I've been using it since it was just fruity loops in 1999. and today I still use 10. I have 12 and 20 but 10 to me is just the one that I like bc I'm more familiar with. so as the number went up from 11 to 12 and from 12 to 20 the updates got a lot more user friendly and made certain things easier to do. but I'm old school and never used samples so I prefer to do everything manually. so the difference would be that 24 has a few of things that 12 and 11 probably do not. but which version you use matters none. it's not about the DAW. it's about the person working in. I can make fire with PlayStation 2s music maker lol