What are the best music software programs for iMac or PC?

Recently I was watching a friend of mine make a song on Garageband using his iPhone, and it apparently is a lot more powerful than on my iMac, generating a far richer sound and was indistinguishable from an actual thrash metal song. Rather than invest in a pricy iPhone, since I already have the Galaxy S3, is there any alternative to Garageband for the iMac that would provide me a more thorough assortment of tools and instruments to create the kinds of things I was seeing him do on his iPhone?

Added (1). I do have a super old version of Audacity, so I may need to update. I definitely want to create quality stuff, and I'm giving these a trial run as we speak.

Depends on what you mean music software programs if your thinking of a daw then reaper or audacity is usually the main go to. However, if your thinking of software based music production then usually native instruments is the way to go. However, that being said you can find vst's for reaper or audacity.

You have made a false assumption. GarageBand on iPhone is not superior to that in Mac OS X 10.10.2. Your friend seems to be a better producer.

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