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GarageBand app icon

GarageBand

by Apple · Music · Free

Average rating
4.1
116.4K ratings
Ratings
116.4K
On store since
2011
14 yrs 241 d
Languages
33
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Analyst summary

Last verified 4 Aug 2026

GarageBand is a Music application published by Apple. It holds a 4.1-star average across 116,354 public ratings.

It was last updated 3 Nov 2025. The listing has been on the store for 14 yrs 241 d.

On the listing it is localized into 33 languages, a 1.7 GB download, runs on iPhone 5s and newer · iPad.

A summary of the measured figures recorded on this page, kept current as the numbers change.
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Position in category

Each bar shows where GarageBand sits in the distribution of Music apps we track. Percentiles are computed over apps with the field observed, not the whole category.

Rating volume 99th pct.
Average rating 22nd pct.
Download size 99th pct.
Price 5th pct.

Distribution computed with the category report · Full category report

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Review intelligence

Medium confidence

Users praise the app for music creation and ringtones, but many find it confusing and have issues with audio sync and app size.

Computed from 132 public reviews, 3 Jul 2026–3 Aug 2026 · 93 in the last 30 days. Sentiment and themes are model-derived from the review text, not categories we imposed.

ease of use Mixed · 15
ringtone creation Mixed · 9
audio quality/sync Negative · 7
app size/storage Negative · 2
instrument variety Mixed · 2
In users’ words · verbatim public App Store reviews, unedited
★★★★★
Just good app
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ads
Nikki567497 · v2.3.18 · 3 Aug 2026
★☆☆☆☆
Terrible
This is honestly the most confusing and stupid app ever i try making a ringtone and it just says can’t save like even the tutorials for this don’t work
Smthebest · v2.3.18 · 31 Jul 2026

Trajectory: stable · recomputed when new reviews arrive · limitations

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Health timeline

A dated record of what has actually happened to this app — launch, updates, price moves and record-board milestones. Every point is a stored observation, never an estimate.

Daily rating & price tracking began 9 Aug 2026; the growth curve fills in here as observations accrue.

  1. 29 Jul 2026 Board Entered Biggest in Music Best position observed: #20.
  2. 29 Jul 2026 Board Entered Family Friendly in Music Best position observed: #21.
  3. 3 Nov 2025 Update Updated to v2.3.18 The most recent version we observed on the listing.
  4. 10 Mar 2011 Launch Launched on the App Store Original release date stated on the listing.

Dates are read from the listing and from our own daily observations; the rating curve accrues going forward. How we track.

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Listing & advisories

Download size

1.7 GB

Minimum iOS

26.0

Devices supported

iPhone 5s and newer · iPad

Age rating

4+

Advisories

None listed by the publisher

Screenshots

5 on the listing

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Rankings this app appears on

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Peer set

Peers are well-rated apps in Music, selected by category and rating — not by similarity of description, so the comparison is like-for-like on scale.

AppRatingRatingsPrice
GarageBand 4.1 116.4K Free
Samply - Listen & Share 5.0 2,592 Free
Banjo Tuner - LikeTones 5.0 2,565 Free
AudioKit Synth One J6 4.9 2,270 Free
[untitled] 4.9 16.4K Free
NERD Synth A2x + AUv3 4.9 1,335 $5.99
Guitar Tuner - LikeTones 4.9 1,181 Free
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Questions this record can answer

How was every figure on this page produced?

Each figure is read from public App Store metadata or computed from it, dated to when we read it, and traceable to a stored row. Percentiles, cadence, longevity and sentiment are derived by us; ratings, prices, sizes and dates are taken as the store reports them.

Why can the star average and recent opinion disagree?

The star average is cumulative over the app’s whole life, so recent opinion barely moves it. Any sentiment figure we compute reads only recent review text, which is why it turns first. Treat a divergence as an early indicator, not a verdict.

What can this page not tell you?

Downloads, revenue, active users, subscription pricing inside the app, and anything about security or data handling. None of those are visible in public store metadata, so we do not estimate them.

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Provenance

Source
Public App Store listing metadata and public customer reviews.
Collection window
Last read 4 Aug 2026. Listing re-read daily; reviews re-read on a slower cadence.
Derived figures
Percentiles, update cadence, longevity and sentiment are computed by us, not supplied by the store.
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