GarageBand

GarageBand

GarageBand

23 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
GarageBand	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	Apple offers GarageBand, a digital audio workstation packaged with its operating system.	$199.99

Pricing

GarageBand

Editions & Modules

Logic Pro (GarageBand Premium): $199.99
Garageband for Mac: Free

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
GarageBand
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	GarageBand
Considered Both Products	GarageBand David Calvert Pastor for Creative Arts Chose GarageBand Because GarageBand is included on macOS and iOS purchases, and we already use an Apple environment at our office, it was an easy decision to go with the 'free,' included program for our basic audio editing needs. We did also purchase Logic Pro X, since it is the 'big brother' … Incentivized Helpful? MF Mark Feauto Associate Pastor Chose GarageBand GarageBand is much more user-friendly and feature-rich than Audacity. It's also a far more beautiful application to run, which inspires much more creativity in the workflow. I think Audacity's team must purely focus on functionality. Functional, it is (albeit not feature-rich), … Incentivized Helpful? Tara Brueske Vocal Workshops and Voice Development Chose GarageBand Way more user friendly. Audacity was clunky in the editing part and Garage Band is not. I love that everything is laid out in an eye friendly fashion. Audacity had too many tools laid out in a busy way where it's actually hard to find things. Also, since Garage Band is free to … Incentivized Helpful? Kira Dineen, MS, LCGC, CG(ASCP)CM Podcast/Radio Host and Producer Chose GarageBand With GarageBand it's very easy to drag in MP3 and slide them where you want it. I have a folder of MP3 I use for every podcast episode such as intro music, outro music, advertisements, etc. I have used other audio editors like Audacity which I did not find to be intuitive. Audac… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose GarageBand Almost as good, easier to use Incentivized Helpful? MN Musab Nismy Founder Chose GarageBand Adobe Audition is another great audio editing/recording software, in fact it is much better compared to GarageBand and has much more effects. However, it has a pretty large price tag while GarageBand is completely free. Also, Adobe Audition has a very steep learning curve which … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose GarageBand FLStudio: It has a breadth of functionality compared to Garageband, and its equally easy to use. Abelton: Its the best one that I have used, I have not even explored I believe 1% of the whole studio, but that proved to be enough for me on the project that I was working on. (For … Incentivized Helpful? Shawngela Pierce Life Coach \| Public Speaker Chose GarageBand I have used Adobe Audition before but found it to be hard to learn. Some of the features were very nice but too much for what I needed to justify the price. GarageBand is perfect for my needs and it came free with my Mac laptop. That is the best deal in town! Incentivized Helpful? Ben Caplan Risk Manager, and Insurance Agent Chose GarageBand GarageBand isn't the most powerful audio editing tool on the market, but for a free tool to Apple users... you can't go wrong. This tool has all the features a beginning user would ever need... and more! It's no Adobe platform, but if you're testing an idea or trying something … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	GarageBand
Likelihood to Recommend	9.5 (10 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	GarageBand
Likelihood to Recommend	Apple GarageBand is great for demo tracking for songwriting and and simple audio editing of spoken word or podcast applications. It is also great for making EQ adjustments on audio from other macOS or iOS programs for easy export back into those programs. GarageBand isn't well-suited for mastering, however, and it's a little difficult to get volume levels up in post-production if capture wasn't just right Incentivized David Calvert Pastor for Creative Arts Read full review
Pros	Apple It is easy to edit in the way that you can highlight something and simply delete a part of what you are working on. I love that I can drag two or more tracks together to keep them in sync when editing. It's not difficult to add a click track when you need it. I think the whole process of highlighting, cutting out parts and the basic editing doesn't take huge amounts of time because it seems intuitive. Incentivized Tara Brueske Vocal Workshops and Voice Development Read full review
Cons	Apple Can't save the preferences for the tracks such as turning off reverb etc. Project files are large, a 30-minute podcast episode with only 4 tracks is typically around 1 GB Auto feature to silence guest not talking Optimize for podcasters (I use the old version 6 as new versions hasn't had podcast options) Incentivized Kira Dineen Podcast/Radio Host and Producer Read full review
Usability	Apple It's dang simple for anybody who knows even a little about recording software. It's not something just anyone can open and immediately be a professional at, but things are clearly marked, the help documentation is great, and it's easy to explore and discover functionality that can aid in your production workflow. Incentivized MF Mark Feauto Associate Pastor Read full review
Support Rating	Apple I have never tried it. It's just simple, and you should be able to navigate most of it via self-exploration and Apple Help. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Apple Adobe Audition is another great audio editing/recording software, in fact it is much better compared to GarageBand and has much more effects. However, it has a pretty large price tag while GarageBand is completely free. Also, Adobe Audition has a very steep learning curve which makes it hard for our staff to get used to the software. Considering all this and after deep analysis we decided to opt for GarageBand, well at least for now. We may change in the future depending on our needs. Incentivized MN Musab Nismy Founder Read full review
Return on Investment	Apple Amazing value Very easy to get started For novices and professionals alike Loops library is simply awesome Export capabilities very effective to share tracks Incentivized François Lavallée president Read full review
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