Comparison

TrackHound DJ vs PatchMap

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

Head to head
About

TrackHound DJ

Identify songs played by DJs in real-time. Save recognized tracks with details like cover art and genre, then export them as playlists to your favorite music streaming services. Offers live BPM detection and customizable visual themes.

Highlights
  • Real-time track recognition
  • Save track details (cover art, artist, genre)
  • Export playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer
  • Live BPM detection
  • Customizable visual themes
  • Top tracks ranking
  • iCloud sync
Features
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TrackHound is the smart track recognition app for DJ sets โ€” built for music lovers who want to know what the DJ is playing right now. Ever heard a track at a party, festival or in your favourite club that you absolutely need to know? Launch TrackHound and let it listen continuously. Every recognized song is saved with cover art, artist, genre and release date. At the end of the set you have the complete tracklist โ€” exportable to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal or Deezer as a ready-made playlist. NOW FREE โ€” TrackHound Pro for power users Download TrackHound for free and try all core features: up to 10 sessions with 10 tracks each, full track recognition and service search. For unlimited recordings, playlist export, live BPM detection and iCloud sync, get TrackHound Pro as a one-time in-app purchase for โ‚ฌ14.99 โ€” no subscription, with Family Sharing. WHAT TRACKHOUND DOES Continuous listening with precise audio recognition. Tracks are stored in sessions, sortable and searchable by date, name or venue. Live BPM detection straight from the audio. You see not just the track but also how fast the DJ is currently playing it โ€” including pitch display. Six visual themes for the live waveform and BPM analysis: Liquid, Bars, Radar, Equalizer plus two light variants Sunrise and Glacier. Both areas configurable independently. Top 5 Share Card โ€” share your favourite tracks as a stylish card to Instagram Stories or social media. Pick from your most-recognized tracks or a custom selection from favourites, with drag-and-drop reordering. Direct Instagram Stories button with hashtag text auto-copied to the clipboard. Playlist export to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer. Plus DJReport export (.djreport) for GEMA submissions and classic M3U. Top Tracks ranking across all sessions. See which tracks you've heard most often. Session comparison with fingerprint visualization. Compare two sessions and find overlaps. iCloud sync. Your sessions, favourites and top tracks on all devices. Widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen, Live Activity with Dynamic Island, Apple Watch app with Watch Connectivity. Fully localized in German and English. Dark mode only. iOS 17+. TrackHound uses Apple's own audio recognition technology. No cloud recordings, no mandatory login for core features โ€” all data stays on your device or in your iCloud. Privacy Policy: https://pondstack.com/trackhound-privacy Terms of Use: https://pondstack.com/trackhound-terms

About

PatchMap

Features
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PatchMap is the fast, structured way for Eurorack players to document, search, and recreate their patches. Stop relying on blurry phone photos and scattered notes โ€” capture every connection in seconds and find any patch later. Fast Patch Recording Pick a module, mark an output and an input, and save the connection. Logging a full patch takes seconds, not minutes, so you can document a great sound before it slips away. Your Module Library Build a library of your rack's modules once and reuse it for every patch. Add modules with their HP, type, and I/O so your records stay accurate and consistent. Powerful Search Search your entire patch history by module name, tag, or date. The good patch you made last month is always one tap away. Signal Flow Visualization See each patch as a clean connection diagram โ€” modules laid out with color-coded cables โ€” so you can understand the routing at a glance and recreate it exactly. Tags & Notes Organize patches with tags like ambient, percussion, or drone, and add text notes to capture settings, knob positions, and ideas. Shareable Patch Cards Generate a clean patch card image and share it to Instagram, Reddit, or with friends in one tap. Privacy First PatchMap works completely offline. No account, no cloud, no data collection. Everything stays on your device. Built for modular synth players with mid-to-large systems who patch often and want to remember every great sound.

Screenshots

TrackHound DJ4 screens
PatchMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PatchMap at none against TrackHound DJ's 1. TrackHound DJ's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. TrackHound DJ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PatchMap asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
TrackHound DJ versus PatchMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrackHound DJPatchMap
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size23 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuergen Froschๆ™“ ้ƒญ

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TrackHound DJ

One-time1
  • TrackHound Pro$8.99
None

PatchMap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TrackHound DJ free?
TrackHound DJ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PatchMap free?
PatchMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TrackHound DJ or PatchMap have ads?
Neither TrackHound DJ nor PatchMap shows ads.

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