Stem Splitter vs ToneDNA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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 including Bars, Neon Glow, Glass, Siri-style Fluid, Circular, Retro EQ, Cassette, and more, plus 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 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.
ToneDNA
This app analyzes audio recordings to recreate the exact guitar signal chain used. It allows users to build, play, and customize these rigs live with low latency. Users can also save and organize their custom rigs for performance.
- Analyze audio to build guitar signal chains
- Recreate amp voicings, pedals, and effects
- Derive speaker cabinets from recordings
- Match rigs to your specific guitar and playing style
- Play recreated rigs live with low latency
- Tweak and customize all elements of a rig
- Organize rigs into set lists for performance
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Every guitarist knows the moment: a tone comes on and you have to know how it was made. ToneDNA listens to the recording and builds the answer - a complete, playable signal chain, matched to your guitar, in about a minute. HOW IT WORKS 1. HEAR IT - Load a song, or capture audio playing on your device. Working from a full mix? ToneDNA can isolate the guitar first. 2. BUILD IT - The matcher auditions hundreds of rigs against the recording, derives a speaker cabinet from the sound itself, and fits every level to a capture of your own dry playing - so the rig is tuned to your guitar and your hands, not a generic profile. 3. PLAY IT - Plug in and play through the result live, with latency low enough to gig on. WHAT GETS BUILT - Amp voicings from clean American sparkle to modern high gain - Drive, fuzz, boost and compressor pedals - stacked the way the matcher hears them on the record - Delays with tape character, reverbs, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo and rotary - A speaker cabinet derived from the recording itself - Stereo width measured from the record's own ambience Where a recording's rig is well documented, ToneDNA starts from the circuits the record actually used and fits every level from your playing - and the saved preset says so. MAKE IT YOURS Every block in the chain is open: tweak drive, swap the amp, pull a delay back, or remove what you don't need. Save the rig, tag it, and build set lists. ON STAGE Perform mode puts one song at a time in front of you - big type, next/previous, a tuner and a bypass, nothing to fumble. Step through your set from the screen or a MIDI controller, wired or Bluetooth. TUNED TO YOUR GUITAR A ten-second dry capture is all it takes, and your playing never leaves the device - the matching runs on your own hardware. Working from a full mix, the span you mark is sent up to isolate the guitar; it is held in memory only and never stored. Looking up a record's documented rig sends the song and artist, never audio. WHAT IT COSTS One Tone Scan builds one rig. Three are included to start, and more come in one-time packs - no subscriptions. Every rig you build is yours to keep, edit and play forever. GOOD TO KNOW - A USB audio interface is the way to play live through ToneDNA; the app is fully usable without one for building rigs and browsing them. - iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ToneDNA at every 4 days against Stem Splitter's every 10 days. On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Stem Splitter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ToneDNA sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stem Splitter against 5.0 for ToneDNA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Stem Splitter ships an update every 10 days, ToneDNA every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stem Splitter | ToneDNA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 427 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tsz Fung Choi | Hans Zanger |
Customer experience
Stem Splitter
ToneDNA
In-app purchases
Stem Splitter
- StemCraft Pro Lifetime$24.99
ToneDNA
- 5 Tone Scans$4.99
- 20 Tone Scans$14.99
- 60 Tone Scans$29.99









