Group the Loop vs ANALOGyKIT
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...
ANALOGyKIT
This app is an 8-voice virtual analog drum synthesizer that generates sounds without samples. It features pitch-tunable oscillators, noise sources, variable filters, and per-voice effects. It's controlled via MIDI and compatible with AUv3 hosts like Logic Pro and GarageBand.
- 8-voice virtual analog drum synthesizer
- Sample-free sound generation
- Pitch-tunable oscillators with sweep
- Variable mode filter with envelope
- Per-voice lo-fi bit-crushing effect
- Tempo-sync delay and reverb with gate
- Master output mixer with compression and limiting
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ANALOGyKIT Virtual Analog Drum Kit (AUv3) Introduction ANALOGyKIT (“analog-ee kit”) is an AUv3 virtual instrument plugin that can run standalone, or in any AUv3 compatible host such as Logic Pro, GarageBand or AUM. Please note that the standalone version does not include a built-in keyboard - you need to connect a suitable MIDI device to play the synth. Please also note that ANALOGyKIT is not a drum machine, so does not have a built-in pattern sequencer. It has been designed as a virtual drum kit / drum module controlled via MIDI, using a separate sequencer plugin or piano roll in a DAW. ANALOGyKIT currently runs on iOS (iPad & iPhone) and macOS (Intel & Silicon) and is available as a Universal Purchase from the Apple App Store. If you’re planning on using ANALOGyKIT on Mac / desktop, please ensure that your favourite DAW / host supports AUv3 (not just AU). NOTE - ANALOGyKIT uses the same synthesis engine as ANALOGyDR so you can think of ANALOGyKIT as 8 x ANALOGyDR, plus pitch-sweepable oscillators, lo-fi bit-crushing, dedicated per-voice effects and a master / mixer section. Design Overview ANALOGyKIT is an 8 voice virtual analog drum synthesizer, i.e. it does not use samples. The design is based on the sound engines in early analog drum machines for the late 1970’s and early 80’s. Each voice comprises two tuneable pitched oscillators (with sweep), two noise sources and a variable mode filter with envelope. A lo-fi bit-crushing effect can also be applied to each voice independently. All eight voices have their own dedicated tempo-sync delay and reverb with gate effect. The master output section includes an 8 channel stereo mixer and simple one-knob controls for compression, limiting and clipping. Presets ANALOGyKIT comes with factory presets for Kits and individual Drums, and user presets can be saved or loaded using the OS file system browser. New Kits can be generated automatically by combining sounds randomly from existing factory Drum and Kit presets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Group the Loop at 92% against ANALOGyKIT's 0%. Group the Loop also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 2). ANALOGyKIT's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $13.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). 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 ANALOGyKIT $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ANALOGyKIT 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 complicate that: 92% of Group the Loop's written reviews are positive against 0% of ANALOGyKIT's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Group the Loop ships an update every 2 months, ANALOGyKIT every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group the Loop | ANALOGyKIT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| 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 | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Marshall | Rob Jackson |
Customer experience
Group the Loop
ANALOGyKIT
In-app purchases
Group the Loop
No in-app purchases
ANALOGyKIT
No in-app purchases





