Comparison

Instrumently vs Session

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

Head to head
About

Instrumently

Features
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Turn any song into your own personal karaoke track β€” then sing over it like a star. Instrumently strips the vocals from any track in seconds, giving you a clean instrumental you can sing, rap, or riff over. No studio, no engineer, no account required β€” just your voice and your phone. Vocal remover, instantly. Import a song and switch freely between the original and the instrumental version. Hear exactly what you're working with before you hit record. Record like a pro. Lay down your vocals over the instrumental with a metronome count-in to keep you on beat. Add Auto-Tune for pitch-perfect polish or Echo for depth and atmosphere β€” get a finished sound without any mixing skills. Convert and manage your audio. Built-in file conversion between MP3, WAV, and M4A means your tracks work everywhere. Your My Tracks library keeps every take organized so you can preview, export, or revisit past recordings anytime. Share your best takes. Export your recording as a video straight to your photo library and post it wherever your fans are watching. Everything happens 100% on-device. No account, no ads, no tracking β€” just you, the mic, and the music, completely private and offline. Download Instrumently and turn every song into your next performance.

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Session

Features
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Your offline practice room. Any song β†’ your speed, your key, no lead vocals β€” everything runs on your iPhone, nothing is uploaded, and it's completely free. REMOVE VOCALS β€” OR KEEP ONLY THEM On-device AI splits any song into vocals and backing. Practice with a clean instrumental, or solo the vocal to study the phrasing. Works with audio files and videos. SLOW DOWN WITHOUT CHANGING PITCH 50–150% speed with clean time-stretching. Step-Up Tempo raises the speed a little every loop β€” the classic way to master a hard passage. CHANGE THE KEY Β±12 semitones in real time. Session detects the song's key and shows you where your transposition lands. LOOP EXACTLY THE RIGHT BARS Drag precise A-B handles on the waveform, snap them to the detected beat, and save named sections (verse, chorus…) to jump between. EXPORT YOUR PRACTICE MIX Export audio β€” or the original video with your slowed, re-keyed, vocal-free mix, picture retimed to stay in sync. Save straight to Photos. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No upload. Your music never leaves your phone β€” and there's no monthly fee, no usage quota, no catch. Made by the developer of TakeCover Studio.

Screenshots

Instrumently4 screens
Session4 screens

Verdict

The call

Instrumently and Session are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Instrumently versus Session: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstrumentlySession
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size15 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames Buckner IIISheng-Hsin Kang

In-app purchases

None

Instrumently

No in-app purchases

None

Session

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Instrumently free?
Instrumently is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Session free?
Session is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Instrumently or Session have ads?
Neither Instrumently nor Session shows ads.

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