# Ritorno — Loop it, slow it, nail it.

> Loop it, slow it, nail it. (iPhone/iPad app by Blue Magicians, K.K..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ritorno/id6787269441 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Blue Magicians, K.K.](https://appshunter.io/developer/6778226096)
- Category: Music, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2026-07-17
- Data updated: 2026-09-30

## What is Ritorno?

Ritorno is a practice app for playing songs by ear—play along to music you already own, with easy looping and slow-down playback. It works with anything in your music library, including songs you've imported from CDs. Slow the hard phrases down and repeat them, again and again, until your hands remember them.

■ Looping, made easy
Mark the start (A) and end (B) of any passage in just a few taps. Each loop is easy to read at a glance—clear chips and exact times—and replays with a single tap. Fast to set, never fiddly: that's what Ritorno cares about most.

■ Slow it down for the details
Lower the playback speed and even fast runs and subtle nuances come through clearly. Nudge the tempo back up little by little to close in on the original speed at your own pace.

■ Join loops and play straight through
Once a short loop feels solid, link it to the next one and repeat the joined range as a single run. Extend it step by step—an easy bridge from practicing sections to playing the whole thing.

■ Tools that make repetition stick
・Organize your loops with names and colors
・Jump between loops for focused, phrase-by-phrase practice
・Link the loops you've nailed and repeat them as one

■ What's free
・Up to 5 loops per song
・Speed control, loop names and colors, loop switching, and loop groups—all free

■ Ritorno Plus (one-time purchase)
・Unlimited loops
・Loop library—reopen any song you've set loops for and pick up where you left off
・Record your own playing through the mic, then save, browse, and replay it
Pay once and it's yours for good—no subscription. Try everything free for 3 days.

■ Good to know
・Ritorno plays songs from your music library. CDs you've imported and tracks you've purchased work as practice material too.
・Protected tracks such as Apple Music can't, by design, be shown as waveforms, pitch-shifted, or mixed with your recordings. Recording is for listening back to your own playing.
・Headphones are recommended while recording.

Make the phrases you've always wanted to play your own. Start practicing on repeat with Ritorno.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ritorno Plus | $7.99 | one-time |


## Is Ritorno safe?

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## Is Ritorno legit?

Ritorno has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ritorno is 48 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-02

• Fixed: resetting the playback speed back to 1.0 was not always saved.
• Fixed: starting and ending a take when you switch loops while recording.

### 1.1 — 2026-07-28

NEW: Loop groups — join loops and play straight through
Once a short loop feels solid, tap the link button in the loop list to join it to the next one. The joined range repeats as a single run, so you can extend it step by step until you can play the whole part straight through. Repeat settings come from the last loop in the group.

UPDATED: A tidier loop list
Every row now has just three controls — link, repeat, and "…". The repeat button shows the repeat count (∞ / ×4), so you can read the setting without opening anything. Repeat count, mute, and recordings have moved into the "…" menu. Muted loops are shaded, and a tap on the mute icon unmutes them right away.

Also in this update
• Bigger tap targets in the loop list — a slightly-off tap no longer starts playing that loop.
• The recording list is split into "Current loop" and "Earlier loops." Each take remembers the range it was recorded from, so you can still tell what you played after moving a loop, and takes from earlier ranges can be cleared in one tap.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-19

• Tapping a loop in the list now starts playback right away—even when paused—so you can jump straight into the passage you want to practice.
• Refreshed screenshots and other small improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-17

No release notes.

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