Comparison

SessionBand Blues 1 vs EG Nodes

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

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About

SessionBand Blues 1

Create professional Blues music with a unique chord-based loop app. Easily build full tracks in various Blues styles using loops recorded by top session musicians, even without musical experience.

Highlights
  • Chord-based loop creation
  • 15 classic Blues styles
  • Royalty-free music
  • Auto-transpose
  • Automated mixing
  • One-touch live recording
  • Audiobus compatibility
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Create professional Blues tracks to your own chords in minutes with the award-winning SessionBand app - the world’s only chord-based loop app. For Blues musicians and songwriters, this unique app is the ultimate tool for jamming and writing, with full and complete Blues tracks just minutes away! It's also simple enough for non-musicians to create their own great-sounding, royalty-free music with. “Remarkably polished“ Forbes “Extraordinarily useful“ Jamie Cullum “Create like a master“ Engadget With over 16,000 stunning, chord-based Blues loops (included) individually recorded by 4 of the world's very best session musicians, SessionBand Blues instantly converts the chords you select into great sounding audio – wherever you are and whatever your ability. There are 15 different classic Blues styles included. Every single loop carefully engineered so you can instantly create your own tracks in those styles: from a slow Bonamassa 12/8 and a Muddy Waters shuffle, through various ballads, Texas and Blue Line shuffles all the way to uptempo Delta blues and Bluegrass. And there's a host of pro features like auto-transpose, automated mixing, one-touch live recording, and Audiobus compatibility - allowing you to seamlessly export our unique content into other top music apps like Garageband. It has never been easier or quicker to create your own studio quality music even if you can't play a note! If you love Blues – you will love SessionBand Blues! A Top 10 paid music app in 66 countries since launch. Hear exactly how SessionBand Blues sounds by watching the video at sessionbandapp.com The fastest way to create studio-quality Blues music... • Simply pick one of 15 awesome Blues styles • Choose your chords • Stretch or shorten loops in seconds • Build up a full track in minutes • Instantly hear your track across the other playing styles and tempos • Auto-transpose your entire track (not electronic pitch shift!) • Mix your track (manual or automated) • Adjust track tempo (+/- 15%) • Record direct to audio • Copy straight to other music apps • Share with the world! Get 4 of the world's top session musicians playing on your tracks... • Drums – Geoff Dugmore (Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Taj Mahal, Newton Faulkner, Richard Ashcroft, Leona Lewis, Jimmy Page, Robbie Williams, Dido, Natalie Imbruglia, Steve Winwood...) • Guitars – Adam Goldsmith (Brian May, Meat Loaf, Robbie Williams, Elton John, Will Young, Ronan Keating, Beverley Knight, Gloria Estefan...) • Bass – Geoff Gascoyne (Sting, Georgie Fame, Van Morrison, Bill Bruford, Gloria Estefan, Jamie Cullum...) • Keyboards – Tom Cawley (Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Watts, Stacey Kent, Andrea Bocelli, Peter Gabriel...) Anyone can create and release professional Blues tracks with SessionBand... • No musical experience required • Simple, intuitive interface allows easy chord/loop selection and manipulation • Audition loops as you go • Build a full track in minutes with all-new 'Track Builder' • Highly educational and great fun Create great sounding real Blues music on the move... • All loops reside within the downloaded app • No internet access required once the app is downloaded • Create studio-quality music absolutely anywhere! Detailed Product Information • 15 Blues styles in tempo order: Slow 12/8; Slow Shuffle; Slow Blues Rock; Medium Shuffle; Blues Rock Ballad; Slow 6/4; 70s Medium Blues Rock; Texas Shuffle; Funky Blues; Medium 6/4; Blues Line Shuffle; Rock n Roll; Fast Shuffle; Mississippi Blues; Bluegrass • Tempos from 60bpm to 180bpm • 10 chord variations for every root note in all 15 styles: 6; 7; 7(b9); 9; 7(#9); maj7; m7(b5); m9; m7; maj 'stop' • Each of the 15 styles includes 15 alternative drum grooves and drum fills in addition to the 'main' drum pattern for that style • The exclusive musical content in this app is not duplicated in any of the other SessionBand apps • All loops are offered royalty-free and can be used freely in your own works

About

EG Nodes

This app is a clip-based audio unit host and MIDI sequencer for creating musical projects. It offers a variety of built-in MIDI and audio nodes for generating sequences, recording, and sampling. Users can load external Audio Units and automate parameters for unique compositions.

