Group the Loop vs BLEASS Spectral Resonator
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...
BLEASS Spectral Resonator
Transform audio by manipulating its frequency content to create unique spectral textures and resonances. Generate complex harmonic sounds from internal tone generators or MIDI input, with deep control over pitch, timbre, and spectral filtering.
- Spectral domain audio conversion
- Frequency shifting, blurring, and filtering
- Internal tone generator and MIDI input
- Up to eight voices of polyphony
- Detailed control over resonance parameters
- Interactive 3D spectrogram visualization
- Freeze and Kill controls
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By converting audio into the spectral domain, BLEASS Spectral Resonator can shift, blur, filter, and restructure the frequency content of any sound before generating resonances. When blended with the source signal, this adds a controllable layer of pitch and timbre. Used fully wet, it produces rich and complex spectral textures. Resonances can be generated from an internal four-voice tone generator or directly from incoming MIDI notes. With up to eight voices of polyphony, glide, pitch bend, and up to 256 harmonics per voice, BLEASS Spectral Resonator can be played from MIDI to create tuned harmonic resonances and evolving spectral textures. Intuitive controls provide detailed manipulation of the resonator behaviour, including unison, detuning, harmonic stretching, density, damping, decay, and harmonic filtering. Harmonics can be restricted to even or odd series, while spectral shifting and blurring further reshape the resulting resonances. A spectral-domain filter lets you select the frequency range used to excite the resonators. The interactive 3D spectrogram visualises resonator activity over time while also providing direct control over the spectral filter. BLEASS Spectral Resonator also includes Freeze and Kill controls for holding or clearing active resonances. Designed to combine deep spectral processing with an accessible interface, it opens new possibilities for harmonic, rhythmic, and dynamic sound design, including inharmonic or atonal material such as drums. BLEASS Spectral Resonator is also available for Desktop. Find more information here: http://www.bleass.com/spectral-resonator
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Group the Loop at $13.99 against BLEASS Spectral Resonator's $19.99. Group the Loop also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 4). BLEASS Spectral Resonator's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On 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 BLEASS Spectral Resonator $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BLEASS Spectral Resonator 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Group the Loop | BLEASS Spectral Resonator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Marshall | BLEASS |
Customer experience
Group the Loop
BLEASS Spectral Resonator
In-app purchases
Group the Loop
No in-app purchases
BLEASS Spectral Resonator
No in-app purchases
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