StemLab vs CantoVerse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- AI song stem separation
- Multi-track mixer
- Studio effects chain
- A/B looping
- On-device processing
- Stem export
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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, karaoke track maker, 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. CHOP & SAMPLE Pull a clean drum break, lift a vocal chop, or grab a bass line for a lofi beat. Isolate any stem, loop the exact bars with A/B points, and export it as a WAV sample ready to flip in your sampler or DAW. 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
CantoVerse
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CantoVerse is a music discovery app built for Cantonese songs and the Hong Kong music scene. Every day, CantoVerse highlights one Cantonese song worth listening to. It is not just a playback link. Each Daily Pick is presented with an editorial perspective, helping you understand why a song deserves attention: its melody, story, creators, and place within the wider Hong Kong music landscape. Every month, you can also follow “我最撐!音樂擂台” (Monthly Song Battle), from qualification rounds and wildcard places through the knockout bracket and the monthly champion. In CantoVerse, you can: • Discover one Cantonese song worth hearing every day • Browse the “Support Hong Kong Music” Top 20 chart • Follow Monthly Song Battle qualification rounds, knockout matches, schedules and results • Join Song Battle voting through Threads • Browse “我最撐!排行榜” (Support Leaderboard) and see which songs are receiving the most support • Read song recommendations, stories and creator information • See how songs move across different charts and signals • Save songs to “My CantoVerse” • Review songs you supported and recently viewed • Share song and chart cards as images • Listen to each week’s Top 20 through the CantoVerse YouTube playlist • Continue listening through external links such as YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music • Reconnect with Cantonese music in a quieter, more focused way The CantoVerse Top 20 combines local music chart data and platform signals every week, converting different sources into one integrated score. It is not an advertising chart, and it is not a single-platform streaming chart. Its goal is to reflect how a song is moving across Hong Kong’s music ecosystem, across media, platforms and listeners. CantoVerse is not a music player. CantoVerse is a daily Cantonese music discovery space. Less noise. More listening. Discover one good song every day. Support Hong Kong music.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CantoVerse at 15.0 against StemLab's 26.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. StemLab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and CantoVerse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StemLab ships an update every 11 days, CantoVerse every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StemLab | CantoVerse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 350 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lauper Labs | TrioCheese |
In-app purchases
StemLab
- StemLab Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- StemLab Pro Lifetime$16.99
CantoVerse
- Founder’s Coffee$3.99









