Woodshed vs Moises, honestly.
Moises is the best-known app for splitting songs and practising with them, and it is a good one. Woodshed does the practice part with unlimited songs on every paid plan, and a Pro plan at about half the price. Here is where each one fits.
Pick Woodshed if
- You split a lot of songs and want unlimited songs from the first paid plan.
- You want every pro tool for about half the listed price of Moises Pro.
- You want a practice room, not a creative AI suite.
- You like a hardware-style mixer you can read at a glance.
- You want setlists, takes and exports in the same place as the stems.
Pick Moises if
- You need stems Woodshed does not separate yet, such as strings or wind.
- You want a desktop plugin inside your DAW.
- You want AI music generation and mastering in the same app.
- You need native mobile apps today. Ours are on the way.
The full spec sheet.
| Feature | Woodshed | Moises |
|---|---|---|
| Songs per month on the entry paid plan | Unlimited | Upload limits apply |
| Top plan price | $14.99 a month | Around $29.99 a month |
| Vocals, drums, bass, other | ||
| Guitar and piano stems | ||
| Separate drum parts | ||
| Strings, wind and more instrument types | ||
| Speed without pitch change | ||
| Key change | ||
| Chord grid | ||
| Synced lyrics | ||
| Metronome that follows the recording | ||
| Record takes over the track | ||
| Setlists | ||
| AI music generation inside the app | Not our thing | |
| Desktop plugin for DAWs | ||
| Web, iOS and Android | Web now, apps soon |
Song limits are the real difference
Both apps split a song into stems and give you speed, key, loops, chords and a metronome on top. Where they part ways is how much you can split. Moises sets limits on how many songs you can process and how long they can be, and those limits move up as you pay for higher tiers. Woodshed keeps a small free allowance of 3 songs a month, and Premium removes the song cap entirely for $7.99 a month, with songs up to 20 minutes.
At the top end, Moises Pro is listed at around $29.99 a month. Woodshed Pro is $14.99 a month, or about $10 a month billed yearly, and adds Hi-Fi stems, drum parts, synced lyrics, individual stem export, songs up to 60 minutes and priority processing.
If you learn a couple of songs a month, either free plan may be enough. If you are a teacher prepping lessons, a function band learning a long set, or a player who imports every song you hear, the cap is what you will notice first.
Where Moises is ahead
Moises has been around for years and it shows. It separates more kinds of instrument, it has a plugin for desktop recording software, and it ships native iOS and Android apps today. It has also added AI tools that generate and master music. If any of those matter to you, it is the stronger choice right now.
Where Woodshed is different
Woodshed is built for the practice room and nothing else. The mixer is laid out like a hardware desk, with a fader, meter, mute and solo per stem. The metronome locks to the beats in the recording, so it follows a band that speeds up in the chorus. Setlists hold each song at the key and tempo you actually play it, and takes you record sit right next to the stems.
Switching questions.
Is Woodshed a good Moises alternative?
If you mainly use Moises to practise (stems, speed, key, loops, chords), yes. Woodshed covers the same practice workflow, and every paid plan has no monthly song cap. If you rely on Moises for strings and wind stems, its DAW plugin or AI music tools, stay with Moises.
Is Woodshed cheaper than Moises?
Woodshed Premium is $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year, and Pro is $14.99 a month or $119.99 a year. Moises Pro is listed at around $29.99 a month, so Woodshed Pro is about half that. Moises changes its plans, so check their pricing page for current figures.
Can I move my songs from Moises to Woodshed?
Import the original audio files into Woodshed and it splits them again. If you only have Moises exports, you can import those too, though splitting from the original recording gives the cleanest stems.
Which has better stem quality?
Both use modern neural separation and both sound good on most music. Woodshed Pro adds a Hi-Fi mode for the hardest songs. The fairest test is to split the same song in both and listen to the part you play.
Go to the woodshed.
woodshedding (n.) practising alone, over and over, until the hard part is yours.
Your first split is ready in about two minutes