StudioTrackr vs Samply: which one do you need?
By Ryan Whitten · Updated October 2, 2026
Samply is built for sharing and reviewing audio: you send a mix, people listen and comment at the second they mean. StudioTrackr is built for finishing an album or EP you're making yourself: what's done on every song, what to do next, and getting every bounce onto your phone. They overlap in the middle, on versions and timestamped notes, and plenty of people would be well served by either, or both.
I make StudioTrackr, so read this with that in mind. I've tried to be fair to Samply, which is a good product.
What Samply is good at
- Sharing. A clean player and a link you can send to anyone, which is why so many engineers use it to deliver mixes to clients.
- Review. Time-coded comments, and versions stacked on each other so you can A/B mix passes.
- Control over who hears what. Password protection and download prevention on its paid plans.
- Storage. 4 GB free, and paid plans measured in terabytes.
What StudioTrackr is built around
- The project, not the file. The Studio Board tracks every song against every step, from tracking drums to ready for master, and progress is counted from it, not estimated.
- What to do tonight. Up Next names the steps that finish the phase you're in, then the notes waiting on your mixes.
- Bounce to phone. A free Mac app files each bounce onto the right song from the folder you bounce into, and it's on your iPhone before you leave the room. How that works →
- Notes are work. Every note is an item on the song's punch list that stays open across versions until someone resolves it, from the desk, the phone, or CarPlay's voice note button in the car.
- Radio Mode. Every bounce comes with a level-matched, lightly polished copy, so comparing two mixes isn't about which one went out louder.
Side by side
| Samply | StudioTrackr | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Sharing and reviewing audio | Finishing your own album or EP |
| Best fit | Engineers and studios delivering to clients | Artists and bands making their own music |
| Timestamped comments | Yes | Yes, as punch-list items you resolve |
| Versions per song | Yes | Yes |
| Per-song step tracking and progress | Not its focus | Yes, the Studio Board |
| Free plan | 4 GB of storage | One project of up to four songs |
| Paid plans | Indie from $5 a month, 1 TB; Pro $28 a month, 5 TB | Pro $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year, 50 GB |
Prices change, so check both sites for the current ones.
Which one do you need?
Choose Samply if most of your audio goes to other people, such as clients, labels or collaborators who need a link that just plays, or if you need a lot of storage.
Choose StudioTrackr if the problem is finishing: your own project or your band's, with a dozen steps per song, mix after mix, and notes from the car and from bandmates that need to end up back at the desk. It isn't built for a commercial studio or a label running many clients' projects at once.
Use both if you do both. Plenty of people track and finish their own album in one tool and send the finished mixes to the world from another.
StudioTrackr's Free plan runs a whole EP, one project of up to four songs, so you can find out which camp you're in without paying for anything.