Comparison

Pocket Jam vs Looper

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Jam

Practice and play along with your favorite songs by adjusting their pitch and tempo in real time. Loop specific song sections, gradually increase speed with a speed trainer, and mark important parts for quick access. Add songs from Apple Music or your device files.

Highlights
  • Change pitch in real time
  • Adjust song tempo
  • Loop specific song sections
  • Speed trainer for gradual tempo increase
  • Section markers for quick navigation
  • Import songs from Apple Music and Files
Features
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Pocket Jam is for musicians wanting to practice and play along with their favourite songs. Loop specific sections of songs, or change the pitch or tempo in real time. If you don't have a capo to hand — or worse, the song is in a lower tuning than you, Pocket Jam has you covered. You can change the pitch up and down — in real time — to any amount of semitones up to an octave. Looping lets you pick specific parts of the song you want to practise. Once enabled, drag the left and right handles on the play bar to set the start and end of the loop, and it'll loop between them. And when looping isn't enough, you can use the speed trainer. With a loop set up up, you can have it start each loop playing slowly, and gradually get faster after each loop. You can customise how slow it starts, and how many loops it takes to reach the full tempo. Mark specific times in a song with section markers. It'll let you jump to parts or set up loops quicker. You can add songs from your Apple Music library — streaming or downloads — or from your Files on device, and play them back in real time, or export them. Pitch adjustments and file exporting are not available when streaming from Apple Music. Terms & Conditions: https://pocketjam.app/terms/

About

Looper

Features
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Looper records loops through your iPhone microphone and keeps them in time while you stack more on top. Play guitar, sing, or tap out a beat, then build it into a full song. MAKE A LOOP • Pick a loop length, hit record, and play. The loop ends itself right on the beat. • Start with a count-in, or use Start on Sound to begin recording on your first note. • Don't know the BPM? Tap along and the tempo is set for you. LAYER IT INTO A SONG • New loops stay locked in time with the ones you already recorded. • Three loop styles: In time, Keeps going, Plays once. • Arrange clips on a timeline. Mute, solo, and mix each track. DRUMS • Program beats in the step sequencer or play the pads live. • Four kits: Acoustic, 808, Rock, and Lo-Fi. EFFECTS AND EDITING • Six effects on every clip: Tone, Space, Echo, Grit, Punch, and Shimmer. • Trim, split, and nudge clips in the waveform editor. • Record with headphones on and playback stays out of the mic. EXPORT AND SHARE • Export to WAV or M4A, up to 24-bit. • Share through Files, AirDrop, or Messages. • Import audio from Files or your Music library. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no data collection. Everything stays on your phone. • Interrupted takes are saved and offered back, so a phone call won't cost you a recording.

Screenshots

Pocket Jam4 screens
Looper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Looper at none against Pocket Jam's 3. Pocket Jam's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Pocket Jam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Looper asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pocket Jam versus Looper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket JamLooper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin HoellerContextual Labs Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pocket Jam

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$29.991 Year
None

Looper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Jam free?
Pocket Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Looper free?
Looper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Jam or Looper have ads?
Neither Pocket Jam nor Looper shows ads.

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