Comparison

Synesthesia vs Loop Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Synesthesia

Experience music through a spectrum of colors, mimicking the sensory phenomenon of synesthesia. Use it as a dynamic mood light, a calming night light, or to visualize the pitches of songs and instruments.

Highlights
  • Music visualization
  • Mood lighting
  • Night light functionality
  • Pitch to color mapping
  • Microphone access for real-time audio
Features
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Synesthesia makes listening to music a colorful experience and is a wonderful mood light and soft night light when you want to calm down. Do you want to see colors when playing certain tones like people with synesthesia / chromestesia do? The app "Synesthesia - See the music in colors" enables you to experience music in color as well. Whether you use it to train you perfect pitch, to help you remember melodies or just for entertainment as a light organ while listening to your favorite songs - Synesthesia helps you to see the current pitch in colors. To experience the colors simply allow the app to access the microphone on the first start and then play your instrument or a song, sing, ... or just enjoy many color changing patterns even without music as a mood light or night light. Please note: People with synesthesia may experiences different colors for the same pitch. The app therefore uses it's own color scale (each musical note C displays a red color for example). Some of our users use the app as an replacement for their old light organs ... so that should work very well ;-) If you like music apps be sure to check out our other apps as well -> Piano Champion, Guitar Champion, Drum Champion, Voice Back .... and many more to come

About

Loop Buddy

Practice music sections repeatedly by creating custom loops. Slow down playback to learn difficult passages and memorize entire songs more effectively. Ideal for musicians who need to rehearse on the go.

Highlights
  • Create custom loops from music library
  • Set start and end points for loops
  • Adjust playback speed of loops
  • Slow down music without pitch change
  • Memorize song sections easily
Features
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Can’t rehearse at home? Rehearse in the car, on the train, in the bus, or on a plane! Identify sections of the music you want to learn, like a guitar solo or some tricky phrase, then create a looping pattern that you can play over and over again. Slow down the loops you create in order to memorize them easier! Create a whole series of loops for a given song in your music library, and become familiar with an entire piece before your plane lands! Features: - Create loops from any song in your music library by identifying the start and end loop points for any section of the song: a guitar solo, a fast-paced rap verse, a drum fill, and so on. - Listen to that loop section 10 billion times until you have it memorized. - Change the playback speed of your loops. Slow it down without changing the pitch of the song in order to hear each note more clearly!

Screenshots

Synesthesia4 screens
Loop Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Synesthesia at 2.3 against Loop Buddy's 1.8. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Synesthesia holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Synesthesia's written reviews are positive against 33% of Loop Buddy's.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Synesthesia versus Loop Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynesthesiaLoop Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (16 ratings) — better1.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better6
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian AuzingerClear Blue Media

Customer experience

Synesthesia

All ratings16 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

Loop Buddy

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Synesthesia

No in-app purchases

None

Loop Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Synesthesia free?
Synesthesia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Buddy free?
Loop Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Synesthesia or Loop Buddy?
Synesthesia is rated higher. Synesthesia averages 2.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Loop Buddy averages 1.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Synesthesia or Loop Buddy have ads?
Neither Synesthesia nor Loop Buddy shows ads.

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