Group the Loop vs Ioniarics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Group the Loop
This app is a section-based audio looper for mobile devices, enabling users to record, loop, overdub, and add effects. It allows for the creation of songs with distinct structures like verses and choruses, facilitating real-time switching between them. It's a powerful tool for musicians to compose and perform.
- Record, loop, and overdub audio
- Create song sections (verse, chorus)
- Real-time section switching
- Import audio files
- Built-in and AUv3 effects
- Drum machine
- MIDI control
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A section based audio looper for iPad and iPhone. Record, loop, overdub, add effects and much more! The perfect music creation tool for performers, songwriters and beat boxers. Create songs with verse, bridge and chorus structures and switch between them in real time. Full list of features: • Record, loop and mix your voice or instruments. • Groups - Create song sections (e.g. Verse, Bridge, Chorus). • Universal support (iPad & iPhone). • Import audio files • Drag and drop • Ableton Link • Audiobus. • Inter-App Audio. • AudioShare. • Built in effects. • Audio unit v3 effects. • Drum machine. • Overdub. • Undo/redo. • Master Group - A dedicated group for drums and percussion which plays throughout your song. • MIDI control. • Metronome. • Mix - Volume and pan on every loop and group. • Input monitoring. • Count in - Counts you in to record. • CUE mode - Automatically play sections and record loops. • Manual tempo recording - Set the tempo by punching in/out the first loop. • Instant recording - Start/stops recording instantly, loop lengths are calculated automatically. • Performance Recording - Record your performances in real time. • Move - Move loops between groups. • Merge - Combine multiple loops. • Copy - Duplicate loops. • Name labels - Label instruments and song sections. • Tap tempo. • External audio interface support - Use an audio interface to connect instruments, PA's and amplifiers. • Pitch algorithm - Change the tempo by altering the pitch. • Time stretch algorithm - Change the tempo without altering the pitch. • Unique group tempo - Set a unique tempo for each section of a song. • Landscape, portrait and split view orientation (iPad only). • Sample accurate recording and playback - Keeps your loops in perfect sync. • 32bit floating point audio engine. and more...
Ioniarics
Easily create complex rhythmic patterns and generate unique musical sequences. This tool simplifies polyrhythm programming with probability filters and a function generator to keep patterns fresh and interesting.
- Complex rhythmic pattern creation
- Polyrhythm programming
- Sequence generation
- Probability filters
- Function generator
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Polyrythms are an essential part of music the world over but can be quite tricky to learn to play and are annoying to program on a traditional grid. Ioniarics makes it really easy to set up complex rhythmic patterns and use them to generate interesting sequences. As with all Pagefall software a number of features allow you to push the creative side of things - probability filters and a west coast style function generator stop repetitive patterns from becoming stale. Ioniarics provides a straight forward way to add rhythmically complex sequences to your music
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ioniarics at $6.99 against Group the Loop's $13.99. Ioniarics also leads on iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). Group the Loop's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Group the Loop costs $13.99 and Ioniarics $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Group the Loop holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Group the Loop's written reviews are positive against 77% of Ioniarics's.
Group the Loop ships an update every 2 months, Ioniarics every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group the Loop | Ioniarics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) — better | 4.4 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Marshall | Pagefall limited |
Customer experience
Group the Loop
Ioniarics
In-app purchases
Group the Loop
No in-app purchases
Ioniarics
No in-app purchases
