Comparison

StemLab vs Flow Tight

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

Head to head
About

StemLab

This app uses AI to isolate up to six musical stems from any song directly on your device. It offers a multi-track mixer with studio effects, looping, recording, and export capabilities for musicians and producers. No subscription is required for core functionality.

Highlights
  • AI song stem separation
  • Multi-track mixer
  • Studio effects chain
  • A/B looping
  • On-device processing
  • Stem export
Features
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Split any song into 6 isolated stems on your iPhone — vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and other. Nothing uploads. Nothing waits in a cloud queue. No subscription required. StemLab runs the AI separation entirely on your device, then opens a full multi-track mixer with studio FX, A/B looping, recording, and stem export. Built for musicians, producers, and singers who want clean, isolated stems without monthly fees. SEPARATE Imports MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, even MP4 and MOV video — up to 500 MB per file. Pick a 4-stem or 6-stem AI model to extract vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and more in a single pass. Works as a vocal remover, instrumental maker, acapella extractor, and backing track creator. Everything happens on your iPhone — your music never leaves the device. MIX A real multi-track mixer, not just a separator. Per-stem volume, solo, mute. Set A/B loop points to slow down a solo, transcribe a phrase, or rehearse the chorus on repeat. Scrub the timeline with centisecond precision and watch live waveforms render in real time. MAKE IT YOURS Record your own vocal over the instrumental, lay down a guitar take on top of the AI bass, or import any audio file as a custom layer. Build mashups, track covers, write demos, replace a stem entirely — all inside one session, on your phone. ADD EFFECTS Shape each stem with a 6-effect chain: Pitch Shift, Reverb, Delay, Compressor, 4-band EQ, and Saturation. Run Bus FX on the master mix. Bypass any effect without removing it. Save your settings as a reusable preset and load them on the next song with one tap. EXPORT Send out individual stems or a new stereo mixdown in WAV, FLAC, or M4A — now baked with your FX chain, so your Pitch Shift, Reverb, Delay, Compressor, EQ, and Saturation settings carry straight into the export. Pick your sample rate (44.1 / 48 / 96 kHz) and bit depth (16 / 24 / 32-bit). Drop the result straight into your DAW, sampler, looper, or any other app. Built for guitarists isolating solos, bassists transcribing lines, beatmakers pulling clean acapellas, DJs making edits, music teachers building practice tracks, worship leaders covering for missing players, and singers laying covers over original songs. ---------- StemLab Pro unlocks unlimited separations, individual stem export, the full FX chain, and unlimited presets. Available as a one-time lifetime purchase — buy once, keep what you bought. Yearly subscription option also available. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms: https://lauperlabs.com/stemlab/terms Privacy: https://lauperlabs.com/stemlab/privacy

About

Flow Tight

This app assists musicians in writing, recording, and finishing songs. It offers an AI co-writer for lyrics, rhyme and meter tools, and recording capabilities over beats. Users can also export their work.

Highlights
  • AI co-writer for lyrics
  • Rhyme and meter assistance
  • Thesaurus integration
  • Song structure tools
  • Record vocals over beats
  • Voice-to-text dictation
  • Export lyrics and recordings
Features
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Flow Tight — your AI co-writer. Write, record, finish it. Whether you rap, sing, or write, Flow Tight turns the idea in your head into a finished song. Write lyrics with an AI partner, land the perfect rhyme, keep your bars in pocket, capture the melody, and record right over any beat — all in one place. WRITE WITH AN AI CO-WRITER Stuck on a line? Your co-writer works on the actual song in front of you — continue a verse, suggest a hook, rewrite a bar, or tighten a rhyme scheme, all in your voice. RHYMES, METER & STRUCTURE • Tap any word for perfect and slant rhymes • Built-in thesaurus — find the sharper word without leaving the app • See your rhyme scheme color-coded and your syllables per line, so every bar stays in pocket • Drop in song sections (Verse, Hook, Bridge) with one tap CAPTURE & RECORD • Record melodies and flow the moment they hit • Import a beat and lay your vocals right over it • Punch in from any line to fix a take without starting over • Voice-to-text — dictate lyrics and watch them appear NEVER LOSE A BAR Everything autosaves as you write. Your songs live in your personal library, ready whenever inspiration strikes. SHARE YOUR WORK Export and share your lyrics or recordings anywhere — Notes, Messages, and more. FLOW TIGHT PRO Start free. Upgrade to Pro for the full AI toolkit: • Unlimited AI co-writer • Perfect & slant rhymes on tap • Voice-to-text dictation • Record over any beat + punch-in • Export & share your songs Monthly $9.99 or $59.99/year (save 50%) after a free trial. Cancel anytime. Write. Record. Finish it.

Screenshots

StemLab4 screens
Flow Tight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flow Tight at 5.0 against StemLab's 4.3. Flow Tight also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). StemLab's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. StemLab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Flow Tight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flow Tight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StemLab ships an update every 9 days, Flow Tight every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
StemLab versus Flow Tight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStemLabFlow Tight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size338 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLauper LabsNgneerx Technology LLC

Customer experience

StemLab

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flow Tight

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StemLab

Subscriptions1
  • StemLab Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • StemLab Pro Lifetime$16.99
2 purchases

Flow Tight

Subscriptions2
  • Flow Tight$9.991 Month
  • Flow Tight Pro$59.991 Year

Questions

Is StemLab free?
StemLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flow Tight free?
Flow Tight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StemLab or Flow Tight?
Flow Tight is rated higher. StemLab averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Flow Tight averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do StemLab or Flow Tight have ads?
Neither StemLab nor Flow Tight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StemLab or Flow Tight?
StemLab ships an update every 9 days, and Flow Tight every 5 weeks. Most recently, StemLab was updated on September 10, 2026 and Flow Tight on August 18, 2026.

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