StemConsole vs Anytune

Disclosure: I build StemConsole, one of the tools below. Apps change their features and prices often, so check each one’s own site or app store listing before you pay.

At a glance

Anytune details come from its website and app store listings in September 2026; check them for current prices and features.

The real difference: slowing the mix vs hearing the part

Anytune is a slow-downer. It takes the whole recording and lets you slow it, shift it and loop it with great control. If the part you are learning is already easy to hear, Anytune provides that workflow in a native app.

StemConsole is a stem mixer with practice tools. Free Basic Split separates vocals, drums, bass and other. Full Separation, with Pro or a credit, adds guitar and piano, so you can solo the guitar solo, pull the vocal down, or mute your own instrument and play along with the rest of the band. Basic A/B looping is free, and so is the speed and key player, which slows a whole song or changes its key. Pro adds speed and key changes on the separate stems, multiple named loops and count-in. When a part is buried under a busy mix, hearing it on its own matters more than slowing it down further.

Where Anytune is the better pick

• Very fast passages you need to hear at extremely slow speeds.
• Practising offline, on a plane or in a rehearsal room without signal.
• You want a one-off purchase rather than a subscription.
• You live on Apple devices and want deep marker and loop tools.

Official reference: Anytune platforms and features.

Where StemConsole is the better pick

• You need to hear or remove one instrument, not just slow the song.
• You practise on Windows, a Chromebook or a shared school computer.
• You teach, and want to send students a song they can open with the faders live, no app or account.
• You want a saved library of songs that reopens exactly where you left off.

StemConsole plans: free covers vocal removal and a 4-stem split (vocals, drums, bass, other), 5 splits a month, the live mixer, a basic A/B loop, a saved library, share links, key and BPM analysis, song-following click, manual BPM and tap tempo, and a speed and key player that plays a whole song at any speed from 50% to 150% or moves its key up or down 12 semitones in the browser, and saves the result as an MP3 with a free account. Pro is US$6.99 a month or US$49 a year and adds 6 stems with guitar and piano, WAV, 100 splits a month, and the practice room tools on the separated stems: speed from 50% to 150% without changing pitch, key change up or down 12 semitones, multiple named loops and count-in. A US$1.99 credit buys one 6-stem split with MP3 downloads and basic A/B looping. WAV, speed and key change on stems, and multiple named loops require Pro.

Using both

Plenty of players will use both: StemConsole to pull the part out cleanly and bounce a practice mix, then Anytune on the phone for very slow, offline drilling. They do different jobs well.

Frequently asked questions

Dan Murtagh is a Melbourne mixing and mastering engineer with 20 years making records and a decade teaching audio. He built StemConsole as a practice tool for his students. More about Dan.

Related

Official reference: Moises stem separation.