Highlights
  • Clip-based Audio Unit host
  • Built-in MIDI generators (Note/Chord, Arpeggio, Sequencer)
  • Audio recording and sampling
  • Load external AU3 instruments and effects
  • Scene and automation control
  • Flexible MIDI routing
  • Standalone and AUv3 modular sequencer
Features
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EG Nodes is a clip based Audio Unit host with sequencing capabilities to play external instruments, Audio Unit or MIDI hardware and create a complete audio project. A powerful and flexible groovebox to perform or create musical projects from scratch in a fast and easy way. BUILTIN MIDI GENERATOR Use the builtin nodes to play instruments, apply effects and perform. NOTE/CHORD - generates a single note or a chord ARPEGGIO - generates chord arpeggios SEQUENCER - to play a note sequence RHYTHM - to play drums, percussion or rhythmic instruments PIANO ROLL - to write more complex MIDI part in a classic piano roll editorFEATURES GENERATIVE - to continuously generate sequences evolving in time MIDI FX - to host external MIDI FX Audio unit like sequencers, piano rolls and others MIC/INPUT NODE a simple node input audio from your device mic or an external usb interfaces. You can play your guitar or any instrument together with your song and record it using the Audio/Sampler node. BUILTIN AUDIO/RECORDER/SAMPLER Use the Audio Sampler node to import audio files (wav, mp3, mov, mp4, caf or aiff). Audio node is capable of sync the loop to your project tempo using pitch shifting algorithm to stretch the audio without changing its pitch. You can create your own instrument, adding a sample and playing it via the MIDI sequencer nodes. You can also use the Audio node to record the output from any node in your project or from a mic/line (using the MIC node). SONG NODE to link scenes and create a song structure. You can add how many song nodes you like and assign each one to a different section. MIX GROUP NODE to create mixing busses and group nodes. An easy way to apply effects and automation to multiple nodes at the same time. AU3 INSTRUMENTS, FX AND MIDI FX Load your favorite Audio Units to unlock an infinite palette of sounds. SCENES & AUTOMATIONS Save and recall up to 8 main scenes to control your song structure and nodes combination - each node can save its configuration, parameters and notes Automate parameters to add sparkle to your compostions. PROBABILITY - FREQUENCY - RANDOMIZATION AND MORE... Each node has additional controllers to make your performance unique, original and unpredictable. FLEXIBLE MIDI ROUTING & MIDI LEARN Send MIDI and receive it from external hardware, software or apps. Configure soruces and destination for each node and record directly into piano roll. Almost each button, know or slider can be assigned and controlled by your extenal MIDI controllers via a super easy MIDI learn setup AU3 MODULAR SEQUENCER EG Nodes can be loaded in other DAW/Hosts as MIDI FX generator to create MIDI sequences in a fast and easy way MIXER/COMPACT VIEW Adjust nodes level in a compact and optimised view UNIVERSAL Run EG Nodes on iPad or iPhone and share your project with other musicians. ADDITIONAL FEATURES STANDALONE VERSION - 8 recallable scenes to save nodes configurations - History Undo/Redo - Project MIDI scale transposition - Save and recall your favorite nodes - Duplicate and rename nodes - Import and export MIDI into Piano Roll nodes - Individual clip length, speed and steps number - Individual swing for each Sequencer or Rhythm node - AU3 Parameters automation - Multiple MIDI input sources assignable - Record from MIDI input or builtin keyboard into Piano Roll clips - Record AU instruments MIDI Out into Piano Roll clips - Import/Export presets - Record and export your performance - Ableton link sync support - MIDI in & out with midi channel filter for each node - Flexible internal MIDI routing to send MIDI from one node to other ones - MIDI learn to control app with external controllers and MIDI surfaces AU3 MIDI PROCESSOR VERSION - MIDI processor Audio Unit to be hosted into other DAWS - includes all the sequencing features of the standalone app - send MIDI notes out to your host - control AU3 parameters of other AU3 instruments or effects hosted with the app and automate them

Screenshots

SessionBand Blues 14 screens
EG Nodes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SessionBand Blues 1 at $8.99 against EG Nodes's $19.99. SessionBand Blues 1 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). EG Nodes's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 54%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and device support 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

SessionBand Blues 1 costs $8.99 and EG Nodes $19.99 up front. EG Nodes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SessionBand Blues 1 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for SessionBand Blues 1 against 4.8 for EG Nodes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 93 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of SessionBand Blues 1's written reviews are positive against 92% of EG Nodes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SessionBand Blues 1 ships an update every 5 months, EG Nodes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SessionBand Blues 1 versus EG Nodes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSessionBand Blues 1EG Nodes
Price$8.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.7 (32 ratings)4.8 (93 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews92.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3293 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size891 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUK Music Apps LtdElliott Garage

