Playback vs Sunday Keys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playback
This app transforms your device into a powerful multi-track player for worship teams. It integrates with other worship production tools, offers advanced features like automation and MIDI control, and provides an intuitive interface for volunteers.
- Multi-track audio playback
- Integration with worship production tools
- Automation and MIDI control
- Custom song arrangements
- Setlist management
- Ambient pad player
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Playback turns your Apple device into a simple, yet powerful MultiTrack player that works seamlessly with the rest of the MultiTracks.com ecosystem of products like ChartBuilder®, RehearsalMix®, and the Church Streaming License®. Link your Planning Center account and have setlists you create automatically appear in Playback. Pairing Playback with our ProPresenter Templates gives it access to pre-made MIDI Cues that perfectly sync lyrics to your tracks. Playback has been optimized to be the best tracks solution for a worship team. While it has powerful features like automation, custom song arrangements, MIDI in/out, and even support for SMPTE timecode, it’s easy and intuitive for new volunteers. A Playback Rentals subscription is an easy and affordable way to quickly access the MultiTracks from our ever expanding library of over 24,000 original master recordings. Any previous tracks purchases from MultiTracks.com are instantly available in your Playback library. Already have your own tracks? Upload them to your library with a Cloud Pro subscription so that they can be accessed in Playback. Playback Sync® automatically scrolls charts in the ChartBuilder app to always match where you are in a song. No extra cables needed since it’s all done over Wi-Fi. This ensures your team is literally all on the same page! Pad Player® lets you to stay in the moment with ambient pads underneath every song and transition in your setlist. INTRO (Free) - Build & save setlists - Solo, mute & adjust track volumes - Set custom start & end times - Tempo/key change to all 12 keys - Play ambient pads underneath songs - Access any song in the catalog with a Playback Rentals Subscription - Song transitions - AutoPan - Add click-and-pad-only songs to setlists - Adjust click track subdivisions - Live Crossfade between songs - Reference the original song mix PREMIUM (Starting at $9.99/mo | Visit MultiTracks.com/Pricing) - All “Intro” features - Add, remove, rearrange, rename, & TRIM song sections - MIDI Map controls to a MIDI Controller - Loop/Infinite Loop Song Sections - Save Custom Song Arrangements w/Cloud Pro Intro or higher - Add an Infinite Click Track - Automation: Place cues anywhere in a song to trigger automations for track volumes, mute/unmute, Pad Player, & more! - Playback Remote - Send MIDI Cues to lyrics, lights & more with (Requires Live Bundle or MULTITRACKS ONE) - Live Re-Order: While audio is playing, jump to a particular Song Section - MIDI Map to a specific Song Section - Freely jump between Song Sections & Songs live using a MIDI Controller - Buses: Route your tracks out of 10 buses for better mix control - SmartRouting®: We’ve pre-assigned every track type to a bus. *Supported USB Audio Interfaces & Playback will automatically route your tracks to the available outputs - MultiOuts®: Route tracks & buses to multiple outputs with one of our *Supported USB Audio Interfaces. - Create & edit MIDI Cues directly in Playback. Save MIDI Cues to your Library with a Cloud Pro subscription - Advanced Pad Player Interface Playback Premium is also included in the Live Bundle & the MULTITRACKS ONE Bundle. *Please Note* Because access is given to Original Artist Master MultiTracks through our free ”Demo Setlist” & "Play of the Week," account registration is required for you to verify your identity and ensure compliance with Terms of Use. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iCloud account. Subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You won't be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you upgrade from a free subscription to a paid version. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. For more details on our Privacy Policy & Terms of Use for MultiTracks.com please visit: http://www.multitracks.com/privacy/ and http://www.multitracks.com/terms/
Sunday Keys
This app provides a comprehensive worship keyboard rig for iPad, allowing users to access and organize their sounds, patches, and setlists. It supports AUv3 instrument plugins and offers powerful audio and MIDI effects for live performance and service preparation.
