Multitrack Audio Player vs PlayStems
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Multitrack Audio Player
This app provides musicians with a powerful tool for live performance, offering multitrack playback, flexible audio routing, and MIDI integration. It allows for precise control over songs, markers, and outputs, ensuring a reliable and distraction-free stage experience.
- Multitrack engine for song control
- Flexible audio routing to hardware outputs
- Built-in metronome and count-in
- Performance View for stage use
- Markers for song sections and cues
- Extensive MIDI integration
- Built-in mixer for track balancing
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A powerful, easy-to-use, musician‑focused backing track player built for live performance. Run your entire show with confidence using a multitrack engine that gives you complete control over every song, every marker, and every output. Perform your way. Play a single song or run a full playlist with seamless transitions. Use markers to jump to sections, rehearse efficiently, or trigger specific moments during a live set. Everything stays tight, predictable, and performance‑ready. Flexible audio routing. Send any track to any hardware output. Build custom mixes for in‑ears, front‑of‑house, click channels, stems, or stage monitors. Route exactly what you need, where you need it. Built‑in metronome, count‑in, and announcements. Stay locked in with a precise metronome that integrates directly with your tracks. Add a count‑in to start songs cleanly, keep your band aligned, and maintain consistent timing across your entire set. Announce songs and markers before they happen for confident, eyes-free performances. Performance View. A clean, focused interface designed for the stage. Large controls, clear markers, and essential information presented at a glance so you can perform without distraction. Markers for total control. Add markers to structure your songs, cue transitions, rehearse specific sections, or trigger jumps during live playback. Perfect for complex arrangements, worship sets, and shows that require flexibility. Extensive MIDI integration. Control transport, markers, playlists, and more using foot controllers, keyboards, or external devices. Automate your show or keep your hands free while performing. Mix your tracks with ease. Balance levels, adjust panning, and fine‑tune your stems with a built‑in mixer designed for clarity and speed. Create the perfect blend for your performance environment. Built for reliability. Every feature is designed with live performers in mind—fast, predictable, and stable. Whether you’re on stage, in rehearsal, or running playback for a full production, the app keeps your show running smoothly. Buy once. Own forever. No subscriptions. No hidden fees. Just a dependable, professional‑grade tool you can trust for every performance.
PlayStems
This app allows musicians to isolate and manipulate individual instrument tracks from stereo songs or multi-track stems. Practice complex sections, learn by ear, or create backing tracks with on-device AI processing for complete privacy.
- On-device AI stem splitting
- Multi-track mixer
- Variable tempo and pitch control
- Loopable practice markers
- Offline audio processing
- Per-stem volume and pan adjustment
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PlayStems is an on-device multi-track stem player and AI audio splitter for musicians, vocalists, and bands to practice, rehearse, and perform with complete mix control. Import multi-track stems or split any stereo song directly on your device into independent vocal, drum, bass, and instrument tracks. Rehearse complex sections, isolate parts to learn by ear, or create backing tracks for live performance—all with zero audio uploaded to the cloud. MULTI-TRACK MIXER & REHEARSAL TOOLS • Synchronized multi-track playback with rock-solid transport stability • Per-stem mixer: adjust volume, solo individual parts, mute tracks, and tweak stereo pan • Variable tempo & pitch: slow down fast passages without changing pitch, or transpose keys • Precise waveform scrubbing and loopable marker ranges for repetitive practice • Master level control and clean library organization by title and artist ON-DEVICE AI STEM SPLITTING • Separate stereo tracks into vocals, bass, drums, and other instruments • 100% private: audio processing runs locally using your device's Neural Engine • No cloud servers, no account required, and no internet connection needed to split • Requires Apple Silicon or recent hardware: iPhone 13 or newer, iPad Pro (2018+), iPad Air (2022+), or Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) INCLUDED IN THE FREE VERSION Start practicing immediately with full core playback capabilities: • Full mixer, tempo adjustment, pitch shifting, markers, and range looping • 1 song in your library (up to 5 songs if you choose to enable anonymous usage analytics) • Up to 10 successful lifetime on-device stem splits • Standard stem-splitting quality models FULL VERSION (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) A single one-time unlock removes all library and processing caps with no subscriptions: • Unlimited song library capacity • Unlimited lifetime on-device stem splits • Access to downloadable High-Quality (HQ) neural stem-splitting models • Supports Family Sharing across your Apple devices Restore Purchases is available at any time in Help & Settings. Purchases are tied permanently to your Apple ID.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Multitrack Audio Player at 100% against PlayStems's 0%. Multitrack Audio Player also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). PlayStems's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
PlayStems is free to download; Multitrack Audio Player costs $9.99 up front. PlayStems sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Multitrack Audio Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Multitrack Audio Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Multitrack Audio Player's written reviews are positive against 0% of PlayStems's.
Multitrack Audio Player ships an update every 6 weeks, PlayStems every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Multitrack Audio Player | PlayStems |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Shimkoski | Matthias Santer |
Customer experience
Multitrack Audio Player
PlayStems
In-app purchases
Multitrack Audio Player
No in-app purchases
PlayStems
- Full version$4.99
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