Comparison

Group the Loop vs BLEASS Spectral Reverb

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
Currently charting
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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

BLEASS Spectral Reverb

Shape ambient soundscapes with precise spectral control. Independently adjust frequency regions to create expansive spaces or glitchy textures. Integrate with other effects for advanced sound design.

Highlights
  • Spectral Maps for frequency-dependent control
  • Frequency-dependent Attack, Decay, and Width
  • Freeze and Kill for tail control
  • Configurable spectral engine parameters
  • Four processing slots for spectral effects
  • External sidechain support
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BLEASS Spectral Reverb is an effect and sound design tool that gives you precise control over how ambience evolves across the frequency spectrum. Its intuitive Spectral Maps let you shape different frequency regions independently, creating anything from smooth, expansive spaces to fragmented and glitchy textures. Attack, Decay and Width each come with their own frequency-dependent Spectral Map, extending the core reverb far beyond conventional controls. Freeze and Kill bring instant control over evolving tails, while Block Size, Hop Factor and Smooth Size let the spectral engine move from clean and precise to rough, fragmented and characterful. Four processing slots can host any of six dedicated spectral effects: Spectral Gate, Harmony Follow, Spectral Ducker, Spectral Enhancer, Pitch Shifter and Frequency Shifter. Shape, enhance, duck or shift selected parts of the spectrum, with external sidechain support for even more responsive processing. Explore spacious, polished, abrupt, fragmented and harmonic reverbs with the depth and immediacy of BLEASS Spectral Reverb. BLEASS Spectral Reverb is available as an AUv3 plugin or a standalone app. BLEASS Spectral Reverb is also available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. More information, technical specifications and tutorials available on https://www.bleass.com/spectral-reverb

Screenshots

Group the Loop4 screens
BLEASS Spectral Reverb3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BLEASS Spectral Reverb at 5.0 against Group the Loop's 4.7. BLEASS Spectral Reverb also leads on price ($12.99 vs $13.99). Group the Loop's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 3) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Group the Loop costs $13.99 and BLEASS Spectral Reverb $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BLEASS Spectral Reverb 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Group the Loop versus BLEASS Spectral Reverb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup the LoopBLEASS Spectral Reverb
Price$13.99$12.99 — better
Rating4.7 (32 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#196 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJack MarshallBLEASS

Customer experience

Group the Loop

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

BLEASS Spectral Reverb

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

In-app purchases

None

Group the Loop

No in-app purchases

None

BLEASS Spectral Reverb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Group the Loop free?
Group the Loop costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLEASS Spectral Reverb free?
BLEASS Spectral Reverb costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Group the Loop or BLEASS Spectral Reverb?
BLEASS Spectral Reverb is rated higher. Group the Loop averages 4.7 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while BLEASS Spectral Reverb averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Group the Loop or BLEASS Spectral Reverb have ads?
Neither Group the Loop nor BLEASS Spectral Reverb shows ads.

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