Comparison

Selah Pads vs Mainstage App

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

Head to head
About

Selah Pads

Create warm, cinematic textures and evolving soundscapes with this ambient pad instrument. Easily build beautiful pad layers for music production, worship, or sound design. Features include a playable note grid, sound shaping filters, and preset saving.

Highlights
  • Playable 12-note pad grid
  • Layer multiple soundscapes
  • Dual filters for tone shaping
  • Movement controls for modulation
  • Save and browse presets
  • MIDI support
  • Standalone and AUv3 instrument
Features
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Selah Pads is an expressive ambient pad instrument for creating warm, cinematic textures, soft drones, and evolving soundscapes. Designed for musicians, producers, worship teams, composers, and sound designers, Selah Pads makes it easy to build beautiful pad layers without interrupting your creative flow. Play rich atmospheric pads from a simple note grid, shape the sound with layers and filters, add movement with modulation, and save your favorite combinations as presets. Features: - Playable 12-note pad grid - Built-in Default Pack included - Layer multiple soundscapes - Shape tones with dual filters - Add motion with movement controls - Reverb, stereo width, pad transition, and metronome settings - Save and browse presets - MIDI support - Works as a standalone app and AUv3 instrument Selah Pads is built for fast, musical inspiration: open the app, choose a preset, press a note, and start creating.

About

Mainstage App

Features
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Mainstage is your festival companion — track every show you've been to or plan to attend, rate them in detail, and see what your friends are up to. TRACK YOUR FESTIVALS Log festivals as attended, planned, wishlist or favorite. Keep a year-by-year history of everywhere you've been, and see your stats: countries visited, festivals attended, top-rated shows. Rate the festivals you have been, share your experience, tips and tricks with others. Organise your agenda, to not miss any envents and share your whislist with friends. RATE & REVIEW Score festivals on a detailed 20-point scale covering lineup, production, atmosphere, organization and more. Read what other attendees thought, and get an AI-generated summary of the crowd's take on any festival. FRIENDS Add friends, see their festival history, and compare who's going where. DISCOVER Browse a catalog of major festivals worldwide with real lineups, dates, and DJ Mag Top 100 rankings. Follow your favorite artists to see when they're playing next. SHARE Generate a custom story card for your next or last festival, pick a theme, add your rating, genres, and who you're going with, and share it straight to Instagram or wherever you like. PLAYLISTS Generate a Spotify playlist from a festival's lineup in one tap, so you can get familiar with the acts before you go. Whether you're planning next summer's lineup or logging the ones behind you, Mainstage keeps your whole festival life in one place.

Screenshots

Selah Pads4 screens
Mainstage App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mainstage App at none against Selah Pads's 4. Selah Pads's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Selah Pads sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Mainstage App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Selah Pads ships an update daily, Mainstage App every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Selah Pads versus Mainstage App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelah PadsMainstage App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin D'ursoRaphael Ohanian

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Selah Pads

One-time4
  • Strings Pack$4.99
  • Voices Pack$4.99
  • Waves Pack$4.99
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  • Selah Bundle$9.99
None

Mainstage App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Selah Pads free?
Selah Pads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mainstage App free?
Mainstage App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Selah Pads or Mainstage App have ads?
Neither Selah Pads nor Mainstage App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Selah Pads or Mainstage App?
Selah Pads ships an update daily, and Mainstage App every 5 days. Most recently, Selah Pads was updated on October 28, 2026 and Mainstage App on October 29, 2026.

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