Stemzel vs Brusmaskin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Stemzel
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Stemzel splits any song into four stems β vocals, drums, bass, and other instruments β entirely on your iPhone. No cloud uploads. No subscription. No account required. IMPORT YOUR AUDIO β’ File β pick from Files, iCloud Drive, or anywhere on your device β’ URL β paste a direct link to an MP3, M4A, or WAV file β’ Record β capture audio with your microphone and split it instantly MIX AND EXPORT β’ Mute or solo any stem to hear exactly what you want β’ Play back your mix with a built-in waveform scrubber β’ Export individual stems or your full mix to the Files app PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every split runs on your device using on-device AI. Your music never leaves your iPhone. No servers, no tracking, no ads. ONE-TIME UNLOCK Pay once, use Stemzel forever. Unlimited splits and downloads β no monthly fees, ever. PERFECT FOR β’ Musicians learning parts by ear β’ DJs and producers isolating elements β’ Karaoke and acapella practice β’ Remixing and sampling workflows β’ Anyone who wants stems without uploading to the cloud Stemzel is built for speed and privacy. Import a track, wait a moment while it separates, then mute the vocals, solo the drums, or export everything β all from your pocket. Questions or feedback? Visit stemzel.com/support
Brusmaskin
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Brusmaskin is a pocket groovebox β an 8-track synthesizer, sampler and sequencer for making complete tracks wherever you are. SEVEN SOUND ENGINES FM synthesis with a subtractive filter stage, a raw mono synth with drive and wavefolding, a lush 7-voice supersaw, a dedicated drum synth with FM percussion, filtered noise and attack transients, a plucked string (KarplusβStrong) with a pick that changes every note, and GRAIN β a granular engine that plays any sample as a cloud. Plus a sampler with stereo samples, slicing, key-mapped chopping, non-destructive trim and a start offset for ghost notes. The same audio plays both ways β sampler or cloud β with zero copies. RESAMPLE YOURSELF Capture any track with one button β it keeps playing while the recording runs through its own private effects, so the take carries the filter, the drive and the track's own reverb and delay tail, in stereo. Then listen and choose what it becomes: a sample, a grain cloud sliced on the hits, or a playable kit where each note is one hit. Or record from the microphone, or GRAB the last 30 seconds of the master β the take you just played but forgot to record is still there. DEEP MODULATION Three envelopes and three LFOs per sound, each with three freely routable destinations β and every target lives on every engine. Vibrato on a sample, a moving noise filter on a drum, an LFO that rechops a break on every note, an envelope that scrubs a grain cloud through a field recording. HOLD, CURVE and END floors turn envelopes into drones. DEEP STEP SEQUENCING Per-step trig conditions, probability, ratchets with pitch rolls, swing, and patterns up to 128 steps with independent speed and length. An arpeggiator with chord pools, inversions and free-run mode. Sound locks put a different sound on any step, and per-step parameter offsets shape your sounds over time. SONGS, NOT JUST LOOPS Chain patterns into parts, phrases and full songs. Perform live in the performance view, mix with per-track faders, and glue everything together with chorus, delay and a rich plate reverb. Sidechain ducking built in. HANDS ON MIDI learn maps any knob, fader or button on your controller to sounds, mixer faders, mutes and solos β with soft takeover so nothing jumps. 576 factory presets cover every engine, and an INIT patch per engine gives you a clean starting point when you want to build from scratch. YOURS Projects and sample banks are stored in iCloud Drive as plain files you can see and back up. Scale-aware note entry, a built-in browser of vintage drum machine sample packs, and video import that pulls the audio straight out of a screen recording. No account, no subscription, and everything works completely offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brusmaskin at none against Stemzel's 4. Brusmaskin also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Stemzel sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Brusmaskin asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Stemzel | Brusmaskin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 290 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mahija Kottapalli | Mattias Ahlstrom |
In-app purchases
Stemzel
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Stemzel Unlock$7.99
Brusmaskin
No in-app purchases





