Quantiloop Pro vs Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quantiloop Pro
This app offers a powerful 4-track live looping experience for musicians. It allows for hands-free control, extensive MIDI integration, and a variety of audio effects to enhance live performances. Create complex layered performances with ease.
- 4-track looping with unlimited overdubs
- Hands-free and MIDI foot controller support
- Built-in rhythm guide and metronome
- Up to 3 simultaneous input and track effects
- Ableton Link and MIDI clock synchronization
- Multiple quantize and stop modes
- Undo/Redo functionality
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Built for Live performance and hands free use, Quantiloop recreates the simplicity of a hardware loop pedal in an iOS app. Attach a MIDI foot controller and control it the way you want. No MIDI controller at hand; just preset your loop length, enable auto–record or a count–in and your loops will automatically close, no hands or feet required. Big onscreen controls allow for easy configuration and tactile control by vocalists or beat boxers. Focus on your performance instead of fiddling with dip switches or complex menu’s. Be Creative Create 4 tracks with endless layers of overdubs to build your performance. Record a Chorus, Verse and Bridge and switch between them seamlessly or create a 1 bar percussie loop on track one, a 4 bar chord progression on track two and layer a bass line on top, all in perfect synchronisation. Rhythm Guide The builtin rhythm guide provides a rhythmic backing. Use the internal metronome for practice, import drum loops from virtually anywhere or host and control your favourite rhythm apps to enhance your performance. MIDI master lets you control MIDI hardware, and MIDI slave lets Quantiloop follow it. Ableton Link lets you even play in time over WiFi with external apps and devices. Quantisation aligns your actions to the nearest measure or beat so you stay in time, and real-time tempo control sets the pace. Prefer setting your own pace, disable quantisation and Quantiloop will react to your actions with minimum latency to create tight synchronised recordings. FX Assign up to 3 simultaneous effects to the input. Use the built-in transpose to covert your guitar into a bass, or host your guitar amp sim directly in Quantiloop. The results will be recorded into your loops. Or assign up to 3 simultaneous track effects to the output. Use the tape stop to add drama, introduce a key change to build up your performance, or host an Inter-App audio/AU reverb processor. Track FX may be assigned to a single track, all tracks or the combined output. Features • Free, Synced and Paralel,Serial, Mixed Playing Styles • Multiple Quantise Modes • Multiple Stop Modes • Unique Dub Mode and Mute Mode • Unlimited Overdubs • Overdub Decay • Undo / Redo • Auto Record • High quality stereo audio • Clear loop status display • Rhythm guide with optional auto-start, auto-stop and count-in • Audible and Visual Metronome • Send start, stop and host sync to hosted rhythm apps. • Sync to host when embedded in an Inter-App-Audio host • Real-time Tempo Control • Extensive MIDI control • Multiple Assignments per MIDI controller (tap, hold, double tap) • MIDI Program Change support for changing presets • Supports Audiobus and Inter-App-Audio and Audio Units (AUv3) • Individual outputs for each track and rhythm • Synchronise to other apps and devices with Ableton Link • MIDI clock sync (both slave and master) • 4 physical/iaa/au/audiobus inputs routable to any track • 8 outputs (main, monitor, track 1-4, rhythm, input out) • 3 assignable input Fx, including transpose, reverb and IAA, AUv3 • 3 assignable track Fx, including transpose, reverse, tape stop, fade and IAA, AUv3 • Cloud (iCloud, Dropbox, Audioshare …) import / export • AudioCopy/Paste • Open In • Store Phrase Presets in unlimited banks with 100 presets each • Individual Volume and panning controls for each track
Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR
Learn guitar scales, modes, and improvisation with an intuitive, visual system. This app uses augmented reality to help you physically practice scale shapes, building muscle memory and fretboard confidence without rote memorization.
- Learn scales and modes visually
- Augmented reality hand interaction
- Develop improvisation skills
- Pattern recognition training
- Fretboard movement understanding
- Distraction-free learning environment
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You know some chords? Ready to solo? Start here! Sisco’s Guitar Fretboard Trainer is a modern guitar learning system designed to help players understand scales, fretboard movement, modes, improvisation, and soloing in a faster and more intuitive way. Instead of relying on static diagrams and endless memorization, the app trains players to recognize movable patterns and understand how those shapes connect across the guitar. The system focuses on pentatonic positions, diatonic modes, roots, chord degrees, and visual fretboard recognition to help guitarists develop stronger improvisation skills and real fretboard confidence. By simplifying the learning process into visual movement and pattern memory, players naturally begin understanding how scales function in different keys and musical situations. Interactive training modes help reinforce scale recognition, tonal centers, root movement, and harmonic relationships while building muscle memory through repetition and practice. The experience is intentionally clean and distraction-free so players can focus on developing instinctive fretboard awareness instead of relying on note memorization alone. The app also introduces an original augmented reality training system that allows players to physically finger virtual scale shapes onscreen using live hand interaction. This creates a unique connection between visual learning, finger memory, and physical playing technique unlike traditional guitar lesson apps. Whether you play blues, rock, jazz, metal, acoustic, lead guitar, or modern improvisation styles, Sisco’s Guitar Fretboard Trainer offers a fresh and highly visual approach to learning guitar scales, fretboard patterns, and soloing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR at Free against Quantiloop Pro's $14.99. Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Quantiloop Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR is free to download; Quantiloop Pro costs $14.99 up front. Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quantiloop Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Quantiloop Pro against 5.0 for Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quantiloop Pro has 201 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quantiloop Pro ships an update every 3 months, Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quantiloop Pro | Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (201 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 201 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephan Marx | Wade Sisco |
Customer experience
Quantiloop Pro
Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR
Bugs and requests
Quantiloop Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes or freezes on certain devices
- Issues with MIDI sync or connectivity
- Problems with audio routing or effects processing
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to export/import presets and settings
- Support for more input channels or tracks
- Improved stability and compatibility with older iOS versions
- Addition of a macOS version
- More customization options for the user interface
Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quantiloop Pro
No in-app purchases
Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR
- Unlock Full Version$7.99
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