- AUv3 instrument plugin hosting
- Organized sound, patch, and setlist library
- Touch-optimized interface
- Powerful audio and MIDI effects
- Tonic Pad Player for ambient pads
- MIDI hardware and Bluetooth support
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The Sunday Keys App is the best way to access your favorite resources from SundaySounds.com using just your iPad and now supports hosting your favorite AUv3 instrument plugins! Login to your existing SundaySounds.com account to access your available content and enjoy an optimized Sunday Keys experience, designed for churches, built for iPad. *****You'll need an existing SundaySounds.com account to use the Sunday Keys App. If you don't have any purchased resources you can still login with an existing Sunday Sounds account and try out the App in demo mode. Additional SundaySounds.com content will be made available over time within the Sunday Keys App. Sunday Keys features powerful workflows for fast preparation of your worship services and reliable live performance with on the fly flexibility and control. Featuring an interface designed for touch, quickly browse the ready to play Patches or create exactly what you need by easily layering Sounds together across the keyboard. The App is designed specifically for the needs of worship teams, so it's easy to stay organized. Easily browse your favorite Sounds, Patches, and Setlists from the User Library with full support for custom folders and built-in search tools. Setlist Sharing makes it easy to send a Setlist to a friend or member of your worship team with just a tap. Sunday Keys will deliver reliable performance and incredible results for your worship team, allowing you to take your live worship keys rig to the next level, all from your iPad. Based on your content from SundaySounds.com choose from a growing library of individual Sounds and ready to play Patches with more content to be added regularly.* Browse a wide selection of incredible Sounds including grand, upright, and felt pianos, warm and evolving pads, strings, synth leads, bass, and more. You can now also host your favorite AUv3 instrument plugins inside Sunday Keys, making this App the ultimate host for your favorite plugins! Sunday Keys features a full suite of audio effects including stereo Delay, lush Reverb, Chorus, Tremolo, Rotor, Overdrive, and more plus powerful midi effects including an Arpeggiator, Easy Chord, and a full midi Sequencer, all available for both the internal Sound Library and applying to AUv3 instruments as you'd like. Use the Tonic Pad Player to glue together your band and cover any transition with gorgeous background ambient pads. You have full control over the drone's sound, crossfade time, and tone so you'll always fill just the right amount of space. Use the Tonic Pad on the fly or easily program seamless changes per Patch as you move through your Setlist. Connect any class-compliant Midi hardware and an audio interface to the App and enjoy tactile control via full Midi Learn functionality. Bluetooth and Network Midi are also fully supported! Detailed information on Midi and Audio connections can be found here: https://support.sundaysounds.com/hc/en-us/articles/5874902996247 Download Sunday Keys to get started with an all new way to play worship keys. *Content will be added to the Sunday Keys App as it is available. The core Sunday Keys Sound Library will be prioritized as additional Sounds and Patches are added. Once the full library is available the Sunday Keys Sound Library will receive monthly updates according to the terms of our license agreement available at SundaySounds.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sunday Keys at none against Playback's 3. Playback's advantage is ratings volume (4.3K vs 116) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Playback sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sunday Keys asks for nothing beyond the download.
Playback holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Playback has 4.3K ratings behind it against 116, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Playback's written reviews are positive against 71% of Sunday Keys's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Playback ships an update every 5 weeks, Sunday Keys every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playback | Sunday Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better | 4.6 (116 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.3% of reviews | 70.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 116 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MultiTracks.com | Loop Community |
Customer experience
Playback
Sunday Keys
User reviews
Playback
From 4.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Powerful features
- 🚀 Seamless playback
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Great for small churches
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🔒 Difficult to use on multiple devices
- 🔒 Lack of free trial or demo
- 🐛 Inconsistent behavior after updates
Sunday Keys
From 116 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ High-quality sounds
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Innovative AI patch builder
- 🤝 Helpful customer support
- 🚀 Seamless transitions
Room to improve
- 💸 High price point
- ⏳ Annual license renewal
- 🤔 Complex registration process
- 🚫 Limited editing of song patches
- ⚠️ Inconsistent drone functionality
Bugs and requests
Playback
Reported bugs
4 issues- Click track and guide audio issues
- Playback freezing or crashing on certain devices
- Syncing problems between multiple devices
- Rental tracks not loading properly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to create and save custom setlists
- More advanced editing capabilities for individual tracks
- Tempo and key change options during live performance
- Improved MIDI integration for lyrics and lighting control
- Standalone version without subscription requirement
Sunday Keys
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashing on iPad
- Drone not working reliably
- Core audio error on iPad
- Sound library installation issues
- App not running on older macOS versions
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- UVI plugins sometimes fail to load
- App glitching and closing mid-service
- App reappearing after deletion
Requested features
10 requests- AUv3 plugin support for Logic Pro and GarageBand iOS
- Sampler/looper functionality
- Loop player
- MIDI monitor on main screen displaying chords
- Ability to use third-party plugins
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- HD Pianos sound library
- Graphical EQ
- Pitch bend wheel/lever
- Song-specific patches with more editing flexibility
- Assign controllers to more parameters (tremolo speed, envelope attack, etc.)
In-app purchases
Playback
- Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Pro1 Month trial$8.991 Month
- Premium$14.991 Month
Sunday Keys
No in-app purchases









