tim Garland’s Big Band…

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Quartet 64 screens
Sessionography4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sessionography at Free against Quartet 6's $16.99. Sessionography also leads on device support (5 vs 2). Quartet 6's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#108 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Sessionography is free to download; Quartet 6 costs $16.99 up front. Sessionography sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Quartet 6 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quartet 6 against 4.9 for Sessionography. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 27 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quartet 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, Sessionography weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Quartet 6 versus Sessionography: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuartet 6Sessionography
Price$16.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (25 ratings) — better4.9 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2527 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#108 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size522 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUK Music Apps LtdDynamic App Design LLC

Customer experience

Quartet 6

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sessionography

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Quartet 6

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sessionography

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock Sessionography$0.997 Days
  • Unlock Sessionography$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sessionography Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Quartet 6 free?
Quartet 6 costs $16.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sessionography free?
Sessionography is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quartet 6 or Sessionography?
Quartet 6 is rated higher. Quartet 6 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Sessionography averages 4.9 from 27 ratings.
Do Quartet 6 or Sessionography have ads?
Neither Quartet 6 nor Sessionography shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quartet 6 or Sessionography?
Quartet 6 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sessionography weekly. Most recently, Quartet 6 was updated on November 5, 2026 and Sessionography on November 5, 2026.

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