PadLab vs LibreTracks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PadLab
This professional music app provides high-quality worship pads and drum sounds for live performance, worship services, and music production. It features an intuitive interface, MIDI controller support, and a clean design optimized for stage use.
- High-quality ambient worship pads
- Instant drum sound triggering
- MIDI controller support
- Optimized for live performance
- Professional sound quality
- Multiple sound kits
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Play high-quality worship pads and drum pads in a simple, modern, and powerful interface built for church services, live shows, rehearsals, and music production. HIGHLIGHT: AUv3 SUPPORT • Use PadLab as an instrument inside AUv3-compatible apps • Integrate your worship pads into hosts, DAWs, and mobile setups • Ideal for music production, recording, and live performances • Bring PadLab sounds into your creative workflow PROFESSIONAL WORSHIP PADS • High-quality atmospheric pads • Smooth continuous playback • Natural transitions between keys • Multiple pad timbres available • Ideal for churches, keyboard players, and live performance PAD TIMBRES • Pad 1 • Pad Shimmer • Pad Shimmer 2 • Analog Pad • Dark Pad • AbbaPad • Pad Reverse • Pad Synth INTEGRATED DRUM PADS • Play sounds and samples instantly • Trigger drums in real time • Different kits for live performance • Individual drum pad control • Customize pad sounds and colors MIDI AND MIDI LEARN • Connect external MIDI controllers • Control pads and drums via MIDI • Map notes and controls with MIDI Learn • Bluetooth MIDI support on compatible devices • Ideal for keyboard players and live musicians SETLISTS AND PERFORMANCE • Save settings for live use • Organize presets for different songs • Switch pads and kits faster • Stage-focused interface METRONOME AND CLICK • Built-in metronome • BPM control • Click options for practice, rehearsals, and live performance BUILT FOR THE STAGE • Fast and responsive interface • Clean and modern design • Optimized for live use • Professional sound quality PadLab combines worship pads, drum pads, MIDI, setlists, metronome, and AUv3 in one app, offering practicality and quality for musicians who need professional performance. Download now and take your sound to the next level.
LibreTracks
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LibreTracks is a multitrack workstation for playing live. Load each song's stems, set up the sections, and on stage you just play. LIVE PLAYBACK • Separate stems, each with its own level, mute and solo. • Click and guide vocals on the output you choose. • Ambient pads in each song's key. • Section jumps, vamps and seamless transitions between songs. PREPARING SONGS • Import audio and sessions from the Files app: WAV, AIFF, MP3 and FLAC. • Mark intro, verse, chorus and bridge, and jump between them with one tap. • Change a song's key and tempo without touching the original files. • Tempo, time signature and key per song, not per session. BUILT FOR TOUCH • Touch DAW view: tap to select, drag to move. • Compact stage view with the mixer one tap away. • Live view with only the essentials, big. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS • Everything works offline. No account, no subscription. • Sessions are ordinary folders you can copy, export or open on a computer. • Export and import through Google Drive to move sessions between your devices. FREE AND OPEN SOURCE LibreTracks is free software: no ads, no paid features, no data collection by default. Usage statistics are optional, anonymous and off unless you turn them on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LibreTracks at Free against PadLab's $2.99. LibreTracks also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). PadLab's advantage is chart position (#96 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
LibreTracks is free to download; PadLab costs $2.99 up front. PadLab sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. LibreTracks asks for nothing beyond the download.
PadLab ships an update every 4 days, LibreTracks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PadLab | LibreTracks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (42 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 403 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Albano | Otoniel Perez |
In-app purchases
PadLab
- Worship Pad$0.99
- Worship EFX$0.99
- Pad Mix Pro$1.99
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- Pad Pulse Pro$1.99
- Arp Pro$1.99
- Sequencer Pro$2.99
- Worship Drum Collection$3.99
- Coleção Completa de Pads$4.99
- StageLab$5.99
- PadLab Worship Complete$6.99
- PadLab Full App$7.99
LibreTracks
No in-app purchases