Customer experience

SessionBand Blues 1

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative41.0%

EG Nodes

All ratings93 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%

User reviews

SessionBand Blues 1

From 32 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great sound quality
  • 👍 Useful for practice and jamming
  • 👍 Easy to use for beginners
  • 👍 Good for sketching arrangements
  • 👍 Creates professional sounding tracks

Room to improve

  • 👎 Limited chord types (missing sus, dim, natural minor/major)
  • 👎 Poor editing controls
  • 👎 Synchronization issues when exporting
  • 👎 Some styles lack organ track
  • 👎 Organ track sometimes too high

EG Nodes

From 93 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 💡 Innovative concept and workflow
  • 🚀 Fast idea generation
  • ✨ Inspiring and creative
  • 🔧 Powerful and flexible

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sampler won't play correctly
  • 🐛 Sampler features inconsistent
  • 🐛 Random arming and recording into disabled scenes
  • 🐛 Crashes with some apps
  • 🐛 Too much crashing results in losing work

Bugs and requests

SessionBand Blues 1

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Synchronization issues when exporting to GarageBand/FL Studio
  • App does not work with Audiobus 3 on iOS 15
  • Cannot be integrated into Cubasis
  • App doesn't work in background
  • Glitchy audio in multiple purchased apps
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  • Major bug: cannot change tracks without leaving the app
  • App stops working (100% probability)
  • Drums sound dreadful when tempo is changed
  • App lags and has distorted noises with external sound card
  • App crashes when trying to edit tracks
  • Audiobus won't initialize and is disabled
  • Guitar soloing on segments that cannot be turned off
  • App crashes on launch
  • Major tempo issue: settings inaccessible after tempo change
  • App crashes when trying to use it

Requested features

20 requests
  • Import individual loops easily into other DAWs
  • Clarification on copyright for covers/parodies
  • More chord types (sus, dim, natural minor/major)
  • Ability to transpose organ track down
  • Improved keyboard chord voicings
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  • Dark mode option
  • More styles and genre packs
  • Ability to export single tracks
  • Add a play/stop button to the edit screen
  • More flexibility in rhythm instrument choices
  • Option to mute guitar soloing on segments
  • Fix tempo change issues with drums
  • Add more blues styles with authentic blues sounds
  • Improve UI and responsiveness
  • Add an undo button
  • Update interface to retina display
  • More control over loop modulation
  • Separate instruments for better control
  • Fix scrolling chord sync issues
  • More DAW compatibility for wave export

EG Nodes

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Sampler won’t play correctly
  • Sampler features don’t work consistently
  • Scenes getting armed and recordings going into them despite disabling them
  • Crashes with some apps
  • Crashing results in losing work
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  • Accidentally refreshed instead of saving
  • Can’t sequence all AU parameters
  • Chord module seems weird
  • Rhythm module labeling is hard to understand
  • Pads option for iPhone could be better
  • Sustain pedal input issue (resolved)
  • Pan bug (resolved)
  • Teething problems being sorted
  • Some bugs reported (quickly fixed)

Requested features

12 requests
  • Easy way to report bugs without login/account
  • Keep save/refresh options on screen
  • Audio recording or looping module
  • Audio clip module, like a looper
  • 16 steps per page for sequencers
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  • Sequence all AU parameters
  • Follow chord mode to control other nodes
  • Pads option for iPhone in portrait mode
  • Tie notes together/ sustain notes
  • Automate bending notes, lead guitarist style
  • More specific randomization, such as bass pattern generation
  • Multi Track export

In-app purchases

None

SessionBand Blues 1

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

EG Nodes

One-time3
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$3.99
  • Large tip$14.99

Questions

Is SessionBand Blues 1 free?
SessionBand Blues 1 costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EG Nodes free?
EG Nodes costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SessionBand Blues 1 or EG Nodes?
EG Nodes is rated higher. SessionBand Blues 1 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while EG Nodes averages 4.8 from 93 ratings.
Do SessionBand Blues 1 or EG Nodes have ads?
Neither SessionBand Blues 1 nor EG Nodes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SessionBand Blues 1 or EG Nodes?
SessionBand Blues 1 ships an update every 5 months, and EG Nodes weekly. Most recently, SessionBand Blues 1 was updated on October 23, 2026 and EG Nodes on October 24, 2026.

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