Comparison

Group the Loop vs Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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...

About

Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals

This app provides a virtual guitar pedalboard with boutique effects for iPhone and iPad. Users can build custom pedalboards and use them standalone or as Audio Unit effects within DAWs like GarageBand and Logic Pro. Individual pedals or the entire collection can be purchased.

Highlights
  • Virtual boutique guitar pedalboard
  • Standalone app functionality
  • Audio Unit (AUv3) integration
  • Customizable pedalboard layouts
  • Low-latency processing
  • Individual pedal purchases
  • Unlockable full pedalboard
Features
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Elementi is a guitar pedalboard for iPhone and iPad. Plug in, drop pedals on the board, and play: in the app, or as Audio Unit (AUv3) effects right inside GarageBand and Logic Pro. Start free. Spinta, our overdrive, is included at no cost. Add the pedals you want for $1.99 each, or unlock the whole board for $9.99. The board: • Spinta - Overdrive (free) • Bruto - Fuzz • Vortice - Phaser • Marea - Flanger • Velo - Chorus • Palpito - Tremolo • Eco - Delay • Aura - Reverb • Impronta - Amp captures Impronta plays your Neural Amp Modeler (.nam) and AIDA-X captures, wired like a real amp: the drives push its input and every other pedal runs in its effects loop. Every pedal is voiced by ear, not cloned from a preset. Three knobs each, a big readable face, and low-latency processing that answers your picking dynamics. A written manual for the whole board, free to read at caesura-effects.com/support. Use them anywhere: • Standalone: build a board and play through your audio interface or the built-in mic. Play along with anything that keeps playing in the background. Apple Music: start the song, open the app, play. YouTube Premium: turn on Play behind other apps, open YouTube, press play, and keep YouTube on screen. • Works with GarageBand & Logic Pro: load any pedal as an Audio Unit v3 effect on a track. One purchase, everywhere. Buy a pedal once and it unlocks in the app and in your AUv3 hosts. Restore Purchases is built in. No account needed: purchases live with your Apple ID. No tracking. Elementi is made by Caesura Effects, an audio effects company.

Screenshots

Group the Loop4 screens
Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals at Free against Group the Loop's $13.99. Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals 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 in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (32 vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals is free to download; Group the Loop costs $13.99 up front. Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Group the Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group the Loop ships an update every 2 months, Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Group the Loop versus Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup the LoopElementi Guitar Effects Pedals
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (32 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJack MarshallGuy Nollez

Customer experience

Group the Loop

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.3%

Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Group the Loop

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals

One-time8
  • Bruto Fuzz$1.99
  • Vortice Phaser$1.99
  • Marea Flanger$1.99
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  • Velo Chorus$1.99
  • Palpito Tremolo$1.99
  • Eco Delay$1.99
  • Aura Reverb$1.99
  • Whole Board$9.99

Questions

Is Group the Loop free?
Group the Loop costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals free?
Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Group the Loop or Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals?
Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals is rated higher. Group the Loop averages 4.7 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Group the Loop or Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals have ads?
Neither Group the Loop nor Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group the Loop or Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals?
Group the Loop ships an update every 2 months, and Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals every 2 days. Most recently, Group the Loop was updated on October 14, 2026 and Elementi Guitar Effects Pedals on October 4, 2026.

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