The MT Pit vs MTI Pro Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The MT Pit
Access a vast library of instrumental backing tracks for musicals, featuring full orchestrations. Perfect for auditions, rehearsals, and live performances, these high-quality recordings provide a professional substitute for a live orchestra.
- Instrumental backing tracks for musicals
- Full orchestration available
- Library of expanding titles
- Live recorded tracks
- Industry elite musicians
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The MT Pit provides instrumental backing tracks for musicals. Gain access to an ever expanding library of titles, which contain the full orchestration (songs, overture, underscores). Use your device to play tracks for your auditions, rehearsal, but most importantly, your performance. All tracks are recorded live, with industry elite musicians, giving you the best substitute to a full orchestra.
MTI Pro Player
This app plays show scores using performance accompaniment recordings. Users can adjust tempo, key, create vamps, and navigate measures in real time. Authorization from an organization is required to access all features.
- Play show scores
- Change tempo
- Change key
- Create vamps
- Jump to any measure
- Real-time measure tracking
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The MTI Pro Player is Music Theatre International’s proprietary app designed to play a show’s score using the Performance Accompaniment Recording resource. With the MTI Pro Player app you can change tempo, key, create vamps, and easily jump to any measure. Follow the music as measures are listed in real time. Get authorization from your organization to use all these features! For emergency help during your production, please contact 1-888-340-3505 for immediate assistance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The MT Pit at 3.2 against MTI Pro Player's 2.4. The MT Pit also leads on review sentiment (35% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months). MTI Pro Player's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The MT Pit holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of The MT Pit's written reviews are positive against 0% of MTI Pro Player's.
The MT Pit ships an update every 3 months, MTI Pro Player every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The MT Pit | MTI Pro Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (29 ratings) — better | 2.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TheMTPit, LLC. | Music Theatre International |
Customer experience
The MT Pit
MTI Pro Player
In-app purchases
The MT Pit
No in-app purchases
MTI Pro Player
No in-app purchases
