Group the Loop vs ANALOGyAMP
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...
ANALOGyAMP
This audio effect plugin emulates the sound of 1960s US all-valve guitar combo amplifiers. It offers a simple interface with controls for volume, tone, tremolo, and reverb, plus optional speaker cabinet emulation and ADT effect. It's designed for vintage clean to edge-of-breakup and classic rock tones.
- 1960s US all-valve guitar amp emulation
- Standalone and AUv3 compatible
- Built-in tremolo and spring reverb
- Optional speaker cabinet emulation
- Stereo ADT effect
- Channel switching for gain settings
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ANALOGyAMP Retro Guitar Amp Sim Plugin (AUv3) ANALOGyAMP is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic Pro or GarageBand. Overview ANALOGyAMP takes its inspiration from the small, low wattage US all-valve guitar combo amplifiers from the 1960's, still extremely popular today both onstage and in the studio. These amps had a single volume control, a simple bass and treble tonestack, and built-in tremolo and spring reverb. ANALOGyAMP follows the same design, adding an optional 10" or 12" guitar speaker cabinet emulation and a stereo ADT (automatic double tracking) effect. Typically these amps would start to break-up with the volume control set to around half-way, aka "the sweet spot". At this setting, the amp would be warm and clean(ish) but if you were to "dig in" the amp would start to compress and distort more. Past this point on the volume control, the amp doesn't actually get much louder - you just get more distortion and compression. The character of the distortion also tended to be very raucous and unrefined, coming exclusively from the 6V6 power tubes. ANALOGyAMP has been designed so that your starting point is "the sweet spot" and you add more gain from there. You can also "channel switch" between two gain settings for a lead and rhythm sound for example. As you crank the gain up on ANALOGyAMP, the tonal character of the distortion shifts into darker / more wooly territory - think 50's "Tweed" type breakup. Digital modelling of guitar amplifiers has become incredibly forensic over the years, but this comes at a cost - both to your CPU and your pocket! I wanted to take a step back and look at the tonal character of some of my favourite classic tube amps as a whole, rather than individually modelling all the parts, e.g. valve stages, transformers, speakers and microphones, etc. My ultimate aim was to create something a lot less complicated and CPU-friendly, that could take a guitar signal, and produce a pleasing amp-like tone, hopefully reminiscent of the actual amps that inspired me during the design of ANALOGyAMP. ANALOGyAMP isn't trying to be everything, so it won't do high gain Rock and Metal tones for example, in the same way you can't make a Princeton sound like a Plexi or Triple Rectifier. However, if you're more into vintage clean / edge of breakup, or Classic Rock type sounds, you might like ANALOGyAMP as much as I do! There should be a few demos on YT by now, so please do go check 'em out, and I hope you decide to give ANALOGyAMP a try. About The UI Not everyone likes the UIs of my latest (2025) plugins - I get it. However, the simplistic and generic approach allows me to (a) 99% focus on the DSP, sound quality and CPU performance, and (b) significantly reduce the development (and potential maintenance) time, which is reflected in my pricing. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ANALOGyAMP at $2.99 against Group the Loop's $13.99. ANALOGyAMP also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Group the Loop's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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 ANALOGyAMP $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ANALOGyAMP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Group the Loop has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Group the Loop's written reviews are positive against 100% of ANALOGyAMP's.
Group the Loop ships an update every 2 months, ANALOGyAMP every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Group the Loop | ANALOGyAMP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Marshall | Rob Jackson |
Customer experience
Group the Loop
ANALOGyAMP
In-app purchases
Group the Loop
No in-app purchases
ANALOGyAMP
No in-app purchases
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