Comparison

Guide Track vs Collider

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

Head to head
About

Guide Track

This tool helps musicians quickly create precise guide tracks for recording. It allows users to input song structure, chords, and beat styles to generate smart click tracks, chord charts, and even basic drum and bass lines.

Highlights
  • Create precise guide tracks
  • Input song structure, chords, and beat styles
  • Generate smart click tracks
  • Create chord sheets
  • Automated bass track
  • Over 35 stock drum patterns
  • Supports Inter-app audio and Audiobus 2
Features
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From the US Store: Songwriter's pre-production tool extraordinaire ! ***** by Mythmongrel - Version - 1.2.0 - Oct 31, 2014 The best app for easily laying out the form of a composition. It's does exactly what it's meant to do and it keeps getting better. Highly recommend it. Accept No Substitutes. ***** by Focusking - Version - 1.2.0 - Oct 9, 2014 Get this app, and you are in for a pleasant surprise; it's versatile, it's multi-purpose, and it knocks the competition out of the game. And, unlike other developers, this dev responds promptly, and positively. Are you a songwriter, electronic composer or are you in a band? Do you record your music and sometimes have trouble getting started or laying down tracks to record on top of? If the answer to either of these questions is yes then you owe it to yourself to own Guide Track! Guide Track is the primary go-to tool when you want to quickly create a precise guide track for recording when you know the song structure and the style. Simply enter in the time signature (which you can change at any time during the song), which chords (or rests) for how many beats and the beat style—Guide Track does the rest for you! Use inter-app audio or AudioBus 2 or save your track to file and you are ready to start recording for real with a perfect smart click track and guide chords, drums and bass. Save hours of messing around and get to what matters—your creativity. Once done you can mute the guide track to reveal your perfectly structured recording. It's like a sculptor using a mold when casting, except instead of bronze, you end up with perfectly structured music. You may want to even keep your guide track in there or record one of the parts such as bass or arpeggios as a real track, especially if you use a professional synth via MIDI out. You can also use Guide Track to print out chord sheets for your band or to capture song ideas or for recording aid. Features • Records stereo WAV file that can be copied and pasted, saved to Dropbox or emailed • Supports Inter-app recording and Audiobus 2 • Saves 5-track Type 1 MIDI files • Direct output to any MIDI device • All major chord families covered with chord inversions with choice of accidentals • Independent automated bass track with separate octave and sound controls • Change bass note to any desired value for a given chord change • Over 35 stock drum patterns • Click and Count-in • Add lyrics to your score • 128 GM Sounds on two different synths • Several chord play styles including 6 arpeggio patterns • Instant chord sheet which can be printed or emailed as PDF • Add various rests or chords as needed • Transpose songs any time • Time signatures that readjust beat structures for you • Preview chords before inserting • Undo and Redo • Automate changes to tempo, time signature, volume, play style and more during playback • Define up to 6 reusable named sections for ultra fast song creation • Innovative section navigator helps you move around your song • Rearrange or insert chords, rests or sections • Looping playback

About

Collider

Enhance your Elektron Analog Rytm drum machine with this performance and control surface app. It offers extensive randomization, parameter control across all tracks, and creative pattern generation tools to unlock new sonic possibilities.

Highlights
  • Randomized Kits and sound design
  • Parameter randomization and morphing
  • Cross-track parameter control
  • Scene and performance randomization
  • Euclidean and algorithmic pattern generation
  • Save and load kits, tracks, and patterns
  • XY pads for FX and filter control
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Collider is a performance and control surface for Elektron's Analog Rytm drum machine. Unlock the full potential of your drum machine with minimal effort and programming! Features: - Randomized Kits of a certain flavor + sound design functions - Intelligently randomize and morph Parameters, Pages, Tracks, FX, Patterns, Trigs & Parameter Locks - Control common parameters across ALL Tracks - Scenes and Performance Randomization - Pattern Mode: Euclidean patterns, humanization, randomization, pattern algorithms and much more! - Over 300 drum grooves from various genres are included to kickstart your production - Automate the addition of TRC conditions and P-Locks, Randomize Retrig Rates and Sequence Lengths creating interesting and evolving patterns - Save and Load Kits, Tracks, MFX, Mixer Settings, Kit Snapshots & Pattern Snapshots - Mixer Mode - Chromatic Mode - XY Pads to control Master Filter, FX, Drive - Link multiple tracks to single pads for layering * Compatible with both MK1 and MK2, requires RYTM OS 1.60 or higher * Not compatible with Overbridge

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Guide Track at $4.99 against Collider's $19.99. Collider's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (92% vs 50%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Guide Track costs $4.99 and Collider $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Collider holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Guide Track's written reviews are positive against 92% of Collider's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guide Track ships an update every 2 months, Collider monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Guide Track versus Collider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuide TrackCollider
Price$4.99 — better$19.99
Rating3.9 (8 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings813 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechné MediaMarcos Kohler

Customer experience

Guide Track

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Collider

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Guide Track

No in-app purchases

None

Collider

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guide Track free?
Guide Track costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Collider free?
Collider costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guide Track or Collider?
Collider is rated higher. Guide Track averages 3.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Collider averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do Guide Track or Collider have ads?
Neither Guide Track nor Collider shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guide Track or Collider?
Guide Track ships an update every 2 months, and Collider monthly. Most recently, Guide Track was updated on October 26, 2026 and Collider on October 18, 2026.

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