StemLab vs Stem Splitter
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
Stem Splitter
Isolate and manipulate individual instrument and vocal tracks from any song, entirely on your device. Adjust pitch, tempo, and export stems with a reactive visualizer. Offers a one-time purchase for full functionality after a free trial.
- 6-stem separation (vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, other)
- Live reactive visualizer with multiple styles
- Pitch and tempo adjustment for exports
- Automatic BPM detection
- 100% on-device processing
- No ads or subscriptions
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Split any song into clean, isolated stems — 100% on your device, no cloud, no waiting, no subscription. NEW: 6-STEM SEPARATION OffgridStem now separates Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Piano, and Other — not just the standard 4. Study a guitar riff note-for-note, isolate the piano part, or build a cleaner instrumental than ever. NEW: LIVE REACTIVE VISUALIZER Your exported mixdowns now live in a dedicated Exports player with a real-time, audio-reactive waveform — 14 visual styles (Bars, Neon Glow, Glass, Siri-style Fluid, Circular, Retro EQ, Cassette, and more) and 4 color themes. Turn your phone sideways for an immersive fullscreen view. NEW: PITCH & TEMPO IN YOUR EXPORTS Shift the key, slow down the tempo to learn a part — your exported mixdown now matches exactly what you heard, not the original. NEW: AUTOMATIC BPM DETECTION Every separated song gets an estimated tempo, shown right where you're already adjusting playback speed — no need to look it up separately. WHY OFFGRIDSTEM • 100% on-device — your music never leaves your phone • No ads, ever • One-time purchase — no subscription, no expiring credits • Fast — separation runs locally, no upload/download wait • Private by design — nothing to log in to, nothing to upload WHO IT'S FOR • Singers isolating vocals to study melody and phrasing • Guitarists and pianists isolating their instrument to learn a part • Karaoke and backing-track creators • Remixers and producers pulling clean stems from any track • Anyone who just wants the instrumental (or just the vocals) from a song HOW IT WORKS 1. Import a song, or extract audio from a video 2. OffgridStem separates it into up to 6 clean stems, entirely on your device 3. Mix, mute, solo, adjust pitch/speed per stem 4. Export a mixdown — with your pitch/speed changes baked in — or export individual stems Free to try: your first 3 songs are full-length and fully exportable. After that, previews are capped at 60 seconds unless you unlock Pro. No ads. No subscription. No cloud. Just your music, separated, on your terms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stem Splitter at 5.0 against StemLab's 4.5. Stem Splitter also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). StemLab's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 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 Stem Splitter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stem Splitter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StemLab has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
StemLab ships an update every 11 days, Stem Splitter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StemLab | Stem Splitter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 350 MB | 427 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lauper Labs | Tsz Fung Choi |
Customer experience
StemLab
Stem Splitter
In-app purchases
StemLab
- StemLab Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- StemLab Pro Lifetime$16.99
Stem Splitter
- StemCraft Pro Lifetime$24.99









